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El estilo indirecto:ReportedSpeech

Podemos contar lo que alguien dijo de dosmaneras:

1) Repitiendo las palabras exactasI have to go now, she said

2) Repitiendo la idea,pero no las palabrasexactas, a lo que llamamos estilo indirecto:

She said that she had to go then

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Caractersticas

En estilo indirecto no hay comillas La frase suele empezar con un verbo como

say,tell,ask,inquire,think,explain,point out,..

El tiempo de la narracin da un salto atrssi el reporting verb est en pasado

Las palabras que indican lugar,tiempo,los

pronombres ,etc deben cambiarlogicamente

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Cambios en los verbos

Present past

Present continuous past continuous

past past perfect

Present perfect past perfect

will/can/may would/could/might

Am/is/are going to was/were going to

Past continuous past perfect continuous

Must had to

*Would, Could, Might and past perfect no cambian.

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examples

I live in a

flat.

I want to moveto Canada.

She said she

livedin a flat.

He said he wanted

to move to Canada.

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I can dancevery well. I dont playtennis.

She said she could

dance very well.

He said he didnt

play tennis

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I went toRio. I saw agreat film.

She said she had

goneto Rio.

He said he had seen

a great film.

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examples

I have beento London. I will writemore.

She said she had

beento London.

He said he would

write more.

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More examples

Examples: I work at the gym presente

He said the worked at the gym pasado I am swimming in the pool present continuous

Bob told us that he wasswimming in the pool past continuous We lived in Surco last year past simple

They said they had lived in Surco last year past perfect

They have been to Paris present perfectThe said they had been to Paris past perfect

she will give you a hand willTom told me that she would give me a hand would

Monica can play volleyball canNayle said that Monica could play volleyball could

He may call you tonight maySheena said he might call you tonight might

I am going to take a shower going toVanessa told me she was going to take a shower was going to

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e) The teacher said, Everyone has been doinghas been doing very well. Im proud

of this class.

The teacher said that she had been doinghad been doing very well and she was proud ofher class.

f) The teacher said, Ill letIll let you out early this Friday if everyone

does well on the test.

The teacher said that she would letwould let her out early this Friday if everyonedid well on the test.

g) The teacher said, Im sorry, but I didnt havedidnt have a chance to look at

your writing journals.

The teacher said that she hadnt havehadnt have a chance to look at your writingjournals.