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Reported Speech Basics

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Reported Speech Basics

Reported speech (estilo indirecto) is used to tell someone what another person said, without using their exact words.

Changes in reported speech
Direct speechReported speech
Present Simple: "I like pizza."Past Simple: He said he liked pizza.
Present Continuous: "I am studying."Past Continuous: She said she was studying.
Past Simple: "I went home."Past Perfect: He said he had gone home.
Will: "I will call you."Would: She said she would call me.
Can: "I can swim."Could: He said he could swim.
Other changes
  • this -> that; these -> those; here -> there; now -> then; today -> that day; yesterday -> the day before; tomorrow -> the next day
  • I -> he/she; me -> him/her; my -> his/her; we -> they
Example

Direct: "I am going to the cinema tomorrow," said María.

Reported: María said (that) she was going to the cinema the next day.

Reported questions

We use "asked" + if/whether (yes/no questions) or question word (wh-questions). The word order changes to subject + verb (NOT question order).

"Do you like football?" -> He asked me if I liked football.

"Where do you live?" -> She asked me where I lived.

Exercises
  1. Change to reported speech: a) "I love this film," she said. b) "We will arrive late," they said. c) "I can't come," he said.
  2. Report the questions: a) "Do you speak French?" she asked me. b) "Where did you go yesterday?" he asked.
  3. Write a conversation with a friend (4 lines), then report it using reported speech.
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