Le discours indirect Bac Anglais : Le discours indirect [Fiche] Par Noémie du WebPédagogique Publié le 21 avril 2009 Il est possible qu’il vous soit demandé, lors de l’épreuve écrite d’anglais, de transposer une partie de discours direct au discours indirect. Il convient donc d’en connaître les principales caractéristiques. Verbes introducteurs Les passages au discours indirect sont souvent introduits par les verbes suivants : say, tell, explain, answer, add, think, repeat pour des phrases déclaratives et par ask, inquire, wonder pour des phrases interrogatives. Modifications > Ponctuation : les guillemets disparaissent au discours indirect, comme les points d’interrogation : DISCOURS DIRECT “Hello”, she said. “What time is it ?”, he asked. DISCOURS INDIRECT She said hello. He asked what time it was. > Marqueurs spatio-temporels DISCOURS DIRECT Here Yesterday / Last week / Last year Tomorrow / Next week / Next month DISCOURS INDIRECT There The day before / The week before / The year before The day after / The week after / The month after > Pronoms personnels, adjectifs et pronoms possessifs: (quand la personne qui rapporte le discours n’est pas celle qui l’a rononcé.) DISCOURS DIRECT I We Us My Our Mine Ours DISCOURS INDIRECT He/She They Them His/Her Their His/Hers Theirs > Temps : Si le verbe introducteur est au présent, il n’y a pas de changement de temps. DISCOURS DIRECT DISCOURS INDIRECT > Présent “I am hungry”, he said. “Mark is going to school”, she said. > Prétérit He said he was hungry. She said Mark was going to school. > Futur “We will pass our exam”, they said. > Conditionnel They said they would pass their exam. > Present perfect “Jenny has seen this man before”, I said. > Past perfect I said Jenny had seen this man before. 1 > Prétérit “I went to Ireland last year”, he said. > Past perfect He said he had been to Ireland the year before. > Impératif “Don’t answer me back”, she said. > Infinitif She told him not to answer her back. Modaux > Can “I can swim”, she said. > Could She said she could swim. > May “It may rain”, they said. > Might They said it might rain. > Must “I must do her homework”, he said. > Must He said he must do his homework. > Should(n’t) “You shouldn’t do that.”, she said. > Should(n’t) She said he shouldn’t do that. 2