Reported Speech
• We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone
said.
Usamos el discurso indirecto cuando queremos contarle a alguien lo que alguien dijo.
• When we report what someone said in the past (said/told), the tense of the verb
changes.
(Cuando informamos lo que alguien dijo en el pasado (dijo/contó), el tiempo del verbo cambia.)
Tom and Joe: We want musicians to perform here.
They said (that) they wanted musicians to perform there.
• Pronouns and possessive adjectives also need to change.
(Los pronombres y adjetivos posesivos también necesitan cambiar.)
• Time and place words may also need to change.
(Es posible que también sea necesario cambiar las palabras de tiempo y lugar.)
• We use a present tense reporting verb (e.g. say/ tell) (+person) to report present
statements that are generally true
(Usamos un verbo en presente (por ejemplo, decir/contar) (+persona) para informar afirmaciones en presente que son
generalmente verdaderas.)
Bety’s mum: I enjoy going shopping.
Bety: My mum says (that) she enjoys going shopping
Direct Speech Reported speech
Present simple Past simple
Tom and Joe: We want musicians to perform here They said (that) they wanted musicians to
perform there.
Present continuous Past continuous
Sarah: I’m looking for a dress to wear to my Sarah said (that) she was looking for a dress to
cousin’s wedding. wear to her cousin’s wedding
Present prefect Past perfect
Tom: We’ve always bought our fruit and Tom said (that) they’d always bought their fruit
vegetables from this market. and vegetables from that market
Past simple Past perfect
Sophie: I didn’t go to the market on Saturday Sophie told me (that) she hadn’t been to the
market on Saturday
Direct speech Indirect Speech (Reported
Speech)
now Then – at the moment
Today That day
Tonight That night
Last night The previous night – The night
before
Tomorrow The next day – The following day
Yesterday The previous day – The day
before
This week That week
Next week The following week – The next
week –
The week after
Last year The previous year – The last
year -
The year before
Here There
The day after tomorrow Two days after – In two days time
Ago Before
• Put the words in the correct order to make reported speech sentences:
1. Said/hadn’t/she/before. / Megan/film/that/the/seen
2. Told/cousins/my/me/were/to/that/the/going/market./they
3. Finished /said/her/hadn’t/yet./homework/Paloma/that/she
4. We/get/early/that/didn’t/up/Sundays./ said/we/on
5. London./told/had/Tom/that/us/he/been/to
Yes / No questions
Direct speech Reported speech
Maria: Do you want a drink? Maria (she) asked me if I
wanted a drink.
Ethan: Are you going to stay? Ethan asked wherther we were
going to stay.
• To report a YES /NO question, we use a past tense reporting verb
(e.g. asked) (+person) +IF or WHETHER…
(Para informar una pregunta de SÍ/NO, utilizamos un verbo en pasado (por ejemplo, preguntó)
(+persona) +SI o SI…)
• Pronouns and possessive adjectives also need to change.
(Los pronombres y adjetivos posesivos también necesitan cambiar.)
• The tense changes are the same as for reported statements and we
don’t use auxiliar (do or did.)
(Los cambios de tiempo son los mismos que para las declaraciones indirectas y no usamos
auxiliares (do o did))
Wh-question
Direct speech Reported speech
Amy and Mia: Why have you They (Amy and Mia) asked me
started going to the gym? why I had started going to the
gym.
Anna: How did you get here? She (Anna) asked me how I had
got there.
Thomas: Where are you Thomas (he) asked us where we
meeting? were meeting.
To report a Wh-question, we use a past tense reporting
(e.g. asked) (+person) + who / what / when / where / why /
how…
(Para informar una pregunta Wh-, usamos un tiempo pasado.
(p. ej. preguntó) (+persona) + quién / qué / cuándo / dónde / por qué / cómo…)
Reported Speech Yes/No Questions
- Une las parejas
Reported speech - Rueda aleatoria
REPORTED SPEECH - Une las parejas
