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Put your grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on direct and indirect speech in Spanish! At B2 level, mastering how to report what someone said — and handling the tricky tense shifts, pronoun changes, and reporting verbs that come with it — is essential. Fill in the grid and prove you’ve got it covered!
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 2. Answer given in a conversation
- 5. Several
- 11. Infinitive verb form used in clauses
- 13. To affirm or assert something
- 14. Past tense used in reported speech
- 15. Narrator who reports speech
- 16. Quotation marks used in direct speech
Down
- 1. To close
- 3. Subordinate clause in indirect speech
- 4. Conjunction linking clauses
- 6. Conditional tense used in reported speech
- 7. Indicative mood in verb conjugation
- 8. To rephrase or restate something
- 9. always frequency adverb in Spanish
- 10. someone, indefinite person pronoun
- 12. Discourse or speech style
Answers
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Across
- 2. Answer given in a conversation → respuesta
- 5. Several → varios
- 11. Infinitive verb form used in clauses → infinitivo
- 13. To affirm or assert something → afirmar
- 14. Past tense used in reported speech → pasado
- 15. Narrator who reports speech → narrador
- 16. Quotation marks used in direct speech → comillas
Down
- 1. To close → cerrar
- 3. Subordinate clause in indirect speech → subordinada
- 4. Conjunction linking clauses → conjuncion
- 6. Conditional tense used in reported speech → condicional
- 7. Indicative mood in verb conjugation → indicativo
- 8. To rephrase or restate something → reformular
- 9. always frequency adverb in Spanish → siempre
- 10. someone, indefinite person pronoun → alguien
- 12. Discourse or speech style → discurso
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