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Rudyard Kipling : l'auteur du Livre de la jungle (5e)

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AnglaisFrançais
He was born in Bombay.Il est né à Bombay (Mumbai).
He was sent to England.On l'a envoyé en Angleterre.
a journalistun journaliste
at the age of fiveà l'âge de cinq ans
He won the Nobel Prize.Il a reçu le prix Nobel.
more than 130 years agoil y a plus de 130 ans

Rudyard Kipling naît en 1865 à Bombay (aujourd'hui Mumbai), en Inde, alors colonie britannique. À cinq ans, il est envoyé en Angleterre pour ses études, où il est très malheureux. De retour en Inde, il devient journaliste. C'est pourtant aux États-Unis, dans le Vermont, qu'il écrit The Jungle Book, publié en 1894, il y a plus de 130 ans. En 1907, il est le premier écrivain de langue anglaise à recevoir le prix Nobel de littérature. Il meurt en 1936.

Mise en situation : l'exposé

Teacher : Who was Rudyard Kipling?
Qui était Rudyard Kipling ?
Hugo : He was a British writer. He was born in Bombay, in India, in 1865.
C'était un écrivain britannique. Il est né à Bombay, en Inde, en 1865.
Teacher : Did he grow up in India?
A-t-il grandi en Inde ?
Nina : Not really. At the age of five, he was sent to England, and he was very unhappy there.
Pas vraiment. À l'âge de cinq ans, on l'a envoyé en Angleterre, et il y était très malheureux.
Hugo : Later he went back to India and worked as a journalist.
Plus tard, il est retourné en Inde et a travaillé comme journaliste.
Nina : He wrote The Jungle Book in America, in 1894. And in 1907, he won the Nobel Prize!
Il a écrit Le Livre de la jungle en Amérique, en 1894. Et en 1907, il a reçu le prix Nobel !

À retenir

  • Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Bombay (Mumbai), a journalist, Vermont, the Nobel Prize (1907).
  • Prétérit : was born, was sent, went back, worked, wrote, won ; at the age of five ; ... years ago.

Exercice 1 : Rudyard Kipling : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. Kipling est né à...
    1. New York
    2. Bombay
    3. Londres
  2. Il est né en...
    1. 1865
    2. 1965
    3. 1765
  3. « à l'âge de cinq ans »
    1. in the age of five
    2. at five years
    3. at the age of five
  4. « On l'a envoyé en Angleterre. »
    1. He was sent to England.
    2. He was send to England.
    3. He sent to England.
  5. Il a d'abord travaillé comme...
    1. journaliste
    2. médecin
    3. marin
  6. The Jungle Book est paru en...
    1. 1984
    2. 1794
    3. 1894
  7. Il l'a écrit...
    1. en Écosse
    2. en Inde
    3. aux États-Unis
  8. Prix Nobel en...
    1. 1907
    2. 1897
    3. 1957
  9. Prétérit de win :
    1. wan
    2. winned
    3. won
  10. « il y a plus de 130 ans »
    1. since more than 130 years
    2. there are 130 years
    3. more than 130 years ago

Exercice 2 : Rudyard Kipling : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. He was .......................... in Bombay in 1865.
  2. He was .......................... to England. (send)
  3. At the .......................... of five.
  4. He was very .......................... there.
  5. He went .......................... to India.
  6. He worked as a .......................... .
  7. He .......................... The Jungle Book in 1894. (write)
  8. He .......................... the Nobel Prize. (win)
  9. It was published more than 130 years .......................... .
  10. Did he grow .......................... in India?

Exercice 3 : Rudyard Kipling : mise en situation

  1. Le prof demande qui était Kipling.
    1. Who is Rudyard Kipling was?
    2. Who were Rudyard Kipling?
    3. Who was Rudyard Kipling?
  2. Il est né à Bombay en 1865.
    1. He is born in Bombay in 1865.
    2. He was born in Bombay in 1865.
    3. He was born at Bombay on 1865.
  3. Le prof demande s'il a grandi en Inde.
    1. Was he grow up in India?
    2. Did he grow up in India?
    3. Did he grew up in India?
  4. À cinq ans, on l'a envoyé en Angleterre.
    1. At the age of five, he was sent to England.
    2. In the age of five, he sent to England.
    3. At the age of five, he was send to England.
  5. Il y était malheureux.
    1. He were very unhappy there.
    2. He was very unhappy there.
    3. He was very unhappily there.
  6. Il est retourné en Inde.
    1. He went back in India.
    2. He goed back to India.
    3. He went back to India.
  7. Il était journaliste.
    1. He worked like a journalist.
    2. He worked as journalist of.
    3. He worked as a journalist.
  8. Il a écrit le livre en Amérique.
    1. He written The Jungle Book in America.
    2. He writed The Jungle Book in America.
    3. He wrote The Jungle Book in America.
  9. Il a reçu le prix Nobel.
    1. He winned the Nobel Prize.
    2. He won the Nobel Prize.
    3. He won the Nobel Price.
  10. Tu as déménagé il y a trois ans.
    1. I moved since three years.
    2. I moved there are three years.
    3. I moved three years ago.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) Bombay · 2. a) 1865 · 3. c) at the age of five · 4. a) He was sent to England. · 5. a) journaliste · 6. c) 1894 · 7. c) aux États-Unis · 8. a) 1907 · 9. c) won · 10. c) more than 130 years ago

Exercice 2

1. born · 2. sent · 3. age · 4. unhappy · 5. back · 6. journalist · 7. wrote · 8. won · 9. ago · 10. up

Exercice 3

1. c) Who was Rudyard Kipling? · 2. b) He was born in Bombay in 1865. · 3. b) Did he grow up in India? · 4. a) At the age of five, he was sent to England. · 5. b) He was very unhappy there. · 6. c) He went back to India. · 7. c) He worked as a journalist. · 8. c) He wrote The Jungle Book in America. · 9. b) He won the Nobel Prize. · 10. c) I moved three years ago.