Écrire une carte postale en anglais
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La structure
| Partie | Expressions |
|---|---|
| Commencer | Dear Tom, / Hi Emma! / Hello everyone! |
| Dire où l'on est | Greetings from Edinburgh! / I'm in Spain with my family. / We're staying at a campsite near the sea. |
| Le temps | The weather is great / awful. / It's sunny and hot. / It's been raining all week. |
| Ce qu'on a fait (prétérit) | Yesterday we visited a castle. / I went surfing. / We ate fish and chips. |
| Ce qu'on va faire | Tomorrow we're going to climb a mountain. / We're going home on Sunday. |
| Finir | Wish you were here! / See you soon! / Love, / Best wishes, |
Wish you were here! (j'aimerais que tu sois là) est la formule typique des cartes postales anglaises. Love s'utilise pour la famille et les amis proches.
Un modèle
Greetings from Cornwall! We're staying in a little cottage by the sea. The weather is lovely: it's sunny and warm. Yesterday we went to the beach and I swam in the sea. It was cold! Tomorrow we're going to visit a castle. Wish you were here!
Love, Léa
Sur l'adresse, en anglais, le numéro se place avant le nom de la rue : 12 Baker Street. Et l'on colle un timbre (a stamp).
Mise en situation : choisir une carte
À retenir
- Dear... / Greetings from...!
- Le temps : The weather is... ; It's sunny / rainy.
- Hier : prétérit (we visited, I went) ; demain : going to.
- Wish you were here! Love, / See you soon! ; a stamp.
Exercice 1 : Écrire une carte postale : exercice 1 (QCM)
- « Bons baisers d'Édimbourg ! »
- Good kisses of Edinburgh!
- Kisses from Edinburgh of!
- Greetings from Edinburgh!
- « J'aimerais que tu sois là ! »
- Wish you were here!
- I want you are here!
- Wish you are here of!
- « un timbre »
- a timber
- a tamp
- a stamp
- Formule de fin pour la famille :
- Yours faithfully,
- Love,
- Dear Sir,
- « Hier, nous avons visité un château. »
- Yesterday we visit a castle.
- Yesterday we visited a castle.
- Yesterday we have visited a castle.
- « Demain, nous allons faire du surf. »
- Tomorrow we're going to surf.
- Tomorrow we went surfing.
- Tomorrow we surf going.
- « Il fait un temps magnifique. »
- The weather is lovely.
- The time is lovely.
- It makes a lovely weather.
- « Nous logeons dans un camping. »
- We stay in a camping of.
- We're lodging in a camping.
- We're staying at a campsite.
- « Il pleut depuis une semaine. »
- It's been raining all week.
- It's raining since a week.
- It rains since one week.
- « À bientôt ! »
- See you quickly!
- See you soon!
- At soon!
Exercice 2 : Écrire une carte postale : exercice 2 (à compléter)
- .......................... Tom, (cher)
- Greetings .......................... London! (bons baisers de)
- The .......................... is great! (temps)
- It's sunny and .......................... . (chaud)
- Yesterday we .......................... a museum. (visit)
- I .......................... surfing. (go)
- Tomorrow we're .......................... to climb a mountain.
- Wish you .......................... here!
- .......................... , Léa (bisous)
- See you .......................... ! (bientôt)
Exercice 3 : Écrire une carte postale : mise en situation
- Tu commences ta carte à ton ami Tom.
- Expensive Tom,
- Dear Tom,
- To Tom of,
- Tu dis d'où tu écris : Dublin.
- Greetings from Dublin!
- Good kisses of Dublin!
- Hello of Dublin!
- Tu dis que vous logez dans un camping au bord de la mer.
- We stay in a camping near of sea.
- We're lodging in a camping by the sea.
- We're staying at a campsite by the sea.
- Tu dis qu'il fait beau et chaud.
- It's sunny and hot.
- The time is sun and hot.
- It makes sunny and hot.
- Tu racontes que tu as nagé dans la mer hier.
- Yesterday I swam in the sea.
- Yesterday I swimmed in the sea.
- Yesterday I have swum in the sea.
- Tu dis que demain vous allez visiter un château.
- Tomorrow we visited a castle.
- Tomorrow we're going to visit a castle.
- Tomorrow we going to visit a castle.
- Tu dis que la mer était froide.
- The sea was cold!
- The sea is cold yesterday!
- The sea were cold!
- Tu dis que tu aimerais que ton ami soit là.
- I wish you are here!
- Wish you were here!
- Want you here!
- Tu termines la carte à ta grand-mère.
- Love, Léa
- Yours faithfully, Léa
- Kisses of Léa
- Tu dis qu'il pleut depuis trois jours.
- It rains since three days.
- It's been raining for three days.
- It's raining since three days.
Corrigé
Exercice 1
1. c) Greetings from Edinburgh! · 2. a) Wish you were here! · 3. c) a stamp · 4. b) Love, · 5. b) Yesterday we visited a castle. · 6. a) Tomorrow we're going to surf. · 7. a) The weather is lovely. · 8. c) We're staying at a campsite. · 9. a) It's been raining all week. · 10. b) See you soon!
Exercice 2
1. Dear · 2. from · 3. weather · 4. hot · 5. visited · 6. went · 7. going · 8. were · 9. Love · 10. soon
Exercice 3
1. b) Dear Tom, · 2. a) Greetings from Dublin! · 3. c) We're staying at a campsite by the sea. · 4. a) It's sunny and hot. · 5. a) Yesterday I swam in the sea. · 6. b) Tomorrow we're going to visit a castle. · 7. a) The sea was cold! · 8. b) Wish you were here! · 9. a) Love, Léa · 10. b) It's been raining for three days.