Most people ____________(neg. to care) about their immediate environment.
They _______
______(neg. to realize) that they___________( to pollute) everything
around them. Why ___
________(interrogative, pronom, to act) like this?
Complete with the verb in the right present tense.
Mina ...........(to look) pale today. Usually, she .................(to
have) very red lips. At the moment, she ..................(to lie) on her
bed. Look, she ....................(to open) her eyes. In general, she
.................(to get up) very early.
Complétez en employant soit le présent simple, soit
le présent progressif.
Exercice inspiré par "A movie Addict", Your Way, 2nde
Dany is a little boy who has lost his parents. He is an orphan which
is why he ………………….(to live) in an orphanage. He is a good pupil and he
…………….(to like) English and American literature. His English teacher
whose name is Mrs Dennison …………….(to like) him too. She …………………(to think)
that he will like to go to the cinema.
Today, Danny is at the Rialto, the theater which is near the orphanage.
He ………………..(to watch) a film with Fred Astair. Danny ………………. (to think)
Fred Astair is the greatest dancer that ever was. He ………………(to like) the
way he ……………(to tap dance). So, now, with the music he ……………………….
(to tap dance) too. The lady beside him ……………………….(not to like) it. She
…………….
……………….(not to want ) Dany to make any noise.
Conjuguer le verbe au simple past ou au past continous.
In South Africa, until 1992, the political regime (to be)..............
called "apartheid". Black people who (to be) ...............the majority
(can neg) ............... vote. While the whites (to live) ................in
nice residential areas, the blacks (to have) ............... to live in
the "townships" which (to be) .............horrible shanty-towns (bidonvilles)
most of the time.
The leader of the democrats, Nelson Mandela, (to remain) ...............in
jail for 27 years. While many people around the world (to fight)..............
for his liberation, many South African (to realize)............... that
their country (can neg)................. be excluded from the international
community anymore. As many people in Europe and the USA (to boycott).....................South
African products, businessmen in Johannesburg and Cape Town (to take)..................
conscience of the fact that "apartheid" (to be).......... a very
unprofitable policy. As South African writers such as André Brink,
and singers such as Johnny Clegg, (to make).................. all their
efforts to denounce this horrible policy, many white South Africans (to
understand).......................... how unjust it was.
Finally, they (to elect)................. DeClerk as president. This
intelligent man (to be)................ able to put an end to "apartheid".
Nelson Mandela (to be)............ liberated in 1990 and in 1992 the white
people (to abolish)................. apartheid themselves by referendum.
Today, South Africa is a real democracy. The whites and the black people
are reconciled and Nelson
Mandela, who was President from 1994 to 1999, has been an example for
the whole world.
Put the verb in CAPITALS in the present simple or continuous (be
+ ing) or in the preterit simple, in the affirmative or negative
form.
1. A parrot repeats a question but __________________ ANSWER it.
2. Yesterday I ___________ ARRIVE at school at late and the teacher
_____________ ALLOW (permettre) me to enter class.
3. I have a problem. I haven't got any money and this restaurant ______________
ACCEPT credit cards.
4. One day, when I was eating in a restaurant, Johnny Deep _______________
COME in and he _____________ SIT at the table next to me.
5. I always _________________ THINK that honesty is the best policy.
6. I ____________________ THINK about your accident. What a tragedy!
7. I had been waiting for an hour when they finally _______________
LET me in to see the President.
8. This morning, this boy _______________ BEHAVE ( se comporter) very
well in class, so the teacher ________________ PUNISH him.
9. John is her best friend but she ___________(often)______________
SEE him at the moment
10. If you _______________ ADD 2 and 2, you get 4.
11. Look at this man : he _________________________ BUY a lot
of books.
12. I _________________ ASK the man to put out his cigarette because
the smoke was bothering me.
13. Astronauts ______________ BREATHE (respirent) oxygen from a tank
when they go into space.
14. Mr. Gomez __________________ TEACH us mathematics last year.
15. I _____________________ EAT something yesterday, and I _________________
BECOME ill.
16. I_________________ BE BORN in France but I _________________ SPEAK
French very well because I _____________________ MOVE to Spain when I was
very young.
