5 INDIRECT SPEECH Flashcards
“I like your shoes”, Kate, said Jack.
Jack said he LIKED Kate’s shoes.
Present simple/continuos → Past simple / continuos
“I saw them advertised on TV”, said Kate
Kate said she SAW / HAD SEEN them advertised on TV.
Past simple/continuos → Past simple / continuos or past perfect simple/continuos
“I’ve bought a hat”, Helen told me
Helen told me she HAD BOUGHT a hat.
Present perfect simple/continuos → Past perfect simple / continuos
“I¨ll take you there if you want”, she said
She said she WOULD take me there if I wanted
will → would
“You must buy a ticket”, he said
He said that we HAD TO buy a ticket
must → had to
“I can speak Spanish well”, said Mel
Mel said he could speak Spanish well
“Bananas are good for energy”, said the doctor
The doctor told us that bananas ARE good for energy
La forma del verbo no cambia cuando lo que se dice es invariable
“I think he must be coming”, she said
She said she thought he must be coming.
The thing reported contains the modals WOULD, COULD, MIGHT, OUGHT TO or MUST for logical deduction.
“He had already been given a prize”, she said
She said he HAD already BEEN GIVEN a prize.
The thing being reported contains the past perfect
tomorrow
the next day, the day after, the following day
yesterday
the day before, the previous day
last week
the week before
here
there
this morning
that morning
today
that day
next Friday
the following Friday
ago
before
“Could I borrow your bike?”, she asked
She asked IF/WHETHER she could borrow my bike
Cuando no hay una “question word” en la expresion (why, who, how, what , etc), usamos IF / WETHER
“Why did you leave that job?”, she asked him
She asked him WHY SHE HAD LEFT that job
The wh- word es seguida por la frase en su posicion normal, sujeto seguido de verbo
“Please open your suitcase”, said the customs official
The custom official TOLD / OREDERED me to open the suitcase
REPORTED ORDERS
verb + object + infinitive with to
“I’d buy the red coat”, my friend said
My friend recommended BUYING / (THAT) I BUY the red coat
REPORTED RECOMMENDATIONS
recommend + (that) + clause
recommend + -ing
“Let’s pay half each”, she said
She SUGGESTED PAYING half each
She SUGGESTED WE PAID half each
She SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD PAY half each
REPORTED SUGGESTIONS
suggest + that + past simple
suggest + that + (should) + infinitive without to
