Uso del Reported Speech en Inglés: Cambios en Tiempos Verbales

Clase 4 de 20 • Curso de Inglés Intermedio B1: Preguntas Negativas y Recomendaciones

Contenido del curso

Introduction

1
Estructuras Paralelas y Preguntas Negativas en Inglés B1 Intermedio
02:01 min

Grammar structures in the News and on TV

Recommendations, Expectations, and Negative Questions

Adverbs and Prepositions

See you next time!

20
Técnicas Avanzadas de Escritura Formal en Español
01:08 min

Tomar examen

Resumen

Cómo usar reported speech

Para retransmitir lo que otra persona piensa o dice, tienes que tener en cuenta tanto el cambio del tiempo verbal como de los sujetos que la otra persona utilizó.

Por ejemplo, en el caso de los sujetos, si el portavoz utilizó We/Us, el mensaje se retransmite con They/Them.

Para los tiempos verbales, normalmente se utiliza un tiempo atrás del utilizado por la otra persona. La siguiente tabla te ayudará a saber qué tiempo utilizar dependiendo cuál haya utilizado el portavoz:

Tabla con uso de tiempos del reported speech

Tiempo de la Frase Principal	Equivalente para el Reporte
Simple present	Simple past
Present continuous	Past continuous
Simple past	Past perfect
Present perfect	Past perfect
Past perfect	Past perfect
Present perfect continuous	Past perfect continuous
Past continuous	Past perfect continuous
Future	Present conditional
Future continuous	Conditional continuous

Ejemplos de cómo usar reported speech

Veamos algunos ejemplos:

Mensaje: I am not drinking coffee this morning, I am feeling bad.
Retransmisión: She said she wasn’t drinking coffee this morning, she was feeling bad.

Mensaje: We will travel to Buenos Aires the next week.
Retransmisión: He said they would travel to Buenos Aires the next week.

Mensaje: We went to the scene of the crime yesterday.
Retransmisión: She said they had gone to the scene of the crime the day before.

Mensaje: Did you work in customer service a year ago?
Retransmisión: He asked me if I had worked in customer service a year ago.

Contribución creada por: Kevin Fiorentino.

Comentarios

Máximo Calderon

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A really very interesting class...

Nicolas ortiz suarez

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Rodriguez Cardozo Gloria Alejandra

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hi Rodri!!!!

Humberto Guardado

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maravilloso resumen

Adriana Godoy Figueroa

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An interesting class but also a bit confused and difficult for me

Felipe Bernardo González Barranco

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She said the president would travel there next month.
She said the summit meeting had been scheduled to take place during the weekend.
She said that she was expecting the leaders to arrive soon.

Felipe Bernardo González Barranco

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Cool, but it's not so easy!

Rene Francisco Lora Gonzalez

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I know, but I belive in you. Keep at it 👍

Pablo Daniel Solares

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Reported speech / Tense changes

Spokeswoman: “We are thinking of a way to reduce the financial deficit that this situation put us in. We have come up with 3 alternatives”.

How would someone report to others what she said?

Do words change when they are reported?

The spokeswoman said they were thinking of a way to reduce the financial deficit that the situation had put them in. She said they had come up with 3 alternatives

Tense changes

Normally, the tense in reported speech is one tense back in time from the tense in direct speech:

Phrase in direct speech	Equivalent in reported speech
Simple present	Simple past
Present continuous	Past continuous
Simple past	Past perfect
Present perfect	Past perfect
Past perfect	Past perfect
Present perfect continuous	Past perfect continuous
Past continuous	Past perfect continuous
Future	Present conditional
Future continuous	Conditional continuous

Examples

DIRECT:

“I always drink coffee”

REPORTED:

She said she always drank coffee

DIRECT:

Walter arrived on Tuesday

REPORTED:

He said Walter had arrived on Tuesday

DIRECT:

We have been waiting for a long time

REPORTED:

They complained they had been waiting for a long time

DIRECT:

I’ll be in Berlin on Friday

REPORTED:

She told me she would be in Berlin on Friday

Practice

REPORTED: She said the president would travel there next month
REPORTED: She explained that the summit meeting had been scheduled to take place during the weekend
REPORTED: She told us she was expecting the leaders to arrive soon.

