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Bonjour,
J'ai besoin de votre aide pour ces exercices d'anglais.
1. Rapporte ces paroles au discours indirect en utilisant un verbe introducteur au prétérit (tell/ say/ answer/ ask…)
a/ Paul and Becky : "We love playing tennis".
b/ John: "New York is a great city"
c/ Anna: "Have you got a cat"
d/ Kessy: "I don't like playing video games"
e/ My Spanish teacher: "Are you going to Spain this Summer?"
f/ The Simpsons: "Where are you from"

2. Complète les phrases au discours indirect. Pense à bien observer la concordance des temps.
a/ Kathy and Matt: "We have never been to New York"
⇒ They said they... to NY.
b. Anna: "I saw the new Star Wars yesterday"
⇒She said she... the new Star Wars yesterday.
c/ Tom: "Do you often play tennis"
⇒Tom asked me... tennis.
d/ Jake: "Sorry, I can't come tonight. I'm working"
⇒Jake told his parents he... come that night because he..."
e/ Ryan: "Did you see my brother last week?"
⇒Ryan asked Anna... she...last week.
f/ My friend: "Where did you go last Summer?"
⇒My friendasked me... last Summer.

Merci d'avance

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  • Réponse :

    Bonjour,

    1.

    a/ Paul and Becky : "We love playing tennis". ( présent devient prétérit )

    Paul and Becky said that they loved playing tennis.

    b/ John: "New York is a great city" ( présent devient prétérit )

    John said that New York was a great city.

    c/Anna: "Have you got a cat" ( présent devient prétérit + verbe "ask" )

    Anna asked if you had a cat.

    d/Kessy: "I don't like playing video games" ( présent devient prétérit )

    Kessy said that she didn’t like playing video games.

    e/ My Spanish teacher: "Are you going to Spain this Summer?"  ( présent be + ing devient prétérit be + ing )

    My Spanish teacher asked if I was going to Spain that summer.

    f/ The Simpsons: "Where are you from" ( présent devient prétérit + verbe"ask

    The Simpsons asked me where I was from.

    2.

    a/ Kathy and Matt: "We have never been to New York" ( présent perfect devient past perfect )

    They said they had never been to NY.

    b/ Anna: "I saw the new Star Wars yesterday" ( prétérit devient past perfect // yesterday devient "the day before" ( la veille ) )

    She said she had seen/watched the new Star Wars the day before.

    c/ Tom: "Do you often play tennis" ( présent devient prétérit // attention à la place de l'adverbe de fréquence )

    Tom asked me if I often played tennis often.

    d/ Jake: "Sorry, I can't come tonight. I'm working" ( can devient could / présent be + ing devient prétérit be + ing  // this devient that  )

    Jake told his parents he couldn’t come that night because he was working

    e/ Ryan: "Did you see my brother last week?  ( prétérit devient past perfect // last week devient the week before )

    Ryan asked Anna if she had seen his brother the week before.

    f/  My friend: "Where did you go last Summer?" ( last summer devient the summer before )

    My friend asked me where I went the summer before.

    Explications :

    Comme en français il faut faire attention :

    Paul : " je l'ai vu hier" ----> il l'a vu la veille.

               DISCOURS DIRECT                         DISCOURS INDIRECT

                    présent    -------------------------------->  prétérit

         présent be + ing--------------------------------> prétérit be + ing

             présent perfect ---------------------------> past perfect

                   prétérit    ----------------------------> past perfect  / prétérit

                             can -----------------------------------> could

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