17. Rich people usually _________________ WEAR expensive clothes.
18. I _____________________ WRITE six letters to companies yesterday
about getting a job.
19. My neighbor ___________________ WIN a lot of money in the lottery
but he _________ _________ GIVE me a penny. He's a miser (un avare).
20. Yesterday, I _____________ WAKE UP at half past eight.(8:30)
21. I was on holiday last summer in Zongoland and they _____________
PUT me in jail in because I _____________ TAKE a photo of a factory.
Complete in the right tense
When I (graduate)............... from the university in 1997, I (start)............
looking for a job. I (study).............history during my time there but
I (not know)...............exactly what I (want)............. to do.
Conjuguer au temps voulu (prétérite simple ou present
perfect):
He ( not to open )
his shop last January.
My sister ( to visit, already )
the Louvre.
I ( to see, never )
him.
Paul Mc Cartney ( to be )
in Paris for a concert in September.
John ( to work )
too much and now he is tired.
Conjuguer les verbes au present perfect simple ou continuous, choisissez
entre since et for.
I ( not to see )
my mother for three months.
She ( to wait )
for a train since the middle of the afternoon.
I ( to know)
this young man for a long time.
Traduire:
Elle a beaucoup d'argent depuis qu'elle est devenue présidente
de cette entreprise.
Depuis trois minutes, il pleut.
Mettez au temps voulu et trouvez les questions manquantes
Journalist : Mr. Jones, do you like sport ?
No, I usually ...........................(not to like) sport a lot,
and Sheila, my wife .........................
(to prefer) the cinema.
Question : ..........................................................................
No, she..............................(to open) a pizzeria last year,
and now, she.............................
(not to have) enough time to see many films.
Question : .................................................................................
Yes, our children ..............................(to play) basket ball
and tennis. But something bad
happened on Sunday
Question : ...................................................................................
On Sunday, it ....................... (to be) a sunny day, the girls.......................................
(to
play) tennis in the garden, on the grass. We .................................(to
watch) them.
Suddenly, Lola ...................... (to fall) and ....................
(to break) her knee. She
......................... (to have) an operation next week. It’s a great
pity !
A job interview.
Complete with the verbs in the right tense
The staff manager*, Mr Jones is interviewing a young woman.
Mr Jones : Come in Miss Gibson. How do you do?
Miss Gibson : How do you do?
Mr.J. : Sit down please. I'm pleased to meet you.
Miss G : I'm pleased to meet you too Mr. Jones.
Mr.J. : So, can you tell me why you want to have this job as a marketing
manager?
Miss G : Well, I'm really interested in your company Mr. Jones.
I think it has a great future, and I would like very much to contribute
to it.
Mr. J. : Ok, can you tell me about your qualifications and experience?
Miss G : Well, I (to pass) ........................my BTEC* in commercial
and marketing practices in 1992, and since then I (to have)...................various
jobs.
Mr. J : Why (to have, interrogative form, insert the pronoun)........................................
different jobs? Why not only one?
Miss G.: I (to want)................. to have a general view
of what marketing is. But I (to have)
.......................... my last job for two years now and I like
it very much.
Mr. J. : So, why (to want, interrogative form, insert the pronoun)
....................................... to change now?
Miss G.: Oh, it's because of material reasons. It's really too far
from where I live and I come home really too late in the evening. So, I
(to try) ........................................................ to find
another job for three months.
Complétez les phrases suivantes au temps qui convient.
a. Adrian (write)..........................................poetry
everyday
b. Yesterday he (learn).........................................that
his parents (to decide) ..................................to get a divorce.
c. If I were Adrian I (speak)........................................
with my parents
d. He won’t be happy if his parents (not change).........................................
their mind.
e. His parents (argue) ..............................................
in the kitchen when Adrian (see) .........................................them.
f. If it had been possible Adrian (try) ................................................to
reconcile them.
g. Adrian says he (be ) ...............................................
happy when Pandora loves him.
h. Adrian (be) ..............................................depressed
for a week.
