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Reporting your friend's interview
Je sais rapporter par écrit, au discours indirect, une interview à laquelle mon ami a répondu : les questions posées, ses réponses, avec les bons verbes introducteurs et la concordance des temps.
- 50 min
- 6 exercices corrigés
- 1 schéma
- QCM de 5 questions
À la fin de la leçon, tu sauras :
- Rapporter des questions ouvertes et fermées (asked what, asked if)
- Rapporter des réponses avec des verbes introducteurs variés (explained, added, admitted, replied)
- Appliquer la concordance des temps et changer pronoms et repères
- Rédiger un compte rendu d'interview structuré
Avant de commencer : Le discours indirect (reported speech), les pronoms interrogatifs, les 12 temps de l'anglais.
1Je découvre
Le club d'anglais du lycée de Nzérékoré prépare son journal. Fatoumata a interviewé son ami Mamadou, qui vient de remporter le concours régional de dictée en anglais. Voici une partie de l'interview :
« Fatoumata: How did you prepare for the competition?
Mamadou: I read an English text every evening and I listened to the radio.
Fatoumata: Were you nervous on the day?
Mamadou: Yes, I was, but I tried to stay calm.
Fatoumata: What will you do with your prize?
Mamadou: I will buy a good dictionary. »
Pour le journal, le rédacteur en chef ne veut pas du dialogue : il veut un compte rendu (a report) écrit au discours indirect :
*« Fatoumata asked Mamadou how he had prepared for the competition. He explained that he read an English text every evening… »*
Ce passage du dialogue au récit demande de bien maîtriser le discours indirect : ordre des mots dans les questions, recul des temps, pronoms, et surtout variété des verbes introducteurs pour que le texte ne soit pas monotone.
Comment transformer une interview en un compte rendu clair et correct au discours indirect ?
2Je comprends
1. Rappel : les règles du discours indirect
Tu as vu dans la leçon « Reported speech » les transformations de base. Pour une interview, elles s'appliquent à chaque réplique :
- temps : recul si le verbe introducteur est au passé (read → had read ou read pour une habitude ; will → would ; am → was) ;
- pronoms : I → he / she ; you → I / he / she selon la situation ; my → his / her ;
- repères : now → then ; today → that day ; tomorrow → the next day ; here → there.
2. Rapporter les questions de l'interviewer
Questions ouvertes (avec un mot interrogatif) : asked (+ personne) + wh- + sujet + verbe.
"How did you prepare?" → *She asked him how he had prepared.*
"What will you do with your prize?" → *She asked him what he would do with his prize.*
Questions fermées (réponse oui / non) : asked (+ personne) + if / whether + sujet + verbe.
"Were you nervous?" → *She asked him if he had been nervous.*
Autres verbes pour varier : wanted to know, wondered, enquired (inquired).
She wanted to know whether he would take part in the national competition.
Rappel : dans la question rapportée, pas de do / does / did, ordre affirmatif, pas de point d'interrogation.
3. Rapporter les réponses : varier les verbes introducteurs
Un bon compte rendu n'utilise pas said à chaque ligne. Choisis le verbe qui donne le sens de la réponse.
| Verbe | Sens | Exemple |
|---|---|---|
| answered, replied | répondre | He replied that he was very happy. |
| explained | expliquer | He explained that he had read every evening. |
| added | ajouter | He added that he had also listened to the radio. |
| admitted | reconnaître, avouer | He admitted that he had been nervous. |
| declared, stated | déclarer | He declared that the competition had been difficult. |
| promised | promettre | He promised to help younger students. |
| advised / encouraged + personne + to | conseiller, encourager | He advised young students to read every day. |
| thanked + personne + for | remercier | He thanked his teacher for her help. |
| hoped | espérer | He hoped that he would win again. |
Les réponses courtes se rapportent sans répéter la question : "Yes, I was." → He said (admitted) that he had been. ou mieux : He admitted that he had been nervous.
- 1Je présente l'interview : qui, qui, quand, sur quel sujet (Last week, Fatoumata interviewed…).
- 2Je rapporte chaque question : asked him + wh- / if + sujet + verbe (recul des temps).
- 3Je rapporte chaque réponse avec un verbe précis : explained, added, admitted, replied.
- 4Je relie les échanges avec des connecteurs : first, then, when she asked…, finally.
- 5Je termine par une phrase de conclusion ou un conseil rapporté.
4. Les liens entre les répliques
Pour rendre le texte fluide, on utilise des connecteurs : First, … Then, … When she asked him…, he replied that… After that, … Finally, … At the end of the interview, …
On peut aussi regrouper une question et sa réponse dans une seule phrase : When Fatoumata asked him whether he had been nervous, Mamadou admitted that he had.
5. Les exceptions à la concordance
- Vérité générale : pas de recul. He said that reading improves spelling.
- Situation toujours vraie au moment du récit : le recul est facultatif. He said that he lives in Nzérékoré. (il y habite toujours)
- Si le verbe introducteur est au présent (Mamadou says that…), aucun recul.
Méthode
Pour rédiger le compte rendu d'une interview :
- Je lis tout le dialogue et je repère qui pose les questions et qui répond.
- J'écris une phrase d'introduction : Last Monday, X interviewed Y about…
- Pour chaque question : asked + (personne) + wh- ou if/whether + sujet + verbe au temps reculé.
- Pour chaque réponse : un verbe introducteur précis + that + phrase au temps reculé ; ou verbe + to + base pour un conseil, une promesse.
- Je change pronoms, possessifs et repères de temps et de lieu.
- Je relie avec des connecteurs et je relis : pas de guillemets, pas de point d'interrogation, pas de do/did dans les questions.
Exemple
Report this exchange.
