1. Complete as frases passando os fragmentos do discurso indireto para o discurso direto, fazendo as mudanças necessárias nas palavras *destacadas*:
Ex.: “… our dad always encouraged us to find a career that *we would* be able to support *ourselves* with ...”.
R= Our dad said: “Find a career that you will be able to support yourselves with”.
a) “My in-laws always told my husband and his brothers to find something that *they loved* to do” R= My in-laws told my husband and his brothers: "__________________".
b) “… my mom told me that as a youngster *she had wanted* to be a journalist …” R= My mom told me: "__________________".
c) “My father always told me to do what makes *me* happy, and to follow *my* heart.” R= My father told me: "__________________".
2. Complete as frases passando os fragmentos do discurso direto para o discurso indireto, fazendo as mudanças necessárias nas palavras *destacadas*.
EX.: My father said, “No matter what *happens* in life, if *you know* how to play, *you can* always teach piano.”
R= My father said that no matter what *happened* in life, if *I knew* how to play, *I could* always teach piano.
a) My mother said, “I wanted you to be a strong independent woman who could look after herself.” R = My mother said that __________________.
b) My mother said, “You were very goal-oriented at a young age and I knew you would be successful at whatever you chose to do.” R= My mother said that __________________.
c) My mother said, “When in high school I thought you might be a writer because you are so imaginative, and you write so well.”R= My mother said that __________________.
Respostas
⇒⇒ Direct Speech
⇒⇒ Reported Speech
1. Complete as frases passando os fragmentos do discurso indireto para o discurso direto, fazendo as mudanças necessárias nas palavras *destacadas*:
a) “My in-laws always told my husband and his brothers to find something that *they loved* to do”
R= My in-laws told my husband and his brothers: "Find something you love to do".
b) “… my mom told me that as a youngster *she had wanted* to be a journalist …”
R= My mom told me: "As a youngster I wanted to be a journalist".
c) “My father always told me to do what makes *me* happy, and to follow *my* heart.” R= My father told me: "Do what makes you happy, and follow your heart".
2. Complete as frases passando os fragmentos do discurso direto para o discurso indireto, fazendo as mudanças necessárias nas palavras *destacadas*.
a) My mother said, “I wanted you to be a strong independent woman who could look after herself.” R = My mother said that she wanted me to be a strong independent woman who can look after herself'
b) My mother said, “You were very goal-oriented at a young age and I knew you would be successful at whatever you chose to do.” R= My mother said that I was very goal-oriente at a young age and that she knew I would be successful at whatever I chose to do.
c) My mother said, “When in high school I thought you might be a writer because you are so imaginative, and you write so well.”R= My mother said that in high school she thought I would be a writer because I was so imaginative and I wrote so well''.
⇒⇒ Reported speech >> é quando repetimos, com as nossas palavras, o que outra pessoa falou. As duas frases, normalmente, são ligadas por ''that''.
Exemplos:
' I don't know what to do' - Lucy disse. >>> direct speech
Lucy said she didn't know what to do. >>> reported speech
James said: ''I am very late''. >>> direct speech
James said that he was very late. >>> reported speech
Mudança de tempo verbal ao fazer o ''Reported speech''
Direct speech Reported speech
Simple present Simple past
Simple past Past perfect
Present continuous Past continuous
Present perfect Past perfect
Past continuous Past perfect continuous
Can Could
Will Would
