Observer et comprendre

1-) a. En anglais, l’ordre des mots n’est pas le même au style direct et au style indirect dans les questions. Au style indirect, on rétablit la forme déclarative : pas d’inversion auxiliaire / sujet / verbe. Changements de temps : le présent devient un prétérit (énoncé 1), le prétérit devient un pluperfect (énoncé 2), le present perfect devient également un pluperfect (énoncé 3). b. La question en YES/NO est introduite au style indirect par WHETHER ou IF.
2-) a. Les modaux qui demeurent inchangés au style indirect passé : could et should have. Ces modaux sont au passé au style direct.
« Les modaux au passé ne subissent aucun changement de temps au style indirect. »
Remarque : c’est également le cas pour might (forme passée de may), would (forme passée de will) qui demeurent inchangés au style indirect.
“She might be late,” he said. → He told us that she might be late.
“Would you do it again?” he asked. → He asked me whether I would do it again.
Must ne subit pas de changement non plus car il n’a pas de forme passée. b. Les modaux qui subissent un changement sont will et can’t. Au style indirect, ils sont à la forme passée → would, couldn’t

Pratiquer

3- )a. They asked her whether they had found a solution. – b. They asked her what would happen if they ran away. – c. They asked her how old the girls were. – d. They asked her whether he had been talking to them.
4-) a. He said that she wouldn’t regret it. – b. He said that he couldn’t stand it anymore. – c. He said that she could probably stay with them. – d. He said that they should have gone away.
5-) a. She told them that she had had to do the same. – b. She told them that they all knew it was awful. – c. She told them that they had been locked up for swearing at him. – d. She told them that she had had enough of that.

_Grammaire de l’oral : L’intonation dans les questions et les tags

6-) a. 1. a. intonation montante (question en YES/NO) → 1. b. intonation