Direct Speech

Direct Speech vs. Reported Speech (Direkte und Indirekte Rede)

Beachte:

Wichtig ist die Änderung der Zeitformen. Diese ändern sich nicht, wenn man über die Gegenwart spricht. Spricht man über etwas aus der Vergangenheit ändern sich die Zeitformen wie folgt:

Form

Direkte Rede in der Vergangenheit (Präteritum)

Indirekte Rede in der Vergangenheit (Präteritum)

1

einfache Gegenwart

einfache Vergangenheit

2

-ing-Form der Gegenwart

-ing-Form der Vergangenheit

3

einfache Vergangenheit

Past Perfect (had + Past Participle)

4

-ing-Form der Vergangenheit

-ing-Form des Past Perfect (had been + -ing-Form)

5

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

6

-ing-Form des Present Perfect

-ing-Form des Past Perfect

7

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

8

-ing-Form des Past Perfect

-ing-Form des Past Perfect

9

will-Zukunft

Konditional I (would + Infinitiv)

10

-ing-Form der will-Zukunft

-ing-Form des Konditional I (would + be + -ing-Form)

11

Future Perfect (will/shall have + Past Participle)

Konditional II (would have + Past Participle)

Beispiele

Direkte Rede in der Gegenwart (Präsens)

Indirekte Rede in der Gegenwart (Präsens)

I go to school.

He says (that) he goes to school.

Sarah helped me.

She says (that) Sarah helped her.

Peter was sitting.

He says (that) Peter was sitting.

Nummer

Direkte Rede in der Vergangenheit (Präteritum)

Indirekte Rede in der Vergangenheit (Präteritum)

1

"I 'm happy," said Marry.

Mary said (that) she was happy.

2

"She 's getting a job," said Wilma.

Wilma said (that) she was getting a job.

3

"I visited London," said Dr Chan.

Dr Chan said (that) he had visited London.

4

"They were swimming when it happened," said Mrs Polz.

Mrs Polz said (that) they had been swimming when it (had) happened.

5

"I have just phoned you," said Kim.

Kim said (that) she had just phoned me.

6

"We 've been running in the school," the girls told her.

The girls told her (that) they had been running in the school.

7

"We had never eaten fish before," they admitted.

They admitted (that) they had never eaten fish before.

8

"He had been hoping you would be here," she said.

She said (that) he had been hoping she would be there.

9

"we 'll be in touch," said Mr Spooner.

Mr Spooner said (that) they would be in touch.

10

"She 'll be visting Taiwan," said Susi.

Susi said (that) she would be visiting Taiwan.

11

"They 'll have gone climbing," said Martha.

Martha said (that) they would have gone climbing.