Fiche à imprimer : Dear future me : lettre à moi dans dix ans (3e)

Anglais	Français
Dear future me,	Cher futur moi,
I hope you're happy.	J'espère que tu es heureux / heureuse.
I wonder if you still play the guitar.	Je me demande si tu joues toujours de la guitare.
By then, you will have finished your studies.	D'ici là, tu auras fini tes études.
Don't forget where you come from.	N'oublie pas d'où tu viens.
See you in ten years!	Rendez-vous dans dix ans !

Écrire à soi-même dans dix ans, c'est faire le point sur ses rêves. Outils utiles : I hope + présent (I hope you're happy), I wonder if... (je me demande si), will pour les prédictions, et le futur antérieur will have + participe passé pour ce qui sera terminé à un moment du futur (By 2036, you will have travelled a lot).

Mise en situation : la lettre

Clara : Dear future me, I'm writing this at fifteen, in my bedroom, with my cat on my lap.

Cher futur moi, j'écris ceci à quinze ans, dans ma chambre, avec mon chat sur les genoux.

Clara : I wonder where you're living now. Maybe in London? Or Montreal?

Je me demande où tu vis maintenant. Peut-être à Londres ? Ou à Montréal ?

Clara : By now, you will have finished your studies. I hope you chose something you love.

Maintenant, tu auras fini tes études. J'espère que tu as choisi quelque chose que tu aimes.

Clara : Have you learned to drive? Do you still play the guitar? I really hope so.

As-tu appris à conduire ? Joues-tu toujours de la guitare ? Je l'espère vraiment.

Clara : Please don't forget your old friends, and don't be too hard on yourself.

S'il te plaît, n'oublie pas tes vieux amis, et ne sois pas trop dure avec toi-même.

Clara : See you in ten years! Love, fifteen-year-old me.

Rendez-vous dans dix ans ! Bises, moi à quinze ans.

À retenir

Dear future me ; I hope... ; I wonder if / where... ; Maybe... ; Don't forget...
Futur antérieur : will have + participe passé (By then, you will have finished...) ; still (toujours).

Exercice 1 : Lettre à moi dans dix ans : exercice 1 (QCM)

« Je me demande si... »
1. I wonder if...
2. I wonder that if...
3. I wander if...
« D'ici là, tu auras fini tes études. »
1. By then, you will have finish your studies.
2. By then, you will have finished your studies.
3. By then, you will finish your studies yesterday.
« J'espère que tu es heureux. »
1. I'm hoping you be happy.
2. I hope you're happy.
3. I hope you will happy.
« Rendez-vous dans dix ans ! »
1. See you in ten years!
2. See you for ten years of!
3. See you since ten years!
« Ne sois pas trop dur avec toi-même. »
1. Don't be too hard with you.
2. Not be too hard on yourself.
3. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Le futur antérieur se forme avec...
1. had + participe passé
2. will have + participe passé
3. would + verbe
« Joues-tu toujours de la guitare ? »
1. Do you always play guitar of?
2. Are you still play the guitar?
3. Do you still play the guitar?
« moi à quinze ans »
1. fifteen-year-old me
2. fifteen-years-old me
3. me of fifteen years
« sur les genoux »
1. on my leg of
2. on my lip
3. on my lap
« Je l'espère vraiment. »
1. I really hope it.
2. I really hope so.
3. I hope really so.

Exercice 2 : Lettre à moi dans dix ans : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Dear future .......................... ,
I .......................... where you're living now.
By now, you will have .......................... your studies. (finish)
I .......................... you chose something you love.
Do you .......................... play the guitar?
Don't .......................... your old friends.
Don't be too hard on .......................... .
See you in ten .......................... !
By 2036, you will have .......................... a lot. (travel)
I really hope .......................... .

Exercice 3 : Lettre à moi dans dix ans : mise en situation

Clara écrit à quinze ans.
1. I write this at fifteen years now.
2. I'm writing this in fifteen.
3. I'm writing this at fifteen.
Elle se demande où elle vit.
1. I wonder where you're living now.
2. I wander where you're living now.
3. I wonder where are you living now.
Tu auras fini tes études.
1. You will have finish your studies.
2. You will have finished your studies.
3. You will finished your studies.
J'espère que tu as choisi ce que tu aimes.
1. I hope you chose something you love.
2. I hope you choosed something you love.
3. I hope you chose something you loves.
As-tu appris à conduire ?
1. Have you learn to drive?
2. Did you have learned to drive?
3. Have you learned to drive?
Je l'espère vraiment.
1. I really hope it.
2. I really hope so.
3. I hope so really of.
N'oublie pas tes vieux amis.
1. Please not forget your old friends.
2. Please don't forget your old friends.
3. Please don't forgot your old friends.
Ne sois pas trop dure avec toi-même.
1. Don't be to hard on yourself.
2. Don't be too hard on yourself.
3. Don't be too hard with you.
Rendez-vous dans dix ans.
1. See you since ten years!
2. See you after ten year!
3. See you in ten years!
D'ici 2036, tu auras beaucoup voyagé.
1. By 2036, you will travelled a lot.
2. Since 2036, you will have travelled a lot.
3. By 2036, you will have travelled a lot.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) I wonder if... · 2. b) By then, you will have finished your studies. · 3. b) I hope you're happy. · 4. a) See you in ten years! · 5. c) Don't be too hard on yourself. · 6. b) will have + participe passé · 7. c) Do you still play the guitar? · 8. a) fifteen-year-old me · 9. c) on my lap · 10. b) I really hope so.

Exercice 2

1. me · 2. wonder · 3. finished · 4. hope · 5. still · 6. forget · 7. yourself · 8. years · 9. travelled · 10. so

Exercice 3

1. c) I'm writing this at fifteen. · 2. a) I wonder where you're living now. · 3. b) You will have finished your studies. · 4. a) I hope you chose something you love. · 5. c) Have you learned to drive? · 6. b) I really hope so. · 7. b) Please don't forget your old friends. · 8. b) Don't be too hard on yourself. · 9. c) See you in ten years! · 10. c) By 2036, you will have travelled a lot.