Worksheet

I’m having the interview at 4 o’clock.

She said she was having the interview at 4 o’clock

We went to the scene of the crime yesterday.

He said they had gone to the scene of the crime yesterday

Did you work in customer service a year ago?

She asked me if I worked in customer service a year ago

We will study the weather to make the forecast.

He said she would study the weather to make the forecast

She had been to the Philippines already this year.

She said she had been to the Philippines already that year.

We work tirelessly in this factory every day.

He said he worked tirelessly in this factory every day

They were playing well up until the second half.

She said they had been playing well up intil the second half

Irving Juárez

student•

In the last example ("I will be in Berlin on friday"), can we say something like: "He said he is going to be in Berlin on friday"?

Rene Francisco Lora Gonzalez

teacher•

Hey Irving! Yes, you could use 'going to' to report this idea, but the complete sentence would be: "He/she said he/she was going to be in Berlin on Friday".

Cristian Camilo Bulla Murcia

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1. I’m having the interview at 4 o’clock.

1. She told me that She was having his interview at 4 o'clock.

2. We went to the scene of the crime yesterday.

1. They told me that they had gone to the scene of the crime the day before.

3. Did you work in customer service a year ago?

1. He asked her if she had worked in customer service a year ago.

4. We will study the weather to make the forecast.

1. They told me that they would study the weather to make the forecast.

5. She had been to the Philippines already this year.

1. She said that she had been to the Philippines already this year.

6. We work tirelessly in this factory every day.

1. They said that they worked tirelessly in this factory every day.

7. They were playing well up until the second half.

1. He said they had been playing well up until the second half.

Viridiana Contreras Martinez

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Let's practice

The president will travel there next month
She said the president would travel there next month.
The summit meeting was scheduled to take place during the weekend.
She explained the summint meeting had been scheduled to take place during the weekend.
I'm expecting the leaders to arrive soon.
She mentioned about she was expecting the leaders to arrive soon.

Additional

I’m having the interview at 4 o’clock.
She said than she was having the interview at 4 o’clock.
We went to the scene of the crime yesterday.
They told us they had gone to the scene of the crime yesterday.
Did you work in customer service a year ago?
She asked me if I had worked in customer service a year ago.
We will study the weather to make the forecast.
They said they would study the weather to make the forecast.
She had been to the Philippines already this year.
They mentioned about she had been to the Philippines already this year.
We work tirelessly in this factory every day.
They told us they worked tirelessly in this factory every day.
They were playing well up until the second half.
They said they had been playing well up until the second half.

Alanis Ordoñez

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Don't like reported speeches AT ALL

Nidia Emilse Montañez Arevalo

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I’m having the interview at 4 o’clock.

She said she was having the interview at 4 o’clock.

We went to the scene of the crime yesterday.

He said we had gone to the scene of the crime the day before.

Did you work in customer service a year ago?

She asked if you had worked in customer service a year ago.

We will study the weather to make the forecast.

She said we would study the weather to make the forecast.

She had been to the Philippines already this year.

They told me she had been to the Philippines already this year.

We work tirelessly in this factory every day.

I told her we worked tirelessly in this factory every day.

They were playing well up until the second half.

I said they had been playing well up until the second half.

Daniel Steven Carrera Osorno

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Reported speech transforms direct quotes into indirect statements, often shifting the verb tense back.

Direct speech: I love to read.
Reported speech: She said she loved to read.

Notice the change from present to past tense and the alteration of pronouns. This technique is crucial for reporting what others have said in a more conversational or narrative context.

Valeria Giraldo Pinzón

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En inglés, al usar reported speech o discurso indirecto, los tiempos verbales "retroceden" un paso, por ejemplo, del present simple al past simple, y del past simple al past perfect. La conjugación de los verbos y el uso de la palabra "that" para introducir la frase son clave. Por ejemplo: "I like dogs" se convierte en "She said that she liked dogs".

