El estilo indirecto:Reported

Speech
Podemos contar lo que alguien dijo de dos
maneras:

1) Repitiendo las palabras exactas

“I have to go now,” she said
2) Repitiendo la idea,pero no las palabras
exactas, a lo que llamamos “estilo indirecto”:
She said that she had to go then
 Características
• En estilo indirecto no hay comillas
• La frase suele empezar con un verbo como
say,tell,ask,inquire,think,explain,poin
t out,..
• El tiempo de la narración da un salto atrás
si el reporting verb está en pasado
• Las palabras que indican lugar,tiempo,los
pronombres ,etc deben cambiar
logicamente
 Cambios en los verbos
• Present “ past
• Present continuous “ past continuous
• past “ past perfect
• Present perfect “ past perfect
• will/can/may “ would/could/might
• Am/is/are going to “ was/were going to
• Past continuous “ past perfect continuous
• Must “ had to

• *Would, Could, Might and past perfect no cambian.

 examples
I want to move
I live in a to Canada.
flat.

She said she He said he wanted

lived in a flat. to move to Canada.
 I can dance I don´t play
very well. tennis.

She said she could He said he didn´t

dance very well. play tennis
 I went to I saw a
Rio. great film.

She said she had He said he had seen

gone to Rio. a great film.
 examples
I have been I will write
to London. more.

He said he would
She said she had
write more.
been to London.
 More examples
Examples:
• “I work at the gym” presente
He said the worked at the gym pasado
• “I am swimming in the pool” present continuous
Bob told us that he was swimming in the pool past continuous
• “We lived in Surco last year” ´ past simple
They said they had lived in Surco last year past perfect
• “They have been to Paris” present perfect
The said they had been to Paris past perfect
• “she will give you a hand” will
Tom told me that she would give me a hand would
• “Monica can play volleyball” can
Nayle said that Monica could play volleyball could
• “He may call you tonight” may
Sheena said he might call you tonight might
• “I am going to take a shower” going to
Vanessa told me she was going to take a shower was going to
 Exercises of reported speech
a) Marco said, “ I am going to read a book this week.”
– Marco said that he was going to read a book this week.

b) Alice said, “ I spent all my pocket money last Monday.”

– Alice said that she had spent all her pocket money last Monday.

c) Jason said, “ We didn’t eat fish last week.”

– Jason said that they hadn’t eaten fish last week.

d) The teacher said, “ I won’t collect the homework until tomorrow.”

– The teacher said that she would collect the homework until tomorrow.
e) The teacher said, “ Everyone has been doing very well. I’m proud
of this class.”
– The teacher said that she had been doing very well and she was proud of
her class.

f) The teacher said, “ I’ll let you out early this Friday if everyone
does well on the test.”
– The teacher said that she would let her out early this Friday if everyone
did well on the test.

g) The teacher said, “ I’m sorry, but I didn’t have a chance to look at
your writing journals.”
– The teacher said that she hadn’t have a chance to look at your writing
journals.