Estilo Indirecto en Inglés: Reglas, Cambios de Tiempos y Ejercicios Resueltos
Reported Speech en Inglés: Estilo Directo e Indirecto
Cambios de tiempos verbales
DIRECT SPEECH | REPORTED SPEECH |
PRESENT SIMPLE: I WATCH TV | PAST SIMPLE: HE SAID THAT HE WATCHED |
PRESENT CONTINUOUS: I’M WATCHING TV | PAST CONTINUOUS: THAT HE WAS WATCHING |
AM/IS/ARE GOING TO: I’M GOING TO WATCH | WAS/WERE GOING TO: THAT HE WAS GOING TO WATCH |
PAST SIMPLE: I WATCHED TV | PAST PERFECT: THAT HE HAD WATCHED |
PRESENT PERFECT: I HAVE WATCHED TV | PAST PERFECT: THAT HE HAD WATCHED |
PAST PERFECT: I HAD WATCHED TV | PAST PERFECT: THAT HE HAD WATCHED |
Cambios de expresiones de tiempo
CAMBIO DE TIEMPOS:
- HERE → THERE
- NOW → THEN
- TODAY → THAT DAY
- YESTERDAY → THE PREVIOUS DAY
- TOMORROW → THE FOLLOWING DAY
Preguntas en estilo indirecto
REPORTED QUESTIONS: WHO IS HE? → SHE ASKED WHO HE WAS.
Ejercicio 1: Condicionales
THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION:
- IF YOU ANSWER THIS CORRECTLY, YOU WILL WIN 1 MILLION…
- …WILL HAVE COULD WIN…
- …IF YOU ANSWER WILL GO HOME WITH HAD 1 MILLION…
- WOULD HAVE WON 1 MILLION…
- HADN'T LISTENED TO YOU!
- IF I HAD STAYED WITH…
Ejercicio 2: Reescribe las oraciones en estilo indirecto
- YOU SHOULDN'T DRINK SO MUCH COLA → MY DENTIST ADVISES ME NOT TO DRINK SO MUCH COLA.
- I WON'T DO IT AGAIN, HONESTLY → SHE PROMISED NOT TO DO IT AGAIN.
- LET ME CARRY THAT BAG FOR YOU → STEVE OFFERED TO CARRY THAT BAG FOR AMY.
- COME TO THE CINEMA WITH ME, TOM. YOU'LL LOVE THE FILM → CLOE PERSUADED TOM TO GO TO THE CINEMA WITH HER.
- OK, IT'S TRUE. I DID CHEAT ON SAMANTHA → MARTA ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD CHEATED ON SAMANTHA.
- I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT I GAVE YOU THE KEYS, SARAH → SIMON INSISTED THAT HE HAD GIVEN SARAH THE KEYS.
- IT WASN'T ME WHO ATE ALL THE CHOCOLATE → JACK DENIED EATING ALL THE CHOCOLATE.
- COULD YOU OPEN THE WINDOW, JADE? → THE TEACHER ASKED JADE TO OPEN THE WINDOW.
Ejercicio 3: Reescribe las oraciones en estilo indirecto
- I CAN'T COME TO THE CONCERT NEXT SATURDAY, SAID RUBY → RUBY SAID THAT SHE COULDN'T GO TO THE CONCERT THE FOLLOWING DAY.
- I HAVEN'T SEEN ROSS SINCE LAST SUMMER, SAID LIAM → LIAM SAID THAT HE HADN'T SEEN ROSS SINCE THE PREVIOUS SUMMER.
- I'LL TEXT YOU AS SOON AS I ARRIVE, TRISTAN TOLD SARAH → TRISTAN TOLD SARAH THAT HE WOULD TEXT HER AS SOON AS HE ARRIVED.
- MY IPOD IS BROKEN AND I ONLY BOUGHT IT A MONTH AGO, SAID SOPHIE → SOPHIE SAID THAT HER IPOD WAS BROKEN AND THAT SHE HAD BOUGHT IT THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
Ejercicio 4: Preguntas en estilo indirecto
- ARE YOU BEING ECONOMICAL WITH THE TRUTH? ROB ASKED LAURA. → ROB ASKED LAURA IF SHE WAS BEING ECONOMICAL WITH THE TRUTH.
- WHO'S BEEN SPREADING THIS GOSSIP? ASKED CLARA. → CLARA ASKED WHO HAD BEEN SPREADING THAT GOSSIP.
- DO YOU THINK ANYONE WILL OWN UP TO TAKING THE WALLET? I ASKED TIM. → I ASKED TIM IF HE THOUGHT ANYONE WOULD OWN UP TO TAKING THE WALLET.
- WHY WOULD I LIE TO YOU? MAX ASKED HIS PARENTS. → MAX ASKED HIS PARENTS WHY HE WOULD LIE TO THEM.
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