Cambios de los tiempos verbales en el Reported Specch. El verbo principal retrocede un tiempo verbal: si en directo tenemos: "I live in Italy". She said. EnReported Speech "She said that she lived in Italy".
Present → Past
John: "I work in Argentina"
John: "Yo trabajo en Argentina"
He said that he worked in Argentina
El dijo que trabajaba en Argentina
Kelly: "I don't like fish"
Kelly: "No me gusta el pescado"
She said she didn't like fish
Ella dijo que no le gustaba el pescado
Joe: "I am doing my job"
Joe: "Estoy haciendo mi trabajo"
He said that he was doing his job
El dijo que estaba haciendo su trabajo
Pam and Tim: "We are living in New York"
Pam y Tim: "Estamos viviendo en Nueva York"
They said that they were living in New York
Ellos dijeron que estaban viviendo en Nueva York
Past → Past Perfect
Dan: "We saw a good film on TV"
Dan: "Vimos una buena película en la televisión"
He said that they had seen a good film on TV
El dijo que habían visto una buena película en la televisión
Lou and Sarah: "We didn't read 'Hamlet'"
Lou y Sarah: "No leímos 'Hamlet'"
They said that they hadn't read 'Hamlet'
Ellos dijeron que no habían leído 'Hamlet'
Chuck: "I was dancing with Mary"
Chuck: "Estaba bailando con Mary"
He said that he had been dancing with Mary
El dijo que había estado bailando con Mary
Rick and Amy: "We weren't looking for Tom"
Rick y Amy: "No estábamos buscando a Tom"
They said that they hadn't been looking for Tom
Ellos dijeron que no habían estado buscando a Tom
Present Perfect → Past Perfect
Kim: "I have done this before"
Kim: "He hecho esto antes"
She said that she had done that before
Ella dijo que había hecho eso antes
Nick: "I haven't heard from Dean"
Nick: "No he sabido nada de Dean"
He said that he hadn't heard from Dean
El dijo que no había sabido nada de Dean
Chris: "I have been doing this for two years"
Chris: "He estado haciendo esto por dos años"
He said that he had been doing that for two years
El dijo que había estado haciendo eso por dos años
Kate: "I have been living here for 5 months"
Kate: "He estado viviendo aquí por 5 meses"
She said that she had been living there for 5 months
Ella dijo que había estado viviendo allí por 5 meses
Future → Conditional
Tom: "I will visit my mother"
Tom: "Visitaré a mi madre"
He said that he would visit his mother
el dijo que visitaría a su madre
Mark: "I won't listen to you"
Mark: "No te escucharé"
He said that he wouldn't listen to me
El dijo que no me escucharía
Phil: "I will be flying to Spain"
Phil: "Estaré volando a España"
He said that he would be flying to Spain
El dijo que estaría volando a España
Walt: "I will be staying at a good Hotel"
Walt: "Me estaré hospedando en un buen Hotel"
He said that he would be staying at a good Hotel
El dijo que se estaría hospedando en un buen Hotel
Future Perfect → Conditional Perfect
Jim: "I will have arrived there by 5 pm"
Jim: "Para las 5 pm habré llegado allí"
He said that he would have arrived there by 5 pm
El dijo que habría llegado allí para las 5 pm
Bob: "I will have sent all the products by tomorrow"
Bob: "Habré enviado todos los productos para mañana"
He said that the would have sent all the products by tomorrow
El dijo que habría enviado todos los productos para mañana
Sam: "I will have been selling books for two years"
Sam: "Habré estado vendiendo libros por dos años"
He said that he would have been selling books for two years
El dijo que habría estado vendiendo libros por dos años