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Correction des exercices de grammaire
I) Mots de liaison
I - Retrouvez l’équivalent anglais des mots de liaison suivants
au contraire : on the contrary / contrary to
à moins que : unless yet
au lieu de : instead of (instead of working / instead of sleeping / instead of playing)
donc : so
en effet : indeed
pourtant : yet / however
puisque : since
sinon : otherwise
II – Complete with a link word
1. Unless you correct your article, it will not be published.
2. You should not be surprised by good results since you worked so hard this semester.
3. Instead of watching TV, you should help your little brother with his homework.
4. You should work a lot more otherwise you will fail your exams.
5. He is very good at maths whereas his sister is really good at English.
6. He is lazy. He drinks. So he is not attractive.
7. You can carry out as many experiments as you want as long as they’re not too expensive.
8. His research is brilliant . Yet, he still has not been published in French.
9. He does not know whether he should accept this job offer at Harvard.
10. Since his experiments are really interesting, ‘Psychology Today’ has offered to publish his
article.
11. He made a huge mistake during the experiment , so he had to carry it out again.
12. Whenever he comes to the lab, he is always furious.
13. As / Since he was working late, I went to the restaurant with my friends.
14. He told me that it was a success even though he knew it was a failure.
Ex n°6 : Choose the right link word :
1) My husband wants to buy an apartment whereas I’d rather live in a house.
2) We finally succeeded in spite of all the difficulties.
3) I don’t feel any better although I’ve taken my medication.
4) I didn’t buy the T-shirt yet I liked it.
5) They didn’t develop the new vaccine even though the research was successful.
6) She would like to live in London even though she doesn’t speak English.
7) She is good at maths yet she got a really bad mark on her statistics exam.
Ex n°7 : Connect the sentences with a LINK WORD from the following list :
whereas – unless – since – despite - however – yet - although - even though – in order to – so
that1. He can't go to sleep even though he is really very tired..
2. He is very intelligent Yet he will not pass the test.
3. John is quiet and reserved whereas Henry is lively and talkative.
4. You can't go out and play unless you finish your homework first.
5. Even though he went to New York, he didn’t buy any gifts for his family.
6. In spite of the cold, we worked from 6.OO a.m. till 8.00 p.m.
7. Although he is intelligent and hard-working. He won’t succeed.
8. He's not very knowledgeable since he doesn’t read a lot.
9. You must work a bit more so that you pass the exam. .
10. You can stop by anytime Yet don't stay too long because I've got a lot of work.
11. He's been accused of speeding on the motorway even though his car can't go faster than
50 MPH.
12. I will order more books so that every student can get a copy.
13. He went to the movies instead of working .
14. He doesn't smoke whereas his brother is a chain smoker.
15. He went to the U.S. for a year in order to learn English.
16. She answered the question although she wasn’t sure of the answer.
17. Even though she is good-looking, she can't find anybody to live with.
18. They have lived here for years. However, they don’t have many friends.
Ex n°8 : Choose the right answer
1. You didn’t use the right method for your experiment. However, your results are surprisingly
correct.
2. Despite all his efforts, he still hasn’t been successful.
3. The method you used to conduct your experiment was wrong, therefore you must do it
again.
4. His findings were inconsistent, so he had to conduct another series of experiments.
5. The sample he had used for the survey was biased, so he had to find new subjects.
6. She was strongly in favour of the experiment, even though she had doubts about its final
outcome.
7. The British usually drink tea, whereas the Italians drink coffee.
8. It is an old stereotype , yet it still holds true.
9. England is still a tea-drinking nation, even though coffee chains like Starbucks Coffee, Café
Néro, or Costa Café are flourishing on the English market.
10. While American cars are quite big, Japanese cars are quite small.
11. He has done brilliant work and even discovered a cure for Alzheimer’s. He nevertheless
has remained quite modest. He never brags about it.
12. Even though his articles were published in the best international journals, he decided to
give up research.
13. The influence of the colour of drugs on their expected efficacy has already been
recognized. However, previous research had not examined the extent of that influence.
14. Unlike bipolar depression, unipolar depression is easily diagnosed.
15. Despite the success of psychotherapy in treating depression, doctors still believe
medication is the best treatment.
