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Cambios de los tiempos verbales en el Reported Specch. El verbo principal retrocede un tiempo verbal: si en

directo tenemos: "I live in Italy". She said. En reported speech: "She said that she lived in Italy".

Direct Speech → Reported Speech

Present → Past

"I work in Argentina" He said that he worked inArgentina

"I am doing my job" He said that he was doing hisjob

Past → Past Perfect

"We saw a good film onTV"

He said they had seen a goodfilm on TV.

"I was dancing withMary"

He said he had been dancingwith Mary

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

"I have done thisbefore"

She said that she had donethat before

"I have been doing thisfor two years"

He said that he had beendoing that for two years

Future → Conditional

"I will visit my mother" He said that he would visit hismother

"I will be flying toSpain"

He said that he would beflying to Spain

Future Perfect → Conditional Perfect

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"I will have arrivedthere by 5 pm"

He said he would have arrivedhere by 5 pm

"I will have been selling

books for two years"

He said that he would have

been selling books for twoyears

Present → Past

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•  John: "I work in Argentina"

 John: "Yo trabajo en Argentina"

• He said that he worked in Argentina

El dijo que trabajaba en Argentina

• Kelly: "I don't like fish"

Kelly: "No me gusta el pescado"

• She said she didn't like fish

Ella dijo que no le gustaba el pescado

•  Joe: "I am doing my job"

 Joe: "Estoy haciendo mi trabajo"

• He said that he was doing his job

El dijo que estaba haciendo su trabajo

• Pam and Tim: "We are living in New York"

Pam y Tim: "Estamos viviendo en Nueva York"

• They said that they were living in New York 

Ellos dijeron que estaban viviendo en Nueva York

Past → Past Perfect

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• Dan: "We saw a good film on TV"

Dan: "Vimos una buena película en la televisión"

• He said that they had seen a good film on TV

El dijo que habían visto una buena película en la televisión

• Lou and Sarah: "We didn't read 'Hamlet'"

Lou y Sarah: "No leímos 'Hamlet'"• They said that they hadn't read 'Hamlet'

Ellos dijeron que no habían leído 'Hamlet'

• Chuck: "I was dancing with Mary"

Chuck: "Estaba bailando con Mary"

• He said that he had been dancing with Mary

El dijo que había estado bailando con Mary

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• Rick and Amy: "We weren't looking for Tom"

Rick y Amy: "No estábamos buscando a Tom"

• They said that they hadn't been looking for Tom

Ellos dijeron que no habían estado buscando a Tom

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

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• Kim: "I have done this before"

Kim: "He hecho esto antes"

• She said that she had done that before

Ella dijo que había hecho eso antes

• Nick: "I haven't heard from Dean"

Nick: "No he sabido nada de Dean"

• He said that he hadn't heard from Dean

El dijo que no había sabido nada de Dean

• Chris: "I have been doing this for two years"

Chris: "He estado haciendo esto por dos años"

• He said that he had been doing that for two years

El dijo que había estado haciendo eso por dos años

• Kate: "I have been living here for 5 months"

Kate: "He estado viviendo aquí por 5 meses"

• She said that she had been living there for 5 months

Ella dijo que había estado viviendo allí por 5 meses

Future → Conditional

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• Tom: "I will visit my mother"

 Tom: "Visitaré a mi madre"

• He said that he would visit his mother

el dijo que visitaría a su madre

• Mark: "I won't listen to you"

Mark: "No te escucharé"

• He said that he wouldn't listen to me

El dijo que no me escucharía

• Phil: "I will be flying to Spain"

Phil: "Estaré volando a España"• He said that he would be flying to Spain

El dijo que estaría volando a España

• Walt: "I will be staying at a good hotel"

Walt: "Me estaré hospedando en un buen hotel"

• He said that he would be staying at a good hotel

El dijo que se estaría hospedando en un buen hotel

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Future Perfect → Conditional Perfect

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•  Jim: "I will have arrived there by 5 pm"

 Jim: "Para las 5 pm habré llegado allí"

• He said that he would have arrived there by 5 pm

El dijo que habría llegado allí para las 5 pm

• Bob: "I will have sent all the products by tomorrow"

Bob: "Habré enviado todos los productos para mañana"

• He said that the would have sent all the products by tomorrow

El dijo que habría enviado todos los productos para mañana

• Sam: "I will have been selling books for two years"

Sam: "Habré estado vendiendo libros por dos años"

• He said that he would have been selling books for two years

El dijo que habría estado vendiendo libros por dos años

•Cindy: "He will have been sleeping for 13 hours"Cindy: "El habrá estado durmiendo por 13 horas"

• She said that he would have been sleeping for 13 hours

Ella dijo que él habría estado durmiendo por 13 horas