Auteur : Dominique Albrecht, PLP2 Anglais-Lettres, LP Jean Monnet, Limoges
Support : Living in a Fantasy World, extrait de Easy Going, Winter 2001
Classe: TBEP ou Bac Pro
Objectifs : raconter, donner des repères dans le temps, parler d’actions passées précédant
d’autres actions passées.
Pré-requis : présent, prétérit.
I. Anticipation : démarrage du cours à partir des images rétroprojetées ou photocopie des images seules.
What are these ?
Have you seen these pictures yet?
When was that ?
Where do these pictures come from?
Had you read the book before?
Who wrote the book?
What nationality is she?
What is the story about?
Après distribution du document,
Associez un titre, parmi ceux qui vous sont proposés ci-dessous, à chacun des paragraphes du document.
a- The success of fantasy books
b- Harry Potter’s story
c- The publication of J.K. Rowling’s book
Find the corresponding words in the text.
1- the equivalent of a “witch” for a man
2- a night bird
3- the people who publish books
4- old-fashioned, no longer fashionable, not in
B) Read the first paragraph again.
Do you agree with the story of Harry Potter as it was summarized in this document? Has the plot been precisely explained?
What is missing? What would you add?
Read the second paragraph again. Say whether the following statements are right or wrong.
a – "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire" was J.K. Rowling’s first book.
b - The publishers knew it would be a success.
c - It had not been advertised.
d - It became popular thanks to its readers.
e - Children who did no like reading liked Harry Potter.
f - Harry Potter is a book for children.
Read the last paragraph
Complete the sentences from column A with sentences from column B
A B
1) Before Rowling made fantasy books a) it had been read and appreciated by
a lot of readers
2) “The Lord of the Rings” was voted the Book
of the Century in 2000 b) J.R.R. Tolkien had already written “
“The Lord of the Rings” which is
a classic fantasy book.
3) Before “The Lord of the Rings” was made into
a film c) but it had been written in 1954
A) Reclassez les faits suivants sur l’axe du temps. Reportez au-dessus de la croix le numéro de la phrase qui convient :
_________X_______________________X____________X_______
____________________passé___________________présent
1) There is an « adult edition”, so adults don’t feel embarrassed reading it on the bus.
2) “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” became popular simply because people read it, loved it and recommended it to their friends.
3) J.K. Rowling’s first book had received no publicity.
Faites la même chose avec cette nouvelle série de phrases :
_________X______________________X____________X__________
___________________passé___________________présent
1) In 2000 « The Lord of the Rings” was voted the book of the century.
2) But the book had been written in 1954.
3) Today “The Lord of the Rings” is being made into a film.
B) Observez bien les deux séries de phrases au passé.
Dans ces phrases, les verbes sont-ils conjugués au même temps ?
Quels sont ces temps ?
Pour chacune des deux séries de phrases, dites quelle est la phrase qui parle de l’action la plus éloignée dans le temps ?
A quel temps est conjugué le verbe de ces phrases ?
Relevez le verbe de la 3ème phrase de la 1ère série.
De quoi se compose-t-il ?
Lorsque nous parlons de deux actions passées qui se sont déroulées à des moments différents, quel temps utilisons-nous pour parler de l’action la plus éloignée ?
De l’action la plus récente(/=présent) ?
C) In the following exercise, use the right tense for the verbs in brackets.
a) Befor Harry went to Hogwarts School of Magic, an owl (to bring) him many letters of invitation.
b) Before Harry could study at Hogwarts School of Magic, his uncle, Mr. Dursley, (to decide) that he should live in a small cabinet at the foot of the stairs of his house.
c) Harry lived at his uncle’s because he (to lose) his parents.
D) L’emploi du past perfect n’est pas systématique pour renvoyer à un moment révolu par rapport à un autre moment révolu. Cochez la bonne colonne pour chacune des phrases suivantes :
a) He said that he had met her the day before.
b) The BBC had just received a phone call when the bomb went off.
c) I was able to impress Tom, simply because I had read Hamlet.
d) Suppose you had met him!
e) Before living in Philadelphia, Nancy had lived in Boston.
Lien entre deux moments révolus Stricte antériorité d’un fait passé. Le discours indirect Renvoi au non réel
Phrases Continuités entre 2 moments Résultat d’un événement sur un autre
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
V. Expression :
Tell Harry Potter’s story using the past perfect and the preterit!