Cambios en los tiempos verbales del Estilo Directo al Indirecto

Estilo Directo Estilo Indirecto (Reported Speech)Ejemplo

Present Simple

Past Simple

"I am happy", she said. → She said (that) she was happy.

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

"I am working", he said. → He said (that) he was working.

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

"I have seen it", she said. → She said (that) she had seen it.

Past Simple

Past Perfect

"I went home", she said. → She said (that) she had gone home.

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

"I was sleeping", he said. → He said (that) he had been sleeping.

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

"I have been waiting", he said. → He said (that) he had been waiting.

Cómo funciona

Verbo introductorio en pasado: Generalmente, al pasar del estilo directo al indirecto, el verbo que introduce la oración (como say, tell, ask) está en pasado. Esto hace necesario que el tiempo verbal de la oración original "retroceda" un tiempo.

"That" para introducir la frase: La conjunción "that" se usa para conectar la oración del estilo indirecto a la frase original.

Cambios en pronombres: Los pronombres personales también cambian según la persona que habla. Por ejemplo, "I" puede convertirse en "he" o "she".

Valeria Giraldo Pinzón

student•

Direct:

1.The president will travel there next month.

2.The summit meeting was scheduled to take place during the weekend.

3.I am expecting the leaders to arrive soom

Reported:

1.She said the president would travel there next month.

2.She explained the summit meeting had been scheduled to take place during the weekend.

she told us that she was expecting the leaders to arrive soon.

Juanita Pedraza Gordillo

student•

I’m having the interview at 4 o’clock.

She said that she was having an interview at 4 o’clock

2. We went to the scene of the crime yesterday.

He said they had gone to the scene of the crime the day before

3. Did you work in customer service a year ago?

She asked me if I had worked in customer service a year ago

4. We will study the weather to make the forecast.

He said they would study the weather to make the forecast

5. She had been to the Philippines already this year.

She told me that she had been to the Philippines already that year

6. We work tirelessly in this factory every day.

He said they worked tirelessly in the factory every day

7. They were playing well up until the second half.

They said that they had been playing well up until the second half.

Anderson Tubón

student•

In the example of Berlin. Can I say?

He told me He is in Berlin on Friday. My teacher taught me if I put a sentence in present simple with something scheduled I will talk about the future.

Ivan Fernando Muchica Farfan

student•

I don't figure out yet about "The president will travel" and "the president would travel", "would" isn't conditional?.

Nicole Johana Galvis Rodríguez

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That's right and for that reason he use it. In the second slide of "Tense changes" you can see that we use present conditional when the phrase in direct speech is in future.

PAULO CESAR VILLANUEVA

student•

I’ll do a pause for 5 seconds… Me with my pause button on my backpack:

Ronald Gutiérrez

student•

"I work here." → He said he worked there.
"I’m studying." → She said she was studying.
"I’ve finished." → He said he had finished.
"I’ve been working." → She said she had been working.
"I saw the movie." → He said he had seen the movie.
"I was reading." → She said she had been reading.
"I will call you." → He said he would call me.
"I can help you." → She said she could help me.
"I must go now." → He said he had to go.
"I may come later." → She said she might come later.

Diego Castro

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Practice:

DIRECT:

The president will travel there next month.
The summit meeting was scheduled to take place during the weekend.
I am expecticing the leaders to arrive soon.

REPORTED:

She said the president would travel there next month.
She explained that the summit meeting had been scheduled to take place during the weekend.
She told us that she was expecting the leaders to arrive soon.

Phrase in direct speech

Equivalent in reported speech

Simple present

Simple past

Present continuous

Past continuous

Simple past

Past perfect

Present perfect

Past perfect

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Past continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future

Present conditional

Future continuous

Conditional continuous

Uso del Reported Speech en Inglés: Cambios en Tiempos Verbales

Introduction

Estructuras Paralelas y Preguntas Negativas en Inglés B1 Intermedio

Grammar structures in the News and on TV

Estructuras Paralelas en Gramática de Noticias y Televisión

Omisión de Palabras en Estructuras Paralelas