Activity:

After studying the chart which has been provided to you on passage from direct to indirect speech and vice versa, turn the following dialogue taken from Samuel Beckett's play "En attendant Godot" into a narration, adding the main clause  declarative verbs that become necessary (such as dire, ajouter, déclarer, expliquer que etc.)

1. the narration should be done first with the verbs in the main clause in the  indicative present

1. then  with those same verbs in  a past tense (watch out for the proper tense sequence by following the chart which has been given to you)

             Estragon:       -Qu’est-ce que tu as?

            Vladimir:         -Je n’ai rien.

            Estragon:        -Moi, je m’en vais.

            Vladimir:         -Moi aussi. (Silence)

            Estragon:        -Il y a longtemps que je dormais?

            Vladimir:         -Je ne sais pas. (Silence)

            Estragon:        -Où irons-nous?

            Vladimir:         -Pas loin.

            Estragon:        -Si, si, allons-nous en loin d’ici!

            Vladimir:         -On ne peut pas.

            Estragon:        -Pourquoi?

            Vladimir:         -Il faut revenir demain.

            Estragon:        -Pour quoi faire?

            Vladimir:         -Attendre Godot.

            Estragon:        -C’est vrai.  (Un temps).  Il n’est pas venu?

            Vladimir:         -Non.

            Estragon:        -Et maintenant il est trop tard.

            Vladimir:         -Oui, c’est la nuit.

            Estragon:        -Et si on le laissait tomber?  (Un temps)

            Vladimir:         -Il nous punirait.

A.)Estragon demande à Vladimir………………………………………………………………..

Vladimir répond…………………………………………………………………………………………..

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B) Estragon  a demandé à Vladimir………………………………………………………………..

Vladimir a répondu………………………………………………………………………………………….

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