Reported Speech – Quotes from entertainment media’s people

Teachers: Fabiana Alencar & María Vásquez

1. Rewrite the following quotes, making the correct changes for the
underlined words below. Use Reported Speech:

“I'm happy being

myself, which I've ______________________________________
never been before. I
______________________________________
always hid in other
people, or tried to ______________________________________
find myself through
______________________________________
the characters, or live
out their lives, but I ______________________________________
didn't have those ______________________________________
things in mine.”
Angelina Jolie

______________________________________
“Television is not
______________________________________ real life. In real life
______________________________________ people actually
have to leave the
______________________________________ coffee shop and
______________________________________ go to jobs.”

______________________________________ Bill Gates

“I don't know what

my calling is, but I ______________________________________
want to be here for ______________________________________
a bigger reason. I
strive to be like the ______________________________________
greatest people ______________________________________
who have ever
lived.” Will Smith ______________________________________
______________________________________

“I don't believe in
______________________________________ failure. It is not
______________________________________ failure if you
enjoyed the
______________________________________ process.”
______________________________________ Oprah Winfrey

______________________________________
______________________________________

• Quotes resource: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/favorites.html

• Pictures gotten from Google images