Escribe las siguientes frases en estilo indirecto, como en el ejemplo (He said he was

happy.).
Sample:

"I'm hungry," Tom said. 

Tom said th Tom said h
or
Q1 of 10
Sarah asked, "Are you busy tonight? 

Q2 of 10
"I am working in a hospital," she said. 
she said that she was working in a hospital

Q3 of 10
"We made a great dinner last night," he said. 
he said

Q4 of 10
"They were living in Chicago when their son was born," she said. 

Q5 of 10
"I have been to India three times," Melissa said. 

Q6 of 10
"We have been waiting for the tickets for three hours," they said. 

Q7 of 10
He asked, "Had you ever been to New York before?" 
Q8 of 10
"I am from Australia," Pam said. 

Q9 of 10
"You must drive slowly here," the police officer told me. 

Q10 of 10
station / please / me / take / the / to / train 
 Escribe las siguientes frases en estilo indirecto, como en el ejemplo (He said he was
happy.).
Sample
Construct Reported Speech: I am happy. 
He said
He said
he that he w as ha
or
Q1 of 5
Construct Reported Speech: I am sleeping. 

Q2 of 5
Construct Reported Speech: I was happy. 
__________________________________
Q3 of 5
Construct Reported Speech: I have been happy. 
he said that

Q4 of 5
Construct Reported Speech: I have been sleeping. 
He said that he had been sleeping

Q5 of 5
Construct Reported Speech: I will have been happy. 
_______________________________________________________________

Change to reported speech:

a) Mary said: «I’m fed up with my boyfriend»

Mary said she _______ _______

___________________________________________.

b) Peter said: «Titanic is the best movie I’ve ever seen»

Peter said that Titanic was the best movie he had ever seen._________________
________________________________.

c) My aunt told me, «I am going to go to Barcelona tomorrow»

My aunt told me she ____________________

________________________________.

d) The English teacher told us: «You should be able to pass the Advanced at the
end of the year»
The English teacher told us that __________________________________
_______.

e) Sarah told me: «I will give up smoking next week»

Sarah told me she _______________________________ _______.

 2) CHANGE THESE SENTENCES TO REPORTED SPEECH

a) «I am working the night shift», Peter said.

b) Sarah asked: «had you ever been to Paris before?»

c) «I’m starving», Tom said.

d) «We have been waiting for you for thirty minutes», Mary complained.

e) «You must drive slowly here» the police officer told me.

f) «I need to text my Mum in one hour», she said.

g) «You must follow your teacher’s example», my father told me.

h) Linda said: «I bought a new computer last year». 

Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

 
1. "The boss must sign the letter", Jean said.

Jean said (that) _____________________________________________________ .

2."Our teacher will go to Madrid tomorrow",  Emily said.

Emily said (that) ________________________________________________________.

3.- "I was writing a letter yesterday", Helen told me.

Helen told me (that)____________________________________________________.

4. "Tim went to the Stadium yesterday", Peter said.

Peter said (that) _______________________________________________________. 

5. "My mother will celebrate her birthday next week", Paul told me.

Paul told me (that) _____________________________________________________.

6. "John had already gone at six", David said.
David said (that) _______________________________________________________.

7. "Are the boys reading a book?" Mandy asked me.

Mandy asked me (that) __________________________________________________.

8. “Our cousin will go to Moscow next week,” said Trina.

9.“Where are you playing soccer today?” asked Tom.

10. “My aunt will celebrate her birthday next week,” Paul told me.

11. “Can you write that email for me?” asked Jessica.

12. He asked, “Have you ever been to South Africa before?”

“I am going to buy a new pair of boots”, my sister said.

“My wife is wearing a red dress and a big hat”, the man told the receptionist.

“The driver tried to stop the car”, the witness told the policeman.

“I enjoyed the opera very much”, I answered.

“It is a beautiful model”, the assistant said.

“Peter never comes to my birthday party”, my son said.

“We have been here for half an hour”, my wife told the salesman.

“You will be a good wife to some lucky man”, my mother told me.

“I can’t believe you!”, I said.

1. “He is going to open the front door”, I said.

Reported speech

Estilo directo:

He said: " I don't want to go home yet".

Estilo indirecto o repoted speech:

He said (that) he didn't want to go home yet.

- En estilo indirecto that es opcional. Si se incluye, el registro es algo más formal que si

se omite.

- Cuando los verbos como say, ask, tell, etc. (reporting verbs) están en pasado, cambia

el tiempo verbal del resto de la oración en el estilo indirecto. La excepción se produce

cuando hablamos de algo que aún tiene validez en el presente:

- They told me: "Water boils at 100 degrees" ---- They told me (that) water boils at 100

degrees.

- She said: "He has to work all weekend" ----She said (that) he had to work all weekend.

-Cambios de tiempo verbal en estilo indirecto:

Presnte simple - Pasado simple

Presente continuo - Pasado continuo

Pasado simple - Pasado Perfecto simple

Pasado continuo - Pasado Perfecto continuo

Presente Perfecto - Pasado Perfecto

Futuro Simple (will) - Consicional simple (would)

Can - Could

Must - Had to

May - Might

- Reporting verbs:
- Verbo + (that): say, claim, explain, insist, agree, complain, deny, reply.

- Verbo + pronombre objeto + (that): tell (She told me that...)

- Verbo + infinitivo con - to: offer, refuse, agree, promise...

- Verbo + for + verbo (-ing): apologise, thank

- Expresiones que cambian en estilo indirecto:

- Tomorrow - the next day/ the following day

- Today - that day

- Yesterday - the day before / the previous day

- Next week - the following week 

- Last week - the week before / the previous week

- Now - then

- Here - there

- This week - that week 

- Cambios en los pronombres personales sujeto y objeto

- I don't know YOU - She said she didn't like ME

- WE are late - He said THEY were late

- Cambios en los posesivos:

- That's not MY book - He said that wasn't HIS book.

- Peticiones e imperativos en estilo indirecto: (not) to + infinitivo

- "Shut up" - He asked me TO shut up.

- "Don't open that window" - He ordered them NOT TO open that window.

- Preguntas en estilo indirecto: 

- Al pasar de estilo directo a indirecto las preguntas tienen el orden SUJETO + VERBO.

Hay que diferenciar entre dos tipos de preguntas:

* Preguntas con palabra interrogativa (what, who, where, etc):

He asked: "Where are you?" - He asked me WHERE I was

* Preguntas cuya respuesta es si o no (sin palabra interrogativa).

She asked: are you OK? - She asked me IF/WHETHER I was OK.

- Sugerencias en estilo indirecto: Suggest + -ing   /    that should

They suggested leaving early

They suggested that we should live early