Correction du DS1 d’anglais

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Correction du DS1 d’anglais (1h30)

I. QCM (/20)

Surlignez la case correspondant à la bonne réponse (une seule réponse est possible) sur la grille fournie.

1. Global food prices have …………. by 12% over the last six months.

a) rised                        b) rose                        c) risen                d) raised

• to rise, rose, risen = se lever, s’élever, augmenter
• to raise +COD = the government will raise taxes.

2. Would you all please remember …………….. your books to class next week?

a) you bring                 b) bringing                 c) to bring                 d) bring

• to remember to do sth (in the future) : not to forget it
• to remember doing sth (in the past)

3. I have ……………..  news of my sister now that she is living in Canada.

a) few                        b) a few                c) little                d) a little

• Ø NEWS (sing collectif) // the news is good = les Nouvelles sont bonnes
• I don’t have much news now.
• A piece of news, two pieces of news = une nouvelle, deux nouvelles

4. What a summer this is: it …………….. unbearably hot since early June!

a) had been                 b) was                        c) keeps being                d) has been

5. If she . …………….. us about it before, we would have helped her.

a) has told                 b) told                         c) had told                d) would have told

6. They finally …………….. a solution to the problem last month.

a) seeked                b) sook                        c) sought                d) sooked

7. I must have …………….. the door open, I can feel the wind from here.

a) left                        b) leave                 c) leaved                d) leaven

🡺99% certitude

8. I’ll simply never get used to ……… with some of my colleagues.

a) work                b) working                c) be working                d) to work

TO BE/GET USED TO + V-ING (habitude en cours / en devenir)

Passé révolu : USED TO + base verbale

I didn’t use to feel so tired so soon before.

My students didn’t use to complain about the vocabulary they had to learn.

9. I have ……………..  met students who loved English MCQs, but I haven’t lost hope!

a) ever                        b) never                 c) yet                         d) since

• I haven’t yet met...
• I still haven’t met...

10. My sister has just enrolled in a ……………..  intensive English course.

a) four-weeks                b) four-weeks’                 c) four-week         d) four-week’s

11. If you spent less time on your phone, you …………….. get some work done.

a) might                b) ought                 c) must                        d) will

pourrais peut-être (ce n’est pas sûr)

.... you would get some work done : ... tu travaillerais advantage....

12. Harry ............ be coming tonight, but he won’t be sure until later this afternoon.

a) can                        b) may (proba égale)        c) would                 d) shall

13. This year, our company sold ……….. magazine subscriptions than ever before.

a) less                        b) lesser                c) few                        d) fewer

Which candidate is the lesser of two evils?

14. The teacher wants the essay …………….. by 3pm tomorrow.

a) finished                 b) finishing                 c) be finished                 d) will be finished

• To want sth done
• To want sby to do sth

15. The company’s profits were up, …………….. the CEO felt satisfied.

a) nevertheless         b) therefore                c) however                 d) but

16.   …………….. the economic crisis, lots of people lost their jobs.

a) Since                  b) On account of         c) Because of                d) Owing to

Since the crisis, people HAVE LOST their jobs.

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