Cas posséssifs, adjectifs
posséssifs
Pronoms
Link these two sentences using possessive cases :
This is Philipp. This is his son. __________________________________________________
This is my mother. This is her car._______________________________________________
This is a big house. It belongs to my cousin. ______________________________________
Look at the dog. He belongs to Helen. ____________________________________________
The children have a game console. It is new. _______________________________________
My friends have a garden. It is big _______________________________________________
Complete with the right possessive adjective :
I saw my father yesterday. He was tired because …….. work is difficult.
My mother said that ………. work is hard too. So, they don’t have much time
to visit …………. children.
It’s a pity, because my sister and me would like to see …………..parents
more often. But I see my aunt very often and I like her.
………….son is also very nice.
Linda, .................. parents are very permissive goes out a lot
at night. Compared to her friend Joanna, ................ stays at home
at the week-ends, she always seems a bit excited and very tired. Her eyes,
................ are so beautiful, do not often shine, and her boyfriend,
............ she met last month, thinks she is not reasonable enough.
The only argument .............. can touch her is that he will grow tired
of her is she is always tired.
Complete with the right pronoun or possessive adjective.
You may have to use the same pronoun twice
John and Susan are going to get married. .........want to
have a baby soon. ............baby will be called Mary.
My brother and I are 16. ......... are twins. .........parents
had a lot of work when .............were
babies. But they gave ..........a lot of affection and they taught
us to read ...........................
I really love ..................
My sister has a dog. ..........dog is called Balu. Balu
always scratches (gratter) ...........................
Exercice sur les adjectifs possessifs et sur "Social classes
in Britain"
Complete with a possessive adjective
What preposition follows the verb to depend? Can you underline
this preposition each time it appears in the text of the exercise.
Here in France, people have different accents, but ......... accent
depends mostly on the region where we live, and only partly on ........
social class. In Britain it is the contrary. A girl's accent will first
depend on ........ social class, and then only on the region where she
lives. If you live in Yorkshire and belong to the aristocracy, ........
accent will be that of the Queen. The best possible English. But if you
take the example of a working class boy, .......... accent will be a Yorkshire
accent, or Geordie accent, something very different from the BBC English.
Complétez avec l’adjectif ou le pronom possessif ou personnel
adéquat.
This is Pandora’s horse, this is .................horse.
Adrian is Mr. and Mrs. Mole’s son. Her is ..................son.
This is my house. This house is................. .
« My husband and I are getting a divorce », she said. «
.............are getting a divorce »
All Adrian’s pocket money goes to Barry Kent. It all goes to ....................
Compléter avec un pronom réfléchi ou réciproque:
John and Peter are quite tired today because last night they talked
to.......... for a very long time. They hadn't seen ........for two months.
I asked them : What did you talk about?". In fact, John told Peter how
he had started learning Japanese by.......... He said that in his firm,
they have a lot of Japanese customers (clients) and when he meets Mrs.
Hiroshigo, it's more pleasant for them if they can say a few words to............in
Japanese.
le passif
Mettre au passif :
My mother gave me a new dress.
I _______________________________
My sister told Peter that I’m a stupid boy !
Peter ________________________________________
The teacher taught us French.
We _____________________________
Traduire :
On m’a dit qu’elle était belle.
___________________________________
On m’a appris à conduire.
____________________________________
Modaux
Exercice inspiré par le texte First day in America (Your
Way, 2nde)
The car stopped. The man .....................(capacité, neg)
start it again. George thought « I ........................(conseil
donné à soi-même) help this man. I’m sure I .........................
(capacité) do something for him ».
So, George tried to start the car. First he tought « It..........................(probabilité)
be the spark plugs* .» Then he thought « It ...............................
(supposition) be the feed line* ». Then he thought « It ............................(impossibilité)
be the ignition* ». But he looked at it nevertheless, and finally,
the car started.
* les bougies,* l'alimentation, * l'allumage
THE GREAT IMMIGRATION WAVE
MODAUX
At the end of the 19th century, for many people in Europe, America was
the promised land. They believed that in America they .......................................(capacité)
become rich, that their children would go to school and study. They also
knew that they ................... ( obligation) to work hard.
