4.

7Reported Speech [Discurso Indirecto]

Usamos el discurso indirecto para informar lo que dijo alguien más. Al pasar
el discurso directo a indirecto, no usamos comillas.
Observe cuál es la secuencia de tiempos verbales que debe usar cuando el
verbo usado para reportar está en pasado.

QUOTED SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Ed said, “ I walk home every day.”
Ed said, “ I walked home.”
Ed said, “ I will walk home.”
Ed said, “ I am walking home.”
Ed said, “ I was walking home…”
Ed said, “ I will be walking home.”
Ed said, “ I have walked home.”
Ed said, “ I had walked home …”
Ed said, “ I will have walked home…”
Ed said, “ I have been walking home…”
Ed said, “ I had been walking home…”
Ed said, “ I will have been walking home…”
Ed said, “ I am going to walk home.”
Ed said, “ I can walk home.”
Ed said, “ I could walk home.”
Ed said, “ I may walk home.”
Ed said, “ I might walk home.”
Ed said, “ I must walk home.”
Ed said, “ I have to walk home.”
Ed said, “ I should walk home.”
Ed said, “ I ought to walk home.”
Ed said, “ I would walk home.”
Ed said, “ I used to walk home.”
Ed said, “ I should have walked home.”
Ed said, “ Walk home. Don’t take a cab.”
Ed said, “ Do you walk home?”
Ed said, “ Wny did you walk home?”
Ed said (that) he walked home every day.”
Ed said he had walked home.”
Ed said he would walk home.”
Ed said he was walking home.”
Ed said he had been walking home…”
Ed said he would be walking home.”
Ed said he had walked home.”
Ed said he had walked home …”
Ed said he would have walked home…”
Ed said he had been walking home…”
Ed said he had been walking home…”
Ed said he would have been walking home…”
Ed said he was going to walk home.”
Ed said he could walk home.”
Ed said he could walk home.”
Ed said he might walk home.”
Ed said he might walk home.”
Ed said he had to walk home.”
Ed said he had to walk home.”
Ed said he should walk home.”
Ed said he ought to walk home.”
Ed said he would walk home.”
Ed said he used to walk home.”
Ed said he should have walked home.”
Ed told me to walk home. He told me not to take a cab.”
Ed asked (me) if / whether I walked home?”
Ed asked (me) why I had walked home?”