Reported speech / Indirect speech

• We use it to report or write down what somebody has said. 
• It is usually only used for writing. 

• Usamos el "reported speech" o "indirect speech" (=cita indirecta) para repetir lo que alguien más ha dicho. 
• Generalmente se utiliza solo en texto escrito. 

PRESENT:

Quoted speach → Reported speach 

• El presente simple se convierte a pasado simple:
• Simple present → Past simple
• She eats lunch → She said she ate lunch. 

• El presente continuo se convierte a pasado continuo:
• Present continuos → Past continuous 
• He is painting → He said he was painting.

PAST:

En el tiempo pasado todos (present perfect, past simple y past perfect) se convierten a past perfect. 

• Present perfect → Past perfect 
• They have had a shower → They said they had had a shower.

• Past simple → Past perfect 
• He took my photo. → He said he had taken my photo. 

• Past perfect → Past perfect 
• They had had a dog. → They said they had had a dog.

FUTURE: 

• El futuro simple (will) se convierte en "would":
• Future Simple (will) → would
• She will go. → She said she would go 

• El futuro am/is/are going to se convierte a was/were going to 
• am/is/are going to (+ verb) → was/were going to (+ verb)
• They are going to play football. → They said they were going to play football.