BRIAN CALDWELL : A SAILOR

BRIAN CALDWELL : A SAILOR
PRL : PAST
1. Souligner les verbes au PRETERIT
Y-a-t-il d’autres aspects du Passé ? Donnez un exemple.
a. We were cruising, I was doing : PRETERIT PROGRESSIF
b. I had had a good education: PAST PERFECT
c. I could go: MODAL « CAN » AU PRETERIT = exprimer la capacités dans le passé
/ formuler des hypothèses.
2. Placez ces verbes sur l’axe temporel suivant :
PAST
** [ ] *
I had had we were cruising I saw
* PRETERIT bv+ED ou SIMPLE : on s’intéresse à l’action, à’événement.
Autres aspects en opposition au PRETERIT
[ ] PRETERIT Be+bv-ing ou PROGRESSIF: on s’intéresse au déroulement, au processus
plutôt qu’à l’action même.
Ex : Brian was studying on land when he decided to go back on a sail boat.
** PAST PERFECT ( Have+ED + PP ): l’action dont on parle exprime un résultat et se situe
avant le PRETERIT.
Ex : Brian had grown up on a sail boat before he went to high school.
EXERCICE:
A. Mettez un verbe au prétérit simple ou un prétérit Be + bv-ing:
1. While Brian WERE SAILING ( sail ), he SAW ( see ) dolphins near his boat.
2. Brian’s parents GAVE ( give ) him a good education.
3. He WAS CRUISING ( cruise ) when his parents DECIDED ( decide ) to send Brian to
High School.
4. They WERE GOING ( go ) to Australia when a storm BROKE OUT ( break out ).

B. Mettez un verbe au prétérit simple ou au past perfect :
1. Brian HAD READ ( read ) lots of books on boat, but on land he STARTED ( start )
watching TV.
2. He HAD DECIDED ( decide ) to be the youngest person to sail around the world
before he WAS ( be ) nineteen.
3. He COULD ( can ) fulfil his dream of sailing around the world because his parents
HAD EARNED ( earn ) much money before.
4. He HAD ( have ) good results on land because he HAD LEARNED ( learn ) his
lessons on boat.
EXERCICE:
A. Mettez un verbe au prétérit simple ou un prétérit Be + bv-ing:
5. While Brian…………………( sail ), he ……………….( see ) dolphins near the boat.
6. Brian’s parents …………… ( give ) him a good education.
7. He ……………………..( cruise ) when his parents ……………( decide ) to send
Brian to high school.
8. They ………………..( go ) to Australia when a storm ……………( break out ).
B. Mettez un verbe au prétérit simple ou au past perfect :
4. Brian …………….( read ) lots of books on boat, but on land he …………..( start )
watching TV.
5. He ……………….( decide ) to be the youngest person to sail around the world
before he ………………( be ) nineteen.
6. He ……………( can ) fulfil his dream of sailing around the world because his
parents …………..( earn ) much money before.
4. He ……………..( have ) good results on land because he …………..( learn ) his
lessons on boat.
EXERCICE:
A. Mettez un verbe au prétérit simple ou un prétérit Be + bv-ing:
9. While Brian…………………( sail ), he ……………….( see ) dolphins near his boat.
10. Brian’s parents …………… ( give ) him a good education.

11. He ……………………..( cruise ) when his parents ……………( decide ) to send
Brian to high school.
12. They ………………..( go ) to Australia when a storm ……………( break out ).
B. Mettez un verbe au prétérit simple ou au past perfect :
7. Brian …………….( read ) lots of books on boat, but on land he …………..( start )
watching TV.
8. He ……………….( decide ) to be the youngest person to sail around the world
before he ………………( be ) nineteen.
9. He ……………( can ) fulfil his dream of sailing around the world because his
parents …………..( earn ) much money before.
4. He ……………..( have ) good results on land because he …………..( learn ) his lessons on
boat.

COMPARATIFS & SUPERLATIFS
Prolongement de la leçon « Brian Caldwell »
Objectif grammatical : Comparatifs de supériorité, d’infériorité, d’égalité & superlatifs.
Objectif communicationnel: Savoir comparer deux choses entres elles & une avec les autres.
Support : Transparent de plusieurs bateaux
Brian is the youngest person to sail alone around the world.
1. Traduisez.
2. Comparez les bateaux entre eux.
3. En utilisant les adjectifs suivants, comparez à nouveau
Large Magnificent
Big Great
Beautiful Fast
Pretty High
Old Small
New Long
Expensive
4. Quelle règle pouvez-vous établir à partir de ces phrases concernant la comparaison?
The Titanic was more expensive than any other ship
It was bigger than any other ship
The Titanic was the most beautiful ship
It was the greatest ship
It was the best ship
5. Réécrivez les exemples avec un comparatif d’infériorité, puis d’égalité
6. Distribution de la règle grammaticale « Can do ». Lire ensemble & souligner les
passages importants.
7. EXERCICES D’APPLICATION