ESTILO INDIRECTO (REPORTED SPEECH) - Completa las oraciones con la forma correcta del verbo

Hi everyone! Hola a todos. My name is Mr. Pea y juntos vamos a aprender a hablar en inglés. Hoy nos enfrentamos al Reported Speech o estilo indirecto, es decir, cómo contarle a alguien lo que otra persona ha dicho. Para hacerlo bien, recordad que casi siempre daremos un "paso atrás" en el tiempo verbal. ¿Estáis preparadas y preparados? Here we go!

 👉 Completa cada frase en estilo indirecto conjugando el verbo entre paréntesis en el tiempo correcto. Te daré como referencia la frase en estilo directo. Vamos allá

💬 Direct: "I want a cup of coffee," she said.

Reported: She said she ______ (want) a cup of coffee.

✅ She said she wanted a cup of coffee.

👉 Al pasar a estilo indirecto, el Present Simple da un paso atrás y se convierte en Past Simple. Por eso want pasa a ser wanted.

💬 Direct: "We are watching a movie," they said.

Reported: They said they ______ (watch) a movie.

✅ They said they were watching a movie.

👉 El Present Continuous se transforma en Past Continuous. Como el sujeto "they" es plural, usamos were watching.

💬 Direct: "I bought a new car yesterday," he said.

Reported: He said he ______ (buy) a new car the day before.

✅ He said he had bought a new car the day before.

👉 ¡Atención aquí! El Past Simple da un paso atrás y se convierte en Past Perfect. Por eso bought se transforma en had bought. Fijaos también en cómo "yesterday" cambia a "the day before".

💬 Direct: "She has finished her homework," they told me.

Reported: They told me she ______ (finish) her homework.

✅ They told me she had finished her homework.

👉 El Present Perfect también da un paso atrás y pasa a ser Past Perfect. Así que conjugamos had finished.

💬 Direct: "I will help you with the bags," Sarah said.

Reported: Sarah said she ______ (help) me with the bags.

✅ Sarah said she would help me with the bags.

👉 Con los futuros es muy fácil: el modal will cambia directamente a su forma de pasado, que es would.

💬 Direct: "We can swim very fast," the children said.

Reported: The children said they ______ (swim) very fast.

✅ The children said they could swim very fast.

👉 Al igual que con will, el modal de habilidad can da un paso atrás y se convierte en could.

💬 Direct: "I must study for the test," he said.

Reported: He said he ______ (study) for the test.

✅ He said he had to study for the test.

👉 ¡Mucho ojo con esta! El modal must no tiene pasado propio, por lo que su transformación obligatoria en estilo indirecto es had to.

💬 Direct: "It may rain later," she said.

Reported: She said it ______ (rain) later.

✅ She said it might rain later.

👉 El modal de posibilidad may también retrocede en el tiempo y se convierte en might.

💬 Direct: "I am going to visit London," Mark said.

Reported: Mark said he ______ (visit) London.

✅ Mark said he was going to visit London.

👉 El futuro con going to cambia su verbo auxiliar to be al pasado. Al ser Mark singular, usamos was going to.

💬 Direct: "I love chocolate," he says.

Reported: He says he ______ (love) chocolate.

✅ He says he loves chocolate.

👉 ¡La gran frase trampa! Fijaos muy bien en el verbo introductor: es says (en presente), no said. Cuando alguien nos dice algo en el presente, no se hace la regla del backshift. El tiempo verbal se queda igual, solo adaptamos la persona: he loves.

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