REPORTED SPEECH

O reported speech representa o discurso indireto em

inglês.

Utilizamos essa forma quando vamos reproduzir a fala

de outra pessoa, ou seja, quando vamos reportar o
que já foi dito por alguém. Portanto, é muito
empregado para narrar histórias e fatos que já
aconteceram.

Exemplos:

Direct Speech (Discurso Direto): I am not feeling well.

(Eu não estou me sentindo bem.)
Reported Speech (Discurso Indireto): He said that he
wasn’t feeling well. (Ele disse que não estava se
sentindo bem.)

Note que é possível relatar o que uma pessoa disse

usando o discurso direto. Assim, transcreve-se o que
foi dito.

Exemplo: He said: "I am not feeling well". (Ele disse:

"Eu não estou me sentindo bem".)

Regras de Formação
Para que o discurso indireto siga as regras de
formação corretas, é importante estar atento aos
tempos verbais. Isso porque ele irá mudar
dependendo de qual foi utilizado pelo falante.
 Present Simple → Past Simple
 Present Continuous → Past Continuous
 Present Perfect → Past Perfect
 Past Simple → Past Perfect
 Will → Would
 Am/Is/Are Going to → Was/Were Going to
Explicação:
A partir dos exemplos acima, podemos notar que
algumas palavras se alteram com o discurso
indireto.
Se fossemos utilizar o discurso indireto no
português para essa frase teríamos:
Eu comprei esse livro. (discurso direto)
Ela disse que comprou aquele livro. (discurso
indireto)
A mesma coisa acontece no inglês:

I have bought this book. (Eu comprei esse livro) →

She said she had bought that book. (Ela disse que
ela tinha comprado aquele livro.)
 Check the correct sentences in
reported speech.
Além disso, alguns lugares, pronomes e
indicações de tempo também podem ser Attention in pronouns and time
alterados com a passagem do discurso direto expressions.
para o indireto.

Confira abaixo algumas mudanças nos pronomes,

lugares e expressões de tempo utilizadas nos 1) She said, “I am reading.”
discursos indiretos em inglês.
a) → She said that she is reading.
I (eu) → He/She (ele/ela)

 We (nós) → They (eles, elas) b) → She said that she was reading.
 Me (mim) → Him, Her (ele/ela)
 This (este) → That (aquele)
c) → She said that she was read.
 These (estes) → Those (aqueles)
d) → She said that she has read.
 Here (aqui) → There (lá)
 Today (hoje) → Last day (aquele dia) /
2) He said, “I know a better restaurant.”
Yesterday (ontem)
 Toninght (hoje à noite) → Last night (noite a) → He said that he will know a better
passada) restaurant.
 Tomorrow (amanhã) → The next day / The
following day (o próximo dia / o dia b) → He said that he is known a better
seguinte) restaurant.
 A year ago (uma ano atrás) → The year
before (no ano anterior) c) → He said that he knew a better
restaurant.

d) → He said that he has known a better

 Say: quando nós dizemos algo para restaurant.
alguém, por exemplo: I said that I knew
about my stress. (Eu disse que sabia sobre 3) She said, “I woke up early.”
o meu stress).
 Tell: quando nós dizemos a alguém sobre a) → She said that she wake up early.
algo e mencionamos com quem estamos
falando. Nesse caso, faz se necessário o b) → She said that she would woke up
objeto (me, you, her, him, etc.), por early.
exemplo: The profesor told me I was
stressed. (O professor me disse que eu c) → She said that she has woken up early.
estava estressado).
4) They said, “We are busy.”
EXERCISES
a) → They said that they will be busy.

b) → They said that they would be busy.

