Questões sobre reported speech

O reported speech, ou discurso indireto, é comum em provas porque mostra habilidade com estruturas complexas do idioma.

Questões sobre discurso indireto testam compreensão de tempos verbais, mudanças pronominais e ajustes nas palavras indicadoras de tempo e lugar.

Dominar reported speech exige compreender detalhes das transformações gramaticais, permitindo clareza na comunicação de falas e ideias reportadas.

[quiz] 01) Maria disse: "I am studying English now and will finish my homework tonight". Considerando as regras do reported speech, assinale a alternativa que apresenta corretamente a reformulação dessa sentença no discurso indireto.

a) Maria said she studying English at that moment and would finished her homework that night. b) Maria said she is studying English then and will have finished her homework tonight. c) Maria said she was studying English then and would finish her homework that night. d) Maria said she was studying English now and she will finished her homework tonight. e) Maria said she has studied English at that moment and would finish her homework tonight. [/quiz] Resolução: No discurso indireto, os tempos verbais devem ser adaptados para o passado: "am studying" (presente contínuo) torna-se "was studying" (passado contínuo), e "will finish" (futuro simples) vira "would finish" (futuro do pretérito). Além disso, expressões de tempo mudam: "now" para "then" e "tonight" para "that night". Portanto, a alternativa correta é a letra C.

[quiz] 02) Considere a frase dita por Pedro: "I have never visited Rio de Janeiro before". Ao relatar esta frase no discurso indireto, assinale a alternativa mais adequada de acordo com as regras gramaticais relacionadas a esse tipo de discurso.

a) Pedro said he never visits Rio de Janeiro before. b) Pedro said he has never visited Rio de Janeiro. c) Pedro said that he had never visited Rio de Janeiro now. d) Pedro said that he had never visited Rio de Janeiro before. e) Pedro said he never visit Rio de Janeiro before. [/quiz] Resolução: Ao passar para discurso indireto, o Present Perfect ("have visited") torna-se Past Perfect ("had visited"). Observe que o advérbio "before" permanece sem alterações, pois já indica um tempo prévio. Assim, a alternativa correta é a letra D: "Pedro said that he had never visited Rio de Janeiro before".

[quiz] 03) Carlos disse aos amigos: "Can you help me with the homework tomorrow?" Qual alternativa apresenta corretamente a frase acima convertida em discurso indireto, respeitando as regras gramaticais e mudanças temporais adequadas?

a) Carlos asked if you can help him with the homework tomorrow. b) Carlos asked his friends if they could help him with the homework the following day. c) Carlos asked his friends if they might help him with his homework tomorrow. d) Carlos said can they help him with his homework tomorrow. e) Carlos asked can them help him with the homework tomorrow. [/quiz] Resolução: Ao passar a pergunta para o discurso indireto, 'Can' vira 'could', e 'tomorrow' se transforma em 'the following day' ou 'the next day'. A forma correta fica: "Carlos asked his friends if they could help him with the homework the following day", alternativa correta letra B.