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Bilan des temps et des aspects en anglais
Synthèse du système verbal anglais : temps, aspects et valeurs pour préparer le Bac (programme de Tle LVA)
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Niveau facile — 8 questions
Quelle forme associe le présent et l'aspect accompli (have + participe passé) ?
- A. she has worked
- B. she is working
- C. she worked
- D. she had worked
Réponse
A. she has worked — have + participe passé au présent = present perfect. had worked est le past perfect.
« I ___ my homework yesterday. »
- A. have finished
- B. finished
- C. have been finishing
- D. finish
Réponse
B. finished — yesterday est un repère passé daté : il impose le prétérit et interdit le present perfect.
« She ___ in Leeds since 2020. »
- A. lives
- B. lived
- C. has lived
- D. is living
Réponse
C. has lived — since + point de départ appelle le present perfect, là où le français emploierait un présent.
Quel est l'équivalent au prétérit de « she is working » ?
- A. she has worked
- B. she works
- C. she had worked
- D. she was working
Réponse
D. she was working — Même aspect (be + -ing), temps passé : was / were + -ing.
« Look! The bus ___. »
- A. is coming
- B. comes
- C. came
- D. has come
Réponse
A. is coming — Look! signale une action qui se déroule sous nos yeux : présent en be + -ing.
« Water ___ at 100 °C. »
- A. is boiling
- B. boils
- C. has boiled
- D. boiled
Réponse
B. boils — Vérité générale, valable en tout temps : présent simple.
« They ___ each other two years ago. »
- A. have met
- B. were meeting
- C. met
- D. have been meeting
Réponse
C. met — ago impose toujours le prétérit : l'événement est coupé du moment présent.
Quelle est la forme de past perfect du verbe write à la troisième personne ?
- A. she has written
- B. she was writing
- C. she wrote
- D. she had written
Réponse
D. she had written — Past perfect = had + participe passé ; write, wrote, written.
Niveau moyen — 8 questions
« When I arrived, they ___ dinner already. »
- A. have finished
- B. were finishing
- C. had finished
- D. finished
Réponse
C. had finished — Antériorité par rapport à un moment du récit au passé : past perfect.
« I'll call you as soon as I ___ home. »
- A. get
- B. will get
- C. would get
- D. am getting
Réponse
A. get — Après as soon as, le futur s'exprime par le présent simple : will est exclu.
« He said he ___ tired. »
- A. is
- B. has been
- C. will be
- D. was
Réponse
D. was — Verbe introducteur au passé : le présent du discours direct recule au prétérit.
« She ___ for the exam for three hours when the power went off. »
- A. had revised
- B. had been revising
- C. was revising
- D. has been revising
Réponse
B. had been revising — Durée d'une activité antérieure à un point du passé : had been + -ing.
« I ___ this film three times — it's my favourite. »
- A. saw
- B. was seeing
- C. have seen
- D. had seen
Réponse
C. have seen — Bilan d'expériences qui vaut au moment où l'on parle : present perfect.
« She asked me where I ___ the previous summer. »
- A. had gone
- B. have gone
- C. went
- D. would go
Réponse
A. had gone — Question rapportée : le prétérit recule au past perfect et l'inversion disparaît.
« Don't leave before the teacher ___ the papers back. »
- A. will give
- B. would give
- C. is giving
- D. gives
Réponse
D. gives — before est une conjonction de temps : présent simple, avec le -s de troisième personne.
« My parents ___ in Spain for ten years, then they moved to France. »
- A. have lived
- B. lived
- C. have been living
- D. had lived
Réponse
B. lived — La période est close, comme l'indique then they moved : prétérit, malgré le for.
Niveau difficile — 8 questions
« It's the first time I ___ oysters. »
- A. eat
- B. ate
- C. am eating
- D. have eaten
Réponse
D. have eaten — It's the first time se construit avec un present perfect : structure figée en anglais.
« I ___ to getting up early now — it doesn't bother me any more. »
- A. used
- B. am used
- C. would use
- D. have used
Réponse
B. am used — be used to + -ing = avoir l'habitude de ; used to + base verbale = autrefois, et c'est fini.
Laquelle de ces phrases est correcte ?
- A. I have known her since we were children.
- B. I know her since we were children.
- C. I am knowing her since childhood.
- D. I knew her since we were children.
Réponse
A. I have known her since we were children. — since impose le present perfect, et know, verbe d'état, refuse la forme en -ing.
Laquelle de ces phrases est correcte ?
- A. I am agree with you.
- B. I have agreed with you yesterday.
- C. I agreed with you yesterday.
- D. I agree with you since yesterday.
Réponse
C. I agreed with you yesterday. — agree est un verbe, donc pas de be devant ; et yesterday impose le prétérit.
« She ___ the piano for years, but she gave it up at eighteen. »
- A. has played
- B. played
- C. has been playing
- D. is playing
Réponse
B. played — but she gave it up ferme la période : le for n'empêche pas le prétérit.
« By the time we ___ the station, the train had already left. »
- A. will reach
- B. have reached
- C. would reach
- D. reached
Réponse
D. reached — Récit au passé : by the time se construit au prétérit, l'antériorité étant portée par had left.
Quelle traduction de « Je travaille ici depuis trois ans » est correcte ?
- A. I work here since three years.
- B. I am working here since three years.
- C. I have been working here for three years.
- D. I worked here for three years.
Réponse
C. I have been working here for three years. — Durée encore en cours : present perfect en be + -ing, et for devant une durée (jamais since).
« He wondered ___ before the end of the week. »
- A. whether she would come
- B. whether she will come
- C. if would she come
- D. that she would come
Réponse
A. whether she would come — Question indirecte au passé : whether ou if, pas d'inversion, et will devient would.
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