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Reported Speech - Cambios en los tiempos
Reported Speech - Changes in the tenses
| Direct Speech | → | Reported Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Present | → | Past |
| ‘I work in Argentina’ | He said that he worked in Argentina | |
| ‘I am doing my job’ | 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’ | He said that he would visit his mother | |
| ‘I will be flying to Spain’ | 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 selling books for two years |
Present → Past
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- 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
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- Dan: "We saw a good film on TV‘
Dan: ’Vimos una buena película en la televisión" - He said that they had seen a good film on TV
El dijo que habían visto una buena película en la televisión - Lou and Sarah: "We didn't read 'Hamlet'"
Lou y Sarah: "No leímos 'Hamlet'" - They said that they hadn't read 'Hamlet'
Ellos dijeron que no habían leído 'Hamlet' - Chuck: "I was dancing with Mary"
Chuck: "Estaba bailando con Mary" - He said that he had been dancing with Mary
El dijo que había estado bailando con Mary - Rick and Amy: "We weren't looking for Tom"
Rick y Amy: "No estábamos buscando a Tom" - They said that they hadn't been looking for Tom
Ellos dijeron que no habían estado buscando a Tom
Present Perfect → Past Perfect
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- Kim: "I have done this before"
Kim: "He hecho esto antes" - She said that she had done that before
Ella dijo que había 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 había sabido nada de Dean - Chris: "I have been doing this for two years"
Chris: "He estado haciendo esto por dos años" - He said that he had been doing that for two years
El dijo que había estado haciendo eso por dos años - Kate: "I have been living here for 5 months"
Kate: "He estado viviendo aquí por 5 meses" - She said that she had been living there for 5 months
Ella dijo que había estado viviendo allí por 5 meses
Future → Conditional
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- Tom: "I will visit my mother"
Tom: "Visitaré a mi madre" - He said that he would visit his mother
el dijo que visitaría a su madre - Mark: "I won't listen to you"
Mark: "No te escucharé" - He said that he wouldn't listen to me
El dijo que no me escucharía - Phil: "I will be flying to Spain"
Phil: "Estaré volando a España" - He said that he would be flying to Spain
El dijo que estaría volando a España - Walt: "I will be staying at a good hotel"
Walt: "Me estaré hospedando en un buen hotel" - He said that he would be staying at a good hotel
El dijo que se estaría hospedando en un buen hotel
Future Perfect → Conditional Perfect
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- Jim: "I will have arrived there by 5 pm"
Jim: "Para las 5 pm habré llegado allí" - He said that he would have arrived there by 5 pm
El dijo que habría llegado allí para las 5 pm - Bob: "I will have sent all the products by tomorrow"
Bob: "Habré enviado todos los productos para mañana" - He said that the would have sent all the products by tomorrow
El dijo que habría enviado todos los productos para mañana - Sam: "I will have been selling books for two years"
Sam: "Habré estado vendiendo libros por dos años" - He said that he would have been selling books for two years
El dijo que habría estado vendiendo libros por dos años - Cindy: "He will have been sleeping for 13 hours"
Cindy: "El habrá estado durmiendo por 13 horas" - She said that he would have been sleeping for 13 hours
Ella dijo que él habría estado durmiendo por 13 horas
