Semana 5: Reported Speech

Reported Speech

El estilo indirecto se utiliza cuando citamos lo que una persona dijo en algun momento, pero no al pie de la letra, es decir, en estilo indirecto. Por ejemplo: En estilo directo decimos, “I’m a nurse”, Claire said, pero en estilo indirecto diriamos: Claire said she was a nurse. Para pasar de estilo directo a indirecto, cambiamos la forma del verbo principal . DIRECTO / REPORTED SPEECH Presente simple/ pasado simple —> ‘I’m a nurse’, she said. / She said she was a nurse. Presente continuo/ Pasado continuo—–>’I'm not going’, he said/ He said he wasn’t going pasado simple/pasado perfecto——-> ‘ Tony did it’ , he said/ He said Tony had done it presente perfecto(/ pasado perfecto—–> ‘ I haven’t read it’, she said/ She said she hadn’t read it. Pasado continuo/ pasado perfecto continuo —–>’Iwas lying’ Tom said/ Tom said he had been lying Will futuro/ Would—–> ‘I’ll get it’, she said/ She said she would get it. Can / Could—–>’ I can speak French’he said/ he said he could speak French May/ Might —–> ‘ I may be late’ she said/ she said she might be late Must/ Had to——> ‘ I must go ‘ she said/ She said she had to go