La concordance des temps implique que si mon verbe est au présent simple dans le discours direct, il sera au prétérit dans mon discours indirect. "Said" n'est en revanche pas modifié.

Reported speech : Uma has said she want to be an astronaut.

Reported speech : Uma said she want to be an astronaut.

Reported speech : Uma had said she wanted to be an astronaut.

Reported speech : Uma said she wanted to be an astronaut.

Direct speech: "Uma said : I want to be an astronaut."

Dans cette phrase, il y a deux choses à ne pas oublier. La première est la concordance des temps : "saw" se transforme en "had seen" (prétérit =&gt; past perfect). La deuxième : "yesterday" devient "the day before" (en français : « la veille »).

Reported speech : Pedro said he had saw Paula the day before.

Reported speech : Pedro said he had seen Paula the day before.

Reported speech : Pedro said he seen Paula yesterday.

Reported speech : Pedro said he saw Paula yesterday.

Direct speech : "Pedro: I saw Paula yesterday."

Je n'ai pas de pronom interrogatif, j'utilise donc "if" ou "whether" (en français : « si ») afin de transposer ma question. Le temps de mon discours direct est au présent simple, je le transforme donc au prétérit simple.

Reported speech : The teacher asked if/wether Myriam has spoken Japanese.

Reported speech : The teacher asked if/wether Myriam speaks Japanese.

Reported speech : The teacher asked Myriam if she speak Japanese.

Reported speech : The teacher asked if/wether Myriam spoke Japanese.

Direct speech : "The teacher asked Myriam: Do you speak Japanese?"

Ici, le temps utilisé dans mon discours direct est le présent en be + V-ing. Lors de ma transposition en discours indirect, il faut donc avoir le prétérit en be + V-ing. Je n'oublie pas "wondered" car le verbe d'introduction doit également être au passé.

Reported speech : David wondered where I was going.

Reported speech : David wonders where he is going.

Reported speech : David wondered where he was going.

Reported speech : David wondered where he went.

Direct speech : "David: Where am I going?"

Lors de la concordance des temps "will" devient "would".

Reported speech : Yvan exclaimed he was going to write rap music real soon.

Reported speech : Yvan exclaimed he will write rap music real soon.

Reported speech : Yvan exclaimed he would write rap music real soon.

Reported speech : Yvan exclaims he would write rap music real soon.

Direct speech : "Yvan: I will write rap music real soon!"