16. Even though . phobics know that their fear is irrational, they are terrified when they are
confronted to the object of their fear.
17. Phobics try to avoid the object of their fear. Yet, in behavioural therapy sessions they
are confronted to it.
18. A patient suffering from unipolar depression feels always sad whereas a manic-depressive
may sometimes feel very happy.
19. Prozac is believed to be very effective in the treatment of depression. Yet, psychotherapy
can prove as effective.
20. Being afraid of mice is comprehensible whereas being terrified of Mickey Mouse is not.
II) Propositions relatives et pronons relatifs.
I. Complétez ces phrases avec le pronom relatif adéquat:
1. The girl, who is sitting on the bench, is called Sarah.
2. John’s new dog, which is three years old, is very clever.
3. Can you see the woman who is standing by the bus stop?
4. The actor, whose films are very famous, is very happy.
5. She is the girl who sat next to me on the bus.
6. This is the dog which scared me.
7. This is the book that I have just read.
8. He gave Tom the book that he had just read.
9. The teacher, who met his class for the first time yesterday, is happy with them.
10. The person to whom you are speaking is a famous gangster.
11. The hotel in which they stayed had a really good restaurant.
12. The footballers whose team had won drank a lot of champagne that night.
II. Construisez une relative définissante à partir de ces 2 phrases:
1. A robot is a machine which can replace human workers.
2. A vet is a doctor who treats animals.
3. Pets are animals that are kept at home as companions.
4. A robot is a machine which looks like a human being.
III. Liez les deux phrases suivantes de façon à n’en faire qu’une.
1. Penny , whose father is a psychiatrist, is going to study psychology at university.
2. His house, which is really big, is located near London.
3. He found a wallet in which there was a lot of money. / There was a lot of money in the
wallet that he found.
4. He wrote a book which was a best-seller.
5. The man, whose car is parked outside their house, is a doctor.
6. John, whose car is parked outside, has a great hi-fi system.
7. The man who lives next door is a scientist.
I - Complétez avec WHICH, THAT, WHO, WHOSE ou rien.
1. He’s the only person
2. The man
Ø I know in this city.
Ø I was going to work with was the man whose
daughter had married Jack Bauer.
3. This the boy whose sister lives in New York.
4. The hotel room that /
Ø
5. I don’t like the house that /
6. He’s not the kind of man
we stayed in was very uncomfortable.
Ø they have decided to buy.
Ø I would choose to marry.
7. The Eurostar, which operates daily between London and Paris, is to cut its journey down to
two hours.
8. The woman who drove him to the airport is a friend of mine.
9. It is a bird that is rarely seen outside England.
10. It is a proven scientific fact that the only mosquitoes that bite humans are females,
needing blood to develop their eggs.
II - Reliez les phrases suivantes par une relative.
Exemple : I have found the information. We were looking for it.
→ I have found the information you were looking for.
1. I don’t know the girl to whom he’s talking now.
2. Who sings that song that we were listening to it the other day ?
3. They are talking about something that I don’t understand .
4. She met a friend whom she had dreamt about the night before.
5. Secretaries who work with computers all day long often suffer from migraines.
6. My friend Peter, whose parents are Canadian, has gone to study in Toronto.
7. My sister, who used to hate music, married a pianist.
II) Le PASSIF
3. Soulignez les formes passives, puis traduisez-les.
1. The concert was sponsored by the European Broadcasting Union and was being transmitted
live to hundreds of countries.
2. (in a hotel) : The rooms are cleaned everyday. (les chambres sont nettoyées tous les jours).
3. For the past twenty years I have been a nurse in this hospital where children with chronic
diseases are cared for. Three months ago I was asked if I wanted to be promoted HeadNurse. ( Ces vingt dernières années, je fus employée comme infirmière dans cet hôpital où l’on
soigne des enfants atteints de maladies chroniques. Il ya 3 mois, on m’a demandé si je voulais
être promue responsable du service).
