Let's Do it: junio 2020

Buenas tardes, apreciados estudiantes.

A continuación las instrucciones de nuestra última evaluación del lapso, respecto al tema Reported Speech, descrito en la publicación anterior:

Para esta evaluación deberá responder el siguiente cuestionario:

I Part

Answer the following questions:

1.1) What is reported speech? 2 points

1.2) What's the difference between "tell" and "say"? Write two examples for each one (4 points)

1.3) Which are the commom changes into reported speech in verbal tenses? (4 points)

II PART

Change into resported speech the following sentences (2points each one):

2.1) Robert: "It is my toothbrush"

2.2) Mr. and Mrs. Green: "We don't like bananas".

2.3) "Carla is a very talented young girl" he told Pedro's parents.

2.4) "I write a song for you" Peter tell the girl.

2.5) Mommy: “I go to the supermarket”

Saludos!

Éxito!!!

REPORTED SPEECH

Reportar lo que alguien dijo.

Direct speech is a quotation of someone’s exact words.

Example: John said, “I promise I’ll be home on time.”

Discurso directo: es una cita de las palabras exactas de alguien.

Ejemplo: John dijo, “Prometo estar en casa a tiempo.”

Indirect speech: is used to report what someone said without using the person’s exact words.

Example: Liz said that John promised he would be home on time.

El discurso indirecto es usado para reportar lo que alguien dijo sin usar las palabras exactas de la persona.

Ejemplo: Liz dijo que John prometió que estaría a tiempo en casa.

Este discurso indirecto o report speech es ampliamente utilizado en nuestra comunicación diaria, debido a que suele presentarse en las diferentes situaciones de la vida cotidiana, tales como las instrucciones de los padres, maestros, tutores, mentores, médicos, jefes, entre muchos otros. Se basa en comunicar lo que alguien más nos dijo sin utilizar textualmente sus palabras.

Para reportar lo que otra persona dijo es importante realizar cambios lógicos a los pronombres, verbos, adverbios y adjetivos. También es necesario utilizar los verbos que reportan, los cuales son “say” y “tell”, en tiempo pasado (lógicamente pues es lo que alguien DIJO, tiempo pasado). Recordemos que cuando reportamos la palabra “that” es opcional.

Ejemplo 1:

Direct Speech

Jenny: “I am 16 years old”

Jenny: “Yo tengo 16 años de edad”

Indirect speech:

Jenny/She said (that) she was 16 years old.

Jenny/Ella dijo (que) ella tenía 16 años de edad.

Ejemplo 2:

CAMBIOS COMUNES CON RESPECTO A:

1.- TIEMPOS VERBALES

Direct Speech	→	Reported Speech
Present	→	Past
‘I work in Argentina’		He said that he worked in Argentina
‘I am doing my job’		He said that he was doing his job
Past	→	Past Perfect
‘We saw a good film on TV’		He said they had seen a good film on TV.
‘I was dancing with Mary’		He said he had been dancing with Mary
Present Perfect	→	Past Perfect
‘I have done this before’		She said that she had done that before
‘I have been doing this for two years’		He said that he had been doing that for two years
Future	→	Conditional
‘I will visit my mother’		He said that he would visit his mother
‘I will be flying to Spain’		He said that he would be flying to Spain
Future Perfect	→	Conditional Perfect
‘I will have arrived there by 5 pm’		He said he would have arrived here by 5 pm
‘I will have been selling books for two years’		He said that he would have been selling books for two years

2.- TIEMPO Y LUGAR

Direct Speech	→	Reported Speech
now	→	then, at that moment
today	→	that day
tonight	→	that night
last night	→	the previous night, the night before
tomorrow	→	the next day, the following day
yesterday	→	the previous day, the day before
this week	→	that week
next week	→	the following week, the week after
last year	→	the previous year, the year before
here	→	there

EJEMPLOS

Hank: "I don't want to leave now"
Hank: "No me quiero ir ahora"
He said he didn't want to leave then
Él dijo que no quería irse entonces
Secretary: Mr. Phillips is leaving the office now"
Secretaria: "El señor Phillips está saliendo de la oficina ahora"
The secretary said Mr. Phillips was leaving the office at that moment
La secretaria dijo que el señor Phillips estaba saliendo de la oficina en ese momento
Carrie: "Sam is coming to visit us today"
Carrie: "Sam viene hoy a visitarnos"
She said that Sam was going to visit them that day
Ella dijo que Sam iba a ir a visitarlos ese día

Alex: "Pat and Joe are coming to dinner tonight"
Alex: Pat y Joe vienen esta noche a cenar"
He said that Pat and Joe were going to dinner that night
Él dijo que Pat y Joe venían esa noche a cenar
Julia: "I won't be coming home tonight"
Julia: "No vendré a casa esta noche"
She said she wouldn't be coming home that night
Ella dijo que no vendría a casa esa noche
Sean: "I couldn't sleep last night"
Sean: "Anoche no pude dormir"
He said that he couldn't sleep the previous night
Él dijo que no había podido dormir la noche anterior
Jack: "I didn't go to the party last night"
Jack: "No fui a la fiesta anoche"
He said that he hadn't gone to the party the night before
Él dijo que no había ido a la fiesta la noche anterior

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Instrucciones 4ta Evaluación (Cuestionario) Reported Speech

REPORTED SPEECH