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24 Fev 2 SG2 Reported Speech Grammar Activity Rev
24 Fev 2 SG2 Reported Speech Grammar Activity Rev
EM - 2a série
Professora: Helena Camargo
Can ____________________
Will ____________________
A.2) Analyze the statements from exercise A and mark the correct answer
or fill in the blank space accordingly.
1. We tell / say something to someone.
2. We tell / say someone something.
3. To report a yes-or-no-question, we use the verb asked + ____.
A.3) Use the backshifting rule and write the reported speech of the other
statements taken from the song.
1. Dany: “I wonder what she is doing now.”
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2. Sandy: “I met a boy cute as could be.”
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3. Sandy: “Dany took me bowling in the arcade.”
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Girls: “How much dough did he spend?”
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Boys: “Did you go very far?”
…………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Dany: “She swam by my, she got a cramp.”
……………………………………………………………………………………
7. Girls: “Was it love at first sight?”
……………………………………………………………………………………
B) Fill in the chart with the appropriate verb forms to complete the
backshifting rule.
Is / am
Are
Don’t
Simple past
Was / were
Will
Can
Imperative To infinitive
(do this / don’t do that) (to do this / not to do that)
b) “I've lost the map and I don’t know the way,” said Jack.
Jack told me that he .........................................................................................................
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c) “When finish the book, I'm going to watch television’, said Carol
Carol said that when .........................................................................................................
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g) ‘I'm going to visit friends in Fiji but I'm not sure when,” said Jill
Jill told us that she ............................................................................................................
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h) “I want to buy it, but I haven’t brought any money,’ said Tony.
Tony said that he ..............................................................................................................
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