![Direct and indirect speech in French [B2] — VocaVerb](https://vocaverb.com/wp-content/uploads/vv-cat-images/vv-cat-12210-fr.png)
Put your French grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on direct and indirect speech! At B2 level, mastering how to report what someone said — shifting tenses, pronouns, and time expressions — is essential. Fill in the grid by finding the correct French forms and key vocabulary related to le discours direct et indirect.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Work or effort put into a project
- 5. Restatement of speech in other words
- 6. Dependent clause introduced by 'que'
- 7. A character's line in dialogue
- 10. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 11. To rephrase someone's words
- 12. To be able
Down
- 2. To call
- 3. One who reports or relays speech
- 4. To shift tense or pronoun in reported speech
- 8. To want
- 9. To take
Answers
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Across
- 1. Work or effort put into a project → travail
- 5. Restatement of speech in other words → paraphrase
- 6. Dependent clause introduced by 'que' → subordinate
- 7. A character's line in dialogue → replique
- 10. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 11. To rephrase someone's words → reformuler
- 12. To be able → pouvoir
Down
- 2. To call → appeler
- 3. One who reports or relays speech → rapporteur
- 4. To shift tense or pronoun in reported speech → transposer
- 8. To want → vouloir
- 9. To take → prendre
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