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Le pluperfect, ou past perfect

 

Le pluperfect, ou past perfect : correction exercice 1 (niveau B1 - intermédiaire)

Expression : comment allez-vous dire ou allez-vous demander :

1. I had never met Jim before yesterday.

2. I had never read anything by Shakespeare before I had this teacher

3. We had been to the movies for the last time four years before.

4. I had never smoked until I turned 25.

5. I had always worked well / been a good pupil up to the 9th grade1

6. I had got(ten) a good grade1 in math the week before.

7.

8. but I hadn't told my parents (about it).

9. Had you been / traveled to Mexico before?

10. Had you traveled by plane before?

1. grade : faux-ami; ne veut pas dire "grade" mais "classe" ou "note" (ces deux emplois sont américains).

 

Le pluperfect, ou past perfect : correction exercice 2 (niveau B1 - intermédiaire)

Compréhension : simple bilan ou bilan commenté ?

1. Bilan
2. Bilan commenté avec humour, le peintre n'était pas un professionnel, il avait causé des dégâts !
3. Bilan, simple constatation.
4. Bilan commenté avec désapprobation : elle n'aime pas qu'on dorme dans son lit, ou bien : celui qui y avait dormi aurait pu le refaire !
5. Bilan commenté : comme si le poker justifiait la fatigue !
6. Bilan commenté avec dépit : il avait certainement perdu gros, comme d'habitude.
7. Bilan simple.
8. Bilan commenté avec désapprobation : la mère n'aime pas les fréquentations de sa fille.
9. Bilan, simple, mais si les gens ne cachaient pas leur sentiment de fierté, ils pourraient facilement aller jusqu'à : " had never been doing so well".

 

Le pluperfect, ou past perfect : correction exercice 3 (niveau B1 - intermédiaire)

Quelle préposition allez-vous utiliser avec le pluperfect dans les phrases suivantes ? for ou since ? Complétez les énoncés.

 

1. I hadn't eaten so well for (in1) many years.

2. I'd been living there since I was a child.

3. The doctor asked since when he had been like that.

4. I asked them if they had had any news from the Browns since they had left?

5. We finally set up camp for we hadn't taken a rest for several hours.

1. Rappel : anglais américain.

 

Le pluperfect, ou past perfect : correction exercice 4 (niveau B1 - intermédiaire)

Communication : rapportez les propos des différents locuteurs ; utilisez les noms et les verbes proposés entre parenthèses.

 

1. Mrs Brown complained that they had been smoking like chimneys in there!

2. She lamented that they had been watching football again.

3. My parents admitted that I had been working vey well.

4. He enthused that the gardener had been tending to the garden.

5. My mother said (reproachfully) that I had been seeing that girl again.

6. Father grumbled that I'd been using his car.

 

 

 

 

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