Reported Speech
USO
Usamos "Reported Speech" (discurso indireto) para relatar o que aconteceu em um
diálogo, sem qure precisemos usar aspas ou fazer sitações.
O "Reported Speech" faz com que o texto fique mais bonito, organizado e fácil de ler.
Ex.: Direct Speech --> He said: "I don't want to go to school."
Reported Speech --> He said he didn't want to go to school.
Para relatar uma frase que foi dita por alguém no passado, usamos um verbo
introdutório, como say, tell, explain, em sua forma no passado (said, told, explained), e
depois a frase dita, com as devidas alterações de acordo com a tabela abaixo:
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Example
Simple Present Simple Past He said: "I
want
some oranges."
He said he wanted some oranges.
Present Continuous
Past Continuous They said: "We
are studying
hard."
They said they were studying hard.
Simple Past Past Perfect
She said: "I
needed
you, but uou
weren't here."
She said she had needed him, but he
hadn't been there.
Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
Tom said: "I
was talking
to Mary."
Tom said he had been talking to Mary.
Present Perfect Past Perfect They said: "We
've worked
together."
They said they had worked together.
Going to- Future was/were going to. I said: "I
'm going to visit
Jim"!
I said I was going to visit Jim"
Must Had to* She told me: "I
must hurry
up."
She told me she had to hurry up.
• Algumas correntes aceitam também que não se modifique o must no Reported
Speech.
Algumas palavras também devem ser alteradas:
today that day
tonight that night
