Question Words

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Question Words
 Les question words sont des mots placés au début des questions, devant les auxiliaires,
dans le but de préciser le contexte de la question:
Traduction
What
Quel/s
Quelle/s
Que
Utilisation
Dans le but de savoir
quoi
What did you buy?
What are you doing?
What time is it?
What is the problem?
Dans le sens propre
Avec un adjectif
How did you come here?
How old are you?
How far is it?
How often do you go swimming?
Qu'est-ce que
How
Comment
Fréquence
How
many
Combien
How
much
Combien
Who
(Whom)
Whose
Which
When
Why
Where
Exemples
Pour exprimer un
nombre
How many fingers do you have?
Pour exprimer une
quantité
Argent
How much sugar do you usually
put in your coffee?
How much did you pay for it?
Qui
Avec qui
De qui
Pour qui
À qui
Lorsque qui est sujet
Lorsque qui est objet
(Whom)
Who called me?
Who did you go with?
Who did you get it from?
Who is this gift for?
Who did you give it to?
À qui
Exprime la possession
Quel/s
Quelle/s
Lequel
Laquelle
Lesquels
Lesquelles
Exprime un choix
restreint
Whose book is it?
Whose son are you?
Which colours do you prefer?
Which car is yours?
Which computer is the best?
Quand
Exprime une notion
de temps
When will you go home?
Pourquoi
Pour connaître une
raison
Why are you late?
Où
Pour connaître un
endroit
Where are you from?
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A. Use an appropriate question word to complete the questions.
1.
did you put your books? On the desk.
2.
did you speak to Mrs. Adams? Two days ago
3.
do you need money? To buy a new suit
4.
will they arrive at the airport? Around 10 o'clock
5.
did the accident happen? At the fourth intersection
6.
do you want to go home? Because it is late.
7.
invited George to eat? The Taylors
8.
did the Taylors serve for dinner? A roast beef
9.
are you going to speak to? Philip
10.
dictionary is yours? The small one
11.
books are on the table? Rick's
12.
money do you have on you? $20,00
13.
sugar would you like in your coffee? Two spoons
14.
children do you have? Three children
15.
drove you home? Jack drove me home.
16.
did you sleep last night? 8 hours
17.
took my pencil? Terry took it
18.
happened? I had an accident.
19.
car broke down? Brian's one
20.
was he late? Because he missed the bus.
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B. Ask a question in the present according to the highlighted part of the sentence.
Ex: He goes to Vancouver every year.
Where does he go every year?
1. He works on Tuesday.
2. He buys his newspaper at the corner store.
3. Brian works at the restaurant.
4. Joe talks to Melanie every day.
5. She likes eating fine cuisine.
6. They come because they like lobster.
7. The Avalanche usually fights well against the Panthers.
8. I usually have twenty dollars on me.
9. I meet you at 11 o'clock..
10. I am a friend of Susan.
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Indefinite article
Traduction
a
an
Un/Une
Un/Une
Devant les consonnes
Devant les voyelles
Ex: A blue car
Ex: An apple
Devant le son you
Emplois
Ex: A University
Devant le son wa
Ex: A one-day trip
Devant un H aspiré
Devant un H muet*
Ex: A house/a horse
Ex: An hour
Les indefinite articles ne s’utilisent pas devant des noms collectifs* ou au
pluriels.
Ne s’utilise
pas
Ex : There is a car
There are a cars
I need information
I need an information
* Voir liste
 Mots avec un H muet
Les mots avec un H muet se prononcent comme s'ils n'en avaient pas.
Ex: hour  our
- Helicopter
- honorable
- hour
- honorary
- honest
- honor\honour
 Noms collectifs
Voici la liste des noms collectifs les plus utilisés en anglais. Ces mots ne prennent pas
d'article indéfini à l'avant et ne prennent jamais de "s" au pluriel, car ils sont considérés
comme étant au pluriel.
- advice
- behaviour
- bread
- chocolate
- homework
- information
- news
- people
- permission
- progress
- toast
- traffic
- travel
- trouble
- weather
- work
-…
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A. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate indefinite article when
necessary.
1. They have
nice garden.
2. My father is
honest man.
3. I have to buy
4. It's
present for my sister.
honor to meet you.
5. I need
new driver's licence.
6. This is
good invitation, I can't refuse it.
7. I'll buy
8. I need
9. There is
bread at the grocery store.
special permission to go to the bathroom.
bee in my blue car.
