Indirect Speech

(Reported Speech)

vorbirea indirecta
prezentare
Indirect Speech

 Vorbirea indirecta presupune repetarea a

ceea ce s-a scris sau s-a spus intr-o
comunicare.
 Se considera transformarile de pe slide-urile
urmatoare doar atunci cand verbul de
raportat este la un timp trecut.
 Atunci cand verbul este la prezent, timpurile
din propozitiile care se raporteaza raman
neschimbate.
 Transformari
vb. directa  vb. indirecta

 Present Simple  Past Simple

 Present Continuous  Past Continuous
 Past Simple
 Present Perfect Simple  Past Perfect Simple
 Past Perfect Simple
 Past Continuous
 Present Perfect  Past Perfect
Continuous Continuous
 Past Perfect Continuous
 Transformari
vb. directa  vb. indirecta

 Will =>  Would

 Would =>  Would
 Shall =>  Should
 Should =>  Should
 Can =>  Could
 Could =>  Could
 May =>  Might
 Might =>  Might
 Must =>  Must
Transformari
vb. directa  vb. indirecta
Here There

Now Then
Today That day

Yesterday The day before/ the previous

day
2 days/ 3 years (etc.)ago 2 months/ 3 years (etc.) before

Last month/ year etc. A (the) month/ year (etc.) before;

The previous month/ year
Tomorrow The next day/ the following day

Next year/summer etc. The next year/summer etc.

exemple

 Present Simple  Past Simple

 “I don’t want this book.”, he  He said he didn’t want that
said book
(don’t want => didn’t want)
(this => that)

 Present Continuous Past Continuous

 “She’s working hard for this  I told my manager (that) she
presentation”, I told my was working hard for that
manager. presentation
(is working => was working)
(this => That)
exemple

 Past Simple  Past Perfect Simple

 “Tom gave up his job yesterday”, my  My brother informed me (that) Tom had
brother informed me. given up his job the previous day.
(gave up => had given up)
(yesterday => the previous day)

 Present Perfect Simple  Past Perfect Simple

 “I have written a poem”, she  She exclaimed (that) she had written a
exclaimed. poem.
(have written => had written)

 Past Perfect Simple  Past Perfect Simple

 “I had forgotten my wallet”, he He explained he had forgotten his
explained. wallet.
(had forgotten => had forgotten)
(my => his)
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 Past Continuous  Past Perfect Continuous

 “I was reading the book at this time  She said she had been reading the
yesterday”,she said. newspaper at that time yesterday.
(was reading => had been reading)
(this => that)

 Present Perfect Continuous  Past Perfect Continuous

 “My mum has been calling you since  He told me his mum had been calling
lunch time”, he told me. me since lunch time.
(my => his)
(has been calling => had been calling)
(you => me)

 Past Perfect Continuous  Past Perfect Continuous

 “I had been repairing the car for one  He claimed he had been repairing the
hour before your arrival”, he claimed. car for one hour before my arrival.
(I => he)
(had been repairing => had been repairing)
(your => my)
exemple

 Will  Would
 “She will do it”, I exclaimed.  I exclaimed that she would do
it.
 Will  Would
 “I will have finished by then”, he  He said he would have finished
said. by then.

 Would  Would
 “I would like a piece of cake”,  He said (that) he would like a
he said. piece of cake.

 Should  Should
 “You should take care”, he told  He told me (that) I should take
me. care.
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 Can  Could
 “My brother can swim”, she  She boasted her brother could
boasted. swim.

 May  Might
 “You may go there”, I told my  I told my boy he might go there.
boy.
  Might
 Might  I said it might rain that night.
 “It might rain tonight”, I said.
  Must
 Must  He told her she mustn’t eat that.
 “You musn’t eat that”, he told
her.
Intrebari – atentie la ordinea cuvintelor!!!
(din interogativ trece in afirmativ)

 “Why are you going  He asked why I was

there?”, he asked.
 “Where do you live?”,
she asked.
 “Has she been there?”,
my mum wondered.
 “Who are you?”, she
asked him.
going there.
 She asked where I
lived.
 My mum wondered if
she had been there.
 She asked him who he
was.
Infinitive, exclamatii
 “Type these letters”, the  The boss told his secretary
boss told his secretary. to type those letters.

 “Don’t go there!”, I told my  I told my boy not to go there.

boy.  She exclaimed that the
 “What a nice morning!”, she morning was nice.
exclaimed.
 “Congratulations!”, he told  He congratulated his wife.
his wife.
 “Taxi!”, he shouted.  He called a taxi.
 “Merry Christmas!”, she told  She wished us Merry
us. Christmas.