Indirect Speech

(Reported Speech)

vorbirea indirecta
prezentare
Indirect Speech
Vorbirea indirecta presupune repetarea a
ceea ce s-a scris sau s-a spus intr-o
comunicare.
Se considera transformarile de pe slide-urile
urmatoare doar atunci cand verbul de
raportat este la un timp trecut.
Atunci cand verbul este la prezent, timpurile
din propozitiile care se raporteaza raman
neschimbate.
Transformari
vb. directa vb. indirecta
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Past Simple
Present Perfect Simple
Past Perfect Simple
Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Simple
Past Continuous

Past Perfect Simple


Past Perfect
Continuous

Transformari
vb. directa vb. indirecta
Will =>
Would =>
Shall =>
Should =>
Can =>
Could =>
May =>
Might =>
Must =>


Would
Would
Should
Should
Could
Could
Might
Might
Must
Transformari
vb. directa vb. indirecta
Here
There
Now
Then
Today
That day
Yesterday
The day before/ the previous
day
2 days/ 3 years (etc.)ago
2 months/ 3 years (etc.) before
Last month/ year etc.

A (the) month/ year (etc.) before;
The previous month/ year
Tomorrow
The next day/ the following day

Next year/summer etc.
The next year/summer etc.
exemple
Present Simple
I dont want this book., he
said
(dont want =>
(this =>

Present Continuous
Shes working hard for this
presentation, I told my
manager.
(is working =>
(this =>

Past Simple
He said he didnt want that
book
didnt want)
that)

Past Continuous
I told my manager (that) she
was working hard for that
presentation
was working)
That)
exemple
Past Simple
Tom gave up his job yesterday, my
brother informed me.
(gave up =>
(yesterday =>

Present Perfect Simple
I have written a poem, she
exclaimed.
(have written =>

Past Perfect Simple
I had forgotten my wallet, he
explained.
(had forgotten =>
(my =>

Past Perfect Simple
My brother informed me (that) Tom had
given up his job the previous day.
had given up)
the previous day)

Past Perfect Simple
She exclaimed (that) she had written a
poem.
had written)

Past Perfect Simple
He explained he had forgotten his
wallet.
had forgotten)
his)

exemple
Past Continuous
I was reading the book at this time
yesterday,she said.
(was reading =>
(this =>

Present Perfect Continuous
My mum has been calling you since
lunch time, he told me.
(my =>
(has been calling =>
(you =>

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been repairing the car for one
hour before your arrival, he claimed.
(I =>
(had been repairing =>
(your =>



Past Perfect Continuous
She said she had been reading the
newspaper at that time yesterday.
had been reading)
that)

Past Perfect Continuous
He told me his mum had been calling
me since lunch time.
his)
had been calling)
me)

Past Perfect Continuous
He claimed he had been repairing the
car for one hour before my arrival.
he)
had been repairing)
my)
exemple
Will
She will do it, I exclaimed.

Will
I will have finished by then, he
said.

Would
I would like a piece of cake,
he said.

Should
You should take care, he told
me.
Would
I exclaimed that she would do
it.
Would
He said he would have finished
by then.

Would
He said (that) he would like a
piece of cake.

Should
He told me (that) I should take
care.
exemple
Can
My brother can swim, she
boasted.

May
You may go there, I told my
boy.

Might
It might rain tonight, I said.

Must
You musnt eat that, he told
her.
Could
She boasted her brother could
swim.

Might
I told my boy he might go there.

Might
I said it might rain that night.

Must
He told her she mustnt eat that.

Intrebari atentie la ordinea cuvintelor!!!
(din interogativ trece in afirmativ)
Why are you going
there?, he asked.
Where do you live?,
she asked.
Has she been there?,
my mum wondered.
Who are you?, she
asked him.
He asked why I was
going there.
She asked where I
lived.
My mum wondered if
she had been there.
She asked him who he
was.
Infinitive, exclamatii
Type these letters, the
boss told his secretary.

Dont go there!, I told my
boy.
What a nice morning!, she
exclaimed.
Congratulations!, he told
his wife.
Taxi!, he shouted.
Merry Christmas!, she told
us.
The boss told his secretary
to type those letters.

I told my boy not to go there.
She exclaimed that the
morning was nice.

He congratulated his wife.

He called a taxi.
She wished us Merry
Christmas.