Reported speech. Le discours indirect He said he was happy! I’m happy! Reported speech. Le discours indirect We use it to report what we or someone else said Il sert a rapporter ce qui a été dit We use verbs such as : Say Tell Ask Promise Order Explain Suggest Reply … Reported speech. Important tense changes Direct speech Present simple I ……… love English Present continuous I …………. am loving English Present perfect have loved English I ………..…. Indirect speech Past simple He said he ……… loved English Past continuous He said he …………… was loving English Past perfect He said he ………… had loved English MORE Reported speech. Direct speech Past simple I ……… loved English Future Indirect speech Past perfect He said he …….…… had loved English Conditional will love English I …………. Imperative ………..…. Love English He said he …………… Would love English Infinitive (with TO) He told him ………… to love English Reported speech. Le discours indirect Imperative changes Affirmative Tidy your room ! She ordered me to tidy my room Negative Don’t do that! She told me not to do that. Reported speech. Le discours indirect Other changes Direct speech Here Now At the moment Today Tomorrow Yesterday Last week/month/year This These Indirect speech There Then At that time That day The next/following day The day before/the previous day The previous…/ the …. before That Those Reported speech. Le discours indirect Questions 1. Dans le cas d’une question ouverte. Le mot interrogatif est répété mais sujet et verbe sont inversés Question : Mot interrogatif Reported speech : Mot interrogatif + verbe + sujet + sujet + verbe How old are you ? She asked me how old I was Reported speech. Le discours indirect 2. Dans le cas d’une question fermée. Il faut ajouter if suivi du sujet et de l’auxiliaire. Question : auxiliaire Reported speech : if + sujet + + sujet auxiliaire Are you happy? She asked me if I was happy