全文 The whole set, with pinyin and English
一、连词成句 Put the words in order
小明说他明天要去图书馆还书。
xiǎo míng shuō tā míng tiān yào qù tú shū guǎn huán shū
Xiaoming said he was going to the library tomorrow to return his books.
妈妈叫我放学后早点回家。
mā ma jiào wǒ fàng xué hòu zǎo diǎn huí jiā
Mum told me to come home early after school.
老师告诉我们，下星期要举行运动会。
lǎo shī gào su wǒ men xià xīng qī yào jǔ xíng yùn dòng huì
The teacher told us that the sports day would be held next week.
妹妹问我能不能陪她去公园。
mèi mei wèn wǒ néng bù néng péi tā qù gōng yuán
My little sister asked me whether I could go to the park with her.
爸爸说他今天要加班，不回家吃饭了。
bà ba shuō tā jīn tiān yào jiā bān bù huí jiā chī fàn le
Dad said he had to work late today and wouldn't be home for dinner.
小华对我说，她很喜欢我送的生日礼物。
xiǎo huá duì wǒ shuō tā hěn xǐ huan wǒ sòng de shēng rì lǐ wù
Xiaohua told me she really liked the birthday present I gave her.
奶奶叮嘱我出门一定要带雨伞。
nǎi nai dīng zhǔ wǒ chū mén yí dìng yào dài yǔ sǎn
Grandma reminded me that I must take an umbrella when I go out.
同学问老师明天要不要带午餐。
tóng xué wèn lǎo shī míng tiān yào bú yào dài wǔ cān
A classmate asked the teacher whether we needed to bring lunch tomorrow.
哥哥告诉我，他已经把我的书还给图书馆了。
gē ge gào su wǒ tā yǐ jīng bǎ wǒ de shū huán gěi tú shū guǎn le
My big brother told me he had already returned my book to the library.
医生叫爷爷少吃甜的东西，多运动。
yī shēng jiào yé ye shǎo chī tián de dōng xi duō yùn dòng
The doctor told Grandpa to eat fewer sweet things and exercise more.
二、完成句子 Fill in the blank
“我想参加合唱团。”小明说。→小明说他想参加合唱团。
wǒ xiǎng cān jiā hé chàng tuán xiǎo míng shuō xiǎo míng shuō tā xiǎng cān jiā hé chàng tuán
"I want to join the choir," Xiaoming said. → Xiaoming said he wanted to join the choir.
💡 In reported speech the speaker's 我 becomes 他 (he).
妈妈对我说：“你要按时吃饭。”→妈妈叫我要按时吃饭。
mā ma duì wǒ shuō nǐ yào àn shí chī fàn mā ma jiào wǒ yào àn shí chī fàn
Mum said to me: "You must eat on time." → Mum told me to eat on time.
💡 Mum's 你 means me, so in reported speech it becomes 我.
老师说：“明天我要检查你们的作业。”→老师说明天她要检查我们的作业。
lǎo shī shuō míng tiān wǒ yào jiǎn chá nǐ men de zuò yè lǎo shī shuō míng tiān tā yào jiǎn chá wǒ men de zuò yè
The teacher said: "Tomorrow I'll check your homework." → The teacher said that tomorrow she would check our homework.
💡 The teacher's 我 becomes 她 (she) once someone else reports it.
小红问我：“你喜欢看什么书？”→小红问我喜欢看什么书。
xiǎo hóng wèn wǒ nǐ xǐ huan kàn shén me shū xiǎo hóng wèn wǒ xǐ huan kàn shén me shū
Xiaohong asked me: "What books do you like to read?" → Xiaohong asked me what books I liked to read.
💡 Xiaohong was asking me, so her 你 becomes 我; the reported question ends with 。.
哥哥对妹妹说：“我来教你。”→哥哥对妹妹说，他来教她。
gē ge duì mèi mei shuō wǒ lái jiāo nǐ gē ge duì mèi mei shuō tā lái jiāo tā
Big brother said to little sister: "I'll teach you." → Big brother told little sister that he would teach her.
💡 The 你 he spoke to is 妹妹, so it becomes 她 (her).
爸爸说：“小明，去把垃圾倒掉。”→爸爸叫小明去把垃圾倒掉。
bà ba shuō xiǎo míng qù bǎ lā jī dào diào bà ba jiào xiǎo míng qù bǎ lā jī dào diào
Dad said: "Xiaoming, go and throw out the rubbish." → Dad told Xiaoming to throw out the rubbish.
