Terrero´s English Class

Reported statements or Reported Speech.

Esto es lo que se conoce como el reporte de oraciones en el inglés o
reporte de declaraciones, en ejemplos dominicanos mejor conocido
como el “ella me dijo”.
Como toda clase en el inglés es trabajada bajo la misma gramática,
debes saber que te encontraras con todos los tiempos verbales, así como
el presente simple el continuos etc…
He aquí varios ejemplos en inglés de lo que estamos hablando:

Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech

present
I like ice cream She said (that) she liked ice cream.
simple
present I am living in
She said (that) she was living in London.
continous London
She said (that) she had bought a car OR She
past simple I bought a car
said (that) she bought a car.
past I was walking along She said (that) she had been walking along the
continuous the street street.
present
I haven't seen Julie She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie.
perfect
I had taken English She said (that) she had taken English lessons
past perfect*
lessons before before.
will I'll see you later She said (that) she would see me later.
would* I would help, but..” She said (that) she would help but...
I can speak perfect
can She said (that) she could speak perfect English.
English
I could swim when I She said (that) she could swim when she was
could*
was four four.
shall I shall come later She said (that) she would come later.
I should call my
should* She said (that) she should call her mother
mother
might* I might be late She said (that) she might be late
I must study at the She said (that) she must study at the weekend
must
weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend
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Una vez hayas leído y comprendido lo que es esto necesito que realices
el mismo cuadro de arriba como ejemplo en español para asegurarme de
que lo entendió.
Espero hayas entendido al tener la primera contestada como ejemplo
base de la actividad.

Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech

present simple Me gusta el helado Él dijo que le gusta el helado
I am studying She said she was
present continous
studying
I was in high school She said he was in
past simple
high school
I was washing the She is washing the
past continuous
dishes dishes
I have finished She said, she had
present perfect
finished
I had spoken to kevin She have spoke with
past perfect*
kevin
I will practice for the She said, she would
will
exam practice for the exam
I would practice for She said, she will
would*
the test practice for the test
I can help you? She said, could she
can
help you?
I could write her a She said, she can
could*
letter write her a letter

I should study for the

should*
exam
I might go to the She said, she may go
might*
church to the church
I must slepp early She said, she had to
must
slepp early

Recomendación:
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Para mayor entendimiento del tema en caso de que no hayas entendido te
recomiendo este video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=97&v=quXqD18XA2Q&feature=emb_logo

Examples:

1- Present continuous changes to Past continuous

Ex: I´m living in London / He said he was living in London.

2- Present Simple changes to Past Simple

Ex: I like ice cream / she said she liked ice cream.

3- Past Continuous changes to Past Perfect Continuous

Ex: I was walking along the street / He said he had been walking along the street.

4- Present Perfect changes to Past Perfect.

Ex: I haven´t seen David / She said She hadn´t seen David.

5- Will changes to Would

Ex: I will see you later / He said he would see you later.

6- Can changes to Could

Ex: I can speak French / She said She could speak French.

Note: Some tenses and verbs don’t change.

7- Past perfect stays with Past Perfect

Ex: I had taken English lessons before / She said She had taken English lessons before

8- Could stays Could

Ex: I could swim when I was four / He said He could swim when he was four.

9- Would stays would

10- Should stays Should
11- Might stays Might

Etc. – etc. – etc…

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Exercises:
Present Simple online exercises:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-12.html

Present Continuous:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-10.html

Past Simple:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-9.html

Present Perfect:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-11.html

Future Simple (Will):

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-8.html

Nota:
Estos son varios links para practicar los diferentes tiempos gramaticales de
los Reported Speech espero sean de mucho beneficio, para mejor
entendimiento de los ejercicios a según los vaya realizando puede ir
fijándose en las explicaciones anteriores para saber cómo organizar cada
estructura y el uso de los pronombres, por ejemplo: She said…. Or He
said…
Esto puede ser opcional usted puede usar el que quiera siempre y cuando
mantenga la idea correcta, no hay problema.
Si no entiende uno de los ejercicios a previa vista desde que inicie en caso
de que se sienta bloqueada puede hacer click en la opción CHECK y ver la
respuesta de la primera pregunta y así poder guiarse.
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