Gricha said to his younger cousin : “ You ...........................(conseil
) do like me. I save as much money as I .......................(capacité),
so that I willl.........................(capacité) to emigrate to
America soon. I want to be free. I want to live in a country where people
....................................( ce n’est pas la peine que) hide to
express their political ideas.”
Dimitri, Gricha’s cousin, answered : “You................................
(conseil important ) think more before making this decision. What about
your mother? She ................................(probabilité) die
of grief if you go.”
Replace the underlined phrases by a modal or its equivalent.
If you go to England, you have the possibility to buy ....................................................many
newspapers. You're not obliged to read .....................................them
all to have a good idea of the quality of the English press. It's not necessary
to read ................................"The Sun" to discover that
it is a gutter newspaper. The front page will be enough. But some newspapers
are excellent, and you will probably discover ...............................that
TV news are on the whole of very good quality. It is cerrtainly interesting
.......................................to compare the English press to
the French press.
INSERT A MODAL OR AN EQUIVALENT.
How...............he run away? he was paralysed with fear.
You...............be ashamed of yourself!
...............I go with Peter, Daddy?
He............... (neg) to help us because his mother said it was too
dangerous for him.
It ............... be raining , I've seen somebody with an umbrella.
I............... (neg) see anything, it's too dark.
Mummy, I don't want to go to school today! But darling, you...............
go!
If we get there early we ............... get a good seat.
She was too small and she ...............(neg) see the stage.
They ...............help their parents a little instead of spending
their money.
Lucille will............... do it because she's very clever.
Whether you like it or not, you will............... stay with the children.
...............you swim? No, I ................
TRADUIRE : C'était un pauvre petit garçon. Il ne
savait ni lire ni écrire à neuf ans, et tout le monde
voyait qu'il était malheureux. Il devait travailler dur pour aider
ses parents qui auraient du s'occuper de lui.
Reformuler les phrases suivantes à l’aide d’une forme modale
ou d’un équivalent.
Précisez quelle notion est suggérée (obligation,
probabilité, permission, interdiction, capacité, impossibilité,
possibilité....)
It is necessary for Adrian to accept his parents’ decision.
Adrian ..........................................................................................................................
Notion : ............................
It is impossible for anyone to be as unhappy as Adrian is.
Nobody ............................................................................................................................
Notion : ............................
The BBC. will perhaps be impressed by his poem.
...........................................................................................................................................
Notion : .............................
Adrian has to be careful not to forget to give Barry Kent his money.
...........................................................................................................................................
Notion : ..............................
Adrian phoned Mr. Cherry to say that he would be unable to work for
a few days.
...........................................................................................................................................
Notion : ...............................
Questions
Ask the questions corresponding to the underlined words. (5pts)
She went to the bank at three o'clock.
________________________________________
She went to the bank at three o'clock.
________________________________________
The concert lasted four hours.
_________________________________________
The concert lasted four hours.
_________________________________________
Complétez avec un modal
This, that, these, those
Complete with this, that, these or those.
At .............time, I was a little girl and ............. big trees
that you can see were very small. I liked to climb to the top of .........
cherry tree in front of you. But once I tried to climb .......... apple
tree over there and I fell. .........horrible doctor came to see me and
said I had broken one of my ribs*. In ............. days I was not reasonable
at all, and one month later, I did it again.
rib : côte
For, since, ago
Complete with since, for, ago, during and put the adjectives in the
comparative form.
_Have you become ............................ (reasonable) ..................that
time?
_I don't know. I haven't climbed trees .................a long time
but I'm not really .....................(wise)*.
Last summer ..................the month of August I went to Israel
and walked through a mine field.
_You're ....................... (crazy) than I thought!
_Don't worry. Two weeks ................... I made the decision to
be more reasonable.
_Why?
_I'm pregnant!
Quantifieurs
Complete with a quantifier
This firm, Beautiful Cars &Co bought too ............ computers
last year. It cost them too ..........money. Their chairman (president)
is always very busy, he works too ......... So he has very .........time
to study the accounts.
Mrs. Jonson who is president of Computers Co made ............money
selling ...........programs to them. Many employees in Computer Co
had a raise (an augmentation of their salary) and ............, about 6,
were promoted.
