Indirect Speech
(Reported Speech)
vorbirea indirecta
prezentare
Indirect Speech
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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
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vb. indirecta
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Present Simple
Present Continuous
Past Simple
Present Perfect Simple
Past Perfect Simple
Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
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Past Simple
Past Continuous
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Past Perfect Simple
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Past Perfect
Continuous
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Transformari
vb. directa
 vb. indirecta
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Will
Would
Shall
Should
Can
Could
May
Might
Must
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Would
Would
Should
Should
Could
Could
Might
Might
Must
Transformari
vb. directa
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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
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Present Simple
“I don’t want this book.”, he
said
(don’t want =>
(this
=>
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Past Simple
 He said he didn’t want that
book
didn’t want)
that)
Present Continuous
“She’s working hard for this
presentation”, I told my
manager.
(is working =>
(this =>
Past Continuous
 I told my manager (that) she
was working hard for that
presentation
was working)
That)
exemple
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Past Simple
“Tom gave up his job yesterday”, my
brother informed me.
(gave up
(yesterday
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Present Perfect Simple
“I have written a poem”, she
exclaimed.
(have written =>
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Past Perfect Simple
“I had forgotten my wallet”, he
explained.
(had forgotten =>
(my =>
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Past Perfect Simple
My brother informed me (that) Tom had
given up his job the previous day.
had given up)
the previous day)
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Past Perfect Simple
She exclaimed (that) she had written a
poem.
had written)
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Past Perfect Simple
He explained he had forgotten his
wallet.
had forgotten)
his)
exemple
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Past Continuous
“I was reading the book at this time
yesterday”,she said.
(was reading =>
(this =>
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Present Perfect Continuous
“My mum has been calling you since
lunch time”, he told me.
(my =>
(has been calling =>
(you =>
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Past Perfect Continuous
“I had been repairing the car for one
hour before your arrival”, he claimed.
(I =>
(had been repairing =>
(your =>
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Past Perfect Continuous
She said she had been reading the
newspaper at that time yesterday.
had been reading)
that)
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Past Perfect Continuous
He told me his mum had been calling
me since lunch time.
his)
had been calling)
me)
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Past Perfect Continuous
He claimed he had been repairing the
car for one hour before my arrival.
he)
had been repairing)
my)
exemple
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Will
“She will do it”, I exclaimed.
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Will
“I will have finished by then”, he
said.
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Would
“I would like a piece of cake”,
he said.
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Should
“You should take care”, he told
me.
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Would
I exclaimed that she would do
it.
Would
He said he would have finished
by then.
Would
He said (that) he would like a
piece of cake.
Should
He told me (that) I should take
care.
exemple
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Can
“My brother can swim”, she
boasted.
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May
“You may go there”, I told my
boy.
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Could
She boasted her brother could
swim.
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Might
“It might rain tonight”, I said.
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Must
“You musn’t eat that”, he told
her.
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Might
I told my boy he might go there.
Might
I said it might rain that night.
Must
He told her she mustn’t eat that.
Intrebari – atentie la ordinea cuvintelor!!!
(din interogativ trece in afirmativ)
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“Why are you going
there?”, he asked.
“Where do you live?”,
she asked.
“Has she been there?”,
my mum wondered.
“Who are you?”, she
asked him.
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He asked why I was
going there.
She asked where I
lived.
My mum wondered if
she had been there.
She asked him who he
was.
Infinitive, exclamatii
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“Type these letters”, the
boss told his secretary.
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The boss told his secretary
to type those letters.
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“Don’t go there!”, I told my
boy.
“What a nice morning!”, she
exclaimed.
“Congratulations!”, he told
his wife.
“Taxi!”, he shouted.
“Merry Christmas!”, she told
us.
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I told my boy not to go there.
She exclaimed that the
morning was nice.
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He congratulated his wife.
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He called a taxi.
She wished us Merry
Christmas.
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