REPORTED SPEECH

TRAINING 1
By C.D.

Lisez ces exemples pour revoir comment

reporter les paroles dites par une autre
personne.

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direct speech: 'I love the Toy Story films,'
she said.

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reported speech: She said she loved the
Toy Story films.
______

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direct speech: 'I worked as a waiter before
becoming a chef,' he said.

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reported speech: He said he had worked as
a waiter before becoming a chef.
______

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direct speech: 'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he
said.

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indirect speech: He said he would phone me
the next day.
 CONCORDANCES DES TEMPS
Au présent simple, au présent en BE+V-ing au By
C.D.
present perfect

1/ Le présent simple se change en prétérit simple

present continuous changes to past continuous
and present perfect changes to past perfect.

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'I travel a lot in my job.' Jamila said

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Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job.

2/ Le présent en BE+V-ing se change en prétérit en

BE+V-ing

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'The baby is sleeping!' He told me

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He told me the baby was sleeping.
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3/ Le présent perfect se change en past perfect

(pluperfect)
Rappel : present perfect have / has + Participe
passé donc past perfect had + PP
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'I've hurt my leg.' She said

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She said she had hurt her leg.
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Au prétérit simple
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1/ Le prétérit simple se change en past perfect

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'We lived in China for five years.' She told me

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She told me they had lived in China for five years.

CONCORDANCES DES TEMPS

Au Past perfect

1/ Le past perfect ne change pas

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'I had tried everything without success, but this
new medicine is great.' He said

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He said he had tried everything without success,
but the new medicine was great.
 EXERCISE

By C.D.

She said, "I am reading."

→ She said

They said, "We are busy."

→ They said

He said, "I know a better restaurant."

→ He said

She said, "I woke up early."

→ She said

He said, "I will ring her."

→ He said

They said, "We have just arrived."

→ They said

She said, "I did not say that."

→ She said

I said, "I have spent all my money"

→ I said