Aula 06

Reported Speech (ou Indirect Speech), é usado para reproduzir algo que foi falado em uma situação anterior, quando fazemos “fofoca” ou passamos alguma informação que ouvimos antes,a diante. Já o Direct Speech é usado quando falamos diretamente com alguém, em um diálogo por exemplo.

Para transformar uma frase do discurso direto para o indireto corretamente é preciso entender a diferença entre os verbos “to say” and to “to tell”.

To say – the “listener” is NOT mandatory

She said that the party was good.

or

She said to me that the party was good.

To tell – the “listener” is MANDATORY

She told me that she had been to London.

NEVER: She told she had been to London.

Or She said me the party was good.

As frases usadas no Reported Speech sempre “voltam” um tempo verbal (por isso é importante saber identificá-los):

Mary said: “I am a make up artist”.

Mary said that she was a make up artist.

Obs.: Quando a frase proferida no simple present ainda for considerada como uma “verdade” ou seja, se sabemos que a situação não mudou, não há necessidade de alterar o tempo verbal.

Dessa forma poderíamos ter: Mary said that she is a make up artist.

“I traveled to Acapulco last summer” Paul told me Paul told me that he had traveled to Acapulco the summer before.

“I am watching TV now” Jane said Jane said that she was wathing TV then.

“I have already seen this movie” John said John said he had already seen that movie

I will study English next year” Mark told his brother Mark told his brother he would study English the following year.

“I can speak five languages” He said.

He said he could speak five languages.

“Come here!” Mom said Mom said to go there. “Don't speak Portuguese in class!” The teacher told us. The teacher told us not to speak Portuguese in class.

Exercícios

1. Complete the paragraph with the correct alternative:

John was playing in the yard with his friends. Then they decided to climb the tree. His mother looked through the window, saw what they were doing and yelled: “Don't climb the tree, John! You can hurt yourself!” John was a good boy, he decided to obey and told his friends _____________________________.

(A) “My mother told me don't climb the tree because I can hurt myself.”

(B) “My mother said that if I don't climb the tree I could hurt myself.”

(C) “My mother told me not to climb the tree because I can hurt myself.”

(D) “My mother said to us that we can't climb the tree because I can hurt yourself.”

(E) “My mother said do not climb the tree to not hurt myself.”

2. When I was a teenager I studied at Columbia High School in California, but after I graduated I moved to Ohio and never saw my friends anymore. As luck would have it, these days I was in New York on business and met my best friend from school, Joe. We talked a lot and he told me: “I am working as a math teacher”. I just couldn't believe that because when we were at school he was really bad at math! When I got back home I told my wife: Can you believe Joe said that.....

I - he is working as a math teacher.

II – he worked as a math teacher.

III – he was working as a math teacher.

IV – he's been working as a math teacher.

A opção que melhor completa o parágrafo é;

(A) I e II

(B) I e III

(C) II e III

(D) apenas I

(E) apenas III

3. Qual a opção representa a seguinte frase no discurso indireto:

The teacher asked me: “Can you speak English?”

(A) The teacher asked me to speak English.

(B) The teacher told me whether I knew English or not.

(C) The teacher asked me if I could speak English.

(D) The teacher asked me if I knew I coud speak English.

(E) The teacher told me I could speak English.

4. Change the following sentence into Reported Speech:

The company director asked me: “How long have you been working on this project?”

(A) The company director asked me if I had been working on that project for log.

(B) The company director asked me how long had I been working on that project.

(C) The company director asked me how long I worked on this project.

(D) The company director asked me how long I was working on that project.

(E) The company director asked me how long I had been working on that project.

5. A forma de linguagem indireta da frase: They said to me “Do you know which is the party she went yesterday?” correponde a “They ________ me if I __________ which _________ the party she __________ to the day before.”

A alternativa que completa corretamente os espaços é:

(A) told – knew – were – gone

(B) told – had known – was – have been

(C) asked – knew – was – had been

(D) asked – knew – was – had gone

(E) asked – have know – was – had gone

Gabarito

1 – C 2 – B 3 – C 4 – E 5 – C