Contiene ejemplos del tema reported speech visto en 4o. semestre a nivel bachillerato.

1. Reported speech
February 25th
March 4th
Direct speech
I’m going home
• She said, “I’m going home”.
Reported speech
• She said (that) she was going home.

2. Reported speech /2
Posibles cambios:
• Tiempos verbales.
He said, “I love you”
He said (that) he loved me.
• Orden de las palabras
Mum says, “Why aren’t you at school?”
Mum wants to know why you aren’t at school.
• Pronombres (Ver ejemplo en tiempos verbales)
• Otras palabras
Peter said, “I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow”.
Peter said (that) he was seeing the doctor the following
day.

3. Reported speech /3
Cambios en los tiempos verbales:
Direct speech
• Present simple
‘I like peaches’.
• Present continuous
‘Is it raining?’
• Past simple
‘I didn’t 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
hadn’t recognized /didn’t
recognize me.
Past continuous or past
perfect continuous
He said he was joking (Or:
had been joking) about the
price.

4. Reported speech /4
Cambios en los tiempos verbales (continuación)
Direct speech
Reported speech
•Past perfect
Past perfect
‘I hadn’t seen her before that day.’ You said you hadn’t seen
her before that day.
• shall / will
should / would
‘We’ll be late.’
I told him we’d 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.

5. Reported speech /5
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

6. Reported speech /6
2. Wh-questions
‘Where is the President staying?’ the reporter said.
Wh-word aux
s
v
The reporter asked where the President was staying.
Wh-word
s
aux v

7. Reported speech /7
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

8. Reported speech /8
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
‘What’s the problem?’ he said.
He wanted to know / asked (me) / wondered what the problem was.

9. ‘Andrew is working,’ Jessica said.
Jessica said (that) Andrew was working.
‘I’ve 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.

10. ‘Andrew is working,’ Jessica said.
Jessica said (that) Andrew was working.
‘I’ve 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.