1.     
    


2. reported speech
Para reportarmos algo que foi
dito por outra pessoa
Can you Open your
next July.

We’ll travel
help me? books. 
Jamie is a 
good friend. 
Jack told me ... / Jack said...
Suzana asked us...


3. Reporting statements
(affirmative / negative) /

4. reported speech DISCURSO
DIRETO
example:
I want lasagna for dinner.



Dad said he wants lasagna for
dinner.

DISCURSO
INDIRETO

5. reported speech DISCURSO
DIRETO
example:
I want lasagna for dinner.



Dad said HE WANTED lasagna
for dinner.

DISCURSO
INDIRETO 

6. reported speech
Geralmente usamos o passado dos
verbos SAY e TELL no reported speech.
MAN, I’M SO TIRED! 
He said he was tired.
He told me he was tired.


O verbo TELL deve vir sempre seguido de um objeto
indireto (pessoa) sem „to‟.

Ex: He told me, told the kids, told mom etc.

7. reported speech
Quando reportamos algo que
ainda está ocorrendo (ou for
algo permanente), não 
precisamos mudar o 
tempo do verbo. 



8. reported speech
example:
He said he needs to find a
I need to find a solution!
solution.

achar uma solução para o
problema”, então não é

Como o rapaz “ainda precisa

necessário mudar o tempo do

verbo, pois a situação ainda
está ocorrendo.


9. reported speech
example:
He said he needed to find a
I need to find a solution!
solution.

Mas, em geral, mudamos os
verbos para o passado pois não


sabemos quando aquilo foi dito
ou o que foi dito não é imediato.
Mudamos também pronomes,
demonstrativos e advérbios.



10. reported speech
Então se reportamos algo que
não está mais ocorrendo (ou
provavelmente não está mais 
ocorrendo), precisamos 
mudar o tempo do verbo: 


11. reported speech example:
I really need a vacation.
She said she really

needed a vacation. 


Some time
later... 

12. reported speech example:
I am your father, Luke.



Some time later... 
He said he was his father.

13. reported speech example:
I‟ll always love you, Edward.
... But you said you


would always love him...


Some time
later...

14. reported speech example:
Sarah: „I‟m thinking about it‟.
Sarah told me she was thinking
about it. 





15. reported speech example:
Marcy: „I like your new tie‟.
Marcy told Mike she liked his
new tie. 





16. reported speech example:
Sue to Joe: „I can‟t hear you‟.
Sue told Joe (that) she couldn‟t
hear him. 





17. reported speech example:
Mike‟s parents to him: „We want you to
be happy‟.
Mike‟s parents told him (that) 
they wanted him to be happy.





18. reported speech example:
Jill to us: „I‟ve just seen Laura‟.
Jill told us (that) she had just 
seen Laura.





19. reported speech example:
Jake: „This is your new room‟
He said that was my new room.
Mel: „I‟ll call you today‟.
Mel told me she would call me that day. 
Palavras que se referem àquela situação específica também mudam:
THIS  THAT
NOW  THEN

HERE  THERE 
TODAY  THAT DAY
TOMORROW  THE NEXT DAY

YESTERDAY  THE DAY BEFORE 

20. VERBOS MUDAM PARA O „PASSADO‟ :
SIMPLE PRESENT  SIMPLE PAST
„I GO to school by bus‟  He said he WENT to school by bus...
PRESENT CONTINUOUS  PAST CONTINUOUS
„I‟M GOING to school...‟  He said he WAS GOING to school...
PRESENT PERFECT  PAST PERFECT
„I HAVE BEEN to school...‟  He said he HAD BEEN to school...
WILL + VERB  WOULD + VERB
„I WILL GO to school...‟  He said he WOULD GO to school...
MAY + VERB  MIGHT + VERB
„I MAY GO to school...‟  He said he MIGHT GO to school ...
CAN + VERB  COULD + VERB
„I CAN GO to school...‟  He said he COULD GO to school...

21. Reporting Questions
(Yes/No questions
or
WH-questions) /

22. reported speech
Se reportamos perguntas, usamos o verbo
ASKED seguido do objeto indireto.
Can you help me 
please? 

He asked me if I could help

him.


23. reported speech
As palavras WHAT, WHICH, WHO,
WHEN, ou HOW (ETC.) que forem
usadas nas perguntas são 
mantidas no reported speech. 
Se não foram usadas estas
palavras na pergunta, então 
usamos IF. 

24. reported speech example:
Is it risky?

I‟m sorry?


He asked you if it is risky. 


25. reported speech example:
What are the risks?

I‟m sorry?


He asked you what the risks are. 


26. reported speech example:
Is it risky?
O que era
pergunta no

discurso direto
virou frase

afirmativa no
discurso indireto.

Por isso, o verbo
He asked you if it is risky. 
TO BE está depois
do sujeito.


27. reported speech example:
What are the risks?
O que era
pergunta no

discurso direto
virou frase

afirmativa no
discurso indireto.

Por isso, o verbo
He asked you what the risks are. 
TO BE está depois
do sujeito.


28. reported speech example:
discurso direto
What is your name?

discurso indireto 
He asked me what my name WAS. 



29. reported speech example:
discurso direto
Where did you go?

discurso indireto

He asked me where I had gone. 



30. reported speech example:
discurso direto
How is your father?

discurso indireto 
He asked me how my father was. 



31. reported speech example:
discurso direto
Do you like pizza?

discurso indireto 
He asked me IF I liked pizza. 



32. reported speech example:
discurso direto
Have you met Peter?

discurso indireto 
He asked me if I had met Peter. 



33. Reporting
commands/orders
(Imperatives)

34. reported speech
Para reportar ordens ou
comandos usamos os verbos
TELL (com sentido de 
“mandar”) e ASK 
(com sentido de “pedir”): 



35. reported speech
Em reported speech para comandos e
ordens, acrescentamos
TO ou NOT TO 
antes do verbo (infinitivo).

Mom: „Go to bed‟

Mom told me TO GO to bed. 


36. reported speech example:
discurso direto
„Turn off the TV‟

discurso indireto 
Dad told me TO turn off the TV. 



37. reported speech example:
discurso direto
„Don‟t turn on the TV‟

discurso indireto 

Dad told me NOT TO turn on the TV.



38. reported speech example:
Don‟t open attached files in your
e-mails!


Her mother told her not to

open attached files in her 
e-mails. 

39. reported speech example:
Hold it for a minute, please.

She asked him to 

hold the plate for
a minute. 


40. reported speech example:
EAT more vegetables.

The doctor told 
her to eat more

vegetables. 


41. reported speech example:
Show this plan to the director.
Her boss told her 
to show the plan 
to the director. 

