La voix passive

be + participe passé, passage actif & passif, by + agent — niveau 3e

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Cette activité de compréhension sur « La voix passive » en troisième entraîne à lire, analyser et répondre à des questions en anglais. Elle suit le programme officiel de troisième. Au programme : Actif ou passif ? Qui fait, qui subit, La formule : be + participe passé, Le passif au présent, Le passif au prétérit. Lis le document, réponds puis vérifie immédiatement tes réponses pour progresser. Un bon moyen de travailler la méthode, d'enrichir son vocabulaire et de préparer les contrôles. Ressource gratuite proposée par un professeur particulier à Marseille pour réussir en anglais en troisième.

1Lis ce texte sur l'Opéra de Sydney, puis réponds aux questions en anglais.

« A building like sails » — extract from a tourist guide to Sydney, Australia.

The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is located on Bennelong Point, in Sydney Harbour, and it is recognised instantly thanks to its white roofs, which look like the sails of a ship.

The building was designed by Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect. In 1957, his drawings were chosen among 233 projects in an international competition. Construction was started in 1959, but the roofs were so difficult to build that the work took fourteen years instead of four. The final cost was 102 million Australian dollars — fourteen times more than the first estimate! Utzon was criticised by politicians and, in 1966, he left Australia; the building was finished by other architects.

The Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973. Its roofs are covered with more than one million tiles, which are cleaned by the rain. In 2007, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Today, about 1,500 performances are given there every year, and the site is visited by more than ten million people. Utzon never saw the finished building, but in 2003 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize, the « Nobel Prize » of architecture.

2Questions

Q1 Who designed the Sydney Opera House, and how was his project chosen?

Q2 How long did the construction take, and how long was it supposed to take?

Q3 Why did Utzon leave Australia in 1966?

Q4 Who opened the building, and when? What happened in 2007?

Q5 Give two figures that show how popular the Opera House is today. Answer with a full sentence.

Q6 Copy three passive forms from the text (one in the present, two in the preterite) and rewrite one of them in the active voice.

Voir le corrigé

Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect; his drawings were chosen among 233 projects in an international competition
fourteen years instead of four
because he was criticised by politicians
Queen Elizabeth II, on 20 October 1973; in 2007 the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List
Réponse libre — exemple : About 1,500 performances are given there every year, and the site is visited by more than ten million people.
Réponse libre — exemple : Present: « it is recognised instantly » ; preterite: « The building was designed by Jørn Utzon », « The Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II ». Active: Queen Elizabeth II opened the Opera House on 20 October 1973.

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