Crossword puzzle : Reported speech in French

Put your knowledge of French reported speech to the test! This crossword challenges you to master the art of discours indirect — verb tense shifts, reporting verbs, and time expression changes. Can you navigate the subtle transformations that occur when direct speech becomes indirect? A must for anyone aiming to sound truly fluent in French.

Horizontalement

1. 2. Agreement of tenses in sentences
2. 4. Speech reported indirectly
3. 7. Word that introduces reported speech
4. 9. Mood used in subordinate clauses
5. 10. To take
6. 10. To take or grab something
7. 10. To take or to grab something
8. 11. To want
9. 11. Verb meaning 'to want'
10. 11. To want
11. 11. To want, irregular French verb
12. 11. To want or to wish something
13. 11. To want or wish something
14. 11. Verb meaning 'to want'

Verticalement

1. 1. Related to a declarative sentence
2. 3. Verbal mood for hypothetical actions
3. 5. Shift of pronouns in reported speech
4. 6. To restate something in other words
5. 8. Verb meaning 'to be able to'
6. 8. To be able
7. 8. To be able to do something
8. 8. To be able to do something
9. 8. To be able to, modal verb