REPORTED SPEECH

RULES & EXAMPLES

Direct speech		Reported speech
present simple I am happy I sleep		past simple He said he was happy He said he slept
present continuos I am feeling happy I am sleeping		past continuos He said he was feeling happy He said he was sleeping
present perfect I have been happy I have slept		past perfect He said he had been happy He said he had slept
present perfect continuos I have been feeling happy I have been sleeping		past perfect continuos He said he had been feeling happy He said he had been sleeping
future I will be happy I will sleep		simple conditional He said he would be happy He said he would sleep
future perfect I will have been happy I will have sleep		simple conditional perfect He said he would have been happy He said he would have slept

Verbos modales

Direct speech		Reported speech
CAN I can sleep		COULD He said he could sleep
MAY I may sleep		MIGHT He said he might sleep
WILL I will sleep		WOULD He said he would sleep
MUST I must sleep		HAD TO He said he had to sleep

Cambios que pueden sufrir algunas partículas de lugar y tiempo:

now		at that moment, then
tonight		that night
today		that day
last night		the night before
this morning		that morning
this week		that week
next week		the following week
next year		the year after
here		there

EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH

Reported Speech: questions

En las oraciones interrogativas usamos el mismo orden gramatical: el sujeto va después del verbo pero no es necesario usar el auxiliar "do" o "did".

Direct speech	Reported speech
"Where do Susan and Ann work? "	He asked me where Susan and Ann worked.
"¿Dónde trabajan Susan y Ann?"	Él me preguntó dónde trabajaban Mary y Tom.