REPORTED SPEECH

El estilo indirecto se utiliza en inglés para

contar / comentar lo que otra persona ha dicho
antes en otro momento y en otro lugar.
Para transformar una frase en estilo indirecto
solemos usar un verbo introductorio
(reporting verb) y a la frase que uso la otra
persona le hacemos una serie de cambios:
A. Cambios en los tiempos verbales
B. Cambios en los pronombres
C. Cambios en las palabras que se
refieren al tiempo y al lugar

A. VERBAL CHANGES
Verbal tense used by the Verbal change used for
speaker reported speech
PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT
WILL WOULD
CAN COULD
MUST HAD TO
BE GOING TO BE GOING TO IN THE
PAST

B. CHANGES WITH PRONOUNS

Cuando contamos lo que una persona ha
dicho con anterioridad, se lo solemos contar a
una 3ª persona y por eso hay que hacer
cambio en los pronombres dependiendo de a
quién le estamos contando todo
I He / she
ME Him / her
MINE His / her
MY His / her
WE They
OUR Their
US Them
THIS (este) THAT (aquel)
THESE (estos) THOSE (aquellos)

C.TIME AND PLACE WORDS

El tiempo y el lugar de la conversación también
cambia así que también debemos cambiar las
palabras que se refieran al tiempo y al lugar
(adverbios)
HERE (aquí) THERE (allí)
NOW (ahora) THEN (entonces)
TODAY (hoy) THAT DAY (aquel día)
TOMORROW THE DAY AFTER
THE FOLLOWING DAY
YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE
THE PREVIOUS DAY
NEXT … THE FOLLOWING …
LAST … THE PREVIOUS …
TONIGHT (esta THAT NIGHT (aquella
noche) noche)

REPORTED QUESTIONS
Cuando pasamos una pregunta a estilo
indirecto debemos cambiar el orden de las
palabras para que vuelva a ser una frase
afirmativa
1.Si hay inversión sujeto-verbo debemos
deshacerla (YES-NO QUESTIONS)
“Are you sad today?” Helen asked Julia
Helen asked Julia IF SHE WAS SAD THAT DAY
“Have you been to London yet?” the teacher
wanted to know
The teacher wanted to know IF you HAD BEEN
to London yet
2.Si no hay inversión, tenemos preguntas
que comienzan con WH-. En este caso
usamos el pronombre interrogativo WH-
como nexo de unión y eliminamos verbos
auxiliares como DO, DOES, DID
“Where did you go yesterday?” Alicia’s mum
asked Alicia
Alicia’s mum asked Alicia WHERE SHE HAD
BEEN THE DAY BEFORE
“How many children do you teach every year?”
the woman wanted to know
The woman wanted to know HOW MANY
CHILDREN SHE TAUGHT every year
“Why have you been crying?” the boy asked his
girlfriend
They boy asked his girlfriend WHY SHE HAD
BEEN CRYING
REPORTED COMMANDS
Cuando queremos transformar a estilo
indirecto una “orden, petición o advertencia”
usamos una estructura totalmente diferente a
las oraciones afirmativas/negativas y a las
preguntas.
Los verbos introductorios que usamos son:
 TELL: para órdenes
 ORDER: para órdenes
 ASK: para peticiones
 BEG: para peticiones
 WARN: para advertencias
For example:
“Open the window, please!”, the teacher told
the girl
The teacher told the girl TO OPEN the window
“Don’t talk in class!”, the teacher shouted
The teacher shouted NOT TO TALK IN CLASS
  Cuando la orden o petición es afirmativa
utilizamos un infinitivo con TO para
transformar la frase a estilo indirecto
 Cuando la orden o petición es negativa
utilizamos un infinitivo con NOT TO para
transformarla
SUGGESTIONS
Como verbo introductorio podemos utilizar
SUGGEST, RECOMMEND, ADVISE, INVITE que
van seguidos de un complemento indirecto +
infinitivo con TO.
“You should stop eating so much junk food!”
He advised me to stop eating so much jf.
El verbo RECOMMEND y el verbo SUGGEST
pueden pasarse a estilo indirecto de 2 formas
diferentes:
“You should have extra Maths lessons”
He suggested having extra Maths lessons
He recommended that I have extra Maths
lessons
  Turn these questions into reported
speech:
1.“Where do you want to go?”, he asked me
2.“Are they staying in a hotel?”, she asked
me
3.“When did you arrive?”, he asked me
4.“Who did you meet there?”, my mother
wanted to know
5.“Do you like basketball?”, the coach asked
John
6.“Have you done your homework today?”
the teacher asked Pablo
7.“Can I go to the concert?” Sally asked her
mum
8.“Will you come shopping with me?” I asked
my sister
9.“Where did you stay last weekend?” Tim
asked me
10. “Why did you buy a new mobile phone
in this shop?” my mum asked me
SUGGESTIONS AND ORDERS
1.“Why don’t w ego for a pizza?” Sam
suggested
2. “Don’t worry about the exam” my sister
said to me
3.“Why don’t you buy a dictionary?”, Polly
recommended
4.“Don’t shout!” the teacher told us