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Mrs Cordier

5 AB - lundi 11 mai 2020 (groupes B) - mercredi 13 mai 2020 (groupes A)


5 AB – lundi 11 mai 2020 (groupes B) – mercredi 13 mai 2020 (groupes A)

  1. Corrige tes réponses aux questions sur la vidéo WINSTON CHURCHILL.
  1. « We shall never surrender ! » = Nous ne nous rendrons jamais !
  2. Il avait 65 ans.
  3. Il soutient le Général de Gaulle et lui permet de faire son « Appel du 18 juin » (appel à la résistance contre l'occupant nazi) sur les ondes de la BBC.
  4. Son surnom était « le Vieux Lion ».
  5. Il a reçu le Prix Nobel de Littérature en 1957 pour ses « Mémoires de Guerre ».
  1. Replace ces verbes au prétérit dans le texte biographique sur CHURCHILL

WAS (be = être) (x4) 
HELPED (help = aider) 
DIED (die = mourir)
BECAME (x3) (become = devenir)
RETIRED (retire = prendre sa retraite)
TOOK (take = prendre) 
LOST (lose = perdre)
LEFT (leave = quitter)
ENJOYED (enjoy = apprécier/aimer)
WORKED (work = travailler) 
LOVED (love = adorer/aimer)
WORE (wear = porter)
FOUGHT (fight = combattre/se battre) 
CELEBRATED (celebrate = rendre hommage)
HAD (x2) (have = avoir)
MARRIED (marry = épouser)
PAINTED (paint = peindre)
MADE (make = faire)
WENT (go = aller)
RESIGNED (resign = démissionner)
JOINED (join = rejoindre)
LED (lead = mener)
LOOKED (look = avoir l'air)
CAME (come = venir)
WROTE (write = écrire) 
WON (win = gagner/recevoir)


Sir Winston Churchill …................. (1) a British statesman, army officer, writer and artist and one of the greatest world leaders of the 20th century.
He …................. (2) born on November 30th 1874 at Blenheim Palace, near Oxford.
His father …................. (3) an important politician and his mother …................. (4) from the United States. He …................. (5) a younger brother Jack.
He …................. (6) to Harrow (the prestigious public school) Harrow and to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurt.
At school Churchill …................. (7) reading and history.
He …................. (8) the British Army in 1895.
He …................. (9) in India, Sundan and South Africa.
He …................ (10) as a war correspondent for the Morning Post.
In 1900 he …................. (11) a Member of Parliament and in 1924 he (12)…................. the important role of Chanceller of the Exchequer.
In 1908 he …................. (13) Clementine Hozier and they …................. (14) five children.
In May 1940 he …................. (15) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He …................. famous speeches. His determination to save Europe from the German invasion …................. (16) the people feel strong to continue to fight.
He ….................. (17) the country to victory in the Second World War.
After the War, his party …................. (18) the election and he …................. (19) the British government.
In 1951 he …................. (20) Prime Minister for the second time.
He …................. (21) in 1955 because of health problems and he …................. (22) from politics in 1964. He …................. (23) in London in 1965. On his funerals the British people …................. (24) the « Old Lion » as a hero.
Churchill …................. (25) smoking big cigars. He …................. (26) a top hat and …................. (27) very smart. In his free time, he …................. (28) portraits and landscapes and …................. (29) books. He …................. (30) the Nobel Prize in Literature for his Memoirs of the Second Word War in 1953.


                         « We shall never surrender ! 
  1. Grammaire :
    Relis le texte biographique complété et réponds aux questions suivantes .
  1. Combien de verbes au prétérit sont réguliers ?
  2. Qu'est ce qu'un verbe irrégulier en anglais ?
  3. MARRY → MARRIED au prétérit
    Que remarques-tu ?
  4. DIE → DIED au prétérit
    Que remarques-tu ?
  5. Pour quels verbes listés à l'exercice n°2 la terminaison ED se prononce-t-elle [id] ?