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Was / were : le passé de be
Was ou were selon le sujet (rappels de 6e et sujets pièges), la négation, les questions et les réponses courtes, there was / there were, ce que was / were traduit en français (était, a été, il y avait, avoir faim, il faisait beau, je suis né) et reconnaître was / were + -ing (A2).
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Les 36 questions du QCM en version texte
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Niveau facile ★ — 12 questions
I ___ at home yesterday.
- A. were
- B. was
- C. am
- D. be
Réponse
B. was — I → was ; yesterday → passé.
My parents ___ at the market last Sunday.
- A. been
- B. are
- C. was
- D. were
Réponse
D. were — my parents = they → were ; last Sunday → passé.
You ___ in the garden an hour ago, Tom!
- A. were
- B. been
- C. was
- D. is
Réponse
A. were — you → were, toujours, même pour une seule personne ; an hour ago → passé.
The film last night ___ boring.
- A. are
- B. is
- C. was
- D. were
Réponse
C. was — the film = it → was ; last night → passé.
Was / were est le passé de :
- A. be
- B. do
- C. have
- D. go
Réponse
A. be — was / were = prétérit de be.
We ___ in Spain last summer.
- A. been
- B. was
- C. were
- D. are
Réponse
C. were — we → were.
La contraction de was not est :
- A. weren’t
- B. wasn’t
- C. was’nt
- D. wasnt
Réponse
B. wasn’t — was not → wasn’t (l’apostrophe remplace le o).
My sister ___ ill last Monday.
- A. is
- B. are
- C. were
- D. was
Réponse
D. was — my sister = she → was.
« Il y avait un chien » :
- A. There was a dog.
- B. There is a dog.
- C. It was a dog.
- D. There were a dog.
Réponse
A. There was a dog. — there was + singulier.
« Il y avait des enfants » :
- A. It were the children.
- B. There was children.
- C. There were children.
- D. There are children.
Réponse
C. There were children. — there were + pluriel.
___ you tired after the football match yesterday?
- A. Have
- B. Were
- C. Are
- D. Was
Réponse
B. Were — question : Were + you ; yesterday → passé.
« We were sleeping » signifie :
- A. Nous dormons.
- B. Nous allons dormir.
- C. Nous avons sommeil.
- D. Nous dormions.
Réponse
D. Nous dormions. — were + V-ing = action en cours dans le passé → imparfait.
Niveau moyen ★★ — 12 questions
Négation de « They were ready » :
- A. They not were ready.
- B. They wasn’t ready.
- C. They weren’t ready.
- D. They didn’t were ready.
Réponse
C. They weren’t ready. — not après were : weren’t.
Question à partir de « She was at the cinema » :
- A. Was she at the cinema?
- B. Were she at the cinema?
- C. She was at the cinema?
- D. Did she was at the cinema?
Réponse
A. Was she at the cinema? — Was + sujet, sans did.
Réponse courte à « Were you at school? » (oui) :
- A. Yes, I am.
- B. Yes, I did.
- C. Yes, I were.
- D. Yes, I was.
Réponse
D. Yes, I was. — you → I : Yes, I was.
« J’avais dix ans » :
- A. I had ten years.
- B. I was ten.
- C. I were ten years.
- D. I had ten.
Réponse
B. I was ten. — l’âge se dit avec be : I was ten.
« Il faisait beau » :
- A. It were nice.
- B. It was sunny.
- C. It made nice.
- D. It did sunny.
Réponse
B. It was sunny. — la météo se dit avec it was.
___ there any milk in the fridge yesterday?
- A. was
- B. were
- C. did
- D. is
Réponse
A. was — milk est indénombrable → was ; yesterday → passé.
There ___ a lot of people at the concert.
- A. was
- B. have
- C. did
- D. were
Réponse
D. were — people est un pluriel → there were.
Everybody ___ happy at the end of the party.
- A. be
- B. were
- C. was
- D. are
Réponse
C. was — everybody se conjugue au singulier → was.
Where ___ you born?
- A. did
- B. have
- C. was
- D. were
Réponse
D. were — you → were born.
« Elle avait faim » :
- A. She was hungry.
- B. She were hungry.
- C. She had hungry.
- D. She had hunger.
Réponse
A. She was hungry. — avoir faim = be hungry.
Why ___ the children so noisy?
- A. did
- B. was
- C. were
- D. have
Réponse
C. were — children est un pluriel → were.
« Le spectacle a été génial » :
- A. The show were great.
- B. The show was great.
- C. The show has great.
- D. The show had great.
Réponse
B. The show was great. — was traduit aussi le passé composé « a été ».
Niveau difficile ★★★ — 12 questions
Repère l’erreur : « You was very brave. »
- A. You
- B. was
- C. very
- D. brave
Réponse
B. was — you → were : You were very brave.
Repère l’erreur : « Did you were at the party? »
- A. you
- B. were
- C. at the party
- D. Did
Réponse
D. Did — pas de did avec be : Were you at the party?
Repère l’erreur : « There was two cats in the garden. »
- A. was
- B. There
- C. two cats
- D. in the garden
Réponse
A. was — two cats est pluriel → there were.
Repère l’erreur : « Everybody were very excited about the holidays. »
- A. Everybody
- B. very excited
- C. were
- D. about the holidays
Réponse
C. were — everybody se conjugue au singulier → was.
Quelle phrase est correcte ?
- A. I have twelve years in 2 022.
- B. I had twelve years in 2 022.
- C. I were twelve in 2 022.
- D. I was twelve in 2 022.
Réponse
D. I was twelve in 2 022. — l’âge avec be : I was twelve.
Traduis : « Ils n’avaient pas tort. »
- A. They wasn’t wrong.
- B. They weren’t wrong.
- C. They didn’t wrong.
- D. They hadn’t got wrong.
Réponse
B. They weren’t wrong. — avoir tort = be wrong ; they → weren’t.
At nine, I ___ my homework. (action en cours)
- A. were doing
- B. was do
- C. was doing
- D. did doing
Réponse
C. was doing — I → was + V-ing : was doing.
Repère l’erreur : « The news were bad yesterday. »
- A. were
- B. The news
- C. bad
- D. yesterday
Réponse
A. were — news est indénombrable → was.
Quelle question est correcte ?
- A. What you were doing at six?
- B. What did you were doing at six?
- C. What was you doing at six?
- D. What were you doing at six?
Réponse
D. What were you doing at six? — mot interrogatif + were + sujet + V-ing.
Traduis : « Il y avait beaucoup de bruit. »
- A. There was a lot of noise.
- B. There were a lot of noise.
- C. It was a lot of noise.
- D. There had a lot of noise.
Réponse
A. There was a lot of noise. — noise est indénombrable → there was.
Repère l’erreur : « She wasn’t born in 2 010, she is born in 2 011. »
- A. wasn’t born
- B. in 2 010
- C. is born
- D. in 2 011
Réponse
C. is born — naissance passée → she was born.
Was your birthday party fun? — Yes, ___.
- A. it were
- B. it was
- C. was it
- D. it did
Réponse
B. it was — réponse courte : your birthday party → it : Yes, it was.
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