2.2. Frida said that she liked doing portraits

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REPORTED SPEECH
(ESTILO INDIRECTO)
 
 
Utilizamos el estilo indirecto para contar lo que otras personas han dicho, pero sin citar las palabras exactas.
 
Para ello, necesitamos un verbo introductorio (say, tell...) que introduzca las palabras de la otra persona, y la conjunción that ("que").
 
Fíjate en un extracto del texto del apartado anterior:
 
Estilo directo: Frida: "I like doing portraits" (Frida: "Me gusta hacer retratos")
 
Estilo indirecto: Frida said that she liked doing portraits. (Frida dijo que a ella le gustaba hacer retratos)
 
 
¡Importante! El estilo indirecto no utiliza comillas.
 
 
 
INTRODUCTORY VERBS
(VERBOS INTRODUCTORIOS)
 
 
Say (decir) y tell (decir, contar) son los verbos más comunes para introducir el estilo indirecto.
Otros verbos son:
 
explain (explicar)
declare (declarar)
inform (informar)
admit (admitir)
insist (insistir)
mention (mencionar) state (exponer)
promise (prometer)
hope (esperar)
threaten (amenazar) suggest (sugerir)
ask (preguntar)

Objetivos

Ahora tienes la oportunidad de practicar el uso de los verbos introductorios en los siguientes ejercicios online:

Ejercicio 1   Ejercicio 2

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CAMBIOS EN TIEMPOS VERBALES
ESTILO DIRECTO
ESTILO INDIRECTO
EJEMPLOS
Present simple
Past simple
"I work as a coach" → He said that he worked as a coach
Present continuous
Past continuous
"I´m working as a coach" → He said that he was working as a coach
Past simple
Past perfect simple "I worked as a coach" → He said that he had worked as a coach
Past continuous Past perfect continuous
"I was working as a coach" → He said that he had been working as a coach
Present perfect simple
Past perfect simple
"I have worked as a coach" → He said that he had worked as a coach
Present perfect continuous
Past perfect continuous "I´ve been working as a coach" → He said that he had been working as a coach
Past perfect simple
Past perfect simple
"I had worked as a coach" → He said that he had worked as a coach
Past perfect continuous Past perfect continuous
"I had been working as a coach" → He said that he had been working as a coach
Future simple (will)
Conditional (would)
"I will work as a coach" → He said that he would work as a coach

 

CAMBIOS EN VERBOS MODALES

 

 ESTILO DIRECTO
 ESTILO INDIRECTO
 EJEMPLOS
 Can  Could  "I can work as a coach" → He said that he could work as a coach
 May  Might  "I may work as a coach" → He said that he might work as a coach
 Must / Have to
 Must / Had to

 "I must work as a coach" → He said that he must work as a coach

"I have to work as a coach" →  He said that he had to work as a coach

 

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Convierte las siguientes frases del estilo directo al indirecto. A continuación, tradúcelas al castellano.

1. "My parents are listening to the news", Sara said.

Sara said that .

2. "Paco has stopped eating chocolate", he said.

He said that .

3. "It snowed all day", they said.

They mentioned that .

4. "The lesson is cancelled", the teacher said.

The teacher informed that .

5. "The activity can be dangerous", Mark said.

Mark explained that .