On the contrary, ..........employees of Beautiful Cars
have been sacked, and today, ...........of them are assured of keeping
their job. They fear there might be other lay offs. Last year, a vice president
was made redundent was dismissed from his job). The other vice-presidents
have .........hope of remaining in their position. But the chairman says
that if they give him ...........time, he will solve the problems.
Complétez par much , some, little, a little, few, many, a
lot of.
a. Adrian spends .....................money to buy expensive purple
paper.
b. He writes so ...................poems that his parents can’t read
them all.
c. His poems are good, but he has ....................hope to see them
published.
d. If they are published he will earn ......................money.
e. Would you like to read .......................of his poems ?
f. Unfortunately .....................people will read them.
g. Adrian doesn’t have ...................... time to do his school
work.
Compound adjectives
Rephrase the sentences using compound adjectives.
This man looks very nice and he has black eyes. This is a __________________________________
She lives in a house with a red roof.___________________________________________________
I like love stories which break my heart _______________________________________________
Her heart is broken because he left her. She is __________________________________________
Relatifs
COMPLETEZ AVEC UN PRONOM RELATIF :
The little boy,............... dog ran away, is crying.
The singer ............... won the competition will make a record.
They are building a new school............... will be bigger than ours.
Mary is talking to the young man...............I met yesterday.
The man for............... I am working at the moment is very rich.
Complétez à l’aide d’un pronom relatif différent
pour chaque phrase.
a. Adrian, ..................parents are getting a divorce, is fond
of poetry.
b. « Blossom » is the best poem .................he has
ever written.
c. His parents’ divorce, ..................was not very surprising,
could prevent him from
being a vet.
d. ................... he feared was that his dream might
never come true.
e. Adrian phoned Mr. Perry ..................already knew about his
situation.
f. His best friend, in ................he confided, was very understanding.
Comparatifs et superlatifs
Complétez au temps voulu et avec le comparatif ou superlatif
approprié.
When I ...............(to be ) a little girl, my mother .........................(to
say, habitude) : "Boys ....................(to be ) ....................................
(big) girls but they................................. (not to be)
........................................... (intelligent)."
I ...................................... (not to believe) her then,
because I ..................... (to be) .............................(strong)
my brother. Today, I know that even ................ ..................
(strong) man is nothing if he is not intelligent.
Mettez l'adjectif entre parenthèses au comparatif
The situation in many developing countries is quite bad, but it
is ( ________ bad) in some countries than in others. For example, the countries
of South East Asia develop more rapidly than the countries of Africa or
South America, to the point that today some of them can be considered as
developed countries and are nearly ( = __________ rich ) we are.
And they will probably become ( _________rich ) than us in the near future.
Today, in Taiwan or Hong-Kong, for example, many young people get a ( __________
good) education than most European students. As they work ( ___________
hard ) than us, the results are spectacular. But are they ( ____________
happy)? If they are probably ( ________ much ) stressed by their
long working hours, they are ( _______ little ) stressed by the anxiety
of unemployment.
If clauses
If you help me, I will succeed.
présent futur
If you helped me, I would succeed.
prétérite conditionnel
If you had helped me , I would have succeeded.
plu-perfect conditionnel passé
Sur ce modèle complétez les phrases suivantes :
If they had known, they ................................................(to
come).
If they had known, they ...................................................(not
to come)
If we go with you, we .................................(to spend) very
nice holidays.
If I had met you at that time, we ...........................................(not
to be) friends.
We would have heard him if he .........................................
(to shout).
You will be happy if they ....................................(to get
married).
You could have had an accident if you.....................................(to
take) that road.
If you listen to me, you ...................................(to understand).
If Mary had won the match, she .......................................(to
be) number one.
She might have won, if the rain .........................................(to
stop).
If you need me, I..............................(to come).
Niveau Première Terminale
Nathan, the slave
Complete in the right tense
In 1858, Nathan (to decide)........................to escape.
