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Renseignements à trouver dans le texte.
(Inutile de rédiger : vérifiez dans le texte que vous comprenez les informations principales).
Où était caché l'argent ? Pourquoi ?
Dans quelles circonstances l'argent s'est il retrouvé ailleurs ? Qui fut responsable ?
Où les jeunes gens ont-ils acheté les meubles ? Pour quoi faire ?
Qui a trouvé l'argent ?
Comment ont-ils réagi ? Comment le sait-on ?
Comment ont-ils retrouvé la dame ?
Qu'ont-ils fait ? Pourquoi ?

Pronoms interrogatifs.
           did the old woman hide her money ? (>>> In her sofa)
           did her family give it away ? (>>> Because she was ill, and they did not know etc.)
           did the room-mates buy furniture ? (>>> To furnish their flat.)
           did the young people find the money ? (>>> After they had had it for some time.)
           did they find it ? (>>> They looked inside the...)
           spoke to the press ? (>>> Someone...)

Pronoms personnels compléments. (Do you need help ? Have a look there.)
Ligne 15 : "her" : de qui s'agit-il ?              "them" : de qui s'agit-il ?
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              and            told
           that            had hidden a lot of money in the sofa.

Forme des adjectifs. Choisir celui qui convient. (If you need help, go there.)
(amazed / amazing)                         This story is ...
(interested / interesting)                  But is it really ... ? Am I ... ?
(disappointing / disappointed)         The lady was probably ... when she lost her savings. (satisfied / satisfying)                      She was ... 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 ... Her family gave it away.
Three young people bought a sofa and a chair. One of them opened a zip.
Voix passive >>> voix active.
The money was found in the sofa.           >>> They ...
The sofa was bought by three room-mates.
Strange lumps were seen on the arms.             >>> They ...

Groupes nominaux. Traduire. (Quel est le mot principal ? Puis de droite à gauche ... plus ou moins.)
a Salvation Army second-hand shop =
the room-mates' next-door neighbour =

Prétérit : ci-dessous, le texte non-conjugué. Tout conjuguer au prétérit.
(Numéros pour éviter d'imprimer ou recopier.)     Verbes irréguliers ici. /   Entraînement là.

An old woman in New York (1– have) __________ a funny way of saving her money. She (2– hide) __________ it in a zipped pocket in the arms of her old sofa. She (3– feel) __________ it would be safe there.

And so it (4- be) __________, until one day when she was having some health problems and her family (5– give) __________ away the sofa to a Salvation Army second-hand shop without realizing how valuable it (6– be) __________ .

That (7– give) __________ three young New Yorkers the thrill of their lives. When they
(8– buy) __________ a used sofa and chair, they (9– believe) __________ they were just furnishing their apartment. They (10- think) __________ the arms (11– seem) __________ a bit lumpy. After they had had the sofa for a while, one of the room-mates (12– decide) __________ to investigate the problem, (13– open) __________ a zip on its arm, and
(14- find) __________ some money wrapped in "bubble wrap". The young people (15– open) __________ the other one and (16– find) __________ more money.

There (17– be) __________ a lot of screaming coming from the apartment after that, the roommates' next-door neighbour (18– tell) __________ news service The Associated Press. Euphoric screaming.

One of the packages also (19– contain) __________ a piece of paper with a woman's name on it. They (20– call) __________ her and she (21– tell) __________ them that she had hidden a lot of money in the sofa and she (22– need) __________ it back. She (23– cry) __________ when the three (24– visit) __________ her to give the money back to her.

The three (25 say) __________ they (26- think) __________ about keeping the cash, but would not have been able to live with themselves if they had.