Ejercicio 4 · Reported speech: contar lo que dijeron

Reported speech: contar lo que dijeron

Completa la frase en estilo indirecto con una sola palabra.

1. «I am very tired», she said. — She said that she ___ very tired.was. El presente pasa a pasado al contar lo que alguien dijo.
2. «We will call you tomorrow», they said. — They said they ___ call me the next day.would. will pasa a would.
3. «I have finished», he said. — He said he ___ finished.had. El present perfect pasa a past perfect.
4. «Do you live here?», she asked. — She asked me if I ___ there.lived. En preguntas de si o no se usa if y el verbo retrocede un tiempo.
5. «Don’t touch it», he told me. — He told me ___ to touch it.not. Las ordenes negativas se cuentan con not to más infinitivo.
6. «I can’t come», Ana said. — Ana said she ___ come.couldn’t. can pasa a could.
7. «Where are you going?», he asked. — He asked me where I ___ going.was. Con partícula interrogativa no hace falta if, y el orden ya no es de pregunta.
8. «I saw her yesterday», Tom said. — Tom said he ___ seen her the day before.had. El past simple pasa a past perfect, y yesterday pasa a the day before.
9. «Open the window, please», she said. — She asked me ___ open the window.to. Las peticiones se cuentan con ask somebody to do something.
10. «I’m going to move house», he said. — He said he ___ going to move house.was. am pasa a was.
11. «We must leave now», they said. — They said they ___ to leave then.had. must se cuenta normalmente con had to, y now pasa a then.
12. «Did you pay?», she asked. — She asked me ___ I had paid.if. Pregunta de si o no: if o whether.