He (to be)......................
a slave all his life long. He (to work)......................... for
old Mr. Gibson, and (to think)
............................... he could endure his condition
on his plantation. But this rather good
man (to die).............................. and Nathan (to be sold)...............................
to Cramer, the
cruel Cramer. And now, it was time to rebel, to escape. It was a cold
winter night and a few
snow flakes (to fall)............................. The cotton
fields (to be)........................ covered by a
thin white frost. In their cabins, the slaves (to try) ...........................to
get a little rest. They
(to eat) .............................. the little food they had
left and (to try) ..........................to get a
bit warmer. Nathan (to wait) ....................................
for this moment for a long time. He (to
walk)................................silently to the stable, (to
untie) ............................ the gray horse
who (to follow)............................... him without a sound,
and (to come back) ......................
to his cabin : his wife (to get, still) ..................................a
few things ready when he (to push)
the door open. The baby (to sleep)...........................
"I'm afraid, Nathan" she (to say)..................... Nobody
(to escape, ever) ....................
from this plantation. What if they catch us?"
"Don't worry, Jane" he (to answer)...........................
"I (to prepare)..........................
this moment since last summer. I (to study) .................................all
the possibilities. On the
other side of the river, an abolitionist (to expect)....................................
us for some time
now. We (can) ...........................to hide at his house until
they (to stop) ......................looking
for us."
"Who is this man?"
"Mr.Rockwell. When his wife ( to die) ...................... last
year, he (to be) ..................
an active abolitionist for two years. Since she ( to die) ..........................
he (to help)
......................................a lot of us to escape. He does
not care about the risks anymore."
"What will happen to us when we (to be) .......................
free?"
"We'll have to work hard, I suppose, but we'll be free.
The Civil War
Compléter avec un des adjectifs de quantité suivants
: much, many, a little, a few, little, few.
Before the Civil War, ________ people were against slavery in the North.
In the South, people realized they didn't have_______ time to organize.
As soon as Lincoln was elected,
_______ politicians decided to secede and create a Confederation. _______
men in the South, however, believed the North could win the war. The great
majority believed the South would win.
Compléter avec des pronoms personnels.
Lincoln was elected in 1860. ___ was a courageous man. The people who
voted for him knew what ____ were doing. The government in Washington declared
war. ____ wanted the slaves to be liberated. Everybody realized the war
would be long. _____knew ___would be difficult.
Voie passive? voie active?
Conjuguer les verbes au prétérite.
The Northern troops (to arm better).
The southern troops (to defend) their privileges.
The black people (to begin) to hope for better days.
They (to treat) like animals.
They (to sell or to buy) without any respect for their family ties
(liens).
The majority (to work) in the cotton fields from sun up to sun down,
seven days a week.
They (not to feed) properly.
They (not to eat) enough.
They (to house) in terrible conditions.
Remettre dans l'ordre.
The North war the won.
South the capitulate had to ruined.
From administrators North the came.
Were hated they by Southerners the.
Were they carpet-baggers called.
Complétez avec later, then, after, today, nowadays, at the
moment.
_________ the war, black people could vote for a short moment._________they
were prevented from voting by the Ku Klux Klan and by local laws. _______many
of them emigrated to the cities of the North in the 1920's.
________ the situation of the black people is very contrasted. Whereas
a minority live quite well, the great majority are poor.__________in the
ghettos of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, there is little hope for black
teenagers.___________the most terrible problem they have is drugs.
Prépositions.
__1954, __ a bus __ Alabama, a black lady, Mrs. Rosa Parks, refused
to give her seat ___a white person. The driver told her to get ___ the
bus. She refused and she was taken ___ jail. Martin Luther King, who was
a parson ___ this town decided ____ his friends ___ the NAACP, that the
black people ___ the town would refuse to get ___ the buses again, as long
as they would be segregated. So, everyday, the black people walked
___ and ___ work. _____one year later, the bus company abandoned and accepted
the black people ___ the buses ___ the same basis as the whites. The fight
had been won ___ the courage and determination of the black people. M.L.K.
who had done a lot already ____ his people became very popular______the
USA
Many other boycotts and marches were organized ____ the NAACP Little___little,
the barriers____blacks and whites fell ____.
