Au programme de ce chapitre
- I. Rapporter une affirmation
- II. Questions, ordres et verbes introducteurs
- III. Je m'entraine
- Savoir-faire
- Exercices types corrigés
- Teste-toi — vrai ou faux ?
- Pièges fréquents et astuces
- À retenir
Un exemple corrigé
Exemple — rapporter un entretien Le recruteur : “Why did you choose this job? Can you start on Monday?” → The recruiter asked me why I had chosen that job and whether I could start on Monday.
Extrait du cours
Rapporter les propos d'un ministre dans un résumé, raconter ce qu'a dit un recruteur, faire la synthèse d'une interview : le discours indirect est partout. Il demande d'ajuster les temps, les pronoms, les repères de temps et l'ordre des mots.
| Discours direct | Discours indirect |
|---|---|
| present simple : “I am tired.” | past simple : She said (that) she was tired. |
| present continuous : “I'm working.” | past continuous : He said he was working. |
| past simple / present perfect : “I lost / have lost my keys.” | past perfect : She said she had lost her keys. |
| will / can / may | would / could / might |
| today, tomorrow, yesterday, here, now, ago | that day, the next day, the day before, there, then, before |
Lexique
- to report
- rapporter
- reporting verb
- verbe introducteur
- whether
- si (dans une question indirecte)
- to deny
- nier
- to warn
- avertir, mettre en garde
Les erreurs fréquentes à éviter
Piège — <i>say</i> et <i>tell</i>. He told that he was late est faux. Tell est toujours suivi de la personne : He told me that he was late, ou He said that he was late.
Piège — la question indirecte. She asked where did I live? contient deux erreurs : on supprime did et le point d'interrogation. On écrit She asked where I lived.
Attention Say ou tell ? Tell est toujours suivi de la personne : He told me that… ; say ne l'est pas : He said that… (ou said to me). Jamais He said me.
L'astuce du prof
Astuce — les trois questions. Avant de transformer, demande-toi : qui parle, à qui, et quand ? Cela t'aide à choisir les pronoms, les repères de temps et de lieu, et à décider du recul des temps.
Exercices corrigés
Cherche d'abord seul, puis ouvre la correction.
Exercice 1 — Un frisson
Phrase directe : “I'm cold,” Mia said. Quelle phrase indirecte est correcte ?
A) Mia said me that she was cold.
B) Mia said (that) she was cold.
C) Mia said that she had been cold.
A) Mia said me that she was cold.
B) Mia said (that) she was cold.
C) Mia said that she had been cold.
Voir la correction
Mia said (that) she was cold. Le verbe introducteur est au passé, donc am devient was ; avec said, on n'ajoute pas de complément de personne direct.
Exercice 2 — Le match perdu
Phrase directe : “We lost the match yesterday,” Tom said. Quelle phrase indirecte est correcte ?
A) Tom said they had lost the match the day before.
B) Tom said we lost the match yesterday.
C) Tom said they lost the match the next day.
A) Tom said they had lost the match the day before.
B) Tom said we lost the match yesterday.
C) Tom said they lost the match the next day.
Voir la correction
Le past perfect et the day before : Tom said they had lost the match the day before. Le past simple recule d'un cran et yesterday change.