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Reported Speech - Rules and Exercises

This document discusses reported speech (discurso indirecto) in Portuguese. It provides examples of how verb tenses change when converting direct speech to reported speech, such as present simple becoming past simple. It also discusses other changes like first/second person pronouns becoming third person. The document includes exercises asking the reader to convert direct speech to reported speech by changing verb tenses and other elements as required.

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Reported Speech - Rules and Exercises

This document discusses reported speech (discurso indirecto) in Portuguese. It provides examples of how verb tenses change when converting direct speech to reported speech, such as present simple becoming past simple. It also discusses other changes like first/second person pronouns becoming third person. The document includes exercises asking the reader to convert direct speech to reported speech by changing verb tenses and other elements as required.

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Reported Speech (Discurso indirecto)

Verb Changes (mudanças de tempos verbais)

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Present Simple Past Simple


I want to go He said (that) he wanted to go

Present Continuous Past Continuous


I am giving a party He said (that) he was giving a party

Past Simple Past Perfect

I gave a party He said he had given a party

Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

I was telling a story He said he had been telling a story

Present Perfect Past Perfect

I have given a party He said he had given a party

Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

I have been telling a story He said he had been telling a story

Future Conditional

I will give a party He said he would give a party

Modal Verbs

can could

may might

must Must (Moral Duty in the Present)

Had to

Imperative (orders, advice) Infinitive


“Go to your bedroom!” My mother told me to go to my bedroom.

“Don’t talk to strangers on the net!” My mother told me not to talk to


strangers on the net.

Other Changes (outras mudanças)

Personal and possessive adjectives: third person


first/second person
(passam para a terceira pessoa)
(pronomes na primeira pessoa)

here (aqui) there (ali)

Today (hoje) that day (naquele dia)

Tomorrow (amanhã) the following day, the next day (no dia
seguinte)

Yesterday (ontem)
the day before / the previous day (no dia
anterior)

Next week/year... (na próxima the following week/year/... (na


semana/ano …) semana/ano seguinte)

A year ago (há um ano…) a year before/the previous year (no ano
anterior)
Now
Then, at that moment

Nota: Quando o verbo que introduz o discurso indirecto está no presente os


tempos verbais não mudam.

Eg: I want to join your club.

Mary says she wants to join our club

EXERCISES
A. Rewrite the following sentences as follows.
E.g. I work in a garage.
He said that he worked in a garage
1. I like all my classmates.
He said that he liked all his classmates.

2. We are doing a good job.


He said that were doing a good job,.

3. We didn’t have to face any serious difficulty last year.


They said that they hadn’t had… the year before.

4. I’m looking forward to my Summer holidays.


She said that was looking forward to her summer holidays.

5. We went to Australia last year.


They said that they had gone to Australia the year before

6. We saw a lot of kangaroos there.


They said that they had seen …

7. I will visit New Zealand next year.


He said that he would visit New Zealand the following year

B. Rewrite as indicated below. Nr 1 is already done as an example.


1. “I am studying English this year”.
He said that  he was studying English that year.
2. “I visited my parents last week”.
He said that he had visited his parents the previous week.
3. “I’ll go to the seaside next summer if I can”.
Mr McMillan said that he would go to the seaside the following summer if he could.
4.“They went to Spain two weeks ago”.
 They wrote me saying that they had gone to Spain two weeks before.
5. “I am not going to the cinema today”.
She insisted that she wasn’t going to the cinema that day.
6. “My daughter wants me to buy her a doll like this one ”.
She said that her daughter wanted her to buy her a doll like that one.
7. “They will come to our party tomorrow”.
Aunt Mary told me that they would come to their party the following day.
8. “I cannot understand this passage”.
The pupil told his teacher that he couldn’t understand that passage.
9. “Mary won’t come next month. She has a lot of work to do”.
Mary’s mother said that Mary wouldn’t come the following month because she had a lot of work to
do.
10. “Our children are not studying music this year”.
Mr Johnson said that their children weren’t studying music that year.

