Reglas para ejercicio de Reported Speech

Question Forms and Reported Speech

Question Forms and Reported Speech
1. Normal word order is used in reported questions, that is, the subject comes before the verb, and it is not necessary to use 'do' or 'did':

"Where does Peter live?"

She asked him where Peter lived.

2. Yes / no questions: his type of question is reported by usin! 'as ' ! 'if / whether ! clause:

""o you speak #n!lish?" "'s it rainin!?" ")an you type?"

$e asked me i" # spo e $n%lish. $e asked me whether # was &ritish or 'merican. $e (anted to kno( whether # had a computer. $e enquired whether # had come )( train. She asked i" # had )een to &ristol )e"ore.

"%re you &ritish or %merican?" "$ave you !ot a computer?" ""id you come by train?"

She asked i" it was rainin%. She asked i" # could t(pe.

"$ave you been to &ristol before?" *. Question words:

his type of question is reported by usin! *ask* +or another verb like *ask*, - question (ord clause. he clause contains the question, in normal (ord order and (ith the necessary tense chan!e.

"What is your name?" he asked me. "$o( old is your mother?", he asked.

$e asked me what m( name was. $e asked how old her mother was. he policeman asked the boy

he policman said to the boy, "Where do you live?" where he lived. "What time does the train arrive?" she asked. arrived. "When can (e have dinner?" she asked. Peter said to .ohn, "Why are you so late?" Note+ See also Summary of /eportin! 0erbs

She asked what time the train

She asked when the( could have dinner. Peter asked the .ohn wh( he was so late.

Grammar notes: reported speech

Definition Reported speech is often also called indirect speech. When we use reported speech, we are usually talking about the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too. For exa ple! "#$ going to the cine a". %e said he was going to the cine a.

$stilo indirecto , Reported Speech

#l $stilo indirecto o Reported speech es una estructura que se emplea cuando queremos decir o hacer menci1n sobre al!o que al!uien ha dicho previamente. -irect speech
.estilo directo/

Reported speech
.estilo indirecto/

0# alwa(s drin co""ee0. She said.

"2o siempre bebo caf3." #lla dijo.

She said that she alwa(s dran co""ee.

#lla dijo que ella siempre beb4a caf3.

Para hacer menci1n sobre lo que al!uien ha dicho usamos verbos como explain, promise, say, tell, suggest... %unque los m5s utili6ados son sa( y tell. 7o es necesario cambiar el tiempo del verbo si el verbo de la oraci1n principal est5 en presente. #n el ejemplo anterior podr4amos decir: She said that she al(ays drink coffee. Para introducir lo que ha dicho, usamos that aunque muchas veces se puede omitir esta palabra. %l convertir una oraci1n de ""irect Speech" a "/eported Speech" tenemos en cuenta que el verbo principal retrocede un tiempo verbal. 1a)la de cam)ios que su"re el ver)o+ -irect speech present simple # am happ( # sleep present continuos # am "eelin% happ( # am sleepin% past simple # was happ( # slept present per"ect # have )een happ( # have slept present per"ect continuos # have )een "eelin% happ( # have )een sleepin% Reported speech past simple 2e said he was happ( 2e said he slept past continuos 2e said he was "eelin% happ( 2e said he was sleepin% past per"ect 2e said he had )een happ( 2e said he had slept past per"ect 2e said he had )een happ( 2e said he had slept past per"ect continuos 2e said he had )een "eelin% happ(

2e said he had )een sleepin% "uture # will )e happ( # will sleep simple conditional 2e said he would )e happ( 2e said he would sleep simple conditional "uture per"ect # will have )een happ( # will have sleep per"ect 2e said he would have )een happ( 2e said he would have slept

3er)os modales -irect speech 4'N # can sleep 8'Y # ma( sleep :#77 # will sleep 86S1 # must sleep Reported speech 45672e said he could sleep 8#921 2e said he mi%ht sleep :5672e said he would sleep 2'- 15 2e said he had to sleep

)ambios que pueden sufrir al!unas part4culas de lu!ar y tiempo: no( toni!ht today last ni!ht this mornin! this (eek ne8t (eek ne8t year here at that moment, then that ni!ht that day the ni!ht before that mornin! that (eek the follo(in! (eek the year after there

Reported Speech+ questions

#n las oraciones interro!ativas usamos el mismo orden !ramatical: el sujeto va despu3s del verbo pero no es necesario usar el au8iliar "do" o "did".
-irect speech Reported speech

0:here do Susan and 'nn wor ; 0

"9"1nde trabajan Susan y %nn?"

2e as ed me where Susan and 'nn wor ed.

:l me pre!unt1 d1nde trabajaban ;ary y om.