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Séquence / EPI Stand up for your rights !
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1. Read Abraham Lincoln's biography and fill in the blancks with a verb from the list. became – cost – were – abolished – had – started – didn't go – went – was was – didn't want – was– weren't – changed – grew up – wanted – didn't agree
Abraham Lincoln ……………….……… born on February 12, 1809. He …………………………………. in a single-‐room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. His parents …………………………… very poor. As a child, Abraham …………………………….. to school, but he ………………………….a strong interest in books and learning. At the age of 25, he ............................. to university to study law, and he ............................... a lawyer. At that time, black people were slaves in the Southern states. They …………………… free. In the North, many people ………………………………….. to put an end to slavery. Abraham Lincoln ……………. elected President of the US in 1860. The Southern States ................................. Lincoln to be President. They ........................................ with his policies. A bloody war ………………………………… in April 1961. It opposed the Northern States (against slavery) to the Southern States (in favour of slavery). The Civil War lasted four years and it ......................... the lives of 600,000 Americans. The North won the war, and Lincoln …………………………. slavery. Abraham Lincoln was a great leader. He ……………………….. American history. He …………………… assassinated in 1865. 2. Read the biography again and answer the questions. (Quote from the text.) a) When was Abraham Lincoln born? ____________________________________________________ b) Where did he grow up? ____________________________________________________________ c) Did the young Abraham go to school? _________________________________________________ d) How long did the Civil War last? ____________________________________________________ e) Were black people free at that time? _________________________________________________ f) What did Lincoln do when the war was over (= finished)? _________________________________ g) How did Abraham Lincoln die? _______________________________________________________ 3. THINK! ! Relis les verbes de l'encadré. ! Relis les phrases (questions et réponses) de l'exercice 2 et entoure les formes verbales. ! Déduis: • A la forme affirmative : Pour conjuguer un verbe au prétérit, il suffit d'ajouter la terminaison _______ à la base verbale. Cette terminaison peut se prononcer: [ d ] comme dans ______________ [ t ] comme dans ______________ [ Ιd ] comme dans ______________ Certains verbes ne suivent pas cette règle, ils sont ___________________. ! Donne trois verbes irréguliers de l'encadré: _____________, ______________, et ______________ •
A la forme négative : Pour construire la forme négative, il faut placer ___________ avant la _______ _______ C'est la même règle pour tous les verbes, réguliers (ex : _______) ou irréguliers (ex : _______) Exception : BE → wasn't / weren't •
A la forme interrogative (questions): Pour construire la forme interrogative, il faut placer ___________ avant le sujet et la _______ ____________ après le sujet. C'est la même règle pour tous les verbes, réguliers (ex : _______) ou irréguliers (ex : _______) Exception : BE → was he … ? / were they .. ? 4. Remember! Lincoln abolished slavery. Did he go to school? He went to university. Abraham Lincoln didn't go to school. he he -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ 5. TRAINING A) Conjugue les verbes donnés à la forme affirmative. Attention aux verbes irréguliers! 1. Harriet Tubman (BE) ________________ an antislavery activist. 2. She (DEVOTE) ________________ her life to freeing slaves. 3. The Civil War (END) ________________ in 1865. 4. Rosa Parks (REFUSE) ________________ to give up her seat. 5. That day, she (BREAK) ______________ the law. 6. A police officer (SEND) ______________ her to jail. 7. Malcolm X (ENCOURAGE) ______________ African Americans to fight. 8. He (THINK) ________________ African Americans should create their own state. 9. Martin Luther King (HAVE) ________________ a dream. 10. Slaves (BE) ______________ forced to work on cotton fields. 11. They (WORK) ______________ for long hours. 12. They often (SING) ______________ while working. B) Transpose les phrases données à la forme interrogative. Ex. Abraham Lincoln liked reading. ! Did Abraham Lincoln like reading? 1. John Robert Lewis helped Martin Luther King. ______________________________________________________________________________? 2. Martin Luther King gave a famous speech. ______________________________________________________________________________? 3. Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin. ______________________________________________________________________________? 4. His parents were very poor. ______________________________________________________________________________ ? 5. He grew up in Kentucky. ______________________________________________________________________________ ? 6. The Southern States wanted to keep slavery. ______________________________________________________________________________ ? 7. The slave-‐owners didn't pay their slaves. ______________________________________________________________________________ ? 8. Harriet Tubman escaped from a farm where she was a slave. ______________________________________________________________________________ ? C) Transpose les phrases données à la forme négative. Ex. Abraham Lincoln played the trumpet. ! Abraham Lincoln didnt play the trumpet. 1. Abraham Lincoln was a racist. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. He started University at the age of 30. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. His parents were very rich. ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Did the slaves accept their condition? ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Some slaves knew how to read. ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. The Civil War opposed England to the US. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Lincoln became President in 1865. ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. Did he want to keep slavery ? ______________________________________________________________________________

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