EXPRESIONES QUE CAMBIAN EN REPORTED SPEECH

1. Unidad 1

2. LOOK THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE…

3. RULES OF THE REPORTED SPEECH
Direct speech
- Exact words with quotation marks
He said ´you play the guitar´
Indirect speech
- Add THAT
- Change the present verb to the past verb
- Don´t use quotation marks
He said that you played the guitar

4. Tense transformation.
- PRESENT SIMPLE ------------------ PAST SIMPLE
* She said ¨He works with computers¨
* She said that he worked with computers
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS -------- PAST CONTINUOUS
* She told me ¨ Emily is waiting the bus¨
* She told me that Emily was waiting the bus.
- PAST SIMPLE ----------- PAST PERFECT
* She said ¨English was easy¨
* She said that English had been easy

5. Change of expressions
 From direct to indirect speech.

6. Look the example
Tuesday.
- The teacher said ¨I gave the work yesterday¨
The student report on Friday.
- The teacher said that He had given the work yesterday.
- The teacher said that He had given the work THE DAY
BEFORE

7. Other example.
- She said ¨ you give me the report today¨
INDIRECT SPEECH
- She said that I gave her the report today.
- She said that I gave her the report THAT DAY

8. More expressions to use…