Jimmy is six, Angela is four and Billy is one. Mr. Wilt's second daughter-in-

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TRAVAUX DE VACANCES POUR LE COURS DE ANGLAIS À envoyer sur l’adresse mail suivant de ton professeur ;

t.irbik@arjette.com ou s.kurtoglu@arjette.com

Pour le professeur : Mme. Irbik / Mme. Kurtoglu

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TEST ….. – RE / WR – UNIT 1

1. WR – WRITE A TEXT IN WHICH YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

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2. RE – COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS FROM THE LIST.

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Dutch – a – my – car – from – their – student – name – her – book

Hello! My __________ is Jenny and this is __________ sister Charlotte.

Mary is __________ England. __________ flat is in London.

John and Paul? __________ mummy is __________ doctor.

My __________ is in my __________.

Sally is a __________ in international languages. Her __________ teacher is Mr. Vanderhaege.

Wr /10 Re /10

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2 GR – THE PLURAL

Put these nouns in the plural and list them in the right column according to the ending’s pronunciation.

Use CAPITAL letters!

mouse – C.D. – child – fox – table – night – boy – Chinese – pose – highway – sky – fez – gas – wolf – tomato – scenario – church – Swiss – bee – sock

/s/ /z/ /iz/ other

GR – BE / PRONOUNS / POSSESSIVES / POSSESSIVE CASE

1. FILL IN WITH A FORM OF BE.

1) ________ the Johnsons at home? 2) Peter ________ a salesman. 3) I ________ in class 3A. 4) Sally and you ________ good students. 5) How old ________ Mary?

2. Replace the word(s) between () by a personal pronoun.

1) (Mary) ________ lives with (her mother) ________. 2) (James) ________ comes with (Peter and me) ________ . 3) (My parents) ________ like (their nephew Paul) ________. 4) (John and I) ________

understand (this exercise) ________. 5) Where is (our dog) ________? 6) I like (Henry) ________.

3. Use a possessive for the “owner”.

1) my aunt è ________ car. 2) Johnny è ________ dog. 3) my house è ________ door.

4) the children è ________ school diaries. 5) my wife è ________CDs.

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RE – THE WILT FAMILY

Here is a photograph of the Wilt family. Read the text and find who is who.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilt's family is quite large: they have three children and four grandchildren. Two of their children are married, only Lena is single. Peter is married to Joan and they have three children: two sons and a daughter.

Jimmy is six, Angela is four and Billy is one. Mr. Wilt's second daughter-in-

law is Linda. With Jerry, they have a daughter, Emily.

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GR – PRESENT SIMPLE

A. Make the following sentences negative.

1) Andrew is an engineer. è _______________________________________________

2) Mary lives in Scotland. è _______________________________________________

3) Peter and Sam study biology. è _______________________________________________

4) You want to be a ballet dancer. è _______________________________________________

5) I like my job. è _______________________________________________

B. Ask open questions about the bold expressions.

1) Mary comes from the USA. è _______________________________________________

2) Andy lives ten km from Brussels. è _______________________________________________

3) We go to the cinema four times a month. _______________________________________________

4) I have exactly two hundred and fifty-three CDs.

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5) Peter works in a car factory. è _______________________________________________

RE - THE BROWNS

Read the text and answer the questions in French. Make full sentences! One point for each question except (2).

Mr. and Mrs. Brown got married in 1984. Mr. Brown's first name's Peter. He's fifty-four.

He's a nurse in a big hospital in Ottawa. His wife's called Marilyn. She's forty-nine. She's a secretary for a travel agency. They have four children: Sam, Jenny, Ann and Peter Jr. Sam's twenty-five. He's married with Suzan and they have three children. Jenny's twenty-three.

She's single. She's a nurse, too. Ann and Peter Jr. are both nineteen: they're twins. They're students but they aren't in the same class: Ann studies foreign languages (Spanish and Dutch) and her brother studies biology. Jean's Peter's girlfriend. She's twenty and she works for a newspaper.

1) Quel est l'âge de M^eur Brown ?

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2) Quel est son métier ?

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3) Quel est l'âge de M^ame Brown ?

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4) Quel est son métier ?

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5) Combien d'enfants ont-ils ?

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6) Quel âge leurs enfants ont-ils ? (2)

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7) Combien de petits-enfants ont-ils ?

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8) Qui est Suzan ?

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9) Comment s'appelle le mari de Jenny ? Justifie. (2) _______________________________________________

10) Quelle est le métier de Jenny ?

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11) Quelle est la particularité de Ann et Peter Jr ? (2) ______________________________________________

12) Qu'est-ce que Ann étudie ? (2)

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13) Qu'est-ce que Peter Jr étudie ?

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14) Qui est Jean ? (2)

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15) Quel est le métier de Jean ?

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WR – MY PERFECT WEEKEND

a) Context: you correspond with an English class. Those students want to make a kind of study about teenagers’ free time in Belgium. Task: explain in a text what you do at weekends. Use a new paragraph for each period of the days. Mention two activities for each period.

On Friday evening, ________________________________________________________________

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b) Turn into English. Use the present continuous.

Mon père regarde un match de football sur Sportchannel. 2. Bon sang ! Il fume une cigarette dans le cinéma ! 3. Elle monte l'escalier en courant. 4. Il est assis entre son épouse et son frère. 5. J'attends ma petite amie devant la discothèque. 6. Cet élève-là écrit sur son bureau. 7. Elle dactylographie une lettre pour son patron. 8. Il porte les valises dans leur chambre. 9. Nous travaillons dans le jardin. 10. Il regarde Alison dans les yeux.

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BE - SIMPLE PAST - Exercises

Use the simple past in the following sentences.

1. I'm the best.

2. She's in Brussels.

3. Where are you?

4. What time is it?

5. Are they O.K.?

6. John isn't in his bedroom.

7. The students are outside.

8. Is it there?

9. Are your parents at home?

10.What's your job?

11.Sam's sister's in my class.

12.What's your landlady's name?

13.Is she engaged?

14.Is he ugly?

15.Are they on the phone?

16.How old's Sally's boy-friend?

17.They're famous singers.

18.Is she absent?

19.He's not with her.

20.They are happy.

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8 RE – CHARLES DICKENS

è Read the text about Charles Dickens and answer the questions in French. Your answers must be precise and complete.

Voc → novel : roman character : personnage clerk : employé hungry : affamé in debt : endetté law court : tribunal abroad : à l'étranger

1. Pourquoi Charles Dickens est-il toujours célèbre plus de 140 ans après sa mort ? (/2) 2. Quel était le gros problème familial des Dickens ? (/2)

3. Quel grave événement marqua la vie de Charles en 1823 ? (/3) 4. Qu'elles étaient les conditions de travail de Charles à l'usine ? (/3) 5. À quoi cette pénible expérience lui servit-elle ? (/1)

6. Quel changement y eut-il dans sa vie en 1828 ? (/3)

7. Quelle était l'une des caractéristiques de ses nouvelles ? (/3)

8. Compare, à l'âge adulte, sa vie familiale et sa vie professionnelle. (/3)