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 Speech
Present Past
"I work in Argentina"
"I am doing my job"

He said that he worked in Argentina

He said that he was doing his job

Past Past Perfect

"We saw a good film on TV"

He said they had seen a good film on TV.

"I was dancing with Mary"

He said he had been dancing with Mary

Present Perfect Past Perfect

"I have done this before"

She said that she had done that before

"I have been doing this for two

years"

He said that he had been doing that for

two years

Future Conditional
"I will visit my mother"
"I will be flying to Spain"

He said that he would visit his mother

He said that he would be flying to Spain

Future Perfect Conditional Perfect

"I will have arrived there by 5
pm"

He said he would have arrived here by 5

pm

"I will have been selling books

for two years"

He said that he would have been

sellingbooks for two years

Present Past

John: "I work in Argentina"

John: "Yo trabajo en Argentina"
He said that he worked in Argentina
El dijo que trabajaba en Argentina

Kelly: "I don't like fish"

Kelly: "No me gusta el pescado"
She said she didn't like fish
Ella dijo que no le gustaba el pescado

Joe: "I am doing my job"

Joe: "Estoy haciendo mi trabajo"
He said that he was doing his job
El dijo que estaba haciendo su trabajo

Pam and Tim: "We are living in New York"

Pam y Tim: "Estamos viviendo en Nueva York"
They said that they were living in New York
Ellos dijeron que estaban viviendo en Nueva York
Past Past Perfect

Dan: "We saw a good film on TV"

Dan: "Vimos una buena pelcula en la televisin"
He said that they had seen a 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 dancing with Mary"

Chuck: "Estaba bailando con Mary"
He said that he had been dancing with Mary
El dijo que haba estado bailando con Mary

Rick and Amy: "We weren't looking for Tom"

Rick y Amy: "No estbamos buscando a Tom"
They said that they hadn't been looking for Tom
Ellos dijeron que no haban estado buscando a Tom
Present Perfect Past Perfect

Kim: "I have done this before"

Kim: "He hecho esto antes"
She said that she had done that before
Ella dijo que haba hecho eso antes

Nick: "I haven't heard from Dean"

Nick: "No he sabido nada de Dean"
He said that he hadn't heard from Dean
El dijo que no haba sabido nada de Dean

Chris: "I have been doing this for two years"

Chris: "He estado haciendo esto por dos aos"
He said that he had been doing that for two years
El dijo que haba estado haciendo eso por dos aos

Kate: "I have been living here for 5 months"

Kate: "He estado viviendo aqu por 5 meses"
She said that she had been living there for 5 months
Ella dijo que haba estado viviendo all por 5 meses
Future Conditional

Tom: "I will visit my mother"

Tom: "Visitar a mi madre"

He said that he would visit his mother

el dijo que visitara a su madre

Mark: "I won't listen to you"

Mark: "No te escuchar"
He said that he wouldn't listen to me
El dijo que no me escuchara

Phil: "I will be flying to Spain"

Phil: "Estar volando a Espaa"
He said that he would be flying to Spain
El dijo que estara volando a Espaa

Walt: "I will be staying at a good hotel"

Walt: "Me estar hospedando en un buen hotel"
He said that he would be staying at a good hotel
El dijo que se estara hospedando en un buen hotel
Future Perfect Conditional Perfect

Jim: "I will have arrived there by 5 pm"

Jim: "Para las 5 pm habr llegado all"
He said that he would have arrived there by 5 pm
El dijo que habra llegado all para las 5 pm

Bob: "I will have sent all the products by tomorrow"

Bob: "Habr enviado todos los productos para maana"
He said that the would have sent all the products by tomorrow
El dijo que habra enviado todos los productos para maana

Sam: "I will have been selling books for two years"
Sam: "Habr estado vendiendo libros por dos aos"
He said that he would have been selling books for two years
El dijo que habra estado vendiendo libros por dos aos

Cindy: "He will have been sleeping for 13 hours"

Cindy: "El habr estado durmiendo por 13 horas"
She said that he would have been sleeping for 13 hours
Ella dijo que l habra estado durmiendo por 13 horas