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Hi!

I did som exercices on about.com: But some of them I got incorrect, and I dont understand why, I tried to follow the following rules:

 

Main verb Subordinate verb may change...
A         U
        P         A         S         S         É
Direct speech          «-»  Indirect speech
Présent        or         Imparfait         Imparfait
Passé composé        or         Plus-que-parfait         Plus-que-parfait
Futur        or         Conditionnel         Conditionnel
Futur antérieur        or         Conditionnel passé           Conditionnel passé
Subjonctif Subjonctif
Au présent       no change

 

 

Since I got some incorrect while I was adhered to the rules, I wonder if those which I got correst really are correct.

 

The link below will guide you to the questions(or I have attached the document). It is not as vast as it seems like. 

 

French%20Direct%20and%20Indirect%20Speech.docx

Thanks in advance!

 

A. F.

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Hello,

yes the corrections are good.

All the items you got wrong are the one from indirect  speech to direct speech.

you have to apply the rule the other way round: if the indirect speech uses the imparfait the direct speech will be in present and vice versa...

Which ones do you maintain are actually correct?

Hi!

I dont understand Your question.

I misunderstood a statement of yours above. 

I thought you were saying that you think some of your responses that were marked as incorrect might actually be correct. Never mind! 

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