Cambios de los tiempos verbales en el Reported Specch.

El verbo principal retrocede un tiempo verbal: si en directo tenemos: "I live in Italy". She said. En reported speech: "She said that she lived in Italy".

Direct Speech Present "I work in Argentina"

Reported Speech Past He said that he worked in Argentina He said that he was doing his job

"I am doing my job"

Past "We saw a good film on TV" "I was dancing with Mary" Present Perfect "I have done this before" "I have been doing this for two years" Future "I will visit my mother"

Past Perfect He said they had seen a good film on TV. He said he had been dancing with Mary

Past Perfect She said that she had done that before He said that he had been doing that for two years

Conditional He said that he would visit his mother He said that he would be flying to Spain

"I will be flying to Spain" Future Perfect

Conditional Perfect

"I will have arrived there by 5 pm" "I will have been selling books for two years"

He said he would have arrived here by 5 pm He said that he would have been selling books for two years

Present

Past

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

Dan: "We saw a good film on TV" Dan: "Vimos una buena pelcula en la televisin" He said that they had seen a good film on TV El dijo que haban visto una buena pelcula en la televisin Lou and Sarah: "We didn't read 'Hamlet'" Lou y Sarah: "No lemos 'Hamlet'" They said that they hadn't read 'Hamlet' Ellos dijeron que no haban ledo 'Hamlet' Chuck: "I was dancing with Mary" Chuck: "Estaba bailando con Mary" He said that he had been dancing with Mary El dijo que haba estado bailando con Mary

Rick and Amy: "We weren't looking for Tom" Rick y Amy: "No estbamos buscando a Tom" They said that they hadn't been looking for Tom Ellos dijeron que no haban estado buscando a Tom Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Kim: "I have done this before" Kim: "He hecho esto antes" She said that she had done that before Ella dijo que haba 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 haba sabido nada de Dean Chris: "I have been doing this for two years" Chris: "He estado haciendo esto por dos aos" He said that he had been doing that for two years El dijo que haba estado haciendo eso por dos aos Kate: "I have been living here for 5 months" Kate: "He estado viviendo aqu por 5 meses" She said that she had been living there for 5 months Ella dijo que haba estado viviendo all por 5 meses Future

Conditional

Tom: "I will visit my mother" Tom: "Visitar a mi madre" He said that he would visit his mother el dijo que visitara a su madre Mark: "I won't listen to you" Mark: "No te escuchar" He said that he wouldn't listen to me El dijo que no me escuchara Phil: "I will be flying to Spain" Phil: "Estar volando a Espaa" He said that he would be flying to Spain El dijo que estara volando a Espaa Walt: "I will be staying at a good hotel" Walt: "Me estar hospedando en un buen hotel" He said that he would be staying at a good hotel El dijo que se estara hospedando en un buen hotel

Future Perfect

Conditional Perfect

Jim: "I will have arrived there by 5 pm" Jim: "Para las 5 pm habr llegado all" He said that he would have arrived there by 5 pm El dijo que habra llegado all para las 5 pm Bob: "I will have sent all the products by tomorrow" Bob: "Habr enviado todos los productos para maana" He said that the would have sent all the products by tomorrow El dijo que habra enviado todos los productos para maana Sam: "I will have been selling books for two years" Sam: "Habr estado vendiendo libros por dos aos" He said that he would have been selling books for two years El dijo que habra estado vendiendo libros por dos aos Cindy: "He will have been sleeping for 13 hours" Cindy: "El habr estado durmiendo por 13 horas" She said that he would have been sleeping for 13 hours Ella dijo que l habra estado durmiendo por 13 horas