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Profesor:

Yorlan Sanguneo

Sabaneta, Febrero 2015

Integrante:
Carrasco Eulalia
Snchez Gisela

QUE ES EL REPORTED SPEECH

El Reported speech o Estilo indirecto es una estructura que usamos cuando

reportamos o hacemos mencin sobre algo que alguien ha dicho previamente. Aqu
tenemos varias pginas que te ayudarn a entender su uso.
El Reported Speech lo utilizamos comnmente para:

Para hacer mencin sobre lo que alguien ha dicho anteriormente, en este caso,
usamos verbos como explain, promise, say, tell, suggest... Aunque los ms
utilizados son say y tell en tiempo pasado (SAID, TOLD)

Para introducir en la oracin lo que ha alguien ha dicho, usamos that aunque

muchas veces se puede omitir esta palabra.
Ejemplo:
Direct speech

(estilo directo)
"I always drink coffee". She said.
"Yo siempre bebo caf." Ella dijo.

Reported speech
(estilo indirecto)
She said that she always drank coffee.
Ella dijo que ella siempre beba caf

Debemos tomar en cuenta que:

Al convertir una oracin de "Direct Speech" a "Reported Speech" el verbo
principal retrocede un tiempo verbal.

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

Present Simple
"He's American," she said.
"I'm happy to see you," Mary said.
He asked, "Are you busy tonight?"
Present Continuous

Past Simple
She said he was American.
Mary said that she was happy to see me.
He asked me if I was busy that night.
Past Continuous

Dan is living in San Francisco," she said. She said Dan was living in San Francisco.
He said, "I'm making dinner."
He told me that he was making dinner.
They asked me why I was working so
"Why are you working so hard?" they
hard.
asked.
Past Simple
"We went to the movies last night," he
said.
"Greg said, "I didn't go to work
yesterday."
"Did you buy a new car?" she asked.

Past Continuous
"I was working late last night," Vicki
said.
They said, "we weren't waiting long."

" He asked, "were you sleeping when I

called?"

Present Perfect Simple

"Heather said, "I've already eaten."

Past Perfect Simple

He told me they had gone to the
movies the night before.
Greg said that he hadn't gone to
work the day before.
She asked me if I had bought a new car.

Past Perfect Continuous

Vicki told me she'd been
working late the night before.
They said that they hadn't been
waitinglong.
He asked if I'd been sleeping when he
called.

Past Perfect Simple

Heather told me that she'd already eaten.

"We haven't been to China," they said.

They said they hadn't been to China.

"Have you worked here before?" I

asked.

I asked her whether she'd

worked therebefore
.
Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

"I've been studying English for two
years,"he said.
" Steve said, "we've been dating for over
a year now."
"Have you been waiting long?" they
asked.

He said he'd been studying English for

two years.
Steve told me that they'd been dating for
over a year.
They asked whether I'd been
waiting long.

Past Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Simple (*NO CHANGE)

"I'd been to Chicago before for

work," he said.

He said that he'd been to Chicago before

for work.

Past Perfect Continuous

She said, "I'd been dancing for years
before the accident."

Will
"I'll go to the movies tomorrow," John
said.
"Will you help me move?" she asked.
Can

Past Perfect Continuous (*NO

CHANGE)
She said she'd been dancing for years
before the accident.
Would
John said he would go to the moviesthe
next day.
She asked me if I would help her move.
Could

Debra said, "Allen can work tomorrow." Debra said Allen could work the next day.
"Can you open the window, please?", he
He asked me if I could open the window.
asked.
Must
Had to
"You must wear your seatbelt," mom
said.

My mom said I had to wear my seatbelt.

She said, "You must work tomorrow."

Shall
"Shall we go to the beach today?" Tom
asked.
"What shall we do tonight?" she asked.
May
Jane said, "I may not be in class
tomorrow."
the boy asked. "May I use the bathroom,
please?"the boy asked.

She said I had to work the next day.

Should
Tom asked if we should go to the
beachthat day.
She asked me what we should do that
night.
Might/Could
Jane said she might not be in class the
next day.
The boy asked if he could use the
bathroom.