10. You'll buy
English dictionary for my class.
11. Nicole Kidman is
12. Paul is
actress.
good dentist.
13. We need
information. We got lost.
14. I asked Michael for
advice.
15. We have
big dog.
16. She has
new car.
17. I saw
18. We like
19. They ordered
20. We are making
helicopter in the sky.
chocolate.
pizza.
progress.
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B. Translate these sentences into English.
1. Il y a une voiture rouge dans le stationnement.
2. Je mange une pomme à chaque jour.
3. J'ai une nouvelle pour toi!
4. Je suis un étudiant.
5. Bonjour, j'ai besoin d'une information.
6. J'ai un devoir.
7. Ma soeur a un nouveau cd.
8. Le spectacle dure une heure.
9. J'ai un chien.
10. Mon père est une personne honnête.
11. J’ai un nouveau crayon.
12. Elle a un devoir à terminer.
13. Nous avons une permission spéciale.
14. C’est une nouvelle élève.
15. Mon père a un hélicoptère.
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Definite article
 L'article défini the sert à préciser un contexte. Il se traduit par le, la, les ou l'.
Exemple:
I don't like milk.
Je n'aime pas le lait (je ne bois pas de lait).
Par contre, si on dit:
I don't like the milk.
Je n'aime pas le lait (je bois du lait, mais celui-ci n'est pas bon).
The
1) Devant les mots singuliers comme pluriels.
S'utilise
2) Devant un nom de canal, d'océan, de rivière, de mer, de péninsule, de
fleuve et d'une chaîne de montagnes.
3) Devant les choses considérées comme uniques (sea, sky, ground, Earth,
sun, moon, world, universe, North pole...)
4) Devant un pays au pluriel ou une nation.
5) Devant les mots Island, city, republic, kingdom.
1) Devant un nom de ville ou province.
2) Devant un nom de continent ou de pays au singulier.
Ne s'utilise
pas
3) Devant les noms de rue, de boulevard, d'avenue, de parc et de
carrefour.
4) Devant un nom de baie, de cap, d'île, de détroit ou de lac.
5) Devant les mots northern, western, southern, eastern.
6) Devant un jeu ou un sport.
7) Devant un jour de la semaine, une saison, une langue ou une matière
scolaire.
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A. Fill in the blanks with the if necessary.
1. We live in
Mont-Tremblant
2. I visited
Rockies in 1995.
3.
sofa on which you are sitting is comfortable.
4. She likes
5.
tennis.
Friday is my favorite day of the week.
6. We went to
Chicago last summer.
7. I visited
United states two years ago.
8.
Lac St-Jean is very big.
9.
climate of
10.
New York city is
southern Italy is very warm.
11. I don’t like
biggest town in
French.
12.
fire that destroyed
13.
Teenagers like heavy metal music.
house started in
14. There are several magazines on
15. I don't like
17.
United states.
table in
strawberries; I prefer
largest river in
18. On our trip to
North America is
kitchen.
hall.
raspberries.
St. Lawrence.
South America, we plan to stop in Haïti and
Dominican republic. We are going to swim in
19. I'm
best teacher. And you're
20.
sky on Mars is pink.
Atlantic ocean.
best students.
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B. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article (the, a or an) if necessary.
1. We all had
good time at
2. There is
3.
table in
party last night.
English classroom.
Mexico's subways are very quiet.
4. It seems that
Russian language is difficult to learn.
5. My wife bought
new stove last week.. It has
light for
and
zoo in the afternoon.
7. When you go to
Toronto, make sure to visit
Canada is rich in
9. I enjoyed
clock,
oven.
6. We often go to
8.
timer,
natural resources.
movie. It spoke about
10. Please, open
windows.
11.
Traffic on
12.
Mont-Tremblant is
CN tower.
problems in
Africa.
air isn't fresh.
Grandville st. is heavy.
biggest ski station in
Eastern
Canada.
13. Mr. and Mrs. Ames are now travelling in
Venezuela,
14. There is
15.
Colombia,
man waiting at
south of America. They plan to visit
Peru and
Argentina.
door.
computer we ordered does not work.
16. I found
note on
door. It was from
milkman.
17. There was
collision in front of my house yesterday.
18. Will you take
car to go to the party?
19. I met
20.
parents of my new girlfriend last night.
good student always studies before
exam.
