Reported Speech e Questions Tags

(UFRS) Considere a frase: If you don’t feed your Tamagotchi, it will die. Escolha a melhor opção para reescrevê-la, começando com

She told me that_________________

• a) if I won’t feed my Tamagotchi, it would die.

• b) if you didn’t feed your Tamagotchi, it had died.

• c) if I didn’t feed my Tamagotchi, it would have died.

• d) if I didn’t feed my Tamagotchi, it would die.

• e) if you haven’t fed your Tamagotchi, it will have died.

(PUC-RJ) - The girl said to her parents, "Mom and Dad, the police were here while you were gone." If we turned this sentence into Reported Speech we would have:

The girl said to her parents that the police__________________

• a) had been there while they had been gone.

• b) had been here while they had gone.

• c) have been there while they were gone.

• d) have been here while they would be gone.

• e) would have been there while they have been gone.

(Mackenzie) They said, "Do parents know their kids?" in the Reported Speech would be:

• a) They said that did parents know their kids?

• b) They asked that parents know their kids.

• c) They said that parents knew the kids.

• d) They argued that do parents know their kids.

• e) They asked if parents knew their kids.

(UFPB) Read this sentence:

He said that he____________ this trend toward reduced risk.

• a) is happy they found

• b) has been happy we have found

• c) was happy they had found

• d) will be happy we will find

• e) would be happy they would find

(UniCEUB-2014) Choose the correct tag to finish the sentence.

“Yes. Probably we should. Did you take the number of the cab?"

“No. You didn't notice it, ____________ ?"

Extracted from The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassan.

• a) did you

• b) didn't I

• c) do you

• d) do I

• e) didn't you

(Prefeitura do Sul do Brasil/SC-2017) Observe the statements and mark the correct alternative:

I. He never came back, ______?

II. She can rarely come these days, _______?

III. The boys were playing soccer, _________?

Respectively, the correct order is:

• a) doesn't he/can't she/didn't they

• b) didn't he/can't she/weren't they

• c) does he/can't she/weren't they

• d) did he/can she/didn't they

• e) did he/can she/weren't they

3. (SEDU/ES-2016) He enjoys Brazilian food. He has tried tapioca, _________?

• a) hasn’t it

• b) hadn't she

• c) doesn’t he

• d) hasn't he

• e) haven't you

(SEE/AC-2014) Read these sentences:

1. The students are learning English for business reasons, __________?

2. Refugees and immigrants need to learn the English language, __________?

3. Mary studies English because she wants to travel to England, __________?

The correct question tags that complete the sentences above are, respectively:

• are they/do they/does she

• aren’t they/don’t they/doesn’t she

• are they/needn’t they/doesn’t she

• aren’t they/don’t they/isn’t she

• aren’t they/needn’t they/isn’t she

(SEE-AC) Read the sentences:

1. Laura is at the airport, _______________?

2. She wants to visit the bathroom, _______________?

3. Laura doesn’t understand, _______________?

The question tags that complete the sentences above are, respectively:

• a) is she/does she/does she

• b) she isn’t/she doesn’t want/she understands

• c) where is she/does she want/does she understand

• d) isn’t she/doesn’t she/does she

• e) isn’t she/does she/doesn’t she