Exercices B2 : les discours rapportés en anglais (corrigé)

Ces exercices vous permettent de mettre en pratique les règles du discours rapporté vues dans le cours : backshift des temps, transformation des pronoms et reformulation des questions.

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Exercice 1 — Appliquer le backshift

Complétez chaque phrase au discours rapporté en conjuguant correctement le verbe entre parenthèses selon la règle du backshift.

1. Direct: "I am working on a new project." → She said she ___ (work) on a new project.
2. Direct: "We have already eaten." → They told me they ___ (already / eat) .
3. Direct: "I will call you tomorrow." → He said he ___ (call) me the next day.
4. Direct: "She can speak three languages." → He mentioned that she ___ (speak) three languages.

Correction

1. She said she was working on a new project.
2. They told me they had already eaten.
3. He said he would call me the next day.
4. He mentioned that she could speak three languages.

Exercice 2 — Du discours direct au discours rapporté

Transformez chaque phrase du discours direct en discours rapporté en appliquant les règles de backshift, de changement de pronoms et d'adverbes de temps.

1. Direct: "I don't know where my keys are," said Anna.
2. Direct: "Are you coming to the party tonight?" he asked her.
3. Direct: "We bought this house two years ago," they said.
4. Direct: "What time did the meeting start?" she asked him.

Correction

1. Anna said that she didn't know where her keys were.
2. He asked her if she was coming to the party that night.
3. They said that they had bought that house two years before.
4. She asked him what time the meeting had started.

Exercice 3 — Corriger les erreurs au discours rapporté

Chaque phrase contient une erreur liée au discours rapporté (backshift, pronom, structure de question rapportée). Réécrivez la phrase entièrement et correctement.

1. He told that he will finish the report the next day.
2. She asked me where did I live.
3. They said me they are very tired after the trip.
4. He wanted to know if I can help him tomorrow.

Correction

1. He said that he would finish the report the next day.
2. She asked me where I lived.
3. They told me they were very tired after the trip.
4. He wanted to know if I could help him the next day.