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Reed Speech - Cambios en los tiempos

Peported Speech - Changes in the tenses

Cambios de los tiempos verbales en el Reported Specch. El verbo principal retrocede un tiempo

verbal: si en directo tenemos: "I live in Italy". She said. En reported speech: "She said that she lived

in Italy".

Direct Speech

Reported SpeechPresent Past

"I workin Argentina" He said that he workedin Argentina

"I am doingmy job" He said that he was doinghis job

Past Past Perfect

"We sawa good film on TV" He said they had seena good film on TV.

"I was dancingwith Mary" He said he had been dancingwith Mary

Present Perfect Past Perfect

"I have donethis before" She said that she had donethat before

"I have been doingthis for twoyears" He said that he had been doingthat fortwo years

Future Conditional

"I willvisit my mother" He said that he wouldvisit his mother

"I will be flyingto Spain" He said that he would be flyingto Spain

Future Perfect Conditional Perfect

"I will havearrived there by 5

pm"

He said he would have arrivedhere by 5

pm

"I will have been sellingbooks

for two years"

He said that he would have been

sellingbooks for two years

Present Past

John: "I workin Argentina"

John: "Yo trabajo en Argentina"

He said that he workedin Argentina

El dijo que trabajaba en Argentina

Kelly: "I don't likefish"

Kelly: "No me gusta el pescado"

She said she didn't likefish

Ella dijo que no le gustaba el pescado

Joe: "I am doingmy job"

Joe: "Estoy haciendo mi trabajo"

He said that he was doinghis job

El dijo que estaba haciendo su trabajo

Pam and Tim: "We are livingin New York"

Pam y Tim: "Estamos viviendo en Nueva York"

They said that they were livingin New York

Ellos dijeron que estaban viviendo en Nueva York

Past Past Perfect

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Dan: "We sawa good film on TV"

Dan: "Vimos una buena pelcula en la televisin"

He said that they had seena good film on TV

El dijo que haban visto una buena pelcula en la televisin

Lou and Sarah: "We didn't read'Hamlet'"

Lou y Sarah: "No lemos 'Hamlet'"

They said that they hadn't read'Hamlet'

Ellos dijeron que no haban ledo 'Hamlet'

Chuck: "I was dancingwith Mary"

Chuck: "Estaba bailando con Mary"

He said that he had been dancingwith Mary

El dijo que haba estado bailando con Mary

Rick and Amy: "We weren't lookingfor Tom"

Rick y Amy: "No estbamos buscando a Tom"

They said that they hadn't been lookingfor Tom

Ellos dijeron que no haban estado buscando a Tom

Present Perfect Past Perfect

Kim: "I have donethis before"

Kim: "He hecho esto antes"

She said that she had donethat beforeElla dijo que haba hecho eso antes

Nick: "I haven't heardfrom Dean"

Nick: "No he sabido nada de Dean"

He said that he hadn't heardfrom Dean

El dijo que no haba sabido nada de Dean

Chris: "I have been doingthis for two years"

Chris: "He estado haciendo esto por dos aos"

He said that he had been doingthat for two yearsEl dijo que haba estado haciendo eso por dos aos

Kate: "I have been livinghere for 5 months"

Kate: "He estado viviendo aqu por 5 meses"

She said that she had been livingthere for 5 months

Ella dijo que haba estado viviendo all por 5 meses

Future Conditional

Tom: "I will visitmy mother"

Tom: "Visitar a mi madre"

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He said that he would visithis mother

el dijo que visitara a su madre

Mark: "I won't listento you"

Mark: "No te escuchar" He said that he wouldn't listento me

El dijo que no me escuchara

Phil: "I will be flyingto Spain"

Phil: "Estar volando a Espaa"

He said that he would be flyingto Spain

El dijo que estara volando a Espaa

Walt: "I will be stayingat a good hotel"

Walt: "Me estar hospedando en un buen hotel"

He said that he would be stayingat a good hotel

El dijo que se estara hospedando en un buen hotel

Future Perfect Conditional Perfect

Jim: "I will have arrivedthere by 5 pm"

Jim: "Para las 5 pm habr llegado all"

He said that he would have arrivedthere by 5 pm

El dijo que habra llegado all para las 5 pm

Bob: "I will have sentall the products by tomorrow"

Bob: "Habr enviado todos los productos para maana"

He said that the would have sentall the products by tomorrow

El dijo que habra enviado todos los productos para maana

Sam: "I will have been sellingbooks for two years"

Sam: "Habr estado vendiendo libros por dos aos"

He said that he would have been sellingbooks for two years

El dijo que habra estado vendiendo libros por dos aos

Cindy: "He will have been sleepingfor 13 hours"

Cindy: "El habr estado durmiendo por 13 horas"

She said that he would have been sleepingfor 13 hours

Ella dijo que l habra estado durmiendo por 13 horas