Reported Speech and Indirect Questions

Ordre des mots dans « Do you know where she is? » ?

Mot interrogatif + sujet + verbe.

Complète : Can you tell me where ___? (she/is)

She is.

Transforme : Where does he live? → Do you know…

Do you know where he lives?

Transforme : Why did she leave? → Can you tell me…

Can you tell me why she left?

Transforme : What is he doing? → I wonder…

I wonder what he is doing.

Piège : « Tell me where is she » devient…

Tell me where she is.

Piège : « Do you know why did he go? » devient…

Do you know why he went?

Une question indirecte conserve-t-elle l’inversion sujet-verbe ?

Non.

Dans une question indirecte, garde-t-on « do/does/did » ?

Non, sauf si c’est le verbe principal.

Transforme : How can I do it? → Tell me…

Tell me how I can do it.

Discours indirect : “I am tired,” he said.

He said that he was tired.

Discours indirect : “I have finished,” she said.

She said that she had finished.

Discours indirect : “I will help,” she said.

She said that she would help.

Discours indirect : “I can swim,” he said.

He said that he could swim.

Quel recul pour le Present Simple au discours indirect ?

Past Simple.

Quel recul pour le Present Continuous ?

Past Continuous.

Quel recul pour le Present Perfect ?

Past Perfect.

Quel recul pour « will » ?

Would.

Quel recul pour « can » ?

Could.

« Said » est-il suivi directement d’une personne ?

Non : said to someone / told someone.

Piège : « He told that… » devient…

He said that… / He told me that…

Le recul des temps est-il toujours obligatoire si le fait reste vrai ?

Non, il peut être évité selon le contexte.

Structure d’une question oui/non rapportée ?

Ask + if/whether + sujet + verbe.

Rapporte : “Do you agree?”

She asked if I agreed.

Rapporte : “Are you tired?”

She asked if I was tired.

Rapporte : “Did you finish?”

She asked if I had finished.

Rapporte : “Will you come?”

She asked if I would come.

Piège : garde-t-on l’inversion dans une question rapportée ?

Non.

Piège : « She asked if did I know » devient…

She asked if I knew.

« If » et « whether » peuvent-ils introduire une question oui/non rapportée ?

Oui.

Rapporte : “Where are you?”

She asked where I was.

Rapporte : “Why did he leave?”

She asked why he had left.

Rapporte : “What are you doing?”

She asked what I was doing.

Rapporte : “How long have you worked here?”

She asked how long I had worked there.

Une question rapportée conserve-t-elle le mot interrogatif ?

Oui.

Piège : « She asked where was I » devient…

She asked where I was.

Que devient « what happened? » au discours indirect ?

She asked what had happened.

Dans une question rapportée, le point d’interrogation est-il nécessaire ?

Non, si la phrase entière est déclarative.

Au discours indirect, « today » devient souvent…

That day.

« Yesterday » devient souvent…

The day before.

« Tomorrow » devient souvent…

The next/following day.

« Here » devient souvent…

There.