Reported speech: entrevista obra (B2)
Entrevista de seguridad con más de 25 preguntas indirectas. Lectura B2 con traducción.
Interview With a Project Manager About Site Safety
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Nivel: B2Tema: Reported speech: asked whether, told to; 25+ ejemplos
Interviewer: Today we speak with project manager Luis Ortega about safety briefings on a bridge renovation. Luis, what do supervisors typically ask crews at the start of a shift?
Luis: They ask whether everyone has inspected harnesses. They ask if weather forecasts show wind above safe limits. They tell workers not to enter zones until tags are updated.
Interviewer: What had clients asked you before work resumed last month?
Luis: The client representative asked whether we had completed the independent audit. She asked how long lane closures would last during resurfacing. She told us to post detour maps online and not to start night shifts without notifying residents.
Interviewer: How do you report those conversations to headquarters?
Luis: I write what each party asked and requested. Yesterday I noted that the safety officer asked whether cranes had been certified this quarter. He asked us to halt lifting when visibility dropped. He told operators not to override automatic cutoffs.
Interviewer: Do residents ask questions during community forums?
Luis: Constantly. Last week someone asked whether dust monitors were calibrated. Another asked why drilling continued after nine in the evening. I explained what the council had asked us to do: reduce hours, publish readings, and not store chemicals near the footpath.
Interviewer: What do you ask subcontractors when incidents occur?
Luis: I ask whether they had logged the near miss immediately. I ask what corrective steps they had taken before crews returned. I tell team leads to document interviews and not to assign blame in public statements until reviews finish.
Interviewer: How should journalists quote you?
Luis: Report that I said supervisors ask whether equipment is certified. Report that clients ask how long disruptions last. Do not invent commands we never issued. If you ask whether we hide data, I will answer that regulators asked us to publish weekly summaries and told us not to withhold samples.
Interviewer: Any final advice for readers learning reported speech?
Luis: Notice how questions change when you retell them. Direct speech says, Are harnesses checked? Reported speech says the supervisor asked whether harnesses had been checked. Commands shift too: Wear helmets becomes she told us to wear helmets. Construction sites repeat those patterns hourly, so they become natural if you listen.
Interviewer: Can you describe a near miss you reported last month?
Luis: A subcontractor asked whether he could skip tagging a temporary barrier. I asked whether his crew had walked the perimeter that morning. I told him not to open the lane until tags matched the plan. Later the safety officer asked what time the conversation had happened. I told her that I had asked whether the barrier was secured and that I had told the subcontractor not to proceed without tags.
Interviewer: How do you train new graduates on site?
Luis: I ask whether they have read the method statement. I ask them to repeat three emergency contacts aloud. I tell them not to enter the cage without a harness check. Yesterday a graduate asked whether photos were allowed on site.
Luis: They ask whether everyone has inspected harnesses. They ask if weather forecasts show wind above safe limits. They tell workers not to enter zones until tags are updated.
Interviewer: What had clients asked you before work resumed last month?
Luis: The client representative asked whether we had completed the independent audit. She asked how long lane closures would last during resurfacing. She told us to post detour maps online and not to start night shifts without notifying residents.
Interviewer: How do you report those conversations to headquarters?
Luis: I write what each party asked and requested. Yesterday I noted that the safety officer asked whether cranes had been certified this quarter. He asked us to halt lifting when visibility dropped. He told operators not to override automatic cutoffs.
Interviewer: Do residents ask questions during community forums?
Luis: Constantly. Last week someone asked whether dust monitors were calibrated. Another asked why drilling continued after nine in the evening. I explained what the council had asked us to do: reduce hours, publish readings, and not store chemicals near the footpath.
Interviewer: What do you ask subcontractors when incidents occur?
Luis: I ask whether they had logged the near miss immediately. I ask what corrective steps they had taken before crews returned. I tell team leads to document interviews and not to assign blame in public statements until reviews finish.
Interviewer: How should journalists quote you?
Luis: Report that I said supervisors ask whether equipment is certified. Report that clients ask how long disruptions last. Do not invent commands we never issued. If you ask whether we hide data, I will answer that regulators asked us to publish weekly summaries and told us not to withhold samples.
Interviewer: Any final advice for readers learning reported speech?
Luis: Notice how questions change when you retell them. Direct speech says, Are harnesses checked? Reported speech says the supervisor asked whether harnesses had been checked. Commands shift too: Wear helmets becomes she told us to wear helmets. Construction sites repeat those patterns hourly, so they become natural if you listen.
Interviewer: Can you describe a near miss you reported last month?
Luis: A subcontractor asked whether he could skip tagging a temporary barrier. I asked whether his crew had walked the perimeter that morning. I told him not to open the lane until tags matched the plan. Later the safety officer asked what time the conversation had happened. I told her that I had asked whether the barrier was secured and that I had told the subcontractor not to proceed without tags.
Interviewer: How do you train new graduates on site?
Luis: I ask whether they have read the method statement. I ask them to repeat three emergency contacts aloud. I tell them not to enter the cage without a harness check. Yesterday a graduate asked whether photos were allowed on site.
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