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Instrues:
Leia a prova com ateno!
Corrija a prova em anexo sobre o discurso indireto em lngua inglesa. Para cada questo
que fuja norma padro da linga inglesa, aponte uma possvel resposta e, em seguida,
justifique sua resposta gramaticalmente. As justificativas devem ser escritas todas na
seo de notas, na pgina 5 desta avaliao. Ateno, as respostas que voc julgar
incorretas devem necessariamente conter uma explanao gramatical, do contrrio, sero
desconsideradas.
Boa Prova!
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REPORTED SPEECH TEST
Exercise 1 (1,0)
Complete the following sentences using the verb tenses for formal reported speech.
Exercise 2 (1,0)
Exercise 3 (2,0)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given.
b) You are not allowed to smoke in your room, Dick/ said his mother.
forbade
Dicks mother did not allow him to smoke in his room.
e) 'I'll call off the football match if you don't behave,' the teacher said.
threatened
The teacher threatened to call off the football match if the childrens behaviour improved.
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DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS ESTRANGEIRAS MODERNAS
Exercise 4 (1,0)
Changing his question to the reported speech, the correct answer would be:
Exercise 5 (1,0)
Mayor to reporter: So Paulo needs better and cheaper public transport.
Newspaper story: Mayor says that So Paulo ______________________
Exercise 6 (1,0)
The doctor advised your friend Phillip, who has been feeling out of breath lately, Dont eat
fattening foods. A few days later, you see him at Mac Donalds eating french fries
and chicken nuggets. What do you say to him?
a. The doctor told you not to eat fattening foods, isnt it, Phillip?
b. The doctor told you dont eat fattening foods, isnt it, Phillip?
c. The doctor told you eat fattening foods, isnt it, Phillip?drink
d. The doctor told you to not eat fattening foods, isnt it, Phillip?
e. The doctor told you not eat fattening foods, isnt it, Phillip?
Exercise 7 (1,0)
Your uncle Harry went to hospital yesterday. Your Aunt Sally is very worried about him.
The last time my mother wrote to me, she said my uncle Harry ________________ to
hospital
________________. My Aunt Sally ________________ very worried about him.
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DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS ESTRANGEIRAS MODERNAS
a. had been / the day before / was
b. had gone / yesterday / was
c. had gone / the day before / is
d. went / / was
e. had gone / the day before / was
Exercise 8 (1,0)
You share an apartment with a friend and she is traveling at the moment. She said she
would call you everyday to check with you if there were any messages left for her
on the answering machine. When she calls, how would you report to her the
following message that you had transcribed?
This is Eric Martin from K-Mart. We can deliver the desk you ordered on Monday, October
23. Please call if this is inconvenient.
a. Eric Martin from K-Mart called you yesterday. He said they can deliver the desk you
ordered on Monday, October 23. He asks you to please call if this is inconvenient.
b. Eric Martin from K-Mart called you yesterday. He said they could deliver the desk you
had ordered on Monday, October 23. He asked you to please call if that was
inconvenient.
c. Eric Martin from K-Mart called you yesterday. He said they could deliver the desk
you ordered on Monday, October 23. He has asked you to please call if this
was inconvenient.
d. Eric Martin from K-Mart called you yesterday. He told me we can deliver the desk you
ordered on Monday, October 23. Please call if this is inconvenient.
e. Eric Martin from K-Mart called you yesterday. He said they could have delivered the
desk you ordered on Monday, October 23. He asked you not to call if that was
convenient.
Exercise 9 (1,0)
Of the large e-publishers, the most famous are www.fatbrain.com and Richard Tams
www.iUniverse.com. On an interview, Richard said that the web was the best place
for writers who had been or wanted to be published.
a. The web is best place for writers who had been or want to be published.
b. The webs best place for writers who have been or want to be published.
c. The webs best place for writers who have been or wanted to be published.
d. The webs best place for writers who had been or wanted to be published.
e. The web is best place for writers who have been or want to publish.
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DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS ESTRANGEIRAS MODERNAS
ANOTAES
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DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS ESTRANGEIRAS MODERNAS
ANOTAES