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A camping disaster : raconter une mésaventure (5e)

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It was supposed to be a perfect weekend.Ça devait être un week-end parfait.
Suddenly, it started to pour.Soudain, il s'est mis à pleuvoir à verse.
Unfortunately, we had forgotten the tent pegs.Malheureusement, nous avions oublié les sardines.
The tent fell down in the middle of the night.La tente s'est effondrée en pleine nuit.
Luckily, a farmer let us sleep in his barn.Heureusement, un fermier nous a laissés dormir dans sa grange.
In the end, we laughed about it.Finalement, on en a ri.

Pour raconter une mésaventure de façon vivante, on utilise des connecteurs : At first (au début), Suddenly (soudain), Unfortunately (malheureusement), Luckily (heureusement), In the end (finalement). Les temps : le prétérit pour les actions (it started to rain), le past continuous pour le décor (we were sleeping), le past perfect pour ce qui s'était passé avant (we had forgotten).

Mise en situation : le récit

Sam : Last weekend, we went camping. It was supposed to be perfect!
Le week-end dernier, nous sommes allés camper. Ça devait être parfait !
Lucy : What happened?
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?
Sam : Unfortunately, we had forgotten the tent pegs. So we used stones.
Malheureusement, nous avions oublié les sardines. Alors nous avons utilisé des cailloux.
Lucy : Oh no! Did it work?
Oh non ! Ça a marché ?
Sam : Not really. We were sleeping when suddenly it started to pour, and the tent fell down on us!
Pas vraiment. Nous dormions quand soudain il s'est mis à pleuvoir à verse, et la tente nous est tombée dessus !
Lucy : That's terrible! What did you do?
C'est horrible ! Qu'avez-vous fait ?

À retenir

  • a tent, tent pegs, a sleeping bag, a torch, a barn, a farmer, rain, mud.
  • At first, suddenly, unfortunately, luckily, in the end ; went, fell, started (prétérit) ; were sleeping (past continuous) ; had forgotten (past perfect).

Exercice 1 : Raconter une mésaventure : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « Soudain »
    1. Sadly
    2. Suddenly
    3. Surely
  2. « Malheureusement »
    1. Unfortunately
    2. Fortunately
    3. Unfortunate
  3. « Heureusement »
    1. Luckily
    2. Lucky
    3. Likely
  4. « Finalement »
    1. At the end of
    2. In the end
    3. In end
  5. « Nous avions oublié les sardines. »
    1. We had forgotten the tent pegs.
    2. We have forgotten the tent pegs yesterday.
    3. We had forgot the tent pegs.
  6. « Nous dormions quand... »
    1. We were sleeping when...
    2. We slept when was...
    3. We was sleeping when...
  7. « La tente s'est effondrée. »
    1. The tent fell down.
    2. The tent falled down.
    3. The tent fall down.
  8. « pleuvoir à verse »
    1. to pure
    2. to pour
    3. to poor
  9. « une grange »
    1. a bar
    2. a burn
    3. a barn
  10. « Ça devait être parfait. »
    1. It was suppose to be perfect.
    2. It was supposed to be perfect.
    3. It supposed to be perfect.

Exercice 2 : Raconter une mésaventure : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. We .......................... camping. (go)
  2. What .......................... ?
  3. .......................... , we had forgotten the tent pegs.
  4. We had .......................... the tent pegs. (forget)
  5. We were .......................... when it started to rain.
  6. .......................... , it started to pour.
  7. The tent .......................... down on us. (fall)
  8. .......................... , a farmer helped us.
  9. In the .......................... , we laughed about it.
  10. It was .......................... to be perfect.

Exercice 3 : Raconter une mésaventure : mise en situation

  1. Nous sommes allés camper.
    1. We goed camping.
    2. We went camping.
    3. We went to camping of.
  2. Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?
    1. What happened?
    2. What happen?
    3. What did happened?
  3. Nous avions oublié les sardines.
    1. We had forget the tent pegs.
    2. We had forgotten the tent pegs.
    3. We have forgotten the tent pegs.
  4. Ça a marché ?
    1. Did it work?
    2. Does it work yesterday?
    3. Did it worked?
  5. Nous dormions quand il s'est mis à pleuvoir.
    1. We slept when it was starting to rain.
    2. We were sleeping when it started to rain.
    3. We were sleep when it started to rain.
  6. La tente nous est tombée dessus.
    1. The tent fall down on us.
    2. The tent felt down on us.
    3. The tent fell down on us.
  7. Qu'avez-vous fait ?
    1. What you did?
    2. What did you do?
    3. What did you did?
  8. Heureusement, un fermier nous a aidés.
    1. Luckily, a farmer helped us.
    2. Luckily, a farmer help us yesterday.
    3. Lucky, a farmer helped us.
  9. Finalement, on en a ri.
    1. In the end, we laugh about it.
    2. At the end, we laughed about it of.
    3. In the end, we laughed about it.
  10. C'était un vrai désastre !
    1. It was a reel disaster!
    2. It were a real disaster!
    3. It was a real disaster!

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) Suddenly · 2. a) Unfortunately · 3. a) Luckily · 4. b) In the end · 5. a) We had forgotten the tent pegs. · 6. a) We were sleeping when... · 7. a) The tent fell down. · 8. b) to pour · 9. c) a barn · 10. b) It was supposed to be perfect.

Exercice 2

1. went · 2. happened · 3. Unfortunately · 4. forgotten · 5. sleeping · 6. Suddenly · 7. fell · 8. Luckily · 9. end · 10. supposed

Exercice 3

1. b) We went camping. · 2. a) What happened? · 3. b) We had forgotten the tent pegs. · 4. a) Did it work? · 5. b) We were sleeping when it started to rain. · 6. c) The tent fell down on us. · 7. b) What did you do? · 8. a) Luckily, a farmer helped us. · 9. c) In the end, we laughed about it. · 10. c) It was a real disaster!