Advanced Reported SpeechComplex Reporting Structures
Master estructuras sofisticadas de reported speech para comunicación ejecutiva, reporting verbs avanzados y transmisión precisa de información crítica en contextos profesionales.
¿Por qué es Crucial Advanced Reported Speech en B2?
El Advanced Reported Speech es fundamental para professionals B2 que necesitan transmitir información compleja, reportar decisiones ejecutivas y comunicar con precisión en entornos corporativos internacionales.
Applications Ejecutivas del Reported Speech:
- 1Board reporting: Transmitir decisions y discussiones de alto nivel
- 2Client communication: Reportar feedback y requirements precisamente
- 3Meeting minutes: Documentar conversations complejas con accuracy
- 4Legal precision: Evitar malentendidos en contracts y agreements
Advanced Modal Transformations
Beyond Basic Rules
En nivel B2, los modales en reported speech requieren comprensión contextual, no solo aplicación mecánica de rules. El meaning y la intention determinan la transformation.
Must → Had To
Direct: "We must launch next month."
Reported: She said they had to launch the following month.
→ Obligation in the past
Exception: "Water must boil at 100°C."
Reported: He said water must boil at 100°C.
→ Universal truths don't change
Should/Could/Might
Usually unchanged:
- • "should" → "should" (advice still valid)
- • "could" → "could" (ability/possibility)
- • "might" → "might" (uncertainty)
Complex Contexts
Present possibility:
"It may rain" → "It might/could rain"
→ "May" often becomes "might"
Permission context:
"You may leave" → "could leave"
→ Permission: may/can → could
Executive Precision
Nuanced meaning:
- • Strong obligation: must → had to
- • Recommendation: should → should
- • Polite request: could → could
- • Future uncertainty: may → might
Sophisticated Reporting Verbs
Beyond "Said" and "Told"
Executive communication requires precise reporting verbs that capture intent, emotion, and context with professional sophistication.
Advice & Suggestions
advised
+ object + infinitive
suggested
+ gerund / + that clause
recommended
+ gerund / + that
proposed
+ gerund / + that
Orders & Requests
instructed
+ object + infinitive
ordered
+ object + infinitive
requested
+ object + infinitive
demanded
+ that + subjunctive
Emotions & Attitudes
complained
+ that clause
insisted
+ that + subjunctive
admitted
+ gerund / + that
denied
+ gerund / + that
Professional Examples
Instead of: "He said we should do it."
Better: "He recommended doing it."
Instead of: "She said don't do it."
Better: "She advised against doing it."
Instead of: "They said they didn't do it."
Better: "They denied doing it."
Instead of: "He said he would definitely come."
Better: "He promised to come."
Complex Time and Place Transformations
Advanced Time References
Specific Days
"yesterday" → "the day before/the previous day"
"last Tuesday" → "the Tuesday before"
"next Friday" → "the following Friday"
Complex Periods
"this quarter" → "that quarter"
"next fiscal year" → "the following fiscal year"
"by the end of this month" → "by the end of that month"
Location Context
Location Changes
"here" → "there" (different location)
"this office" → "that office"
"come here" → "go there"
Same Location
If reporting in same location:
"here" can stay "here"
Context determines change
Executive Meeting Example
Said in London on Monday:
"I finished the report three days ago, and I'll present it here next Thursday."
Reported in New York on Friday:
"She said she had finished the report the previous Friday, and would present it in London the following Thursday."
Complex calculation: "three days ago" from Monday = previous Friday when reported on Friday
Executive Board Meeting: Advanced Reporting
Complex Multi-Modal Reporting Scenario
Direct Speech in Board Meeting:
CEO: "We must diversify our portfolio immediately. I strongly recommend that we acquire three startups this quarter. If I were you, I would focus on AI companies. Don't forget that our competitors launched similar initiatives last month."
Advanced Reported Version:
The CEO insisted that they had to diversify their portfolio immediately. She strongly recommended acquiring three startups that quarter. She advised the board to focus on AI companies, andreminded them that their competitors had launched similar initiatives the previous month.
More Complex Scenario:
CFO: "I might have made an error in the projections. Could you double-check the Q3 figures? We should have been more cautious. If we had consulted external auditors, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
The CFO admitted that he might have made an error in the projections. He asked the team to double-check the Q3 figures andacknowledged that they should have been more cautious. He expressed regret that if they had consulted external auditors, they wouldn't have been in that situation then.
Advanced Techniques Used:
Sophisticated Reporting Verbs:
- • insisted (strong recommendation)
- • advised (professional guidance)
- • reminded (bringing to attention)
- • admitted (acknowledging mistake)
- • expressed regret (emotional nuance)
Complex Structures:
- • Modal transformations (must → had to)
- • Conditional reporting (maintained)
- • Time adjustments (this quarter → that quarter)
- • Mixed tense reporting
- • Subjunctive with "insisted that"
Advanced Practice Exercises
Master sophisticated reporting structures and executive communication patterns. Exercise 1 of 18
Direct: "We must finish this by Friday." → Reported: The manager said they _____ finish it by Friday.
Master Summary: Advanced Reported Speech B2
Modal Mastery:
- • Must: → had to (obligation)
- • Should: usually unchanged
- • May: → might/could
- • Context: determines changes
Reporting Verbs:
- • Precision: advised, suggested, insisted
- • Emotion: complained, admitted, denied
- • Authority: ordered, instructed, demanded
- • Diplomacy: recommended, proposed
Executive Skills:
- • Accuracy: Precise information transfer
- • Nuance: Capturing intent and emotion
- • Formality: Professional register
- • Clarity: Avoiding misunderstandings