3. She was born in 1890, but the maternity ward was only built in 1904. (Elle est née en 1890,
mais la maternité ne fut construite qu’en 1904. )
4. Children need to be played with and talked to. (On doit jouer et parler aux enfants).
4. Transposez ces phrases au passif en prenant pour sujet l’élément souligné.
1. Million of viewers will watch our programme.
Our progamme will be watched by millions of viewers.
2. Somebody has cleaned the room.
The room has been cleaned. (by somebody : pas nécessaire, c’est le résultat qui compte;
l’origine de l’action importe peu, ou est évident : la femme de ménage).
3. Somebody is using the scanner at the moment.
The scanner is being used. (on ne sait peut-être pas qui est en train d’utiliserle scanner, et
peut importe, on ne peut pas l’utiliser ; c’est cela qui importe).
4. He rarely punished anyone but everyone obeyed him.
He was obeyed by everybody.
5. They are building a new hospital near the airport.
A new hospital is being built. (C’est la construction qui importe).
6. They have discovered a new planet.
A new planet has been discovered. (Seule la découverte importe, peu importe qui a découvert
la nouvelle planète.)
7. The police arrested fifteen people.
Fifteen people were arrested.
8. A famous psychologist wrote the article.
The article was written by a famous psychologist. (dont le nom vous échappe).
9. Scientists at the University of Ottawa have carried out several experiments in that field.
Several experiments in that field have been carried out by scientists at the University of
Ottawa.
5. Transformez les phrases suivantes au passif :
1. In this clinic, the doctors take care of the patients well.
The patients are well taken care of.
2. They asked the subjects to sit down.
The subjects were asked to sit down.
3. They will expect the participants to react quickly.
The participants will be expected to react quickly.
4. People say Einstein is a genius.
Einstein is said to be a genius.
5. We found a solution.
A solution was found.
6. They allow prisoners one visit a week.
Prisoners are allowed one visit a week.
7. Doctors think that stress is the cause of many illnesses.
Stress is thought to be the cause of many illnesses. (by doctors).
8. Scientists will invent an AIDS vaccine before 2010.
An AIDS vaccine will be invented before 2010.
9. They are working on the vaccine right now.
The new vaccine is being worked on right now.
10. They have not discovered the vaccine yet.
The vaccine has not been discovered yet.
6. Complétez les phrases suivantes en utilisant un des verbes de la liste :
show - cause – write - elect – invite - translate
1. Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving.
2. A cinema is a place where films are shown
3. You are invited to the party. Can you come?
4. In the United States, the president is elected every four years.
5. Originally the book was written in English and a few years ago it was translated into
French.
7. Put the following sentences in the passive voice.
1. In the treatment of OCD, cognitive behavioural therapy replaces psychoanalysis.
In the treatemnt of OCD, psychoanalysis is replaced by cognitive behavioural therapy.
2. The new treatment will replace the old treatment.
The old treatment will be replaced by the new treatment.
3. Doctors are trying new therapies.
New therapies are being tried.
4. Scientists are discovering new remedies everyday.
New remedies are being discovered everyday.
5. Experimenters asked participants to evaluate their level of fear.
Participants were asked to evaluate their level of fear.
6. The doctor diagnosed lung cancer.
Lung cancer was diagnosed.
7. His wife is nursing him at home.
He is being nursed at home.
8. Experimenters have asked subjects to rate their own level of addiction.
Subjects have been asked to rate their own level of addiction.
9. One could consider internet addiction as serious as any other addiction.
Internet addiction could be considered as serious as any other addiction.
10. Other experimenters will seek more extensive data.
More extensive date will be sought (by other experimenters).
8. Employez le verbe entre parenthèses à l’actif ou au passif, au temps demandé.
Présent simple :
1. It’s a big hospital. Five hundred people are employed there.
2. It’s a big clinic. Twenty psychologists work here.
3. In the United States, most schools start at 8 every morning and classes don’t finish until
3 or 4 in the afternoon.
4. Each year the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is taken by more than 2 million American
students.
Présent en –ING :
“Gifted children in Britain are being neglected by schools,” said the director of the National
Association for gifted children recently declared. The association is pressing the education
minister to publish a report on the subject. It is also concerned that gifted children are being
overlooked. Many parents of gifted children are opting for private education.
