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Martin Luther King et les droits civiques
Raconter l'histoire du mouvement des droits civiques au prétérit & enrichir son vocabulaire (3e, préparation au brevet)
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Ces exercices corrigés sur « Martin Luther King et les droits civiques » en troisième permettent de s'entraîner et de vérifier ses acquis en anglais. Ils suivent le programme officiel de troisième et sont classés par difficulté (facile, moyen, difficile). Au programme : Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement, Segregation in the American South, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956), From Birmingham to Washington: « I have a dream » (1963). Écris ta réponse puis clique sur « Vérifier » : la correction est immédiate et tolère majuscules, espaces et ponctuation. Cet entraînement aide à mémoriser les méthodes, repérer ses erreurs et gagner en confiance avant un contrôle. Exercices gratuits proposés par un professeur particulier à Marseille pour réviser anglais en troisième.
Entraîne-toi par niveau. Écris ta réponse puis clique sur « Vérifier » (ou tape Entrée). La correction tolère majuscules, espaces et ponctuation.
Facile
Ex. 1 — Regular preteriteConjugue le verbe régulier entre parenthèses au prétérit. Attention à l'orthographe.
Thousands of people (march) through Washington.
march + -ed.The city (ban) Black passengers from the front seats.
Voyelle courte + consonne : on double le n.The protesters (try) to stay calm.
consonne + y → -ied.King (organise) peaceful marches in Birmingham.
Verbe en -e : + -d.The police (stop) the bus and (arrest) ___ Rosa Parks.
stopped (consonne doublée) ; arrested (/ɪd/).The boycott (last) more than a year.
last → lasted, prononcé /ɪd/.Voir le corrigé
- marched — march + -ed.
- banned — Voyelle courte + consonne : on double le n.
- tried — consonne + y → -ied.
- organised — Verbe en -e : + -d.
- stopped / arrested — stopped (consonne doublée) ; arrested (/ɪd/).
- lasted — last → lasted, prononcé /ɪd/.
Ex. 2 — Irregular preteriteÉcris le prétérit du verbe irrégulier entre parenthèses.
King (become) a pastor in Montgomery in 1954.
become → became.He (lead) the movement for thirteen years.
lead → led.In 1963, he (give) a speech in front of 250,000 people.
give → gave.He (win) the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
win → won.He (write) a famous letter from Birmingham Jail.
write → wrote.The Little Rock Nine (be) the first Black students at Central High School.
Sujet pluriel : were.A gunman (shoot) King on 4 April 1968.
shoot → shot.Voir le corrigé
- became — become → became.
- led — lead → led.
- gave — give → gave.
- won — win → won.
- wrote — write → wrote.
- were — Sujet pluriel : were.
- shot — shoot → shot.
Moyen
Ex. 3 — Negative and questionsTransforme la phrase selon la consigne entre crochets. Écris la phrase complète.
[négatif] Rosa Parks gave up her seat.
didn't + base verbale (give).[question] King used violence. (Did…?)
Did + sujet + base verbale.[négatif] The buses were empty during the boycott.
be → weren't, sans did.[question avec When] King won the Nobel Prize in 1964.
When did + sujet + base verbale.[question avec Where] King was born in Atlanta.
Avec be : Where was…?[négatif] The Supreme Court accepted segregation.
didn't accept (pas accepted).Voir le corrigé
- Rosa Parks didn't give up her seat. — didn't + base verbale (give).
- Did King use violence? — Did + sujet + base verbale.
- The buses weren't empty during the boycott. — be → weren't, sans did.
- When did King win the Nobel Prize? — When did + sujet + base verbale.
- Where was King born? — Avec be : Where was…?
- The Supreme Court didn't accept segregation. — didn't accept (pas accepted).
Ex. 4 — Civil rights vocabularyComplète avec le mot anglais correspondant au mot français entre parenthèses.
Under (la ségrégation), Black and white children went to different schools.
segregation (sans article ici, notion générale).King gave his most famous (discours) in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
a speech = un discours.The movement fought for (l'égalité) and ___ (la liberté).
equality, freedom.A (foule) of 250,000 people listened to him.
a crowd = une foule.The Civil Rights Act (a interdit) discrimination in public places.
to ban → banned.King was (emprisonné) 29 times during his life.
to be jailed = être emprisonné.The Selma marchers demanded the (droit de vote).
the right to vote.Voir le corrigé
- segregation — segregation (sans article ici, notion générale).
- speech — a speech = un discours.
- equality / freedom — equality, freedom.
- crowd — a crowd = une foule.
- banned — to ban → banned.
- jailed — to be jailed = être emprisonné.
- right to vote — the right to vote.
Difficile
Ex. 5 — A text to completeComplète le récit avec le verbe entre parenthèses au prétérit (affirmatif ou négatif selon l'indication).
In 1960, four Black students in Greensboro (sit) at a « whites only » lunch counter.
sit → sat. C'est le premier grand « sit-in ».The waiters (not / serve) them, but the students (not / leave) ___.
didn't + base verbale.The next day, twenty more students (come) ; within a week, hundreds (join) ___ them.
come → came ; join → joined.The protest (spread) to fifty cities in a few weeks.
spread est invariable : spread – spread – spread.In July 1960, the restaurant finally (begin) to serve Black customers.
begin → began.The students (not / fight) back when people (throw) ___ food at them.
didn't fight ; throw → threw.Voir le corrigé
- sat — sit → sat. C'est le premier grand « sit-in ».
- didn't serve / didn't leave — didn't + base verbale.
- came / joined — come → came ; join → joined.
- spread — spread est invariable : spread – spread – spread.
- began — begin → began.
- didn't fight / threw — didn't fight ; throw → threw.
Ex. 6 — Translation and expressionTraduis en anglais au prétérit, puis réponds librement aux deux dernières questions.
Elle a refusé de se lever et la police l'a arrêtée.
refused / arrested (réguliers).Il n'a pas vécu assez longtemps pour voir les résultats de sa lutte.
didn't live ; long enough = assez longtemps.Quand la marche sur Washington a-t-elle eu lieu ?
When did + sujet + take place.Les manifestants n'ont pas eu peur des chiens.
be afraid of → weren't afraid of (pas de did avec be).Why did Martin Luther King choose non-violence? Answer in two sentences in the preterite.
He chose non-violence because he was a Christian minister and he admired Gandhi. He believed that peaceful marches showed the injustice of segregation better than weapons.In your opinion, which event of the movement was the most important? Justify in two sentences.
I think the Montgomery Bus Boycott was the most important because it was the first big victory. It showed that ordinary people could change the law without violence.Voir le corrigé
- She refused to stand up and the police arrested her. — refused / arrested (réguliers).
- He didn't live long enough to see the results of his struggle. — didn't live ; long enough = assez longtemps.
- When did the March on Washington take place? — When did + sujet + take place.
- The demonstrators weren't afraid of the dogs. — be afraid of → weren't afraid of (pas de did avec be).
- Réponse libre — exemple : He chose non-violence because he was a Christian minister and he admired Gandhi. He believed that peaceful marches showed the injustice of segregation better than weapons.
- Réponse libre — exemple : I think the Montgomery Bus Boycott was the most important because it was the first big victory. It showed that ordinary people could change the law without violence.
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