Publicado el 23 de December de 2024|Actualizado el 23 de November de 2025
El estilo indirecto en inglés, conocido como “reported speech”, se utiliza para transmitir lo que alguien ha dicho sin emplear sus palabras exactas.
En lugar de citar directamente, se parafrasea la declaración original.
Para hacer oraciones con el estilo indirecto o reported speech, usamos verbos informativos tales como:
English
Español
Say
Decir
Tell
Contar
Ask
Preguntar
Advise
Aconsejar
Promise
Prometer
Suggest
Sugerir
Al convertir una oración al estilo indirecto, es común ajustar los tiempos verbales, pronombres y adverbios de tiempo según corresponda.
Derek
I am studying English
Sasha
Derek said that she was studying English
Reglas para Reported Speech
En la siguiente presentación encontrarás la forma de convertir oraciones de estilo directo a estilo indirecto con la mayoría de tiempos verbales y verbos modales en Inglés.
Simple Past → Past Perfect
Direct Speech:
“I went to the store yesterday.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she had gone to the store the day before.
Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous
Direct Speech:
“I was studying.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she had been studying.
Past Perfect → No Change
Direct Speech:
“I had finished my homework before the meeting.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she had finished her homework before the meeting.
Note: The past perfect typically remains the same in reported speech.
Past Perfect Progressive → No Change
Direct Speech:
“I had been working on the project all day before the meeting.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she had been working on the project all day before the meeting.
Note: The past perfect progressive typically remains the same in reported speech.
Simple Present → Simple Past
Direct Speech:
“I live in New York.”
↓
Reported Speech:
He said that he lived in New York.
Present Continuous → Past Continuous
Direct Speech:
“I am reading a great book.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she was reading a great book.
Present Perfect → Past Perfect
Direct Speech:
“I have finished my homework.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she had finished her homework.
Present Perfect Progressive → No Change
Direct Speech:
“I have been studying for hours.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she had been studying for hours.
Note: The present perfect progressive changes to the past perfect progressive in reported speech.
Simple Future (will) → Would
Direct Speech:
“I will call you tomorrow.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she would call me the next day.
Future Continuous → Would Be
Direct Speech:
“I will be studying at 8 PM.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she would be studying at 8 PM.
Note: “Will” changes to “would” in reported speech, and the future continuous tense stays in continuous form with “would be.”
Future Perfect → Would Have
Direct Speech:
“I will have finished the project by tomorrow.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she would have finished the project by tomorrow.
Note: “Will” changes to “would” in reported speech, and the future perfect tense becomes “would have.”
Future Perfect Progressive → Would Have Been
Direct Speech:
“I will have been studying for hours by 8 PM.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she would have been studying for hours by 8 PM.
Note: “Will” changes to “would” in reported speech, and the future perfect progressive tense becomes “would have been.”
Modal Verb: Can → Could
Direct Speech:
“I can speak three languages.”
↓
Reported Speech:
He said that he could speak three languages.
Modal Verb: Could (No Change)
Direct Speech:
“I could see the mountains from my window.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she could see the mountains from her window.
Note: “Could” typically remains “could” in reported speech.
Modal Verb: Should (No Change)
Direct Speech:
“You should study harder.”
↓
Reported Speech:
He advised me that I should study harder.
Note: “Should” typically remains “should” in reported speech.
Modal Verb: Would (No Change)
Direct Speech:
“I would like a cup of coffee.”
↓
Reported Speech:
He said that he would like a cup of coffee.
Note: “Would” typically remains “would” in reported speech.
Modal Verb: Might (No Change)
Direct Speech:
“I might go to the party tonight.”
↓
Reported Speech:
She said that she might go to the party tonight.
Note: “Might” typically remains “might” in reported speech
Modal Verb: May → Might or Could (for Permission)
Direct Speech:
“You may leave early today.”
↓
Reported Speech:
He told me that I might leave early today.
Note: “May” used for permission can change to “might” or “could” in reported speech.
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Expresiones de Tiempo con el Estilo Indirecto
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Today
That day
Tomorrow
The next day / The following day
Yesterday
The day before / The previous day
Now
Then
This (week/month/year)
That (week/month/year)
Next (week/month/year)
The following (week/month/year)
Last (week/month/year)
The previous (week/month/year)
Ago
Before
Here
There
This (morning/afternoon/evening)
That (morning/afternoon/evening)
Oraciones con Reported Speech en Inglés
Estas son algunos ejemplos de oraciones con reported speech en Inglés
Manuel
I like working on Saturdays and Sundays
Krissia
Manuel said he liked working on the weekends
Manuel
I don’t have a Netflix subscription
Linda
Manuel said he didn’t have a Netflix subscription
Mauricio
We saw him yesterday.
Manuel
They said that they had seen him the day before.
Alejandro
I am working in the hospital
Manuel
Alejandro said that he was working in a health center
Sandra
I am teaching a class
Manuel
Sandra said that she was teaching a class
Sharon
I will study a lot these days
Manuel:
Sharon said that she would study very hard during these days
Manuel
Kristy, Can you write emails in English?
Kristy
I can’t write English well
Manuel
Kristy said that she couldn’t write in English
Curso del Estilo Indirecto en Inglés
En este curso aprenderás a hacer oraciones con el estilo indirecto en Inglés.
Curso Gratuito sobre el Estilo Indirecto en Inglés
