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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.
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Clues
Across
- 2. Agreement of tenses in sentences
- 4. Speech reported indirectly
- 7. Word that introduces reported speech
- 9. Mood used in subordinate clauses
- 10. To take
- 11. To want
Down
- 1. Related to a declarative sentence
- 3. Verbal mood for hypothetical actions
- 5. Shift of pronouns in reported speech
- 6. To restate something in other words
- 8. To be able
Answers
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Across
- 2. Agreement of tenses in sentences → concordance
- 4. Speech reported indirectly → rapporte
- 7. Word that introduces reported speech → introductif
- 9. Mood used in subordinate clauses → subjonctif
- 10. To take → prendre
- 11. To want → vouloir
Down
- 1. Related to a declarative sentence → declaratif
- 3. Verbal mood for hypothetical actions → conditionnel
- 5. Shift of pronouns in reported speech → pronominale
- 6. To restate something in other words → reformuler
- 8. To be able → pouvoir
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