Indirect Speech

Lorsque l'on passe du discours direct au discours indirect, si le verbe introducteur est au passé... le verbe conjugué au présent passe au ...

• prétérit

• past perfect

• présent simple

• passé composé

... le verbe conjugué au prétérit passe au...

• présent

• prétérit

• present perfect

• past perfect

... le verbe conjugué au présent be+ing passe au...

• present perfect

• prétérit be+ing

• past perfect

• prétérit

... can devient...

• can't

• could

• would

• cannot

...must devient..

• had to

• peut rester must

• could

• want

... will devient...

• would

• peut rester will

• won't

• want

She said 'I want to drink', devient...

• She said she wanted to drink.

• She said she wanted to drank

• She said she had wanted to drink.

• She said he wanted to drink.

Tom said 'I left two years ago' devient...

• Tom said he left two years ago.

• Tom said I left two years ago.

• Tom said he had left two years ago.

• Tom said I had left two years ago.

Louise and Mary said 'We will go to New York' devient...

• Louise and Mary said they would go to New York

• Louise and Mary said we would go to New York

• Louise and Mary said they would have gone to New York

• Louise and Mary said they wanted to go to New York

He asked 'Can you come?' devient... (niveau difficile)

• He asked if I could come.

• He asked if I can come.

• He asked that I could come.

• He asked if you could come.