c) → They said that they have
been busy.
d) → They said that they were busy.
5) He said, “I will ring her.”
a) → He said that he would ring her.
b) → He said that he is ringing her.
c) → He said that he rang her.
d) → He said that he had rung her.
6) They said, “We have just arrived.”
a) → They said that they have just arrived.
b) → They said that they had just arrived.
c) → They said that they would just arrive.
d) → They said that they are arriving.
7) He said, “I will clean the car.”
a) → He said that he won’t clean the car.
b) → He said that he was cleaning the car.
c) → He said that he would clean the car.
d) → He said that he had cleaned the car.
8) She said, “I did not say that.”
a) → She said that she had not said that.
b) → She said that she has not said that.
c) → She said that she will not said that.
d) → She said that she would not said that.
9) She said, “I don’t know where
my shoes are.”
a) → She said that she didn’t knew where
her shoes are.
b) → She said that she didn’t know where
her shoes were.
c) → She said that she didn’t knew where
her shoes were.
d) → She said that she didn’t know where
her shoes are.
10) He said: “I won’t tell anyone.”
a) → He said that he did not tell anyone.
b) → He said that he did not told anyone.
c) → He said that he would not told anyone.
d) → He said that he would not tell anyone.
11) They said, “This is our book.”
a) → They said that was we book.
b) → They said that was our book.
c) → They said that was they book.
d) → They said that was their book.
12) He said, “They won’t sleep.”
→ He said that they ________ sleep.
a) wouldn’t
b) didn’t
c) haven’t
d) hadn’t
13) He said, “I am writing a test
tomorrow.”
→ He said that he was writing a test the
________.
a) the week before
b) the next day
 c) that day
d) the following day
14) You said, “I will do this for him.”
→ You said that you would do _______ for him.
a) there c) this
b) here d) that
15) She said, “I am not hungry now.”
→ She said that she was not hungry
_______.
a) that day
b) then
c) the day before
d) the week before
BCT -2018
AS QUESTÕES DE 25 A 48 REFEREM-SE À
LÍNGUA INGLESA
Read the text and answer questions 25, 26, 27
and 28.
Brazil takes on the European Refugee Crisis
In 2016 significantly less refugees _____in
Europe than the year before. The Organization for
Migration and the EU border agency Frontex have
reported a notable decline in the number of
migrants arriving on Europe’s shores by nearly
two-thirds. These numbers, however, are by no
means an indication of improvement in the
international situation of refugees.
It’s evident that something has to change
in the international mindset to bring an end to the
enduring human rights violations concerning
millions of people. Surprisingly, a potential wind
of change has come from Brazil, a country facing
a deep economic and political crisis.
Brazil is one of the biggest recipients of
refugees in Latin America. In 2013 they introduced
a humanitarian visa program for Syrians,
processing 8.450 humanitarian visas on basis of
which more than 2.000 Syrian refugees have
already settled in Brazil. Brazil has several
reasons to pursue a recipient
immigration policy. Receiving
immigrants from all over the world helps to boost
the country’s international reputation and to turn
around its negative image regarding a high crime
rate and an even higher external debt. Immigrants
in Brazil also seem to be perceived as less as a
(financial) burden than in many European
countries. Fonte: www.dailymail.com.uk
GLOSSARY
mindset – atitudes das pessoas
enduring – resistente, duradoura
financial burden – carga financeira
25 – Choose the best verbal form to have the text
completed correctly:
a) arrived
b) had arrived
c) have arrived
d) have been arriving
26 – According to the text, we can say that
a) just Syrians refugees are settled in Brazil.
b) Brazil has supported many Syrian refugees.
c) Brazil has no interest in humanitarian programs.
d) due to the huge crisis, Brazil has refused
foreigners.
27 – As used in (line 5), ‘however’ is closest in
meaning to
a) besides. ( além disso)
b) although. (embora)
c) moreover.(além disso)
d) in addition.(além do q)
28 – ‘a potential wind of change has come (…)’ in
bold in the text, means
a) there’s a possibility of change.
b) the changing has just started.
c) the changing has happened.
d) there’s a hope of changing.
Read the text and answer questions 30, 31, 32,
33, 34 and 35.
 Inside Lilium, The World’s First
Vertical Takeoff And Landing Private OBS: SHORT RANGE JORNEYS
Jet – VIAGENS CURTAS

