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    Learn Courses Advanced level Direct and reported speech Direct and reported speech

When we want to communicate or report what another person has said, there are two ways of doing so: direct speech and indirect or reported speech. In direct speech, what

Cuando queremos comunicar o informar de lo que otra persona ha dicho, hay dos maneras de hacerlo: utilizando el estilo directo o el estilo indirecto Con el estilo directo lo que la persona ha dicho se coloca entre comillas (“…”) y deberá ser palabra por palabra, sin embargo, cuando se usa el estilo indirecto, el tiempo verbal cambia. A continuación tienes una tabla que muestra los cambios que sufren los tiempos verbales en el estilo indirecto.

Estilo directo Estilo indirecto
presente simple pasado simple
presente continuo pasado continuo
pasado simple pluscuamperfecto simple
pasado continuo pluscuamperfecto continuo
presente perfecto simple pluscuamperfecto simple
presente perfecto continuo pluscuamperfecto continuo
pluscuamperfecto simple pluscuamperfecto simple
(*no cambia)
pluscuamperfecto continuo pluscuamperfecto continuo
(*no cambia)
Verbos modales
will would
can could
must had to
shall should
may might/could

Las expresiones de tiempo también cambian cuando usamos el estilo indirecto. A continuación tienes una tabla donde puedes observar los cambios

Estilo directo Estilo indirecto
today that day
tonight that night
this week/month/year that week/month/year
tomorrow the next day
next week/month/year the following week/month/year
yesterday the day before or the previous day
last week/month/year the week/month year before or the previous week/month/year
now then/at that moment
Otros cambios
here there
Direct and Reported Speech Listen to Lesson
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