Ejercicio 2 · El salto de tiempos

Ficha 2 · El salto de tiempos (intermedio)

Pasa a estilo indirecto. Escribe solo la parte que falta.

1. «I am tired,» she said. → She said she ___ tired.Present simple pasa a past simple. Es el salto básico: todo retrocede un paso porque el verbo introductorio está en pasado.
2. «We live in Vigo,» they said. → They said they ___ in Vigo.lived. Aunque sigan viviendo allí, si el verbo introductorio es said, el tiempo retrocede.
3. «I am working,» he said. → He said he ___ working.Present continuous pasa a past continuous: am working se convierte en was working.
4. «I saw her,» Ana said. → Ana said she ___ her.Past simple pasa a past perfect. Es el salto que más se olvida.
5. «I have finished,» he said. → He said he ___ finished.Present perfect también pasa a past perfect: have finished y finished acaban los dos en had finished.
6. «I will call you,» she said. → She said she ___ call me.will pasa a would. Y fíjate en que you se convierte en me: los pronombres también cambian.
7. «I can swim,» he said. → He said he ___ swim.can pasa a could. May pasa a might, y must a had to.
8. «I must go,» she said. → She said she ___ to go.must pasa a had to. Es el único modal que cambia de palabra entera.
9. «I saw him yesterday,» he said. → He said he had seen him ___ .Yesterday pasa a the day before. Las expresiones de tiempo también se desplazan: tomorrow a the next day, now a then.
10. «I like this book,» she said. → She said she liked ___ book.This pasa a that, y these a those. Los demostrativos se alejan igual que los tiempos.
11. «Don’t touch it,» he said. → He told me ___ to touch it.Las órdenes se cuentan con tell + persona + (not) to + infinitivo. La negación va delante de to, nunca detrás.