Reported Speech - edu.xunta.gal
www.edu.xunta.gal › centros › iesallarizREPORTED SPEECH A) Podemos contar lo que alguien dijo de dos maneras: 1. Repitiendo sus palabras exactas, es decir, empleando el estilo directo. - “I have to go now,” she said. - “We lived in Paris for three years,” Peter said. 2. Contando la idea, pero no las palabras exactas, que es el “estilo indirecto”.
REPORTED SPEECH - INGLÉS
inglescarmelitaslb.files.wordpress.com › 2011 › 05B. But indirect speech is usually introduced by a verb in the past tense. Verbs in the direct speech have then to be changed into a corresponding past tense. The changes are shown in the following table. DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH Simple Present “I never eat meat”, he explained. Simple Past = He explained (that) he never ate meat.