Fiche à imprimer : Les verbes de perception : I saw him leave / I saw him leaving

Après see, hear, watch, feel, notice, smell, on peut utiliser deux constructions, avec une nuance de sens.

Construction	Sens	Exemple
verbe + objet + base verbale	action complète, vue du début à la fin	I saw him cross the road. (il a traversé)
verbe + objet + -ing	action en cours, vue en partie	I saw him crossing the road. (il était en train de traverser)

I heard her sing a song. / I heard her singing in the shower.

Je l'ai entendue chanter une chanson (en entier). / Je l'ai entendue qui chantait sous la douche.

Attention : pas de to à l'actif : I saw him leave (et non ~~I saw him to leave~~).

Au passif : to réapparaît

He was seen to leave at midnight. / She was heard to say that...

On l'a vu partir à minuit. / On l'a entendue dire que...

Les verbes d'apparence

Look, sound, feel, smell, taste + adjectif décrivent une impression : You look tired. That sounds great! It smells good. Suivis de like + nom : It looks like rain. You sound like my mum!

Mise en situation : un témoignage

Officer : Did you see anything last night?

Avez-vous vu quelque chose hier soir ?

Sarah : Yes, I saw a man climbing over the wall. Then I heard a window break.

Oui, j'ai vu un homme en train d'escalader le mur. Puis j'ai entendu une fenêtre se briser.

Officer : Did you see him leave?

L'avez-vous vu partir ?

Sarah : No, but I heard a car driving away. It sounded like a motorbike, actually.

Non, mais j'ai entendu une voiture s'éloigner. En fait, ça ressemblait plutôt au bruit d'une moto.

À retenir

see / hear + objet + base : action complète (I saw him leave).
see / hear + objet + -ing : action en cours (I saw him leaving).
Passif : He was seen to leave (avec to).
look / sound / smell + adjectif ; look like / sound like + nom.

Exercice 1 : Les verbes de perception : exercice 1 (QCM)

« Je l'ai vu traverser la rue. » (action complète)
1. I saw him cross the road.
2. I saw him to cross the road.
3. I saw him crossed the road.
« Je l'ai entendue qui chantait. » (en cours)
1. I heard her singing.
2. I heard her to sing.
3. I heard her sang.
Choisissez la phrase incorrecte.
1. I saw her to leave.
2. I saw her leave.
3. I saw her leaving.
« On l'a vu partir à minuit. »
1. He was seen leave at midnight.
2. He was seen to leave at midnight.
3. He was saw to leave at midnight.
« Tu as l'air fatigué. »
1. You look tired.
2. You seem to tired.
3. You look like tired.
« On dirait qu'il va pleuvoir. »
1. It looks rain.
2. It sounds like rain of.
3. It looks like rain.
« Ça a l'air génial ! » (ce que tu entends)
1. That sounds great!
2. That hears great!
3. That sounds like great!
« Ça sent bon. »
1. It smells well of.
2. It smells like good.
3. It smells good.
I felt the ground ___. (action complète)
1. shake
2. to shake
3. shaken
« J'ai remarqué qu'il pleurait. » (en cours)
1. I noticed him crying.
2. I noticed him to cry.
3. I noticed him cried.

Exercice 2 : Les verbes de perception : exercice 2 (à compléter)

I saw him .......................... the house at 8. (partir, action complète)
I heard someone .......................... at the door. (frapper, en cours)
He was seen .......................... enter the building.
You look .......................... . (fatigué)
It looks .......................... it's going to rain.
That .......................... like a great idea! (a l'air)
This soup .......................... delicious. (sent)
We watched the sun .......................... . (se coucher)
I felt something .......................... my leg. (toucher)
I noticed her .......................... . (sourire, en cours)

Exercice 3 : Les verbes de perception : mise en situation

Tu dis à la police que tu as vu un homme qui escaladait le mur.
1. I saw a man to climb over the wall.
2. I saw a man climbing over the wall.
3. I saw a man climbed over the wall.
Tu racontes que tu as entendu la fenêtre se briser.
1. I heard the window break.
2. I heard the window to break.
3. I heard the window broken.
Ton amie a mauvaise mine.
1. You look like tired.
2. You look tired.
3. You see tired.
Ton ami te propose un plan : tu trouves que ça a l'air génial.
1. That sounds like great!
2. That sounds great!
3. That listens great!
Le ciel est gris : tu dis qu'on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir.
1. It seems like to rain.
2. It looks like rain.
3. It looks rain.
Tu dis que ce gâteau sent bon.
1. This cake smells good.
2. This cake feels good.
3. This cake smells well.
Tu racontes que vous avez regardé les enfants jouer au parc.
1. We watched the children played.
2. We watched the children play in the park.
3. We watched the children to play in the park.
Tu dis que tu as senti le sol trembler.
1. I felt the ground shake.
2. I felt the ground shaken.
3. I felt the ground to shake.
Dans un article : « On l'a vu sortir de la banque ».
1. He was seen to come out of the bank.
2. He was saw to come out of the bank.
3. He was seen come out of the bank.
Ton frère te fait la morale : il parle comme ton père !
1. You sound Dad!
2. You sound like Dad!
3. You look as Dad!

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) I saw him cross the road. · 2. a) I heard her singing. · 3. a) I saw her to leave. · 4. b) He was seen to leave at midnight. · 5. a) You look tired. · 6. c) It looks like rain. · 7. a) That sounds great! · 8. c) It smells good. · 9. a) shake · 10. a) I noticed him crying.

Exercice 2

1. leave · 2. knocking · 3. to · 4. tired · 5. like · 6. sounds · 7. smells · 8. set · 9. touch · 10. smiling

Exercice 3

1. b) I saw a man climbing over the wall. · 2. a) I heard the window break. · 3. b) You look tired. · 4. b) That sounds great! · 5. b) It looks like rain. · 6. a) This cake smells good. · 7. b) We watched the children play in the park. · 8. a) I felt the ground shake. · 9. a) He was seen to come out of the bank. · 10. b) You sound like Dad!