reported speech

2. Hay varios tipos de Reported Speech o Estilo
Indirecto. Ya hemos visto uno, que es
cuando alguien da una orden.
María: "Close the window"
Reported Speech:
María told me to close the window

3. Examples.-
“Come ” He told me  He told me to go
Father: "Do your homework!“  Father told me to do my homework.
Teacher: "Don't talk to your mate!"  The teacher told me not to talk to my mate.
En las ordenes negativas se pone HE TOLD ME NOT TO

4. El Reported Speech que tenemos que
aprender ahora es cuando no es una
orden, sino cuando alguien dice una
frase en presente simple.
María : "I like football"
María: " Me gusta el fútbol"
María dijo que le gustaba el fútbol 1. Primero
ponemos el nombre,
maría, y "dijo que", que
es "said that"
maria said that.

5. y luego ponemos lo que dijo en pasado simple, o
sea, la segunda columna del verbo.
i like football ------- she liked football
maría said that she liked football
maría dijo que le gustaba el fútbol

6. hay tres partes en el reported speech
1. la persona que lo dice
2. said that
3. la frase en pasado simple
antonio: "i eat carrots"
antonio said that he ate carrots

7. • cuando se dice la frase en negativa,
hay que poner el pasado simple en
negativa, que es con didn't
• maría: "I don't drink water"
• maría said that she didn't drink
water
Negativas

8. CAN
• POR ÚLTIMO, SI LA FRASE ES CON "CAN", EN EL REPORTED
SPEECH SE PONE "COULD"
• I can play the piano.
• He said that he could play the piano.

9. EJEMPLOS
I can study the lesson He said that he could study the lesson

10. reported
speech
My mother
gives me new
dolls .

11. reported
speech
The girl said that her mother gave her
new dolls .

12. reported
speech
My book
is very
interesting!

13. reported
speech
The woman said that her book was very
interesting.

14. reported
speech
I catch
a fish

15. reported
speech
The girl said she caught a fish.

16. reported
speech
STOP!
The man told me me to stop.

17. A – Rewrite the sentences in reported speech:
“I watch a film on Saturdays.” Caroline …
“He is my best friend.” Fred ...
“The scarf is in my bag.” Janice …
“This film wasn't very interesting” Tom …
“This isn't my school.” Jerry …
'”We walk for half an hour.” Jennifer …
“The T-shirts don't fit me.” Mike …
“We park our car ” They …
“It is my boyfriend's birthday party.” Helen …
”I think there will be a students' meeting very soon.” He …