Chicago in 1871
Complete in the appropriate tense and form.
In 1871 Chicago (to burn) ........................... entirely. The
city which already (to count) ............................ 300 000 inhabitants
(to grow)..................................... extremely fast in the preceding
years and (to build) ...................................... entirely in
wood, because this (to be) ........................................ the
most abundant material in the area. The fire (to spread) ...................................very
rapidly and all the houses (to destroy) .......................................
Then (to come) .......................................the time to rebuild.
Not in wood, of course. The business men of the city called the best and
the most daring architects, and as soon as the 1890's, the first skyscrapers
(to begin) ................................... to rise.
Complete with a superlative or a comparative
Chicago is today (big) .......................................... city
in the Middle-West. It is one of (innovative)..........................................
American cities from the architectural point of view.
Some towns are (sophisticated)................................, some
towns are (pleasant) ........................... to live in, but none is
(beautiful) .................................. as she rises from the lake,
her skyscrapers and high rise buildings towering above the waters of Lake
Michigan, a lake indeed, but to the eye (large)........................................the
ocean.
Translate into English.
Depuis longtemps elle avait envie de visiter la grande ville. Elle devait
absolument la découvrir. Elle imaginait qu'elle aurait à
demander son chemin, et que les gens lui repondraient très agréablement.
Rephrase
She had never seen such a busy city.
Never ......................................................................
How anonymous people looked!
People ........................................................................
She wished she would meet the young man again soon.
If only .............................................................................
He said, " If you need me, just call me, I'll come and help".
He said that.......................................................................
She answered " I'll be happy to see you again, but I hope I won't need
help".
She answered that.............................................................................................
A man told her to give him her ticket.
She..................................................................................................................
Her sister told her it was late and that they had to go home.
Her sister said " It's high time ................................................"
Les années 30
Exos inspirés par le film "Three on a Match"
After the opulent 1920's when the Americans discovered the affluent
society, its Ford Model Ts, its crazy new and shocking dances, the power
of the movies which made millions of people dream, came the 1929 Black
Thursday which caused a series of catastrophes.
In the early 1930's, America was a country shaken by a lot of economic
and social problems. Millions of people were unemployed, whereas a few
rich ones had managed to retain a sumptuous way of life. Poverty spread,
gangsterism developed.
Transformer ces phrases en employant le passif.
The officials told people not to lose hope.
The bosses expected the workers to accept very bad conditions of work.
A lot of charities fed the very poor.
A lot of people used the trains to go to California.
There, government officials gave them fruit picking jobs.
Translate into English
Beaucoup de gens n'auraient pas cru en 1929 que les années d'opulence
étaient terminées. Ils n'auraient pas pu imaginer les difficultés
qui les attendaient.
Complete with a preposition of verbal particle
I'm interested ....... what happened ........ those years, because I
have often heard my grand-father talk ........... them. He then depended
....... a charity for food. He was on the point of giving ......hope,
when he found a job in a car factory. He had already met my grand-mother,
and as they were really getting ..... so well, they made ...... their mind
to get married as soon as possible. But as they couldn't find a lodging,
the marriage was put ..... for a few months. Finally, they carried
...... having financial difficulties for many years, but as they truly
loved each other, they didn't care too much.......... the money and they
managed to be very happy. Money can't buy you love, can it?
Complete with a modal or an equivalent.
In the 20's, people ...........not do what they wanted. Today,
the economic situation is a bit similar to that of the 30's. It ...............be
terrible to have no job, to ...............to spend hours looking for a
job. But if young people get the right qualifications, they .............finally
find a job corresponding to their studies. Teenagers .............think
carefully about their future career.
Use a superlative.
Ruth was the very (good)_________ pupil of the primary school. In fact
she was the school valedictorian. Mary, on the contrary, was one of the
(bad)___________ pupils. The problem was that she was not serious enough.
She full of fun and she liked boys too much. Vivian was (popular)_______________
girl in the school. She was not a very good pupil, but as her parents were
very rich she was going to go to one of (exclusive)________________
boarding schools in the country whereas Ruth would have to go to a business
school because her parents were poor.
