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Renseignements à trouver dans le texte.
Où était caché l'argent ?
L 1 : "She hid it in a zipped pocket in the arms of her old sofa."
Pourquoi ?
L 2 : "She felt it would be safe there."
Dans quelles circonstances l'argent s'est il retrouvé ailleurs ?
L 3 : "she was having some health problems and her family gave away the sofa to a
Salvation Army second-hand shop."
Qui fut responsable ?
her family
Où les jeunes gens ont-ils acheté les meubles ?
At "a Salvation Army second-hand shop"
Pour quoi faire ?
L 7 : To furnish their apartment.
Qui a trouvé l'argent ?
L 8-10 : "one of the room-mates [...] found some money"
Comment ont-ils réagi ?
L 12 : "There was a lot of screaming [...] Euphoric screaming."
Comment le sait-on ?
L 12 : "the room-mates' next-door neighbour told news service The Associated Press"
Comment ont-ils retrouvé la dame ?
L 14 : "One of the packages also contained a piece of paper with a woman's name
on it."
Qu'ont-ils fait ?
L 16 : "the three visited her to give the money back to her"
Pourquoi ?
L 17-18 : "The three said they [...] would not have been able to live with themselves if they had
[kept the cash]."
Pronoms interrogatifs.
Where did the old woman hide her money ? (>>> In her sofa)
Why did her family give it away ? (>>> Because she was ill, and they did not know etc.)
What did the room-mates buy furniture for ? (>>> To furnish their flat.)
When did the young people find the money ? (>>> After they had had it for some time.)
How did they find it ? (>>> They looked inside the...)
Who spoke to the press ? (>>> Someone...)
Pronoms compléments.
Ligne 15 : "her" : de qui s'agit-il ? De la vieille dame.
"them" : de qui s'agit-il ? Des colocataitres (les trois jeunes gens)
Pronoms compléments. Récrivez la phrase en tenant compte du changement des personnages :
One of the packages also contained a piece of paper with a man's name on it. We called him and he told us that he had hidden a lot of money in the sofa.
Forme des adjectifs. Choisir celui qui convient.
(amazed / amazing) |
This story is amazing |
(interested / interesting) |
But is it really interesting ? Am I interested ? |
(disappointing / disappointed) |
The lady was probably disappointed when she lost her savings. |
(satisfied / satisfying) |
She was satisfied when the room-mates visited her. |
Voix active >>> voix passive. (Attention : voix passive : to be + participe passé.)
| She hid her money in her sofa. |
>>> Her money was hidden in the sofa. |
| Her family gave it away. |
>>> It was given away by her family. |
| Three young people bought a sofa and a chair. |
>>> A sofa and a chair were bought by ... |
| One of them opened a zip. |
>>> A zip was opened. |
Voix passive >>> voix active.
The money was found in the sofa. |
>>> They found the money in etc. |
The sofa was bought by three room-mates. |
>>> Three room-mates bought a sofa. |
Strange lumps were seen on the arms. |
>>> They saw strange lumps on etc. |
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