21. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.

A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred C. id he prefer D. if he prefers

Đây là dạng câu tường thuật dạng Yes - No Questions: S + asked + if / whether + S + V

Vì động từ tường thuật ở dạng quá khứ (asked) nên ta phải lùi thì đối với động từ chính trong câu (preferred)

⇒ Tạm dịch: Chủ nhà hỏi Peter thích trà hay cà phê.

22. The mother asked her son _______.

A. where he has been B. where he had been C. where has he been D. where had he been

Khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang gián tiếp, thì hiện tại hoàn thành -> quá khứ hoàn thành. Do đó đáp án A, C loại.

Đây là câu khẳng định cho nên ta không đảo trợ động từ lên trước chủ ngữ, đáp án D loại.

⇒ Tạm dịch:Người mẹ hỏi con trai hôm qua cậu bé đã ở đâu

23. “Please don’t tell anyone what happened,” Ann said to me.

A. Ann said to me please don’t tell anyone what happened.

B. Ann told me didn’t tell anyone what had happened.

C. Ann said me not to tell anyone what happened.

D. Ann told me not to tell anyone what had happened.

Làm ơn đừng nói cho bất cứ ai biết những điều đã xảy ra. S + told + S + (not) to V (Câu mệnh lệnh gián tiếp)

⇒ Dịch nghĩa: An đã bảo với tôi không được nói cho ai biết những điều đã xảy ra.

24. “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” he said.

A. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night. 

B. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.

C. He asked me if I’d like to go to the cinema with him tonight.

D. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this night.

Would you live toV = invite

25. “Remember to pick me up at 6 o’clock tomorrow afternoon” she said.

A. She told me to remember to pick her up at 6 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.

B. She reminded me to pick her up at 6 o’clock the following afternoon.

C. She reminded me to remember to pick her up at 6 o’clock the next afternoon.

D. She told me to pick her up at 6 o’clock the next day afternoon.

Câu nhắc nhở: to remind sb (not) to do sth: nhắc nhở ai (không) làm gì?

26. “If I were you, I’d tell him the truth,” she said to me.

A. She said to me that if I were you, I’d tell him the truth.

B. She will tell him the truth if she is me.

C. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.

D. She advised me to tell him the truth.

Câu điều kiện loại 2 If QKĐ, S would V → lời khuyên với động từ advised

28. “How beautiful the dress you have just bought is!” Peter said to Mary.

A. Peter promised to buy Mary a beautiful dress.

B. Peter said thanks to Mary for her beautiful dress.

C. Peter complimented Mary on her beautiful dress.

D. Peter asked Mary how she had just bought her beautiful dress.

"Bạn vừa mới mua chiếc váy thật là đẹp." Peter nói với Mary. Promise to do sth: hứa làm gì

Compliment sb on sth: khen ngợi, ca ngợi ai về việc gì

Dịch nghĩa: Peter khen ngợi Mary về cái váy xinh đẹp của cô ấy.

29. “Can I bring a friend to the party?” Nancy wanted to know.

A. Nancy asked me if she could bring a friend to the party.

B. Nancy wanted to ask someone to bring her friend to the party.

C. Nancy knew that bring a friend to the party was good.

D. Nancy wanted to invite her friend out and to the party.

30. She asked me, “How high is the church?”

A. She asked me how high the church was.

B. She asked me how high is the church.

C. She asked me how high the church had been.

D. She asked me how high the church is.