Tuesday, April 1st 2003 April fool!
Unit 4 – The past
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présent simple |
prétérit simple |
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forme
affirmative |
I
play soccer. (He plays soccer.) |
Elvis
played soccer. |
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forme
interrogative |
Do you play soccer? (Does he play
soccer?) |
Did Elvis play soccer? |
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forme
négative |
I don’t play
soccer. (He doesn’t play soccer.) |
Elvis
didn’t play soccer. |
Workbook p.49-50
Monday, April 7th 2003
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Name: 4e5
– English test n°22
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book p.59: the pronunciation of
–ED
ED se prononce: - /Id/ aprčs /t/ et /d/
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/t/ aprčs /p/ /k/ /f/ /s/
/∫/ / /
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/d/ dans les autres cas
Workbook p.60
Tuesday, April 8th 2003
book
p.54: What did they do? When did they do it? How long did it happen?
1) Churchill was Prime Minister during WWII (World
War II).
2)
British women got the right to vote in 1918.
3) Neil
Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.
4) Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in 1928.
5) Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist in the 19th
century.
6) Christopher Columbus discovered America in
1492.
7) Elvis Presley died in
1977, aged 42.
8) The Channel tunnel (= the
tunnel under the Channel, between France and England) opened in 1994.
9) George Washington became
the first president of the U.S. in 1789.
10)
Nelson won the battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
11) Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901.
Friday, April 11th 2003
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Name: 4e5 – English test n°23
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When did Christopher Columbus discover America?
He
discovered America in 1492.
How long ago did Christopher Columbus discover America?
He discovered America five
centuries ago.
(a
century = 100 years)
Walt
Disney created Mickey Mouse seventy-five years ago.
book p.54 ex.4
Churchill didn’t live in
the seventeenth century.
He lived in the twentieth
century.
book p.59 ex.2 - More words
1. Where did Nelson defeat Napoleon?
2. At the battle of
Trafalgar.
3. When did William the
Conqueror win the battle of Hastings? In 1066.
4. A soldier risks his
life in battles.
5. The Great Fire destroyed
London in 1666.
6. Queen Victoria reigned
for 64 years.
7. The Second World War
ended in 1945.
8. In 1944 the Americans fought
with the French and the English.
9. “Peace is the period
of time between two wars.”
10. The United Kingdom includes
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Monday, April 14th 2003
Workbook p.52 ex.2
Today, there is television, so people can watch
television.
In the 19th century, there was no television, so
people could not watch television.
There were no videogames, so people could not play
videogames.
Au présent
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Au
passé (ex: “In the
nineteenth century,...”) |
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CAN |
• autorisation ex: You can sit down. (= you are allowed
to sit down.) • possibilité, capacité ex: I can swim. |
COULD |
• autorisation ex: Men could
vote . (=
They were allowed to vote.) •
possibilité, capacité ex: Chidren could play outside. |
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CANNOT (CAN’T) |
• interdiction ex: You can’t smoke here. ( = you are not
allowed to smoke here.) • impossibilité, incapacité ex: I can’t swim. |
COULD NOT (COULDN’T) |
• interdiction ex: Women couldn’t
vote. (=
They were not allowed to vote.) •
impossibilité, incapacité ex: Children couldn’t watch
TV. |
There were no cars, so people had to walk or they had
to ride horses.
Au présent
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Au
passé (ex: “In the
nineteenth century,...”) |
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Have to
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• obligation ex: I have to go . |
had
to |
• obligation ex: They had to walk . |
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do(es)
not have to |
• absence d’obligation ex: You don’t have to go .) |
did
not have to |
• absence d’obligation ex: Children didn’t have to
go to school. |
Tuesday, April 15th 2003
Kate’s interview of Wendy, an old woman
What was her life like?
Le prétérit simple
(comparer avec
le présent simple, cours du 6 janvier 2003)
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TOUS LES VERBES
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forme affirmative : |
I liked toys (when I was young). She liked toys (when she was young). (attention
cependant aux verbes irréguliers ŕ la
forme affirmative seulement, ex : She bought lots of toys). |
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questions : |
DID you like toys (when you were young)? DID you buy lots of toys (when you were young)? DID he like toys (when he was young)? |
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forme négative : |
He DIDN’T like toys (when he was young). He DIDN’T buy lots of toys. They DIDN’T like toys (when they were young). |
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SAUF (exceptions)
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BE
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auxiliaires modaux (ex: could, ...) |
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I was fond of toys. She was fond of toys. They were fond of toys. |
I COULD buy lots of toys. She COULD buy lots of toys. They COULD buy lots of toys. |
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Were you fond of toys? Was he fond of toys? |
COULD you buy lots of toys? COULD he buy
lots of toys? |
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He wasn’t fond of toys. They weren’t fond of toys. |
He COULDN’T buy lots of toys. They COULDN’T buy lots of toys. |
Friday, April 18th 2003
English test n°24
Monday, May 5th 2003
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Name: 4e5 – English test n°25
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Le prétérit simple (livre p.62): On utilise le prétérit pour raconter un fait
qui est terminé et qui n’a aucun lien avec le moment oů l’on parle: un
évčnement passé, une histoire, un conte, une biographie...