C. Report the following questions and commands. Nr 1 is already done as an example.


1. “Did you meet my brother yesterday?” Mary asked Jane.
Mary asked Jane if she had met her brother the day before.
2. “Follow that car!” Mr. Smith told the taxi driver to follow that car
3. “Wait for me in front of the shoe shop.” Jane told me to wait for her in front of the shop
4. “Is this your umbrella?”. Tom asked Peter if that was
5. “Go out and don’t make a noise!” The teacher told his students to go out and not to make a
noise
6. “Can you show me your driving license!” The police asked the lady if she could show him her
driving license
7. “Do you want to come with  us to the cinema next weekend?” John asked me if I wanted to go
with them to the cinema the following weekend
8. “What are you doing here?” Peter asked Jane what she was doing there
9. “Why do you have to ask me these silly questions?” Mary asked Peter why he had to ask her
those silly questions
10. “Where have you been lately?” Mary wanted to know where I had been lately
11. “I’ve got something here to show you”, she said
12. “I am going to meet my grandparents this afternoon”, Peter said.
13. “If it rains today, we will stay at home and we will play the match tomorrow. they said”.
14. “I went to my friend’s birthday party last weekend. I enjoyed it very much”, Mary said.
15. “Why do you speak so loudly?” Mary asked Peter.
16. “Fred, are you going  with us to the cinema tonight?” Mary wanted to know.
17. “Don’t do that again!” Mary advised them.
18. “Don’t get angry with us. They advised Mary.
19. “What hobbies do you have?” She asked me.
20 “Where do you buy the newspaper?” Mary wanted to know.

D. Report the following questions:


1. “Is your mother at home?” 
Mrs Brown asked me if my mother was at home
2. “Did you receive my letter last week?” 
Laura’s friend asked me if I had received her letter the week before
3. “Will our Mother be back soon?”
John asked his brother if their mother would be back soon
4. “Have you worked as hard as your brother?” 
 Aunt Mary asked me ...
5. “When did you last see John?” 
She wanted to know ...
6.  “Which of these books do you want to read?” 
I asked her ...
E. Report the following orders, requests and advices.
1. “Don’t do this again.” 
He told me ...
2. “Could you shut this door, please”.
He asked her ..
3.  “Will you do it for me?”
He asked her...
4.  “You should be a bit more careful.”
He advised her ...
5. "Don't come too late!" 
She told him ...

F. Report the following:


1. “It’s late. I have to go home”, he said. 
He said that...
2. “I didn’t like the film. I found it very boring”, she said.  
She said that ...
3. "I am swimming much better now”, she said. 
She said that ...
4. “Why have you told your mother I was ill?”, he asked him.
He asked him ...
5. “Don’t spend all your pocked money in a day”, she advised him.
She advised him ...
6. “Did you see my brother Robert at school this morning?”, she asked him. 
She asked him ...
7. I will finish all my work tomorrow”, he promised. 
He promised that ...
8. “Have you enjoyed your holidays?”, the teacher asked the pupils. 
The teacher asked the pupils ...
9. “Take your umbrellas with you. It may rain”.
The mother told her children ...
10. "My parents enjoyed it a lot", she said.
She said that ...
11.  "John has given up his job", she told me.
She told me that ...
12."Why don't you come with me", She asked Peter. 
She asked Peter ...
13. "Don't you want to go with us?" She asked Peter.   
She asked Peter if ...
14.  "Can I borrow your book?" asked Peter. 
She asked Peter ...
15. ."What can I do to convince you?" She asked Peter.  
She asked Peter
16.     "Who is going to help me?" Mr Smith asked.
Mr Smith asked ...
17. "Can I speak to Sam?", Jack asked.
Jack asked ...
18. Take your umbrella, it may rain", His mother told him.
His mother told him...
19. "I have just met your brother in the supermarket," said Alice.
Alice said ...
20. "Tim will not be back before next weekend."
Tim's mother told us ...
21. "Write all these sentences on your exercise-books."
Mr Elliot told the class…
22. "Did you enjoy your holidays in Greece?"
Mr Elliot asked his neighbour ...
23. "Have you seen your friend Peter lately?",
Mr Elliot asked his son ...

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