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Repasando lo visto en clase respecto a TOLD.

Lean esta conversacin y veamos algunos ejemplos de reported


speech.
Rebeca: Guys, Im worried.
Jair: Why?
Rebeca: I didnt study for the exam and I think its going to be difficult.
Guillermo: Dont worry! You just sit next to me. I studied!
Araceli: Really Memo? I cant believe it.
Guillermo: Yes, ask me anything you want.
Ernesto: Wow!! That is great!! Memo, you are our savior!!
Araceli: Ok, ok the professor is coming so we need to be ready!

Imaginen que el profesor los vio conversando y siente curiosidad de saber que
dijo cada uno y les pregunta a alguno de ellos:
Professor: What did Rebeca say?
Reported speech: She said she was worried
Professor: Why? What did she tell you?
Reported speech: She told us she hadnt studied for the exam
Professor: And What did Memo tell her?
Reported speech: He told Rebeca she just sat next to him because he had
studied
Professor: Really? An what did Araceli say?
Reported Speech: She said she couldnt believe it
Professo: And why Ernesto was so happy?
Reported speech: Because he told Memo he was our savior!
Professor: I see. And finally what did Araceli tell you?
Reported speech: She told us (that) the professor was coming so we needed
to be ready.

Y esa es la forma como se usa el SAID y el TOLD para el reported speech.

SAID se usa para reportar lo que alguien ms dijo.


TOLD se usa para reportar lo que alguien ms te dijo o le dijo a otra persona.
Es decir, que a diferencia de said, con TOLD es importante mencionar el a
quien o quienes se les dijo determinada informacin.
No olvidar que para hacer el reported speech usamos el tiempo
inmediatamente anterior al que se uso en la oracin original. Ver pginas 50 y
51 de su libro para las reglas y la siguiente tabla de ejemplos:
Para el told asumir que Paul me da la informacin a mi, pero recuerden que
dependiendo ala persona a quien se le de la informacin puede ser: told me,
told him, told her, told you, told us, told them.

TENSE
Simple Present

SENTENCE
Paul: I love cats

Present
Progressive

Paul: I am
studying
administration
Paul: I have
played soccer
many times

Present Perfect

Simple Past

Paul: I enjoyed
the movie

Past Progressive

Paul: I was
watching TV last
night

Future

Paul: I will go to
Queretaro

Can

Paul: I can play


the piano.

Should, Could

Paul: I shoul pay


more attention.
Paul: I could fix
the car.

REPORTED SPEECH
SAID
TOLD
He said he loved
He told me he
cats
loved cats.
He said he was
He told me he
studying
was studying
administration
administration.
He said he had
He told me he
played soccer
had played
many times.
soccer many
times.
He said he had
He told me he
enjoyed the
had enjoyed the
movie
movie.
He said he had
He told me he
been watching TV had been
last night.
watching TV last
night.
He said he would He told me he
go to Queretaro
would go to
Queretaro.
He said he could
He told me he
play the piano
could play the
piano.
He said he should He told me he
pay more
should pay more
attention.
attention.
He said he could
fix the car.

He told me he
could fix the car.

DUDAS?

Los ejercicios a realizar los encontrarn en el otro archivo anexo.

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