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Verb to be (past tense)
Affirmations
Subject
Verb to be
Object
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
was
were
was
was
was
were
were
were
present.
Subject
Verb to be
Not
Object
Contraction
Negations
Questions
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
was
were
was
was
was
were
were
were
wasn't
weren't
wasn't
wasn't
wasn't
weren't
weren't
weren't
not
present.
Verb to be
Subject
Object
Was
Were
Was
Was
Was
Were
Were
Were
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
present?
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A. When possible, use the contracted form of the verb to be.
1.
I was absent.
2.
They were good students.
3.
She was not present.
4.
He was thirty-three years old.
5.
Bruno and I were in group 18.
6.
We were not very good friends.
7.
That dog was very dangerous.
8.
She was mad at you.
9.
You were not happy.
10.
I was not very tall.
11.
My wife and I were pleased to meet you.
12.
He was not happy.
13.
They were not home.
14.
Steve and Cynthia were good at sports.
15.
The dog was not in the backyard.
16.
Mary was a doctor.
17.
You were a good child.
18.
It was on January 13th.
19.
My father was not in a good mood.
20.
I was against the war in Irak.
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B. Translate these sentences into French or English.
1. J'étais.
2. Where was I?
3. Tu étais.
4. C’était plaisant.
5. Ils étaient.
6. Where were you?
7. Elle était contente.
8. You were.
9. Etait-il (le chat)?
10. Elle n'était pas présente.
11. Was I?
12. I was not.
13. They were not.
14. It was Sunday.
15. Nous étions absent.
16. Était-il (le chien)?
17. He was in secondary one.
18 Elles n'étaient pas.
19. Why were you absent?
20. Où étiez-vous?
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There was/There were
 There was/ There were est la formule utilisée pour exprimer il y avait.
There
Verb to be (past)
Object
was
a book on the table.
were
two books on the table.
Affirmations
There
Verb to be
(past)
There
No
was
Negations
no
There
were
Object
book on the table.
books on the table.
no
Verb to be (past)
Questions
Was
There
there
Were
Object
a book on the table?
two books on the table?
A. Use the correct form of there was/there were.
1.
someone at the door 2 minutes ago?
2.
many policemen in our city last summer.
3.
flowers on the table last night.
4.
a mistake in your sentence.
5.
two cars in the parking lot yesterday.
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B. Last night, you had a dream . Tell your dream. Describe this picture using there
was/there were. Use negations too.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
C. Translate these sentences into French or English.
1. Y avait-il un crayon sur la table ce matin?
2. There were 30 students in my group last year.
3. There was a pool in my backyard.
4. Il n'y avait personne à la maison.
5. There were animals at the zoo I visited.
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Simple Past
Modes
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Perfect
Progressive
Tenses
Present
Past
Future
Conditional
Present
Past
Future
Conditional
Present
Past
Future
Conditional
Present
Past
Future
Conditional
 Utilisation du simple past
Le simple past exprime une action complètement terminée.
Ex: I worked yesterday.
They went to Montréal last week.
N.B. Le simple past se traduit généralement par le passé composé, mais parfois aussi par
l'imparfait ou le passé simple.
Subject
Affirmations
Verb in the past
Object
went (irregular)
to school
yesterday.
worked (regular)
last night.
I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
 Les verbes au simple past se conjuguent tous de la même façon à toutes les
personnes indépendamment qu'ils soient réguliers ou irréguliers. Par contre, leur forme
change selon qu'ils sont réguliers ou irréguliers.
 Irréguliers:
1) Changent de forme Ex: To go  went
2) Ne changent pas
Ex: To cut cut
Il n'existe pas d'autres façons pour connaître le passé des verbes irréguliers que de les
apprendre à l'aide d'une liste (voir p.44) et les utiliser régulièrement.
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 Réguliers: Prennent toujours ed à la fin. Par contre,
1) Les verbes se terminant par "e" à l'infinitif prennent un "d".
Ex: To date  dated
2) Les verbes se terminant par Y:
a) gardent le y s'il est précédé d'une voyelle.
Ex: To pray  prayed
b) changent le y pour "ied" s'il est précédé d'une consonne.
Ex: To study  studied
3) Les verbes n'ayant qu'une syllabe:
a) se terminant par une voyelle et une consonne prennent deux consonnes.
Ex: To stop ----> stopped
b) se terminant par deux voyelles et une consonne prennent une consonne.
