Reported speech

February 25th

March 4th
Direct speech

Im going home

She said, Im going home.

Reported speech
She said (that) she was going home.

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Posibles cambios:
Tiempos verbales.

He said, I love you

He said (that) he loved me.
Orden de las palabras
Mum says, Why arent you at school?
Mum wants to know why you arent at school.
Pronombres (Ver ejemplo en tiempos verbales)
Otras palabras
Peter said, Im seeing the doctor tomorrow.

Peter said (that) he was seeing the doctor the following

day.

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Cambios en los tiempos verbales:

Direct speech
Present simple
I like peaches.
Present continuous
Is it raining?
Past simple
I didnt recognize you.
Past continuous
I was joking about the price.

Reported speech
Past simple
He said he liked peaches.
Past continuous
He asked if it was raining.
Past simple / Past Perfect
She explained that she
hadnt recognized /didnt
recognize me.
Past continuous or past
perfect continuous
He said he was joking (Or:
had been joking) about the
price.

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Cambios en los tiempos verbales (continuacin)

Direct speech

Reported speech

Past perfect

Past perfect

I hadnt seen her before that day. You said you hadnt seen
her before that day.

shall / will
Well be late.

should / would
I told him wed be late.

can, may

could, might

I can swim.

She thought she could swim.

must

must or had to

I must go.

He said he must / had to go.

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Reporting questions
Two kinds of questions
1. Yes / No questions
Are you leaving? he said.
aux s
v
He wanted to know if / whether I was leaving.
s

aux v

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2. Wh-questions
Where is the President staying? the reporter said.
Wh-word aux

The reporter asked where the President was staying.

Wh-word

aux v

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Otras palabras
here

there

now

then, at the time

today

that day

yesterday

the day before / the previous day

tomorrow

the next / following day

this week

that week

last week

the week before, the previous week

an hour ago

an hour before / earlier

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Say or tell
Tell

+ el oyente

Daniel told me (that) he was ready.

Say

no se menciona el oyente

Daniel said (that) he was ready.

Ask, want to know, wonder

Whats the problem? he said.
He wanted to know / asked (me) / wondered what the problem was.

Andrew is working, Jessica said.

Jessica said (that) Andrew was working.

Ive fixed the shelves, John told Susan.
John told Susan (that) he had fixed the shelves.

My money had run out, said Daniel.

Daniel said his money had run out.
You can sit over here, the steward said.
The steward said we could sit over there.
When did you start acting, Melissa? Guy said.

Guy asked Melissa when she had started acting.

Has the taxi arrived yet? someone asked.
Someone asked if / whether the taxi had arrived yet.