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Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 24 How to use Spanish Indirect / Reported Speech (Part 1) Posted by on Feb 11, 2014 in Learning, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Vocabulary, Videos

¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis?

Hoy vamos a practicar El Estilo Indirecto en español. Today we are going to practice the Spanish Estilo Indirecto – Indirect or Reported Speech in Spanish.

Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original theory video lesson on the same topic.

To go back and watch the original video lesson please follow this link:

Intermediate theory video lesson 24

1. Let´s start by making some sentences using Spanish reported speech. I will tell you some sentences and I would like you to transform them to reported speech using “Dijo que”. For example, if I say “Hace mucho calor” you should say “Dijo que hacía mucho calor”:

Tengo frío.
He terminado de estudiar.
Estoy cansada.
Me gusta ir a la playa.
Ana quiere venir con nosotros.
Ya había visto esta película antes.
Hemos estado en Barcelona muchas veces.
No sé nadar.
Estamos muy contentos.
Estudié mucho para el examen.

2. Next, please translate the following sentences from Spanish to English:

El médico me dice siempre que tengo que comer más fruta.
El médico medijo que tengo que beber mucha agua.
Mi profesor me dijo que tenía que estudiar más.
Carlos dijo que estaba aburrido.
Sonia dice que ya ha estado aquí antes.
Sonia dijo que ya había estado aquí antes.
Me dijeron que este restaurante es muy caro.
Ana dice que necesita unas vacaciones.
Ayer dijiste que hoy tenías que trabajar.
Pedro siempre dice que trabaja demasiado.

3. Finally, please translate the following sentences from English to Spanish:

My grandmother says that I am perfect.
They said that they were the best.
Sara told me that she liked a lot this book.
Antonio says that he cannot understand anything.
María and Alberto say that they are getting married this year.
Lola told me that the Spanish lesson was very good fun.
You always say that next time you will study more.
Pablo said that he would come today.
Carmen says that you have to watch this movie.
They say that doing exercise is good for health.

This is all for today.

I hope this practice lesson has helped you to understand what Spanish reported or indirect speech is and how to use it correctly. If you are not fully confident yet, I recommend you watch the original theory video lesson a few times again.

Have a great week! ¡Hasta pronto!

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Answers:

1.
Dijo que tenía frío.
Dijo que había terminado de estudiar.
Dijo que estaba cansada.
Dijo que le gustaba ir a la playa.
Dijo que Ana quería venir con nosotros.
Dijo que ya había visto esta película antes.
Dijo que habían estado en Barcelona muchas veces.
Dijo que no sabía nadar.
Dijo que estaban muy contentos.
Dijo que estudió mucho para el examen.

2.
The doctor always tells me that I have to eat more fruit.
The doctor told me that I have to drink a lot of water.
My teacher told me that I had to study more.
Carlos said that he was bored.
Sonia says that she has already been here before.
Sonia said that she had already been here before.
They told me that this restaurant is very expensive.
Ana says that she needs some holidays.
Yesterday you said that today you had to work.
Pedro always says that he works too much.

3.
Mi abuela dice que soy perfecta.
Ellos dijeron que eran los mejores.
Sara me dijo que le gustó mucho este libro.
Antonio dice que no puede comprender nada.
María y Alberto dicen que se van a casar este año.
Lola me dijo que la clase de español fue muy divertida.
Siempre dices que la próxima vez estudiarás más.
Pablo dijo que vendría hoy.
Carmen dice que tienes que ver esta película.
Dicen que hacer ejercicio es bueno para la salud.

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