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REPORTED SPEECH
ESTILO INDIRECTO
The reported speech is used to paraphrase something
which was said by someone else in the past.
El estilo indirecto sirve para parafrasear lo que una
persona dijo en el pasado.
It is important to distinguish four types of sentences
when we want to rephrase them into reported speech:
Es importante diferenciar cuarto tipos de frases a la
hora de pasarlas al estilo indirecto:
o Statements
Declarativas
o Questions
Interrogativas
o Commands and requests
rdenes y peticiones
o Offers and suggestions
Ofrecimientos y sugerencias
Statements
Oraciones declarativas
If the main verb of the reported sentence is in the past,
then the verb is changed into a tense more in the past:
Si el verbo principal est en pasado, el verbo de la
subordinada se mueve un punto hacia el pasado:
Present simple
Present
continuous
present perfect
past simple
Will
Can
May
Must
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect
past perfect
would
Could
Might
must/had to
She said: "I want to see Peter" She said (that) she wanted
to see Peter.
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He
She
Mary
She
I
Main verb
Verbo
Indirect
principal
object
Objeto
Told
Asked
Urged
Persuaded
Advised
indirecto
Them
Me
Her mother
Her son
Him
To + infinitive
To + infinitivo
(not)
(not)
(not)
(not)
(not)
to go away
to be quiet
to help her
to study
to stop
smoking
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year
ago
year
before
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ACTIVITY
1. You have something to do
He told me _______ something to ________.
a. I has / do
b. I had / did
c. I had / do
2. Dont close the door
Our teacher told us ________ the door.
a. Dont close
b. Didnt close
c. Not to close
3. Dont check your phone while you drive
My father told me not to check my phone while _______
drive.
a. You
b. He
c. I
4. Could you open the window, please?
The patient told the nurse _______ she could open the
window.
a.
b. Can
c. If
5. Turn off the lights
My mother told me _______.
a. To turn off the lights
b. Turned off the lights
c. Turning off the lights
6. Ill call the police
He said he ______ call the police.
a. Will
b. To
c. Would
7. Ive stopped smoking
She said she _______ stopped smoking.
a.
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b. Have
c. Had
8. What food do you like?
He asked her ___________________.
a. What food do you like
b. What food she liked
c. What food you like
9. Do you want a cup of tea?
Johan asked Sarah ____________.
a. Do you want a cup of tea?
b. Does she want a cup of tea?
c. If she wanted a cup of tea
10.
I went to visit my grandparents yesterday
Jane said _____ went to see her grandparents ________.
a. She / yesterday
b. I / the day before
c. She / the day before
KEY
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. C
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8. B
9. C
10. C