💡 An order is reported with 叫 + person + what to do.
同学们问老师：“我们可以去操场吗？”→同学们问老师他们可不可以去操场。
tóng xué men wèn lǎo shī wǒ men kě yǐ qù cāo chǎng ma tóng xué men wèn lǎo shī tā men kě bu kě yǐ qù cāo chǎng
The pupils asked the teacher: "May we go to the field?" → The pupils asked the teacher whether they could go to the field.
💡 The pupils' 我们 becomes 他们 (they) when someone else reports it.
奶奶对我们说：“你们要互相帮助。”→奶奶叮嘱我们要互相帮助。
nǎi nai duì wǒ men shuō nǐ men yào hù xiāng bāng zhù nǎi nai dīng zhǔ wǒ men yào hù xiāng bāng zhù
Grandma said to us: "You must help each other." → Grandma urged us to help each other.
💡 Advice with 要 is reported with 叮嘱 (to urge); it isn't a question or an answer.
妹妹对我说：“姐姐，你的裙子真漂亮！”→妹妹说我的裙子真漂亮。
mèi mei duì wǒ shuō jiě jie nǐ de qún zi zhēn piào liang mèi mei shuō wǒ de qún zi zhēn piào liang
My little sister said to me: "Big sister, your dress is so pretty!" → My little sister said my dress was so pretty.
💡 I am the big sister she spoke to, so her 你 becomes 我.
王老师对我说：“你的作文写得很好。”→王老师告诉我，我的作文写得很好。
wáng lǎo shī duì wǒ shuō nǐ de zuò wén xiě de hěn hǎo wáng lǎo shī gào su wǒ wǒ de zuò wén xiě de hěn hǎo
Mr Wang said to me: "Your composition is very well written." → Mr Wang told me that my composition was very well written.
💡 Passing on news or a comment is 告诉 + person; 问 is asking and 叫 is telling someone to do something.
三、改病句 Correct the sentence
病句：小明说：他明天要去动物园。
xiǎo míng shuō tā míng tiān yào qù dòng wù yuán
Xiaoming said: he is going to the zoo tomorrow. (mistake)
改正：小明说他明天要去动物园。
xiǎo míng shuō tā míng tiān yào qù dòng wù yuán
Xiaoming said he was going to the zoo tomorrow.
💡 A reported sentence has no colon or quotation marks: 小明说他…….
病句：妈妈叫我：“你要早点睡觉。”
mā ma jiào wǒ nǐ yào zǎo diǎn shuì jiào
Mum told me: "You must go to bed early." (mistake)
改正：妈妈叫我要早点睡觉。
mā ma jiào wǒ yào zǎo diǎn shuì jiào
Mum told me to go to bed early.
💡 叫我 + what to do is already reported speech, so drop the colon and quotation marks.
病句：“他们明天要带字典。”老师对我们说。
tā men míng tiān yào dài zì diǎn lǎo shī duì wǒ men shuō
"They must bring a dictionary tomorrow," the teacher said to us. (mistake)
改正：“你们明天要带字典。”老师对我们说。
nǐ men míng tiān yào dài zì diǎn lǎo shī duì wǒ men shuō
"You must bring a dictionary tomorrow," the teacher said to us.
💡 The teacher is speaking to us, so inside her words we are 你们, not 他们.
病句：妹妹问我：这本书好看吗？
mèi mei wèn wǒ zhè běn shū hǎo kàn ma
My little sister asked me: is this book good? (mistake)
改正：妹妹问我这本书好不好看。
mèi mei wèn wǒ zhè běn shū hǎo bù hǎo kàn
My little sister asked me whether this book was good.
💡 A reported question drops the colon and ends with 。; 好不好看 already asks, so no 吗.
病句：哥哥告诉我，你已经帮我买好了书包。
gē ge gào su wǒ nǐ yǐ jīng bāng wǒ mǎi hǎo le shū bāo
My big brother told me that you had already bought my school bag for me. (mistake)
改正：哥哥告诉我，他已经帮我买好了书包。
gē ge gào su wǒ tā yǐ jīng bāng wǒ mǎi hǎo le shū bāo
My big brother told me that he had already bought my school bag for me.
💡 In reported speech the speaker (哥哥) is 他, and the listener (me) is 我.
病句：爸爸说告诉我，周末要去看外婆。
bà ba shuō gào su wǒ zhōu mò yào qù kàn wài pó
Dad said told me that we would visit Grandma at the weekend. (mistake)
改正：爸爸告诉我，周末要去看外婆。
bà ba gào su wǒ zhōu mò yào qù kàn wài pó
Dad told me that we would visit Grandma at the weekend.
