COMMENT TRADUIRE LE PASSE COMPOSE FRANCAIS PRETERIT OU PRESENT PERFECT ? Prétérit L’action est clairement passée : *soit on donne un repère de temps qui peut-être : -une date passée (ex: in 1998) -last day/month/year.. -yesterday - ago - une subordonnée qui situe l’action dans le passé ex : “when I was a child” Present perfect Il n’y a pas de repère de temps. Il peut y avoir un adverbe comme ever/already/just * soit on demande un repère de temps avec : when ? Bob Ferguson has travelled a lot: he has already been to Africa, to Kenya, to Canada... He has done lots of things: he has swum next to dolphins, he has taken photos of wild animals, he has eaten crocodile and snake meat. He has already played tennis at the top of a skyscraper: he played tennis in Japan, two years ago. Tous les verbes soulignés sont au present perfect: on fait le bilan des différentes expériences de Bob ferguson. Le dernier verbe (encadré) est au prétérit car on apporte des précisions : ne précise quand l’action s’est déroulée : il y 2 ans (two years ago) Choisis entre present perfect et prétérit : 1) Bob Ferguson (already/be)……………… …to Canada. 2) He (go)........................................to Canada in 1998 and 1999. 3) .......................you ever...............................(travel) by plane? 4) Yes, I (travel/already)............................................................by plane. 5) When (take).....................you...........................;the plane? 6) I (take)....................................;the plane 3 years ago. 7) She (arrive).......................just........................................! 8) I (meet)..................................her yesterday. Answers: 1) has already been 2) went 3) have…travelled 4) have already travelled 5) did you take 6) took 7) has just arrived 8) met