2.- eat – ate –
eaten
pasado simple --> pasado perfecto
ate -->had eaten
my --> his
THE BOY SAID THAT THE CAT HAD EATEN HIS NEW BOOK
3.- said to his mother --> TOLD HIS MOTHER
presente simple
-->pasado simple (am --> was)
el que habla es
John, dice “I” al reportarlo hablamos de él, por lo tanto el I cambia a HE.
Pasado simple --> pasado perfecto ( missed--> had missed)
JOHN TOLD HIS MOTHER THAT HE WAS LATE BECAUSE HE HAD
MISSED THE BUS
4.- said to us -->TOLD US
hablan ellos y
dicen nosotros, cuando lo contemos será “ellos” (we --> they)
can’t --> couldn’t
you --> us
tomorrow -->the next day / the following day
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY COULDN’T VISIT US THE
FOLLOWING DAY
5.- he said -->he said
pasado simple --> pasado perfecto
did not rain --> had not rained
last night –
the night before / the previous night
HE SAID THAT IT HAD NOT RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE
6.- said to her
daughter --> told her daughter
la que habla es
la señora. Cuando es directo dice “yo”, cuando es indirecto y decimos lo que
dijo ella, será “she”
-futuro simple --> would
will ---> would
next week --> the following week
THE LADY TOLD HER DAUGHTER THAT SHE WOULD STAY AT
HOME THE FOLLOWING WEEK