Reported Speech Exercise - Solutions

Transformaciones de Discurso Directo a Indirecto

1. Programmer: "I just finish a new algorithm."
   • Reported: The programmer said that he had just finished a new algorithm.
2. Student: "The app crashes every time I click the upload button."
   • Reported: The student said that the app crashed every time he clicked the upload button.
3. Teacher: "We are updating the firewall today."
   • Reported: The teacher said that they were updating the firewall that day.
4. Student: "I can't access the server."
   • Reported: The student said that he couldn't access the server.
5. Teacher: "JavaScript is used for web development."
   • Reported: The teacher said that JavaScript was used for web development.
6. Student: "I need to install the latest software version."
   • Reported: The student said that he needed to install the latest software version.
7. Programmer: "We test the network connection."
   • Reported: The programmer said that they tested the network connection.
8. Student: "I don't understand the function of this feature."
   • Reported: The student said that he didn't understand the function of that feature.
9. Teacher: "We deploy the system tomorrow."
   • Reported: The teacher said that they would deploy the system the next day.
10. Student: "The database is too slow."
    • Reported: The student said that the database was too slow.
11. Programmer: "I debug the code at night, I work best."
    • Reported: The programmer said that he debugged the code at night because he worked best then.
12. Teacher: "You should back up your data regularly."
    • Reported: The teacher said that we should back up our data regularly.
13. Student: "I still don't finish the UI design yet."
    • Reported: The student said that he still hadn't finished the UI design yet.
14. Programmer: "The code editor keeps freezing."
    • Reported: The programmer said that the code editor kept freezing.
15. Teacher: "Cybersecurity is essential in all fields."
    • Reported: The teacher said that cybersecurity was essential in all fields.

Reglas Principales Aplicadas

Cambios de Tiempo Verbal:

• Simple Present → Simple Past
• Present Continuous → Past Continuous
• Simple Past → Past Perfect
• Present Perfect → Past Perfect
• Will → Would
• Can → Could

Cambios de Pronombres:

• I → He/She
• We → They
• You → I/We (dependiendo del contexto)

Cambios de Expresiones Temporales:

• Today → That day
• Tomorrow → The next day
• This → That
• Here → There