Estos ejercicios te ayudarán a consolidar las reglas del discurso directo e indirecto en inglés, incluyendo el backshift verbal. Pon a prueba tu dominio de las transformaciones y comunícate con mayor precisión.
→ Ver el curso : El discurso directo e indirecto en inglés : curso completo
Exercice 1 — El backshift: completa las frases en discurso indirecto
Completa cada frase en discurso indirecto eligiendo la forma verbal correcta del backshift. Escribe la frase completa en tu respuesta.
- Direct: 'I am working late tonight.' → She said that she ___ (work) late that night.
- Direct: 'We have already eaten.' → They told me that they ___ (eat) already.
- Direct: 'I will call you tomorrow.' → He said that he ___ (call) me the following day.
- Direct: 'She can speak three languages.' → He mentioned that she ___ (speak) three languages.
Correction
- She said that she was working late that night.
- They told me that they had already eaten.
- He said that he would call me the following day.
- He mentioned that she could speak three languages.
Exercice 2 — De discurso directo a indirecto
Transforma cada frase del discurso directo al discurso indirecto, aplicando el backshift y los cambios de pronombres o expresiones de tiempo necesarios. Escribe la frase completa.
- Transform into reported speech: 'I don't know where my passport is,' said Anna.
- Transform into reported speech: 'We saw that film last week,' they told us.
- Transform into reported speech: 'You must submit the report by Friday,' the manager said to them.
- Transform into reported speech: 'I have never been to New York,' he admitted.
Correction
- Anna said that she didn't know where her passport was.
- They told us that they had seen that film the week before.
- The manager told them that they had to submit the report by Friday.
- He admitted that he had never been to New York.
Exercice 3 — Corrige los errores en el discurso indirecto
Cada frase contiene un error relacionado con el discurso indirecto en inglés (backshift, pronombres o expresiones temporales). Identifica el error y escribe la frase correcta completa.
- She told me that she will finish the project the next day. → Find and correct the error.
- He said that he has visited Paris two years before. → Find and correct the error.
- They said us that the meeting was cancelled. → Find and correct the error.
- My friend said that she can't come tomorrow. → Find and correct the error.
Correction
- She told me that she would finish the project the next day.
- He said that he had visited Paris two years before.
- They told us that the meeting had been cancelled.
- My friend said that she couldn't come the following day.
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