Le discours rapporté

Transformer le discours direct en discours indirect : règles de concordance des temps et de changement des pronoms (programme de 2nde)

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Cette activité de compréhension sur « Le discours rapporté » en seconde entraîne à lire, analyser et répondre à des questions en anglais (LVA). Elle suit le programme officiel de seconde. Au programme : Discours direct vs discours indirect : définitions, Les verbes introducteurs : say, tell, ask et autres, La concordance des temps (backshift), Les changements de pronoms et de références temporelles. Lis le document, réponds puis vérifie immédiatement tes réponses pour progresser. Un bon moyen de travailler la méthode, d'enrichir son vocabulaire et de préparer les contrôles. Ressource gratuite proposée par un professeur particulier à Marseille pour réussir en anglais (LVA) en seconde.

1Lis l'extrait suivant, puis réponds aux questions en anglais.

An interview with a young climate activist

The journalist interviewed Maya, a 17-year-old student who had just returned from an international youth climate summit.

The journalist asked Maya what had driven her to join the climate movement. She replied that she had always been passionate about nature and that she had started to feel deeply worried about the future three years before. She added that she had attended her first demonstration when she was fourteen and that she had never looked back since then.

The journalist then asked her whether the summit had met her expectations. Maya admitted that she had been slightly disappointed at first, because some countries had refused to commit to new targets. However, she explained that the final declaration had been stronger than she had expected. She told the journalist that young delegates had managed to include a specific paragraph about ocean protection.

Finally, the journalist asked her what her next plans were. Maya said she would organise a local awareness campaign the following month and that she hoped to speak at her school the next week. She promised she would not stop fighting until real action was taken.

2Questions

Q1 What had driven Maya to join the climate movement?

Q2 How old was Maya when she attended her first demonstration?

Q3 Why was Maya slightly disappointed at first?

Q4 What did young delegates manage to include in the final declaration?

Q5 Find three examples of reported speech in the text and identify the tense change in each one.

Voir le corrigé

her passion for nature and her worry about the future — Maya said she had always been passionate about nature and had started to feel worried about the future.
fourteen — She had attended her first demonstration when she was fourteen.
because some countries had refused to commit to new targets — Maya admitted she had been slightly disappointed because some countries had refused to commit to new targets.
a specific paragraph about ocean protection — Young delegates had managed to include a specific paragraph about ocean protection.
Réponse libre — exemple : Example 1 : 'she had always been passionate' — original tense was present perfect (she has always been), changed to past perfect. Example 2 : 'she would organise a local campaign the following month' — original will became would. Example 3 : 'she had refused to commit' — original past simple became past perfect.

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