Fatoumata: "How did you prepare for the competition?"
Mamadou: "I read an English text every evening and I listened to the radio."
Question ouverte, past simple → asked him how he had prepared.
Réponse : explained + that ; read (past simple) → had read ; I → he.
Answer: Fatoumata asked Mamadou how he had prepared for the competition. He explained that he had read an English text every evening and that he had listened to the radio.
Exemple
Report this exchange.
Fatoumata: "What will you do with your prize?"
Mamadou: "I will buy a good dictionary. Young students should read every day!"
Question ouverte avec will → asked him what he would do.
Réponse : will buy → would buy ; le conseil → advised + young students + to read.
Answer: When she asked him what he would do with his prize, he replied that he would buy a good dictionary. He also advised young students to read every day.
3Je retiens
Je retiens
Question ouverte : asked (him) + wh- + sujet + verbe (sans do/did, sans ?) : She asked him where he lived.
Question fermée : asked (him) + if / whether + sujet + verbe : She asked him if he was happy.
Réponses : replied, answered, explained, added, admitted, declared + that + phrase.
Conseils, promesses : advised / encouraged + personne + to + base ; promised to + base.
Recul des temps : present → past ; past et present perfect → past perfect ; will → would ; can → could.
Pronoms et repères : I → he / she ; my → his / her ; today → that day ; tomorrow → the next day.
Plan : introduction (qui, quand, sujet) + questions / réponses reliées par first, then, finally + conclusion.
4Erreurs fréquentes
- Garder l'ordre interrogatif : on écrit « She asked him why he had chosen this school », pas « why had he chosen ».
- Oublier if dans une question fermée : « She asked him if he liked his job », pas « She asked him did he like his job ».
- Répéter « said » partout : variez avec explained, added, admitted, replied pour que le texte soit vivant.
- Oublier de changer les pronoms : « He said that his parents were proud of him », pas « He said that my parents were proud of me ».
5Je m’exerce
1Exercice 1
Report these interview questions. Begin with The journalist asked her…
a) "Where were you born?"
b) "Do you like your job?"
c) "How long have you been a nurse?"
d) "Will you stay in Guinea?"
e) "Why did you choose this career?"
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) The journalist asked her where she had been born.
b) The journalist asked her if / whether she liked her job.
c) The journalist asked her how long she had been a nurse.
d) The journalist asked her if she would stay in Guinea.
e) The journalist asked her why she had chosen that career. (this → that)
2Exercice 2
Report these answers using the verb in brackets.
a) "I was born in Macenta." (answered)
b) "The job is hard, but I love it." (explained)
c) "I made mistakes at the beginning." (admitted)
d) "I will always help my community." (promised)
e) "Young girls should study science." (advised)
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) She answered that she had been born in Macenta.
b) She explained that the job was hard, but that she loved it.
c) She admitted that she had made mistakes at the beginning.
d) She promised to always help her community. (ou promised that she would always help her community)
e) She advised young girls to study science.
3Exercice 3
Find and correct the mistake in each reported sentence.
a) She asked him where did he live.
b) He asked me do I speak Pular.
c) She said me that she was tired.
d) He admitted that I had been wrong. (Mamadou speaking about himself)
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) She asked him where he lived.
b) He asked me if I spoke Pular.
c) She told me that she was tired. (ou She said to me…)
d) He admitted that he had been wrong.
4Exercice 4
Put this report back into direct speech (a short dialogue).
*Sékou asked Aïssatou what she wanted to study after the BAC. She replied that she wanted to study law. He asked her if her parents agreed. She said that they did and added that her father was a lawyer.*
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Sékou: What do you want to study after the BAC?
Aïssatou: I want to study law.
Sékou: Do your parents agree?
Aïssatou: Yes, they do. My father is a lawyer.
5Exercice 5
(BAC format) Your friend Ibrahima interviewed Mrs Kadiatou Barry, a farmer and the president of a women's cooperative in Pita. Read the interview and write the report in a paragraph of about 10 lines.
Ibrahima: When did you create the cooperative?
Mrs Barry: We created it in 2012 with twenty women.
Ibrahima: What do you grow?
Mrs Barry: We grow potatoes, onions and tomatoes.
Ibrahima: Is it difficult to sell your products?
Mrs Barry: Yes, it is, because the roads are bad during the rainy season.
Ibrahima: What is your dream?
Mrs Barry: I hope we will build a warehouse next year. Young people should not be afraid of farming!
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Example answer:
*Last week, my friend Ibrahima interviewed Mrs Kadiatou Barry, a farmer and the president of a women's cooperative in Pita. First, he asked her when she had created the cooperative. She answered that they had created it in 2012 with twenty women. Then he asked her what they grew. She explained that they grew potatoes, onions and tomatoes. When Ibrahima asked her if it was difficult to sell their products, she admitted that it was, because the roads were bad during the rainy season. Finally, he wanted to know what her dream was. She replied that she hoped they would build a warehouse the following year, and she encouraged young people not to be afraid of farming.*
6Exercice 6
Interview a member of your family (four questions) about his or her childhood. Then write the report of the interview in 6 to 8 lines.
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Example answer (report):
*Yesterday, I interviewed my grandfather about his childhood. I asked him where he had grown up. He told me that he had grown up in a small village near Dinguiraye. Then I asked him if he had gone to school. He explained that he had attended a Koranic school and later a primary school. When I asked him what games he had played, he said that he had played football with a ball made of old clothes. Finally, I wanted to know what he missed most. He answered that he missed the long evenings of stories under the moon.*
Cherche d’abord seul, sur ton cahier, puis ouvre le corrigé pour comparer.
6Je vérifie
Choisis une réponse pour chaque question : la correction s’affiche aussitôt.
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