Inglês - Indirect Speech

Na passagem do Direct speech para o Indirect speech há alterações a serem feitas.
Devemos alterar os tempos verbais, os advérbios de tempo e lugar, os pronomes e determinantes.



Exemplo:

I'm visiting Sue today - (direct speech)
He said (that) he was visiting Sue that day - (indirect speech)



---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tempos Verbais

 

 

Direct speech       

 

Present Simple : I have three dogs.

Present Continuous : Tom is having dinner.

Future (Will) : We will help the children.                     

 

 

 

Indirect speech

 

Past Simple : She said (that) she has three dogs.

Past continuous : She said (that) Tom was having dinner.

Would : He said (that) the would help the children.                                                            

 

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Personal Pronouns :

 

• Object :
  
  Direct speech - me, us, you, him/her/it, them
  Indirect speech - him/her, them, me/us, him/her/it, them
  
• Subject :
  
  Direct speech - i, we, you, he/she/it, they
  Indirect speech - he/she, they, i/we, he/she/it, they

 

 

 

Possessive Determiners :

 

• Direct speech - my, our, your, his/her/its, their
• Indirect speech - his/her, their, my/our, his/her/its, their

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 Time and place expressions

 

 

 Direct speech / Indirect speech :

 

Today  -  That day

Now  -  Then / At the moment

Yesterday  -  The day before

Days ago  -  Days before

Last week/month/year  -  The previous week/month/year

Next week/month/year  -  The following week/month/year

Tomorrow  -  The next day/Following day

Here  -  There

This/These  -  There/Those