Prétérit:
1. I was born in London but I grew up in Australia.
2. Ron’s parents died when he was very young. He was brought up by his grandparents.
3. The letter was posted a week ago, and it arrived yesterday.
4. I wrote this article on Post-Traumatic Shock Disorder four months ago and it was published
only this week.
5. I saw an accident last night. Somebody called an ambulance but nobody was injured so the
ambulance was not needed.
Present perfect :
1.These researchers have spent years studying children who are exceptionally gifted in
mathematics.
2. English has largely replaced French as the language of diplomacy.
3. An effective treatment for post-traumatic shock disorder has not been discovered yet.
4. Little progess has been made in schizophrenia treatment.
5. No evidence has been found that Attention Deficit Disorder has genetic causes.
9. Traduisez les phrases suivantes.
1. On a montré aux sujets des images effrayantes.
Subjects were shown frightening pictures.
2. On a demandé aux participants d’évaluer leur propre peur.
Participants were asked to evaluate their level of fear.
3. L’expérience peut être menée sur de petits groupes.
The experiment can be carried out on small groups.
4. On a donné aux participants des questionnaires à remplir.
Participants were given questionnaires to complete.
5. De nombreuses études ont été menées sur les troubles obsessionnels compulsifs.
Numerous studies have been carried out on OCDs.
6. Ce laboratoire fut créé en 2002.
This laboratory was created in 2002.
7. Une solution n’a toujours pas été trouvée.
A solution has still not been found. A solution has not been found yet.
8. Les résultats ne seront pas publiés.
The results will not be published.
9. Le scanner est en train d’être réparé.
The scanner is being repaired.
1O. On dit que la dépendance au crack est immédiate.
Crack addition is said to be immediate.
11. Dans ce labo, des rats sont utilisés pour étudier le conditionnement.
In this lab, rats are used to study conditioning.
12. On s’attend à ce que le groupe de contrôle ne réagisse pas.
The control group is expected not to react.
13. Cette variable doit être étudiée.
This variable must be studied.
14. On lui a dit d’aller consulter un psychiatre.
He / She was told to go and see a psychiatrist.
15. Il est strictement interdit de fumer dans le labo.
It is strictly forbidden to smoke in this lab.
16. Dans le traitement de la dépression, les antidépresseurs sont en train d’être remplacés par
des séances de psychothérapie. = In the treatment of depression, antidepressants are being
replaced by psychotherapy sessions.
17. Certaines patients atteints de phobies peuvent être soignés en suivant une thérapie
comportementale. = Some patients suffering from phobia can be cured by following
behavioural therapy.
18. Lors de ces sessions, les phobiques sont exposés à l’objet de leur peur.
During these sessions, phobics are exposed to the object of their fear.
19. Au cours de ces sessions, on rapproche progressivement le patient et l’objet effrayant.
During these sessions, the patient is brought closer to the frightening object.
20. Plus l’objet est rapproché, plus la peur du phobique est grande.
The closer the object is brought, the bigger the phobic’s fear is.
IV ) CORRECTION Present Perfect / Prétérit
II. Choose the right answer.
1. Can I have another book? I have read this one.
2. I’m not ready. I haven’t finished my homework.
3. Did you eat pizza last night?
4. Harry left at 10.30.
5. Did you see John last night?
6. Have you read Pr. Watson’s article?
7. Sorry, I’m late. I missed the bus.
8. They have conducted research on an AIDS vaccine for years.
9. He overestimated the results of the control group in his last experiment.
10. She is my best friend. I’ve known her since 1982.
III. Put the verb in brackets in the right tense.
1. Prof Higgins is a famous psychologist. He has written over fifty books.
2. Have they published the results of the experiment yet ?
3. I can’t analyse the results. I haven’t finished carrying out the experiment.
4. They carried out the experiment on a trial sample last month and this week they have
conducted the same experiment on a bigger experimental group.
5. Did he evaluate the influence of the variables?
6. Where did you go for your holidays last year?
7. I missed the end of the film last night. What happened?
8. He lost the keys to the lab on Monday, but John found them on Tuesday.
9. He has not written anything new since his last research.
10. He taught at the Birminghan Institute of Psychology for ten years and then joined the
Harvard Institute in 2001. He has taught there till now.
