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    This document provides information on direct and reported speech. It explains that direct speech uses quotation marks to report what someone said verbatim, while reported speech does not use quotation marks and changes verb tenses. The document then provides examples of how to change direct speech into reported speech by altering the verb tenses and removing quotation marks. It concludes by providing an exercise to write 20 sentences in reported speech.

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    This document provides information on direct and reported speech. It explains that direct speech uses quotation marks to report what someone said verbatim, while reported speech does not use quotation marks and changes verb tenses. The document then provides examples of how to change direct speech into reported speech by altering the verb tenses and removing quotation marks. It concludes by providing an exercise to write 20 sentences in reported speech.

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    This document provides information on direct and reported speech. It explains that direct speech uses quotation marks to report what someone said verbatim, while reported speech does not use quotation marks and changes verb tenses. The document then provides examples of how to change direct speech into reported speech by altering the verb tenses and removing quotation marks. It concludes by providing an exercise to write 20 sentences in reported speech.

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    This document provides information on direct and reported speech. It explains that direct speech uses quotation marks to report what someone said verbatim, while reported speech does not use quotation marks and changes verb tenses. The document then provides examples of how to change direct speech into reported speech by altering the verb tenses and removing quotation marks. It concludes by providing an exercise to write 20 sentences in reported speech.

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    Recuerda: todos los ejercicios deben estar en tu cuaderno

    Oportunamente te notificaré para realizar una evaluación del tema, en nuestra


    plataforma Master 2000

    Direct and Reported Speech


    El estilo directo e indirecto

    Cuando queremos comunicar o informar de lo que otra persona ha dicho, hay


    dos maneras de hacerlo: utilizando el estilo directo o el estilo indirecto.
    Direct Speech (El estilo directo)

    Cuando queremos informar exactamente de lo que otra persona ha dicho,


    utilizamos el estilo directo. Con este estilo lo que la persona ha dicho se coloca
    entre comillas (“…”) y deberá ser palabra por palabra.

    Ejemplos:
      “I am going to London next week,” she said.(“Voy a Londres la semana que
    viene,” ella dijo.)
      “Do you have a pen I could borrow,” he asked.(“¿Tienes un bolígrafo que puedas
    prestarme?,” él preguntó.)
      Alice said, “I love to dance.”(Alice dijo, “Me encanta bailar.”)
      Chris asked, “Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow night?”(Chris
    preguntó, “¿Te gustaría cenar conmigo mañana por la noche?”)

    Reported Speech (El estilo indirecto)

    El estilo indirecto, a diferencia del estilo directo, no utiliza las comillas y no


    necesita ser palabra por palabra. En general, cuando se usa el estilo indirecto,
    el tiempo verbal cambia. A continuación tienes una explicación de los cambios que
    sufren los tiempos verbales.

    A veces se usa “that” en las frases afirmativas y negativas para introducir lo que ha
    dicho la otra persona. Por otro lado, en las frases interrogativas se puede usar “if” o
    “whether”.

    Direct Speech Reported Speech

    1
    Present Simple Past Simple

       “He is American,” she said.    She said he was American.

      “I am happy to see you,”   Mary said that she was happy


    Mary said. to see me.

      He asked, “Are you   He asked


    busy tonight?” me if I was busy that night.

    Present Continuous Past Continuous

      “Dan is living in San   She said Dan was living in


    Francisco,” she said. San Francisco.

     He
      said, “I’m  He
      told me that he was
    making dinner.” making dinner.

       “Why are you working so    They asked me why I was

    hard?” they asked. working so hard.

    Past Simple Past Perfect Simple

       “We went to the movies last    He told me they had gone to

    night,” he said. the movies the night before.

      Greg said, “I didn’t go to   Greg said that he hadn’t


    work yesterday.” gone to work the day before.

      “Did you buy a new car?”   She asked me if I had


    she asked. bought a new car.

    Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

    2
      “I was working late last   Vicki told me she’d been
    night,” Vicki said. working late the night before.

      They said, “we weren’t   They said that they hadn’t


    waiting long.” been waiting long.

      He asked,
      He asked if I’d been
    “were you sleeping when I
    sleeping when he called.
    called?”

    Present Perfect Simple Past Perfect Simple

      Heather said,   Heather told


    “I’ve already eaten.” me that she’d already eaten.

      “We haven’t been to   They said they hadn’t


    China,” they said. been to China.

      “Have you worked here   I asked her whether she’d


    before?” I asked. worked there before.

    Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

      “I’ve been
      He said he’d been
    studying English for two
    studying English for two years.
    years,” he said.

      Steve said, “we’ve been   Steve told me that they’d


    dating for over a year now.” been dating for over a year.

      “Have you been   They asked whether I’d been


    waiting long?” they asked. waiting long.

    Past Perfect Simple


    Past Perfect Simple
    (NO CHANGE)

      “I’d been to Chicago before   He said that he’d been to


    for work,” he said. Chicago before for work.

    Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

    3
    (NO CHANGE)

     She
      said, “I’d been  She
      said she’d been
    dancing for years before the dancing for years before the
    accident.” accident.
    Nota: Cuando hablamos de algo que no ha cambiado (que sigue siendo cierto) o de
    algo en el futuro, no es necesario cambiar el tiempo verbal.

    Ejemplos:
      “I’m 30 years old,” she said. → She said she is 30 years old.
      Dave said, “Kelly is sick.” → Dave said Kelly is sick.
      “We are going to Tokyo next week,” they said. → They said they are going to
    Tokyo next week.
      “I’ll cut my hair tomorrow,” Nina said. → Nina said she is cutting her hair
    tomorrow.

    EXERCISES

    1. Write in your notebook twenty sentences in Reported Speech

    GOD BLESS YOU!

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