La famille en voie de changement
Oxford University Press 2016
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have = avoir
2 become = devenir
3 getting married = se marier
enter a civil partnership = se pacser
4 offers = offrir
are = avoir
5 die out = disparaître
It’s = être
know = savoir
happen = se passer
1b Quel temps faut-il choisir pour chacun des verbes et pourquoi? Répondez en anglais.
Answers
1 ‘had to’ – imperfect – describes something that used to be the case
‘to get married’ – infinitive
‘wanted’ – imperfect – describes something that used to be the case
‘to have children – infinitive
2 ‘has become’ – perfect – completed action/event in the past
3 ‘getting married’ – infinitive – after ‘instead of’
‘enter a civil partnership’ – present – something that happens today
4 ‘offers’ – present – something that is true today
‘are’ – present – something that is true today
5 ‘will die out’ – future – something that will (perhaps) happen
‘it’s’ – present – something that is true today
‘to know’ – infinitive – after ‘it’s hard’
‘will happen’ – future – something that will (perhaps) happen
1c Quels autres éléments dans chaque phrase pourraient être problématiques? Répondez en anglais.
Sample answers
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Which word for ‘people’? Is it les or des?
2 Does ‘divorce’ need an article before it?
Is it les années 50 or les ans 50?
3 What is the idiom for ‘more and more’?
4 How do you say ‘most of’?
How do you say ‘some (differences)’? Is there an alternative to des?
5 Word order? Can ‘eventually’ be translated by a verb?
Which preposition is used after Il est difficile?
How do you translate ‘what’ in the middle of a sentence (when it means ‘that which...’)?