Reported Speech III - Referencias tiempo y lugar
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Para pasar una frase que contiene una referencia de tiempo o lugar al estilo indirecto hay que cambiar esta por un equivalente.
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Direct Speech / Estilo directo
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Reported Speech / Estilo Indirecto
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Now |
Then / At that moment |
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Peter said, "I dont want to go now". |
Peter said he didn't want to go at that moment.
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Today |
That day |
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Peter said, "I started my new job today". |
Peter said he started his new job that day.
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Tonight |
That night |
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Peter said, "Mark and John are coming with us tonight". |
Peter said that Mark and John were going with them that night.
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Last night |
The previous night / The night before |
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Peter said, "I couldn't sleep last night". |
Peter said he couldn't sleep the night before.
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Tomorrow |
The next day / The following day |
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Peter said, "We're going to Madrid tomorrow". |
Peter said he was going to Madrid the next day.
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Yesterday |
The previous day / The day before |
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Peter said, "Mary didn't go to school yesterday".
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Peter said Mary hadn' gone to school the day before. |
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This week |
That week |
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Peter said, "The team has a lot of work this week". |
Peter said the team had had a lot of work that week.
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Next week |
The following week / The week after |
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Peter said, "I'm going to Cuba next week". |
Peter said he was going to Cuba the week after.
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Last year |
The previous year / The year before |
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Peter said, "Paul and Mary got divorced last year". |
Peter said Paul and Peter had gotten divorced the year before.
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Here |
There |
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Peter said, "Larry lives here". |
Peter said that Larry lived there. |
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