The document explains reported speech or indirect speech in English. It discusses changes that are made to verbs when reporting what someone said, such as changing verbs to past tense. It also discusses changes to pronouns, time and place references, and question forms. The document provides examples of common reporting verbs like "say" and "tell" and examples showing the changes made in indirect speech compared to direct speech.

1. El estilo indirecto en inglés

2. Explicación

3. El reportes speech o estilo indirecto es una estructura que usamos cuando hacemos una mención sobre algo que alguien ha dicho previamente. Aquí hay algun tipo: Cambios en los tiempos verbales: “I live in Italy”. She said: She said that she lived in Italy Cambios en los verbos modales: "They will help you". She said. -> She said that they would help me. Cambios en las referencias de tiempo y lugar: "We live here ". They said -> They said that they lived there Cambios en las preguntas: " Where do they sell the tickets?" -> He asked where they sold the tickets. Verbos usuales para reportar : say, tell, ask, admit, agree, aswer, invite, complain Verbos usuales para reportar 2: offer, suggest, demand, request, remind, describe, confess, blame Verbos usuales para reportar 3: propose, refuse, congratulate, greet, introduce, warn, insist, insult Verbos usuales para reportar 4: apologize, thank, protest, threaten, advise, inquire, praise, deny Verbos usuales para reportar 5: assure, persuade, convince, beg, dissuade, confide, recommend, scold Verbos usuales para reportar 6: order, accuse, explain, mention, compliment, encourage, discourage, console

4. EJEMPLOS

5. "I work in Argentina" He said that he worked in Argentina "We saw a good film on TV" He said they had seen a good film on TV "I have done this before" She said that she had done that before "I will visit my mother" He said that he would visit his mother I will have arrived there by 5 pm" He said he would have arrived here by 5 pm "I can stay here until Sunday" He said he could stay there until Sunday "I may go fishing next weekend" He said that he might go fishing next weekend “ I will stay here!" He said that he would stay there "I must work everyday" He said he had to work everyday "John is not here right now.“ She told me that John wasn't there then. "Mum came to see you today." He said that mum had come to see me that day. "Please, give this letter to Penny." He asked me to give the letter to Penny. "OK, OK. Yeah. I broke that window.“ He admitted that he had broken the window "What are you looking for?"->He asked what I was looking for. "Where can we go tonight?"->She asked where they could go that night