Wonder what’s in store for the future of 32 – Write (T) for true statements and (F)
private jet flying? Here’s a glimpse. A start-up for false statements and choose the alternative
company – hosted in a European Space Agency that corresponds to the right order.
(ESA) business incubator center in Bavaria – ( ) The noise created by Lilium is too loud.
released an idea for an egg-shaped two-seater ( ) Lilium will be a sustainable form of air
plane called Lilium that’s currently in the works. transportation.
With a top speed of 250 mph and a range of 300 ( ) Lilium has fan engines and an innovative
miles, the plane can travel roughly between technology to cut pollution.
Munich and Berlin in about 90 minutes. And ( ) A European Space Agency designed an
according to the ESA, if testing succeeds, this amazing aircraft with space for more than two
_____ the world’s first vertical takeoff and landing people to sit.
private jet. The project came about when Daniel a) F – F – T – T
Wiegand – one of the four founders of Lilium – b) T – F – F – T
wanted to realize flying for the masses in a fast, c) T – T – T – F
inexpensive, efficient and eco-friendly way. ‘Our d) F – T – F – F
goal is to develop an aircraft that doesn’t need the
complex and expensive infrastructure of an 33 – Choose the alternative in which the
airport, can be used close to urban areas, and prefix ‘in-’ was used to form an opposite.
doesn’t produce too much noise and pollution,’ he a) incubator (line 3)
said. So to produce this new class of airplanes b) inexpensive (line 12)
that could take off and land vertically anywhere c) incorporated (line 20)
with a surface area of 250 square feet by 2018, d) infrastructure (line 14)
Wiegand and his team in Germany came up with a
design using electric engines and incorporated 34 – Which word, in bold in the text, means
movable fan turbines. Fonte: www.forbes.com approximately?
a) by
GLOSSARY b) about
glimpse – uma ideia para entender melhor c) close to
algo d) between

30 – Choose the best verbal form to have 35 – As used in (line 5), ‘currently’ can be
the text completed correctly: replaced by
a) is a) now.
b) was b) finally.
c) will be c) actually.
d) would be d) eventually.

31 – According to the text, Lilium
a) is a European Space Agency business
incubator center.
b) is a helicopter with a vertical takeoff and
landing system.
c) is an electric jet with lower cost for short
range journeys.
d) is an unmanned aircraft which is
affordable for the masses.
Read the extract and answer the question
36.
To be or not to be
Every one knows that ‘To be or Not to be,
that is the question’ comes from Hamlet, but when
someone says ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender
be’, they are probably unaware that they also
quoting from the same play. Innovations/
Thompson

36 – The quotation, in bold in the
extract, means
a) If you borrow something, you must
refuse to give it back.
b) If you are not a borrower, you can’t be a
lender.
c) Don’t be a lender or a borrower.
d) It’s better to borrow than save.
Read the text and answer questions 37, 38
and 39.
The birds and the bees
My little boy came in the other day with a
really serious look on his face and said, ‘Dad, do
you mind if I ask you a question? Where do I
come from?’ I’d been dreading this question for
ages, but like a good father, I sat him down and
gently told him all about the birds and the bees.
When I’d finished, he was very quite. He then got
up and went, ‘thank you, Dad’ and headed for the
door. I said, ‘So what made you ask me?’ and he
turned around and said, ‘I just want to know,
because Bobby next door says HE comes from
Manchester!’
37 – ‘headed’, underlined in the text, means
a) turned the head.
b) went towards.
c) looked.
d) pushed.
38 – According to the text, we can infer
that
a) children are always polemic.
b) no adults are prepared to answer some
issues.
c) after simple questions, it’s better to give
simple answers.
d) fathers and sons almost always have
difficulty in getting along.
39 – In “I’d been dreading this question for
ages (...)”, we can infer that a) the father wasn’t
expecting that question.
b) his father’s words could be perfectly
understood.
c) the father was well prepared to
answer the question.
d) the father feared the day his son would
ask him questions about sex.
Read the text and answer questions 40, 41,
42 and 43.
JetBlue ... The crisis? Never heard of it…
The domestic air transport market in the
USA must seem highly unstable to newcomers,
including low-cost carriers. Of the 82 airlines
formed in ten years ______ followed deregulation
in 1978, only two have survived - America West
and Mid-west Express. Statistics show that three-
quarters of all projects never even get off the
ground and that most of the others crash in less
than five years.
Paradoxically, Southwest Airlines, the No.1
success story in the US air transport today, was
founded before deregulation (in 1972), though it
did take advantage of it. Many of those who tried
to imitate the Southwest model came to grief. Not
JetBlue, ______ just four years after it was formed
is continuing to grow at a spectacular rate.
GLOSSARY
come to grief – falir
deregulation – desregulamentação
40 – The best alternative to complete the
text is:
a) that / how
b) b) when / that
c) c) that / which
d) d) which / when
41 – According to the text, it’s correct to
say that
a) just a few airlines have survived the
crisis.
b) big companies get better results than
the others.
c) none of the 82 airlines formed in 10
years has failed so far.
d) domestic air transport market in the
USA is not really vulnerable to
newcomers.