Complete in the right tense.
When this lawyer (to get)_______ married in 1926, he (to be already)
_______________very successful for two or three years. The young woman
he (to marry)_____________(to be) ________ certainly fascinated by his
money and his success at first, but then she (to get) _______ tired of
him, perhaps because he was too good a man.
Before marrying him, she (to be)___________ very much admired for her
beauty. Life (to be) __________too easy for her. She (to have. always)____________________
what she (to want)______________. She (to have. never)_______________to
fight for anything.
Remembrance of
things past
Exercices inspirés par le texte "Remembrance of things past"
Ways and Means, terminale.
Sophie, a German immigrant to America remembers her arrival in the
new country. Sheis interviewed by two journalists, Peter Smithson and George
Cockney.
1. Rephrase :
G. C. : I'm sure that you had many problems at the arrival in
New York.
You ...............................................................................................................
P.S. : Probably, living in a big city was a real change for you.
Living ..............................................................................................................
They asked her : "Did you have any problems in NewYork?"
.......................................................................................................................
Sophie answered : " Yes, I had many problems. I didn't understand what
people said to me, I was afraid of being robbed. But people, on the
whole, were friendly to me"
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
They asked her : "Is it easier for the new immigrants today?"
...........................................................................................................................
She answered : "I don't think so. But they will adapt too. Anyway, they
have no choice, they must adapt."
...................................................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................
2. Complete with a relative.
Sophie had an uncle in Madison .............ran a bakery. He was the
only person ................she knew in America. She went there but after
New York, Madison ..................was a small town, disappointed her.
But the people to ...............she talked were as friendly as those ............she
had met in New York.
3. Complete with since or for and put the verb in the right tense.
..............(S,F?)Sophie arrived in 1923, America ........................(to
change) a lot.
Spohie .......................(to live) ............(S,F?) three years
with her uncle and then she ................... (to find) a job in Chicago.
She ................................(to live) there ever .............(S,F?).
She ...............................(to become, really) an American
and ...............
...............in every election ................(S,F?) then.
But Sophie, like so many Americans, suffered terribly during the
Depression.
After the opulent 1920's when the Americans discovered the affluent
society, its Ford Model Ts, its crazy new and shocking dances, the power
of the movies which made millions of people dream, came the 1929 Black
Thursday which caused a series of catastrophes.
In the early 1930's, America was a country shaken by a lot of economic
and social problems. Millions of people were unemployed, whereas a few
rich ones had managed to retain a sumptuous way of life. Poverty spread,
gangsterism developed.
Transformer ces phrases en employant le passif en employant le complément
d'agent seulement quand cela est nécéssaire.
The officials told people not to lose hope. ........................................................................
The bosses expected the workers to accept very bad conditions of work.
................................................................................................................................................
A lot of charities fed the very poor.....................................................................................
A lot of people used the trains to go to California.
................................................................................................................................................
There, government officials gave them fruit picking jobs.
.............................................................................................................................................
Translate into English
Beaucoup de gens n'auraient pas cru en 1929 que les années d'opulence
étaient terminées. Ils n'auraient pas pu imaginer les difficultés
qui les attendaient.
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
Complete with a preposition of verbal particle (This is the interview
of Sophie's grand-child.)
I'm interested ....... what happened ........ those years, because I
have often heard my grand-father talk ........... them. He then depended
....... a charity for food. He was on the point of giving ......hope,
when he found a job in a car factory. He had already met my grand-mother,
and as they were really getting ..... so well, they made ...... their mind
to get married as soon as possible. But as they couldn't find a lodging,
the marriage was put ..... for a few months. Finally, they went ......
having financial difficulties for many years, but as they truly loved each
other, they didn't care too much.......... the money and they managed to
be very happy. Money can't buy you love, can it?
Link these sentences using the appropriate link-word : contrarily
to, provided, although, because, whereas, so, consequently.
My grand-mother lost her job in 1931. She did not lose hope. ...................................................................
She could find another job a year later. A lot of people couldn't. ...............................................................
She could get the job. She worked every other Sunday. ............................................................................
My grand father had found a job in a car factory. They could get married................................................