I. Choose a verb to complete the sentence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Have you ever been to Egypt?
Have you ever read this book ? It’s really good.
The dog’s hungry. It hasn’t eaten its dinner.
I’m going to bed. I think I’ve caught a cold.
Oh no! I’ve forgotten my bag on the bus.
Jim has just bought a new mountain bike. It was very expensive.
The computer doesn’t work. I think I’ve broken it.
Kate has taken twenty photos of the children so far.
II. Put the verb in () in the right tense.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Tina isn’t here. She has just gone to school.
What time did you get up this morning?
Tom had a bad car accident three years ago.
I have lived in the same house since 1990.
What did you do last night ?
Brian has not finished his school project yet.
Tina arrived here in 1998.
Have you seen “Hidden Danger” ? It’s a great film.
III. Find the mistake and correct it.
1. When have you arrived here ?
When did you arrive here ?
2. What do you have for lunch yesterday?
What did you have for lunch yesterday ?
3. I didn’t do the shopping yet.
I haven’t done any shopping yet.
4. Dan arrived late because he was missing his bus. Because he missed the bus
5. Peter, This is Mary. Did you meet before ? Have you met before ?
6. What you were doing when I phoned you ?
What were you doing …
7. Do you to borrow this book ? Thanks, but I read it already. I have already read it
8. How long have you lived here ? ‘ From 1996 to 1998’. I lived from 1996 to 1998.
IV. Complete with a time reference (yet / for / since / ever/ when).
1. Sam has worked for the company for three years.
2. Karen hasn’t finished her project yet
3. I waited at the bus stop for 2 hours.
4. Jane has lived here since 1998.
5. Have you ever eaten Chinese food ?
6. When did you start learning Italian ?
II. Put the verbs in () in the right tense (Present Perfect or Preterit).
1. Look! Mary has made a cup of tea for you.
2. He isn’t happy because everything went wrong when he was in Italy.
3. You won’t see him now. He has left for Russia.
4. He was in Scotland last week.
5. He has been there several times. He knows a lot of people there.
6. His films are excellent. I have seen them all.
7. I don’t think he has been to China yet.
8. Last year, he took his girlfriend to China.
9. He spent a lot of money during his trip to Japan.
10. You saw him when he was in Tokyo?
III. Construire des phrases au Present Perfect rendant compte des situations ci-dessous.
a. en utilisant les verbes entre parenthèses.
1. Peter’s got a new car : he has bought it.
2. I can’t find my keys. I have lost them.
3. John knows that story by heart. She has heard several times.
4. Paul is in Africa. Paul has just arrived there.
5. He knows everything about phobias. He has studied them for 20 years.
b. en imaginant une raison plausible.
1. I can’t give you any money. I have lost my purse.
2. I can’t tell you the time. I Have broken my watch.
3. He speaks English like the Queen. He has studied English for a long time.
4. My sister spends all her summer holidays in Florida. She has just met her boyfriend there.
5. My stomach’s full. I have eaten too much.
I. Do you use FOR or SINCE with the following time references ?
since Christmas / since last month
for thirty seconds/ since I was eighteen
since the semester started / for five hours
since 2002 / for eight and a half months
for many many month / since Halloween
since the accident / since my birthday
since she got her driving licence / since last weekend
II. Preterit or Present Perfect with the time references below?
preterit in 2002 / preterit at 8 o’clock last night
I went to New York in 2002 / I was watching TV
preterit last June / présent perfect recently
I visited my cousin last June / I haven’t seen any really good films recently.
Preterit when I was a child / Present Perfect up to now
When I was a child, I was a Jedi. / they haven’t discovered a cure for Alzheimer’s.
Preterit a week ago / preterit from 2000 to 2004
I went to London a week ago / He lived in Dieppe from 2000 to 2004. Now he lives in
Rouen.
Present perfect so far / present perfect since Friday
He hasn’t played in any major movie so far / I haven’t heard from him since Friday.
Present Perfect since January / preterit this morning
I haven’t seen him since January / I saw him this morning.