Reported Speech:

1º- Hay que fijarse en el verbo a cambiar ( tabla 1)

2º- Fijarse en los pronombres

3ª- fijarse en 3º persona

4º- Cambiar las expresiones de tiempo y lugar (tabla 2)

5º- Al transformar preguntas utilizamos :
- IF …. Si ..
- ó la paticula interrogativa (when, where, why,
what,….)
6º - Con must /should y ought to cambiamos “said” por :
asked/advised/ordered,… + TO + infinitive
Ej. “Say hello to Tom” , he said me.
He asked me to say hello to Tom
Ej: “Don´t give up”, he said Peter
He advised Peter NOT TO give up.
Ej. “you must read that book”, he said me.
He advised me to read that book.

7º - La expression “LET´S” se cambian usando:

- “SUGGESTED” + gerundio
- “SUGGESTED” + frase con should
Ej: Let´s go to the cinema, he said.
- He suggested going to the cinema
- He suggested that we should go to the cinema.

He suggested Con must /should y ought to cambiamos “said”

por :
TABLA 1

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Simple Present Simple Past

Present Progressive Past Progressive

Simple Past

Present Perfect Simple Past Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Simple

Past Progressive

Present Perfect Progressive Past Perfect Progressive

Past Perfect Progressive

Future I (going to) was / were going to

Future I (will)
Conditional I (would)
Conditional I (would)

The verbs could, should, would, might, must, needn’t, ought to,
used to do not normally change.
Los verbos could, should, would, might, must, needn´t, ought to y
used to, NO CAMBIAN
Example: He said, “She might be right.” – He said that she might be right.

TABLA 2 - Place and Time expressions

Direct Speech Reported Speech

today that day

now then

yesterday the day before

… days ago … days before

last week the week before

next year the following year

tomorrow the next day / the following day

here there

this that