LÍNGUA INGLESA-ESTRUTURA SINTÁTICA I - AULA 07

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LÍNGUA INGLESA – ESTRUTURA SINTÁTICA I 
AULA 07 – TIPOS DE DISCURSO - DISCURSO DIRETO E INDIRETO 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
The reported speech of 'I'm in a good mood today,' he said.' is: 
 
 
c) He says he was in a good mood today. 
 
a) He said he was in a good mood today. 
 
e) He said he was in a good mood at that moment. 
 d) He said he was in a good mood that day. 
 
b) He said he is in a good mood today. 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the passive voice is wrong? 
 
 
c)'Are you married?' - He asked Susan if she was married. 
 
b) 'Who is your favorite singer?' - He asked Mary who her favorite singer was. 
 
d) 'Has your father retired yet?' - She asked James if his father had retired yet. 
 e)'We' ve lived here for six years'. - He told me that they have lived here for six years 
 
a)'Where do you live?' - She asked me where I lived. 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
a)"Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.→ The teacher told Joe to stop talking. 
 
d)"Hurry up," she said to us.→ She told us to hurry up. 
 c)"Go to your room," her father said to her.→ Her father told her to go to your room. 
 
b)"Be patient," she said to him.→ She told him to be patient. 
 
e)"Give me the key," he told her.→ He asked her to give him the key. 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
b)"Sit down, Caron" he said.→ He asked Caron to sit down. 
 
e) "Mind your own business," she told him.→ She told him to mind his own business. 
 
a)"Play it again, Sam," she said.→ She asked Sam to play it again. 
 d)"Take off your shoes," she told us.→ She told us to take off your shoes. 
 
c)"Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.→ The receptionist asked the guest to fill in the form. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
In which sentence the indirect speech is right? 
 
 
"Are you sure?" He asked me. - He asked me if I had been sure. 
 "Be nice to your brother," he said. - He asked me to be nice to my brother. 
 
"Don't be nasty," he said. - He urged me don't be nasty. 
 
"I can't drive a lorry," he said. - He said that he can't drive a lorry. 
 
John said, "I love this town." - John said that he had loved that town. 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
d)"Don't worry about us," they said.→ They told her not to worry about them. 
 
c)"John, stop smoking," she said.→ She told John to stop smoking. 
 
a)"Leave me alone," she said.→ She told me to leave her alone. 
 e)"Meet me at the cinema." he said.→ He asked me to meet me at the cinema. 
 
b) "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.→ She warned us not to drink and drive. 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the time change is wrong? 
 
 
d)'I met Susan five years ago,' I said - I said that I met Susan five years before. 
 
c)'I'm going to work by bus this week,' she said. - She said she was going to work by bus that 
week. 
 
b)'We're having dinner out tonight,' she said. - She said they were having dinner out that night. 
 
a) 'I'm in a good mood today,' he said. - He said he was in a good mood that day. 
 e)'We're flying to Rome next week,' he said. - He said they were flying to Rome next week. 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
d) Can you drive? - I asked him if he could drive. 
 
e)You look very nice. = I told him he looked very nice. 
 
c)'We're flying to Rome next week,' he said. - He said they were flying to Rome the following week. 
 
b)'I'm going to work by bus this week,' she said. - She said she was going to work by bus that 
week. 
 a)'I've finished my project,' he said. - He said he finished his project. 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the time change is wrong? 
 
 
b) tonight - that night 
 
d) yesterday - the day before 
 
e) last week - the week before 
 c) tomorrow - the day after 
 
a) today - that day 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
e)"Don't be angry with me," he said.→ He asked her not to be angry with him. 
 
d)"Stop staring at me," she said.→ She told him to stop staring at her. 
 
c)"Don't be late," he advised us.→ He advised us not to be late. 
 b)"Close the door behind you," he told me.→ He told me to close the door behind you. 
 
a)She said, "Go upstairs."→ She told me to go upstairs. 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Complete the reported speech: 
Peter said: 'I worked in the garden yesterday.' 
Peter said that... 
 
 
c) he worked in the garden one day ago. 
 
a) he had worked in the garden one day ago. 
 
e) he worked in the garden yesterday. 
 
d) he had worked in the garden yesterday. 
 b) he had worked in the garden the previous day. 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
d)Paul called and left a message. = He told me Paul had called and had left me a message. 
 
b)Polly has bought a new car. = She said Polly had bought a new car. 
 
c)Jo can't come for the weekend. = She said Jo couldn't come for the weekend. 
 a)He's working in Siberia now. = She told me he had been working in Siberia now. 
 
e)I'll give you a hand. = He said he would give me a hand. 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
In which sentence is the indirect speech right? 
 
 
"What have you decided to do?" she asked him. - She asked him what he decided to do. 
 
"I always wake up early," he said. - He said that he had always woken up early. 
 
"Where were you born?" he asked me. - He wanted to know where I had been born 
 
"Don't waste your money" she said. - She told the boys don't waste her money. 
 "You should revise your lessons," he said. - He advised the students to revise their lessons. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
Which alternative is CORRECT? 
 
 a) If the introductory sentence starts in the present, present perfect or future, there is no backshift of 
tenses in Reported speech. 
 
b) The reporting verb is in the past tense but the meaning refers to something which never changes or 
is always true, there is backshift of tense. 
 
d) The auxiliary verbs should, could, would, ought to and might change in the indirect speech. 
 
c) When we are reporting something that was said in the past but is still true, it is obligatory to make 
the tense 'more in the past'. The choice is up to the speaker. 
 
e) If the introductory sentence starts in the past, there is no backshift of tenses in Reported speech. 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 
b)'I saw this film two weeks ago.' - He said that he had seen that film two weeks before 
 
d)'What about going to the beach?' - She suggested going to the beach 
 c)'You should have a rest .' - the doctor advises the patient he should had a rest 
 
e)'Don't switch on TV !' - The mother told her son not to switch on TV 
 
a)'Why didn't you finish your studies?' - She asked Meriem why she hadn't finished her studies 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
In which alternative the reported speech is wrong? 
 
 a)'I've finished my project,' he said. - He said he finished his project. 
 
b)'I'm going to work by bus this week,' she said. - She said she was going to work by bus that 
week. 
 
e)You look very nice. = I told him he looked very nice. 
 
c)'We're flying to Rome next week,' he said. - He said they were flying to Rome the following week.d) Can you drive? - I asked him if he could drive. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASICALLY, THESE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS CLASS.