Reported Speech en Inglés: Tabla de Cambios de Tiempos Verbales

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Reported Speech en Inglés: Cambios de Tiempos Verbales

En esta tabla encontrarás la comparación entre el Direct Speech (estilo directo) y el Reported Speech (estilo indirecto), con ejemplos de cada cambio de tiempo verbal.

Present Simple → Past Simple

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
“He is American,” she said.	She said he was American.
“I am happy to see you,” Mary said.	Mary said that she was happy to see me.
He asked, “Are you busy tonight?”	He asked me if I was busy that night.

Present Continuous → Past Continuous

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
“Dan is living in San Francisco,” she said.	She said Dan was living in San Francisco.
He said, “I’m making dinner.”	He told me that he was making dinner.
“Why are you working so hard?” they asked.	They asked me why I was working so hard.

Past Simple → Past Perfect Simple

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
“We went to the movies last night,” he said.	He told me they had gone to the movies the night before.
Greg said, “I didn’t go to work yesterday.”	Greg said that he hadn’t gone to work the day before.
“Did you buy a new car?” she asked.	She asked me if I had bought a new car.

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
“I was working late last night,” Vicki said.	Vicki told me she ’d been working late the night before.
They said, “we weren’t waiting long.”	They said that they hadn’t been waiting long.
He asked, “were you sleeping when I called?”	He asked if I ’d been sleeping when he called.

Present Perfect Simple → Past Perfect Simple

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Heather said, “I’ve already eaten.”	Heather told me that she’d already eaten.
“We haven’t been to China,” they said.	They said they hadn’t been to China.
“Have you worked here before?” I asked.	I asked her whether she’d worked there before.

Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
“I’ve been studying English for two years,” he said.	He said he ’d been studying English for two years.
Steve said, “we’ve been dating for over a year now.”	Steve told me that they’d been dating for over a year.
“Have you been waiting long?” they asked.	They asked whether I’d been waiting long.

Past Perfect Simple (NO CHANGE)

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
“I’d been to Chicago before for work,” he said.	He said that he’d been to Chicago before for work.

Past Perfect Continuous (NO CHANGE)

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
She said, “I’d been dancing for years before the accident.”	She said she’d been dancing for years before the accident.