UNIT 9. REPORTED SPEECH

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1.    ¿Podrías    relacionar    el expresiones?

verbo    que    suele    acompañar

a    las    siguientes

get             catch

win             know           make

leave

have              do

meet            take             miss

lose

 

1.         Miss the train, a friend, a class.

2.          Make an appointment, the beds, a mistake.

3.         Do homework, exercise, a favour.

4.          Take an aspirin, a taxi, somebody to the station.

5.         Catch a cold, the train, the bus.

6.          Lose a match, some money, your keys.

7.          Get breakfast, a shower, a drink.

8.          Leave home, up, ready.

9.          Have a message, home, your boyfriend.

10.      Win a match, the lottery, a prize.

11.      Meet a friend, at the cinema, someone for the first time.

12.     Know someone for a long time, something, the answer. 



2. Explicar el Reported Speech con ejemplos.


El reported Speech, Estilo indirecto, se puede explicar o decir algo cambiando el tiempo verbal a PASADO. 


He said Laura was studying in Canada 

They said that they hadn’t going to school today.  


 En cambio en el estilo directo hay que decir o escribir todo  exacto a como sucedió. En el estilo directo, todas las expresiones de tiempos verbales están en presente.   


Did you finish the workout? she asked.  


Hay dos tipos de preguntas:

cerradas (yes/no questions) Se agrega el "IF" para pasarlas al estilo indirecto

She asked him if he liked his new house

 

abiertas -  (when / what/ who / where / why…?):  se mantiene el pronombre interrogativo 

He asked me where she put the exams




 

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