💡 说 and 告诉 are two speech verbs for one act of telling; 告诉我 is enough.
四、扩句 Make the sentence longer
小明说他会来。
xiǎo míng shuō tā huì lái
Xiaoming said he would come.
什么时候？：小明说他明天会来。
xiǎo míng shuō tā míng tiān huì lái
Xiaoming said he would come tomorrow.
告诉谁？去哪里？：小明告诉我，他明天会来我家。
xiǎo míng gào su wǒ tā míng tiān huì lái wǒ jiā
Xiaoming told me he would come to my home tomorrow.
怎么告诉？带什么？：小明打电话告诉我，他明天下午会带着新买的象棋来我家玩。
xiǎo míng dǎ diàn huà gào su wǒ tā míng tiān xià wǔ huì dài zhe xīn mǎi de xiàng qí lái wǒ jiā wán
Xiaoming phoned to tell me he would come over to play tomorrow afternoon, bringing his new Chinese chess set.
妈妈叫我睡觉。
mā ma jiào wǒ shuì jiào
Mum told me to go to bed.
什么时候睡？：妈妈叫我早点睡觉。
mā ma jiào wǒ zǎo diǎn shuì jiào
Mum told me to go to bed early.
为什么？：妈妈叫我今晚早点睡觉，明天要早起。
mā ma jiào wǒ jīn wǎn zǎo diǎn shuì jiào míng tiān yào zǎo qǐ
Mum told me to go to bed early tonight because I have to get up early tomorrow.
看到什么？明天做什么？：看到我还在玩游戏，妈妈叫我今晚早点睡觉，因为明天一早要去机场接外婆。
kàn dào wǒ hái zài wán yóu xì mā ma jiào wǒ jīn wǎn zǎo diǎn shuì jiào yīn wèi míng tiān yì zǎo yào qù jī chǎng jiē wài pó
Seeing me still playing games, Mum told me to go to bed early tonight, because early tomorrow we're going to the airport to fetch Grandma.
五、造句 Make a sentence
告诉 gào su · to tell
姐姐告诉我，她考了全班第一名。
jiě jie gào su wǒ tā kǎo le quán bān dì yī míng
My big sister told me she came first in her class.
老师告诉我们，明天的课改在礼堂上。
lǎo shī gào su wǒ men míng tiān de kè gǎi zài lǐ táng shàng
The teacher told us tomorrow's lesson would be moved to the hall.
叫……要…… jiào……yào…… · to tell someone to …
医生叫爷爷要多喝水。
yī shēng jiào yé ye yào duō hē shuǐ
The doctor told Grandpa to drink more water.
教练叫我们要先热身再跑步。
jiào liàn jiào wǒ men yào xiān rè shēn zài pǎo bù
The coach told us to warm up before running.
问 wèn · to ask
弟弟问我明天是不是星期六。
dì di wèn wǒ míng tiān shì bú shì xīng qī liù
My little brother asked me whether tomorrow was Saturday.
外婆问妈妈晚饭想吃什么。
wài pó wèn mā ma wǎn fàn xiǎng chī shén me
Grandma asked Mum what she wanted for dinner.
六、仿写 Write on the pattern
例句：小华说他明天要去植物园写生。
xiǎo huá shuō tā míng tiān yào qù zhí wù yuán xiě shēng
Xiaohua said he was going to the Botanic Gardens to sketch tomorrow.
……说他……。
爷爷说他年轻的时候住在甘榜里。
yé ye shuō tā nián qīng de shí hou zhù zài gān bǎng lǐ
Grandpa said he lived in a kampung when he was young.
哥哥说他长大后想当一名医生。
gē ge shuō tā zhǎng dà hòu xiǎng dāng yì míng yī shēng
My big brother said he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up.
例句：妈妈叮嘱我放学后要直接回家。
mā ma dīng zhǔ wǒ fàng xué hòu yào zhí jiē huí jiā
Mum reminded me to come straight home after school.
……叮嘱……要……。
老师叮嘱我们过马路时要小心。
lǎo shī dīng zhǔ wǒ men guò mǎ lù shí yào xiǎo xīn
The teacher reminded us to be careful when crossing the road.
外婆叮嘱表妹吃饭前要洗手。
wài pó dīng zhǔ biǎo mèi chī fàn qián yào xǐ shǒu
Grandma reminded my little cousin to wash her hands before eating.