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REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS

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Changes in tenses:
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Present simple: Past simple:
“She studies English.”, he said. He said that she studied English.

Present continuous: Past continuous:

“I am waiting for my sister”, she told me. She told me that she was waiting for her sister.

Present perfect simple: Past perfect simple:

“I have read the book”, he said. He said that he had read the book.

Present perfect continuous: Past perfect continuous:

“They have been studying English.”, she told She told us (that) they had been studying English.
us.

Past simple: Past perfect:

“Kate arrived on Monday morning.”, Peter Peter explained that Kate had arrived on Monday
explained. morning.

Past continuous: Past Perfect continuous:

“My father was cooking”, she said. She said that her father had been cooking.

Past perfect simple: NO CHANGE (No cambia: past perfect simple)

“We had watched TV.”, they told me. They told me (that) had watched TV.

Past perfect continuous: NO CHANGE (No cambia: past perfect continuous)

“We had been watching TV”, they told me. They told me (that) the had been watching TV.

Future simple: Conditional:

“I’ll visit you soon.”, he said. He said that he would visit her soon.

Can Could:
“She can study English.”, they stated. The stated that she could study English.

May Might:
“It may be a good proposal.”, she told me. She told me (that) it might be a good proposal.
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Must / have to:
“I must brush my teeth.”, he said
Should, Could, Would, Might, Ought to &
Used to
Changes in personal pronouns and adjectives:
Los pronombres personales y los adjetivos o pronombres posesivos de 1ª y 2ª persona
cambian según quien habla, pero los de 3ª persona no cambian.
DIRECT SPEECH
1st person pronouns (I, we):
“I am going out”, you said.
“I am going out”, he told me.
“We went to Málaga”, they said.
“We went to Málaga”, you said.
1st person possessive adjectives (my,
our)
“He is my son”, she said.
“He is my son”, you said.
2nd person pronoun (you):
“You are very clever”, she told her.
“You are very clever”, she told me.
“You are very clever”, she told you.
2nd person possessive adjective (your)
“This is your bag”, they told you.
“This is your bag”, they told them.
“This is your bag”, they told me.
3rd person pronouns (he, she, it, they)
They have been to Rome, she said.
3rd person possessive adjectives (his,
her, its, their)
“Her hair is really short”, Amanda said.
Changes in time expressions:
TIME EXPRESSIONS
Had to:
He said that he had to brush his teeth.
NO CHANGE (No cambian)
REPORTED SPEECH
2nd person pronouns or 3rd person pronouns:
You said (that) you were going out.
He told me (that) he was going out.
They said (that) they had been to Málaga.
You said (that) you had been to Málaga.
2nd person pronouns or 3rd possessive adjectives:
She said (that) he was her son.
You said (that) he was your son.
(la primera persona cambia a segunda o a tercera
dependiendo de quién habla)
1st 2nd person pronouns or 3rd person pronouns:
She told her (that) she was very clever.
She told me (that) I was very clever.
She told you (that) you were very clever.
1st 2nd person pronouns or 3rd person possessive
adjectives
They told you that that was your bag.
They told you that that was their bag.
They told you that that was my bag.
(depende de a quién se refiere)
3rd person pronouns (he, she, it, they)
She said (that) they had been to Rome.
3rd person possessive adjectives (his, her, its, their)
Amanda said that her hair was really short.
(se queda igual)
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Direct speech Reported speech

Now Then
Today / tonight That day, that night
Yesterday The day before, the previous day
Tomorrow The next day, the following day, the day
after
Next week / next month The following week, the following month
Last week / last month The previous week, the previous month
The week before, the month before
Here There

Changes in demonstratives:
DEMONSTRATIVES
Direct speech Reported speech
This That
These Those