El Pasado

"direct speech" = el discurso directo se usa para expresar algo directamente, es lo que una persona dice o nos dice directamente.

Ex:

I am tired.

I am going to Cancún this weekend.

"simple indirect speech" = el discurso indirecto simple es un reporte simple que damos o que nos dan de lo que una persona dijo.

1) Si en una frase directa se usa la acción "to be", entonces en el reporte indirecto se usa el pasado de "to be" (was, were).

Ex:

Be ------ was / were.

To be going to ------- was / were going to.

Frase directa: I am tired.

Frase indirecta: he said that he was tired.

She is going to travel to Acapulco.

- She said that she was going to travel to Acapulco.

2) Si en la frase directas se usa: ---- entonces en las frases indirectas se usa:

Can ---- could.

May ---- might.

Will ---- would.

Simple present ---- simple past.

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