Lingua Inglesa Estrutura Sintática 7

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In which alternative the reported speech  is incorrect?
	
	
	
	'I don't speak German.' She said that she didn¿t speak German.
	
	
	'We've bought a new car.' They told me they had bought a new car.
	
	
	'I'll send you a postcard.' He told us that he would send us a postcard.
	
	
	'You failed your art exam.' You said that we had failed our art exam.
	
	
	"Don't do it!" - She told me to not do it. 
	
	
	 
		
	
		2.
		In which sentence the indirect speech is right?
	
	
	
	John said, "I love this town." - John said that he had loved that town.
	
	
	"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.
	
	
	"I can't drive a lorry," he said. - He said that he can't drive a lorry.
	
	
	"Don't be nasty," he said. - He urged me don't be nasty.
	
	
	 
		
	
		3.
		In which alternative the reported speech is wrong?
	
	
	
	e) "Mind your own business," she told him.→ She told him to mind his own business.
	
	
	d)"Take off your shoes," she told us.→ She told us to take off your shoes.
	
	
	a)"Play it again, Sam," she said.→ She asked Sam to play it again.
	
	
	c)"Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.→ The receptionist asked the guest to fill in the form.
	
	
	b)"Sit down, Caron" he said.→ He asked Caron to sit down.
	
	
	 
		
	
		4.
		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.
	
	
	e)'We' ve lived here for six years'. - He told me that they have lived here for six years
	
	
	d) 'Has your father retired yet?' - She asked James if his father had retired yet.
	
	
	a)'Where do you live?' - She asked me where I lived.
	
	
	 
		
	
		5.
		In which alternative the reported speech is wrong?
	
	
	
	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.
	
	
	d) Can you drive? - I asked him if he could drive.
	
	
	c)'We're flying to Rome next week,' he said. - He said they were flying to Rome the following week.
	
	
	a)'I've finished my project,' he said. - He said he finished his project.
	
	
	 
		
	
		6.
		Which alternative is CORRECT?
	
	
	
	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.
	
	
	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.
	
	
	a) If the introductory sentence starts in the present, present perfect or future, there is no backshift of tenses in Reported speech.
	
	
	 
		
	
		7.
		In which alternative the time change is wrong?
	
	
	
	b)'We're having dinner out tonight,' she said. - She said they were having dinner out that night.
	
	
	d)'I met Susan five years ago,' I said - I said that I met Susan five years before.
	
	
	e)'We're flying to Rome next week,' he said. - He said they were flying to Rome next week.
	
	
	a) 'I'm in a good mood today,' he said. - He said he was in a good mood that day.
	
	
	c)'I'm going to work by bus this week,' she said. - She said she was going to work by bus that week.
	
	
	 
		
	
		8.
		Complete the reported speech:
Peter said: 'I worked in the garden yesterday.'
Peter said that...
	
	
	
	a) he had worked in the garden one day ago.
	
	
	b) he had worked in the garden the previous day.
	
	
	d) he had worked in the garden yesterday.
	
	
	c) he worked in the garden one day ago.
	
	
	e) he worked in the garden yesterday.