Question

Change the sentences into indirect speech: a) Mike said, "I need to find a job." b) My friends said, "We will look for a job." c) My mother said, "I can't work anymore."

Answer 1

⇒⇒  Indirect speech

Change the sentences into indirect speech:

a) Mike said, "I need to find a job."

   Mike said that he needed to find a job.

b) My friends said, "We will look for a job."

   My friends said that they would look for a job.

c) My mother said, "I can't work anymore."

   My mother said that she couldn't work anymore.

⇒⇒  Indirect speech / Reported speech >> é quando repetimos, com as nossas palavras, o que outra pessoa falou. As duas frases, normalmente, são ligadas por ''that''.

Exemplos:

' I don't know what to do' - Lucy disse. >>> direct speech

Lucy said (that) she didn't know what to do. >>> reported speech

James said: ''I am very late''. >>> direct speech

James said that he was very late. >>> reported speech  

Mudança de tempo verbal ao fazer o Reported speech

Direct speech             Reported speech

Simple present              Simple past

Simple past                    Past perfect

Can                                 Could

Will                                  Would  

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Answer 2

Resposta:

Change the sentences into indirect speech:

a) Mike said, "I need to find a job."

Mike said that he needed to find a job.

b) My friends said, "We will look for a job."

My friends said that they would look for a job.

c) My mother said, "I can't work anymore."

My mother said that she couldn't work anymore.

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