Questão de Inglês — Discurso direto e indireto | Reported speech — Instituto IACP 2026
InglêsDiscurso direto e indireto | Reported speech
- Código
- qg744245
- Banca
- Instituto IACP
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Satuba - AL
- Ano
- 2026
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor de Ensino Fundamental II (Inglês)
Consider the direct speech:“I can’t attend the meeting now because my supervisor is traveling,” said Laura.When transforming the sentence into reported speech, it is necessary to consider the appropriate changes in verb tense and deictic expressions. About this, choose the correct alternative:
- A“Laura said that she can’t attend the meeting now because her supervisor is traveling,” – because it keeps the verb tenses from the direct speech and violates the principle of sequence of tenses.
- B“Laura told that she couldn’t attend the meeting now because her supervisor was traveling.” – the verb “tell” requires a mandatory indirect object; now does not undergo deictic shift.
- C“aura said that she couldn’t attend the meeting then because her supervisor was traveling,” – because the modal can shifts to could when the reporting verb (said) is in the past, following the principle of modal remoteness.
- D“Laura said that she can’t attend the meeting then because her supervisor is traveling.” – it maintains present tenses and only modifies the deictic element; inconsistent with reported discourse in a past context.
- E“Laura told to them that she couldn’t attend the meeting because her supervisor travels.” – because of temporal changes and the presence of contextual markers.