Correction du brevet blanc décembre 2011

PART ONE : COMPREHENSION
I.
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GENERAL COMPREHENSION : circle the right answer (entourez la bonne réponse)
1. This document is:
c) a detective story
2. The scene takes place:
b) in the middle of the day
3.
b) 16
David is
4. David found a body
II.
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d) in West Park
DETAILED COMPREHENSION:
A. Complétez le dessin suivant en suivant les instructions afin d’illustrer ce que vous venez de lire.
1. Placer le nom de chacun des personnages sur la scène du crime. David/inspector Clark/the body
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2. Reliez par une flèche chacun des objets à un personnage, de manière à rendre à chacun ce qui lui
appartient. David : le téléphone et la guitare/ inspector Clark : le stylo et le carnet
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3. Entourez le dessin correspondant à la météo du jour. Il faisait beau
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B. RIGHT/WRONG: circle the right answer and justify by quoting from the text (entourez la bonne réponse
et justifiez en citant le texte)
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1. David and his musicians had spent a good time playing together.
R
“The rehearsal (..)played well” l. 1
2. It was very silent in the park.
R
“There was no one (…) disappeared” l.16
3. David had never discovered a body before.
R
David’s experience (…) one before” l.19
4. When David saw the body, his first reaction was to move it.
W
“he knew he mustn’t move the body” l.15
5. The man had died a long time ago
W
“It was warm” l.16
6. It was inspector Clark’s first investigation in London.
W
“during her fifteen years’ service with the London police” l.20
PART TWO : GRAMMAR
I.
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Relevez tous les verbes irréguliers conjugués au prétérit dans le texte et remplissez le tableau ci-dessous
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Base verbale
go
be
feel
see
throw
know
take
hear
think
say
Prétérit
went
Was/were
felt
saw
threw
knew
took
heard
thought
said
Participe passé
gone
been
felt
seen
thrown
known
taken
heard
thought
said
Traduction
Aller
Etre
Sentir, ressentir
Voir
Jeter, lancer
Savoir, connaître
Prendre
Entendre
Penser
Dire
II. Le prétérit simple
1. Trouvez trois exemples de verbes réguliers conjugués au prétérit simple dans le texte.
crossed ;turned ; stopped
2. Trouvez un exemple de prétérit simple à la forme négative
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didn’t turn round
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III. … « the jogger was listening to his ipod » l. 13
1. A quel temps est la forme verbale soulignée ? prétérit en be + ing
2. Quels sont les différents emplois de ce temps ? Ce temps s’emploie pour parler d’une action qui était en
train de se dérouler dans le passé lorsqu’une autre action l’a interrompue et pour les interrogatoires
policiers
IV. Choose the right preterit (choisis le bon prétérit et conjugue les bases verbales entre parenthèses)
1. David (think) of his rehearsal when he (see) a body in front of him.
was thinking
saw
2. As David (look) for help, he (hear) a jogger in the path.
was looking
heard
3. David (check) if the man was dead while the body (lie) on the path.
checked
was lying
4. Inspector Clark (realise) it was a murder while she (walk) in the path.
realized
was walking
V. Find the linking words! (trouve trois mots de liaison dans le texte)
in fact; however ; contrary to
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VI. Fill in the blanks with different linking words (Remplis les blancs avec un mot de liaison différent à chaque fois):
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1. As/when David turned left by the fountain, he saw a dead body in the path.
2. In spite of/despite his fear (peur), David came near the body.
3. The man on the path was dead therefore/consequently David called the police.
4. David had never seen a dead man before, yet/however he knew the man on the path was dead.
5. The police arrived immediately after David had called them.
6. Inspector Clark will ask questions to David because/ as/since he is the only witness (témoin) of the murder.
7. Contrary to David, Inspector Clark had already seen dead bodies.
8. Inspector Clark had questions for David that is why/ that is the reason why she took a notebook and a pen
in order to write down David’s answers.
9. Although/ Though Inspector Clark thought David was innocent, she had to ask him questions.
VII. Ask the question on the underlined words (pose la question sur les éléments soulignés)
1. David went into West Park after his rehearsal.
a) Who went into West Park?
b) Where did David go after his rehearsal?
c) When did David go to West Park?
2. He called the police because he has discovered a dead body.
d) Who did he call?
e) Why did he call the police?
3. He felt the man’s neck to check if he was dead or not.
f) Whose neck did he feel ?
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