Unit 12, Estilo Indirecto
El Estilo indirecto o Reported speech es una estructura que se emplea cuando
queremos decir o hacer mención sobre algo que alguien ha dicho previamente.
Direct speech Reported speech
(estilo directo) (estilo indirecto)
"I always drink coffee". She She said that she always drank
said. coffee.
"Yo siempre bebo café." Ella Ella dijo que ella siempre bebía
dijo. café.
Tabla de cambios que sufre el verbo:
Direct speech Reported speech
present simple past simple
I am happy He said he was happy
I sleep He said he slept
past continuos
present continuos
He said he was feeling
I am feeling happy
happy
I am sleeping
He said he was sleeping
past perfect
past simple
He said he had been
I was happy
happy
I slept
He said he had slept
past perfect
present perfect
He said he had been
I have been happy
happy
I have slept
He said he had slept
past perfect continuos
present perfect continuos He said he had been
I have been feeling happy feeling happy
I have been sleeping He said he had been
sleeping
simple conditional
future
He said he would be
I will be happy
happy
I will sleep
He said he would sleep
simple conditional perfect
future perfect He said he would have
I will have been happy been happy
I will have sleep He said he would have
slept
Verbos modales
Direct speech Reported speech
CAN COULD
I can sleep He said he could sleep
MAY MIGHT
I may sleep He said he might sleep
WILL WOULD
I will sleep He said he would sleep
MUST HAD TO
I must sleep He said he had to sleep
Cambios que pueden sufrir algunas partículas de lugar y tiempo:
now at that moment, then
tonight that night
today that day
last night the night before
this morning that morning
this week that week
next week the following week
next year the year after
here there
Reported Speech: questions
En las oraciones interrogativas usamos el mismo orden gramatical: el sujeto va
después del verbo pero no es necesario usar el auxiliar "do" o "did".
Direct speech Reported speech
"Where do Susan and Ann He asked me where Susan and
work? " Ann worked.
"¿Dónde trabajan Susan y Él me preguntó dónde trabajaban
Ann?" Mary y Tom.
Ejercicios Reported Speech
A) Affirmatives:
B) Negatives:
1. Teacher: "Do your homework."
2. Andrew: "Clean the blue bike." 1. Karen: "Don't play football in the garden."
3. Jessica: "Write a letter." 2. Teacher: "Don't forget your homework."
4. Nelly: "Help Peter's sister." 3. Maik: "Don't shout at Peter."
5. Anna: "Open the window." 4. Yvonne: "Don't talk to your neighbour."
6. Ben: "Come home at 8." 5. Denise: "Don't open this door."
7. Tom: "Dance with me." 6. Marcel: "Don't sing that song."
8. Sabine: "Meet Sandy at the station." 7. Jana: "Don't go to the cinema."
8. Dominique: "Don't ring Romy on Sunday."
C) Interrogatives:
1. Mandy: "Are you reading that book now?"
2. Jason: "Who gave you the book yesterday?" C) Mixed:
3. Robert: "Are you leaving next Friday?"
4. Daniel: "Do you think it will1.rainShetomorrow?"
asked Mary if she liked fish.
5. Jennifer: "Where do you play 2. football today?"
He said he had failed his exam.
6. Nancy: "Why didn't you go to3.NewShe York lastshe
said summer?"
had gone to market that morning.
7. Barbara: "Must I do the homework this week?"
4. She told her son not to lose the money.
8. Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"
5. She said she hadn't had her eyes tested the day before.
6. He asked her when she had seen him.
7. The teacher told one of his pupils he would come to harm if he didn't
work.
8. Mother told the children not to clean it themselves!
9. The boy said he had not been able to come because of his father's
illness.
10. Susan shouted to John not to drive so fast.
11. He said he had got up early that morning
12. She told me not to worry about it.
13. He asked her if she had to leave so early.
14. He asked her if she had had a a good sleep.She asked me what I was
going to do the next day.
15. He said he had not noticed the speed limit".
16. They told me they would get some tickets the next day.
17. The sailor said he was leaving.
18. Mr Benson told her husband they had been there the week before.
19. Mother told the doctor he always felt very cold.
20. Father said the children had gone to bed early that day.
