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L. Frank Baum : a modern American fairy tale (5e)

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AnglaisFrançais
He had many jobs.Il a eu beaucoup de métiers.
a storytellerun conteur
a fairy taleun conte de fées
The book came out in 1900.Le livre est paru en 1900.
He used to tell stories to his sons.Il racontait des histoires à ses fils.
a seriesune série (de livres)

Lyman Frank Baum naît en 1856 dans l'État de New York. Avant de devenir écrivain, il a eu de nombreux métiers : éleveur de poules, acteur, commerçant, journaliste dans le Dakota du Sud... Il racontait des histoires à ses quatre fils. En 1900, à Chicago, il publie The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, qu'il présente comme un « conte de fées moderne », sans les cauchemars des contes anciens. Le succès est tel qu'il écrira treize autres livres sur Oz. Il meurt en 1919.

Mise en situation : l'exposé

Teacher : Who was L. Frank Baum?
Qui était L. Frank Baum ?
Noah : He was an American writer. He was born in New York State in 1856.
C'était un écrivain américain. Il est né dans l'État de New York en 1856.
Teacher : Was he always a writer?
A-t-il toujours été écrivain ?
Emma : No! He had many jobs. He used to raise chickens, and he was an actor and a journalist.
Non ! Il a eu beaucoup de métiers. Il élevait des poules, et il a été acteur et journaliste.
Noah : He used to tell stories to his sons every evening. In 1900, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Il racontait des histoires à ses fils tous les soirs. En 1900, il a publié Le Magicien d'Oz.
Emma : He wanted to write a modern fairy tale, without nightmares. It was so popular that he wrote thirteen more Oz books!
Il voulait écrire un conte de fées moderne, sans cauchemars. Il a eu tant de succès qu'il a écrit treize autres livres sur Oz !

À retenir

  • L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), a storyteller, a fairy tale, Chicago, 1900, a series.
  • used to + verbe (habitude passée) ; prétérit : was born, had, published, wanted, wrote.

Exercice 1 : L. Frank Baum : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. Baum était...
    1. américain
    2. anglais
    3. australien
  2. Il est né en...
    1. 1956
    2. 1756
    3. 1856
  3. Le livre est paru en...
    1. 1900
    2. 1939
    3. 1800
  4. « un conte de fées »
    1. a ferry tale
    2. a fairy tail
    3. a fairy tale
  5. « un conteur »
    1. a historian
    2. a storyteller
    3. a story-tell
  6. « Il racontait des histoires. » (habitude)
    1. He used to tell stories.
    2. He used to telling stories.
    3. He use to tell stories.
  7. Combien de livres sur Oz en tout ?
    1. 3
    2. 40
    3. 14
  8. Le livre a été publié à...
    1. Chicago
    2. Paris
    3. Londres
  9. « un cauchemar »
    1. a night horse
    2. a nightmare
    3. a nightmarch
  10. « beaucoup de métiers »
    1. many job
    2. much jobs
    3. many jobs

Exercice 2 : L. Frank Baum : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. He was .......................... in New York State.
  2. He .......................... many jobs. (have)
  3. He used to .......................... chickens.
  4. He used to tell .......................... to his sons.
  5. He .......................... the book in 1900. (publish)
  6. He wanted to write a modern fairy .......................... .
  7. It was so .......................... that he wrote more.
  8. He .......................... thirteen more Oz books. (write)
  9. He was an .......................... and a journalist.
  10. Was he always a .......................... ?

Exercice 3 : L. Frank Baum : mise en situation

  1. Le prof demande qui était Baum.
    1. Who were L. Frank Baum?
    2. Who was L. Frank Baum?
    3. Who is L. Frank Baum was?
  2. C'était un écrivain américain.
    1. He was an American writer.
    2. He were an American writer.
    3. He was a American writer.
  3. Le prof demande s'il a toujours été écrivain.
    1. Was he always a writer?
    2. Did he always a writer?
    3. Was he always writer of?
  4. Il a eu beaucoup de métiers.
    1. He had much jobs.
    2. He had many jobs.
    3. He has many jobs yesterday.
  5. Il élevait des poules.
    1. He used to raise chickens.
    2. He used to rise chickens.
    3. He use to raise chickens.
  6. Il racontait des histoires à ses fils.
    1. He used tell stories to his sons.
    2. He used to tell stories to his sons.
    3. He used to telling stories to his sons.
  7. En 1900, il a publié le livre.
    1. In 1900, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
    2. In 1900, he publish The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
    3. On 1900, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
  8. Il voulait un conte sans cauchemars.
    1. He wanted write a modern fairy tale, without nightmares.
    2. He wanted to write a modern fairy tail, without nightmares.
    3. He wanted to write a modern fairy tale, without nightmares.
  9. Il a écrit treize autres livres.
    1. He writed thirteen more Oz books!
    2. He wrote thirteen more Oz books!
    3. He wrote thirty more Oz books!
  10. Quand tu étais petit, tu jouais aux Lego.
    1. When I was little, I used to play with Lego.
    2. When I was little, I use to play with Lego.
    3. When I was little, I used to playing Lego.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) américain · 2. c) 1856 · 3. a) 1900 · 4. c) a fairy tale · 5. b) a storyteller · 6. a) He used to tell stories. · 7. c) 14 · 8. a) Chicago · 9. b) a nightmare · 10. c) many jobs

Exercice 2

1. born · 2. had · 3. raise · 4. stories · 5. published · 6. tale · 7. popular · 8. wrote · 9. actor · 10. writer

Exercice 3

1. b) Who was L. Frank Baum? · 2. a) He was an American writer. · 3. a) Was he always a writer? · 4. b) He had many jobs. · 5. a) He used to raise chickens. · 6. b) He used to tell stories to his sons. · 7. a) In 1900, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. · 8. c) He wanted to write a modern fairy tale, without nightmares. · 9. b) He wrote thirteen more Oz books! · 10. a) When I was little, I used to play with Lego.