Question

The sentence "Commuters in Boston, for example, said that dreams affected the way they live and work" in the Direct Speech would be: a) Commuters in Boston said: "Dreams affect the way we live and work. " b) Commuters in Boston said: "Dreams affected the way we lived and worked. " c) Commuters in Boston said: "Dreams have affected the way we live and work. " d) Commuters in Boston said: "Dreams affect the way we lived and worked. " e) Commuters in Boston said: "Dreams affected the way we have lived and worked. ".

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) Commuters in Boston said: “Dreams affect the way we live and work”.

Explicação:

Direct speech - é exatamente o que foi dito no discurso, e reporta o exato pensamento expresso pelo discurso da forma original. Normalmente vem denotado por (" "), a fim do leitor entender que o texto é a narrativa original do autor.