Understanding Reported Speech and Verb Forms in English
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Might, Perhaps, Could
Podía o sabía, may, quizás, más educado. + infinitivo
Reported Speech
Estilo Directo: …, he said. Estilo Indirecto: he said that...
Verb Tenses in Reported Speech
Present Simple and Past Simple
Present Continuous and Past Continuous
Present Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous
Past Simple and Past Perfect
Past Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple and Conditional
Can and Could
May and Might
Time Expressions
Now - Then
Today/Tonight - That Day/That Night
Yesterday - The Day Before
Tomorrow - The Next Day
Next Week - The Following Week
Last Week - The Previous Week
Descriptive Adjectives
Strong-willed: fuerte voluntad
Self-conscious: consciente
Laid-back: relajado
Open-minded: mente abierta
Self-centered: egocéntrico
Narrow-minded: mente estrecha
Easy-going: trato fácil
Big-headed: arrogante
Bad-tempered: malhumorado
Absent-minded: ausente
Level-headed: juiciosa
Self-assured: seguro de sí mismo
Usage Tips
- After prepositions: Before reading ...
- After certain verbs + object: It's absolutely normal for commuters to spend years travelling on the same train.
- As part of a continuous verb form: I was genuinely laughing out loud.
- After certain verbs: We also avoid talking about money.
- After despite or in spite of: Despite feeling a little defensive ...
- As the subject (or part of the subject) of a verb: Talking to strangers on trains just isn't done.
- In reduced relative clauses: People (who are) standing at a bus stop will often feel a need to break an uncomfortable silence by ...
- As an adjective: I read this highly entertaining book.
Important Notes
TIPS:
• We often use verb + ing after these verbs + object: hear, see, watch, feel, imagine, stop, love, like, don't mind, dislike, hate: I often hear her playing the piano.
• We can also use verb + ing as a noun: I usually do the cooking and my husband does the cleaning.
• We also use verb + ing after these fixed phrases: There's no point (in) ...; It's a waste of time ...; It's (not) worth ...; It's no use ...: There's no point in telling her. She'll just get upset.