Ex: To rain ----> rained
 Prononciation des verbes réguliers au passé
La prononciation du "ed" en anglais prend trois formes: T, D et ED.
a) Les verbes se terminant par les sons: S, SH, CH, K et P se prononcent (T) au passé.
Ex: Practice (S)  Practiced (T)
Wash (SH)  Washed (T)
Watch (CH)  Watched (T)
Kick (K)  Kicked (T)
Stop (P)  Stopped (T)
b) Les verbes se terminant par les sons: B, L, M, N, R et Z se prononcent (D) au passé.
Ex: Kill (L)  Killed (D)
Learn (N)  Learned (D)
Roar (R)  Roared (D)
Memorize (Z)  Memorized (D)
c) Les verbes se terminant par les sons: D et T se prononcent (ED) au passé.
Ex: Want (T)  Wanted (ED)
Trade (D)  Traded (ED)
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Subject
Auxiliary
Not
Verb
(infinitive)
Object
work
last night.
go
to school
yesterday.
Contraction
Negations
I
Auxiliary
Yes/no
questions
Did
Question
word
Information
questions
Why
did
didn't
Subject
not
Verb (infinitve)
Object
work
last night?
go
to school
yesterday?
he
Auxiliary
did
Subject
you
Verb
(infinitive)
Object
work
last night?
go
to school
yesterday?
 Mots clés: Ils peuvent se placer à plusieurs endroits dans la phrase.

In…
Ex: Jacques Cartier discovered Québec in 1534.
In 1608, Champlain founded Québec.

Last…
Ex: Last weekend, I went to Montreal
I went to Montreal last Thursday.

Yesterday
Ex: I worked yesterday.

…ago
Ex: 5 years ago, I was in grade 2.
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A. Conjugate the verbs in the simple past using the subject in brackets.
1. To pray (he)
2. To glance (I)
3. To dance (you)
4. To prefer (they)
5. To write (she)
6. To fly (we)
7. To be (I)
8. To begin (he)
9. To use (we)
10. To laugh (they)
11. To be (you)
12. To jump (you)
13. To sing (he)
14. To listen (I)
15. To cry (he)
16. To swim (it)
17. To travel (you)
18. To work (she)
19. To display (you)
20. To whistle (I)
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B. Conjugate the verbs in the simple past.
1. I (to go)
to work every day last week.
2. They (to meet)
3. When
her on Monday.
Ann (to get up)
this morning?
4. We (to drink)
juice.
5. Bob (to know)
the answers.
6. The goaler (to stop, negation)
the puck.
7. We (to sleep)
very well last night.
8. They (to play, negation)
9. Where
tennis yesterday.
you (to mail)
10. I (to leave)
the letter?
because I (to have)
11. We (to like, negation)
a headache.
the movie.
12. I (to do)
the laundry yesterday.
13. She (to go out)
with her boyfriend last week.
14. Christine (to be, negation)
15. (to be)
alone.
you alone?
16. Peter (to take)
my pencil.
17. He (to write)
a letter to her girlfriend.
18. Why
she (to sell)
her bike?
19. We (to have, negation)
20. I (to eat)
school yesterday.
at St-Hubert last night.
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C. Translate the following sentences into French or English.
1. J'ai mangé.
2. A-t-elle conduit?
3. Est-ce qu'elle a conduit?
4. She understood.
5. Did you sleep?
6. She played.
7. Tu n'as pas bu.
8. Nous avons dormi.
9. Did we drink?
10. Ont-elles conduit?
11. Did he play?
12. Il n'a pas joué (le chat).
13. I understood.
14. Vous n'avez pas bu.
15. Elles ont conduit.
16. Were they at school?
17. I didn't play.
18. We drank.
19. Est-ce que vous avez joué?
20. Did you understand?
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21. Est-ce que j'ai dormi?
22. J'avais 10 ans.
23. We didn't drive.
24. A-t-elle étudié?
25. He drank.
26. I didn’t study for my exam.
27. As-tu regardé la partie?
28. Were you serious?
29. She didn’t do her homework.
30. Avez-vous gagné?
31. I lost my eraser.
32. J’ai visité Ottawa.
33. I went to cinema.
34. Elles ont vu le film.
35. J’ai appellé mon ami.
36. Nous n’avons pas aimé le spectacle.
37. I did motocross.
38. She didn’t stop calling me.
39. Where were you?
40. Il a mangé le jambon (le chat).