Summary Reported Speech Test

I.
Palabras que siempre deben cambiar
Last night: The previous night
Yesterday: The day before
This: That
Before: Ago
Tomorrow: The next day
I: He /she
II.
Tiempos que nunca cambian y quedan de la misma forma
Should
Would
Could
Past perfect (I had been there for three weeks)
III.
Abreviaciones
Won’t: will not
I’d been: I had been (hubiese sido/ estado)
I’d live: I would live (Viviría)
IV.
Otros cambios
Can cambia a could
Will not (won’t) cambia wouldn’t
Will cambia a would
Las preguntas que comienzan con WH (where – when –how- what - why) deden introducir
cambios en el orden de las preguntas, por ejemplo:
Where have you been all this time? ----- she asked where I had been all that time (note que el
signo de interrogación ya no existe)
Las preguntas que comienzan con could – would – are –is –was – were – will – have – do- did,
incorporarán la palabra “if”, por ejemplo:
Could you bring the money? ----- She asked if I could bring the money (el orden también
cambia y el signo de interrogación desaparece).
V.
Ejemplos de tiempos
Past perfect: I had travelled (Yo había viajado) - you had eaten - he had worked - we had done they had gone – she had ridden, etc.
Present Perfect: I have ridden (Yo he paseado), you have eaten, we have worked, they have
done, he has gone, I have travelled, she has written, etc.
Past continuous: I was travelling (Yo estuve viajando), she was eating, they were working, you
were studying, etc.
Past perfect continuous: I had been working (yo había estado trabajando), he had been
travelling, you had been eating, she had been studying, they had been writing, etc.
Present continuous: She is working (ella está trabajando), they are copying, etc.
Past continuous: She was working (Ella estuvo trabajando), they were travelling, etc.
VI.
Pasos
Present simple to past simple
Past simple to past perfect
Past perfect to past perfect
Past continuous to past perfect continuous
Present perfect to past perfect
Present continuous to past continuous