Reported Speech

República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación
Liceo Bolivariano ¨Pedro Lucas Urribarrí¨
Casigua-Estado Zulia

Integrantes
Mosquera Génesis
Balzán Disdohanner

Profesor
Leonardo Urdaneta

Índice

1- Estilo directo e indirecto.
2- Verbos modales.
3- Cambios en la puntuación.
4- Cambios en los pronombres.
5- Cambios en laspalabras puntero.
6- Cambios en los tiempos verbales.

Desarrollo

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 ( Estilo directo)
Cuando queremos informar exactamente lo que otra persona hadicho, 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.
"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.
"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 said, "I love to dance." (Alice dijo, "Me encanta bailar.")
* Chris asked, Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow night?
Chris asked, "Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow night?" (Chris preguntó, "Te gustaría cenar conmigo mañana por la noche?")
Reported Speech ( 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 un 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 |
Present Simple | Past Simple |
He's American she said."He's American" she said. | She said he was American.She said he was American. |
I'm happy to see you, Mary said."I'm happy to see you", Mary said. | Mary said that she was happy to see me.Mary said that she was happy to see me. |
He asked,Are you busy tonight?He asked, "Are you busy tonight?" | He asked me if I was busy tonight.He asked me if I was busy tonight. |
Present Continuous | Past Continuous |
Dan is living in San Francisco, she said."Dan is living in San Francisco," she said. | She said Dan was living in San Francisco.She said Dan was living in San Francisco. |
He said, I'm making dinner.He said, "I'm makingdinner" | He told me that he was making dinner.He told me that he was making dinner. |
Why are you working so hard? They asked."Why are you working so hard?" they asked. | They asked me why I was working so hard.They asked me why I was working so hard. |
Past Simple | Past Perfect Simple |
We went to the movies last night, he said."We went to the movies last night," he said. | He told me they hadgone to the movies last night.He told me they had gone to the movies last night. |
Greg said, I didn't go to work yesterday.Greg said, "I didn't go to work yesterday." | Greg said that he hadn't gone to work yesterday.Greg said that he hadn't gone to work yesterday. |
Did you buy a new car? she asked."Did you buy a new car?" she asked. | She asked me if I had bought a new car.She asked me if Ihad bought a new car. |
Past Continuous | Past Perfect Continuous |
I was working late last night, Vicki said."I was working late last night," Vicki said. | Vicki told me she'd been working last night.Vicki told me she'd been working last night. |
They said, We weren't waiting long.They said, "We weren't waiting long." | They said that they hadn't been waiting long.They said that they...