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The elves and the shoemaker : les lutins et le cordonnier (CE2)

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AnglaisFrançais
a shoemakerun cordonnier
leatherdu cuir
two little elvesdeux petits lutins
Who made these shoes?Qui a fabriqué ces chaussures ?
They worked all night.Ils ont travaillé toute la nuit.
tiny clothesde tout petits vêtements

Dans ce conte des frères Grimm, un cordonnier pauvre n'a plus assez de cuir que pour une seule paire de chaussures. Le soir, il découpe le cuir et va se coucher. Le matin, les chaussures sont terminées, magnifiques ! Qui les a faites ? Deux petits lutins (elves, pluriel de elf). Pour les remercier, sa femme et lui leur cousent de petits vêtements.

Mise en situation : le conte

Shoemaker : I've only got enough leather for one pair of shoes.
Je n'ai plus assez de cuir que pour une paire de chaussures.
Narrator : In the morning, the shoes were finished. They were perfect!
Le matin, les chaussures étaient terminées. Elles étaient parfaites !
Wife : Who made these shoes? Let's hide and watch tonight.
Qui a fabriqué ces chaussures ? Cachons-nous et regardons cette nuit.
Narrator : At midnight, two little elves came in. They worked all night.
À minuit, deux petits lutins sont entrés. Ils ont travaillé toute la nuit.
Shoemaker : They have no clothes! Let's make them tiny clothes.
Ils n'ont pas de vêtements ! Fabriquons-leur de tout petits vêtements.
Wife : Thank you, little elves!
Merci, petits lutins !

À retenir

  • a shoemaker, his wife, leather, a pair of shoes, an elf / elves, tiny clothes, midnight.
  • made, came, worked, were (passé) ; Who made...? Let's hide and watch!

Exercice 1 : Les lutins et le cordonnier : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un cordonnier »
    1. a showmaker
    2. a shoe maker of
    3. a shoemaker
  2. « du cuir »
    1. leather
    2. weather
    3. feather
  3. Pluriel de elf :
    1. elves
    2. elfes
    3. elfs
  4. « Qui a fabriqué ces chaussures ? »
    1. Who did made these shoes?
    2. Who maked these shoes?
    3. Who made these shoes?
  5. « toute la nuit »
    1. all night
    2. every night of
    3. all the nights
  6. « minuscules »
    1. tidy
    2. tiny
    3. tinny
  7. « Cachons-nous ! »
    1. Let's hid!
    2. Let's hide!
    3. Let's high!
  8. Les lutins arrivent à...
    1. six heures
    2. minuit
    3. midi
  9. Le cordonnier et sa femme cousent...
    1. des vêtements
    2. des chaussures
    3. un gâteau
  10. « une paire »
    1. a pear
    2. a peer
    3. a pair

Exercice 2 : Les lutins et le cordonnier : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. I've only got enough .......................... for one pair.
  2. The shoes .......................... finished.
  3. Who .......................... these shoes? (make)
  4. Let's .......................... and watch.
  5. At .......................... , two little elves came in.
  6. They .......................... all night. (work)
  7. They have no .......................... !
  8. Let's make them .......................... clothes.
  9. Thank you, little .......................... !
  10. one .......................... of shoes

Exercice 3 : Les lutins et le cordonnier : mise en situation

  1. Il n'a plus assez de cuir.
    1. I've only got enough leather for one pair of shoes.
    2. I only got enough leather for one pear.
    3. I've only got enough feather for one pair.
  2. Les chaussures étaient terminées.
    1. In the morning, the shoes finished were.
    2. In the morning, the shoes were finished.
    3. In the morning, the shoes was finished.
  3. Elles étaient parfaites.
    1. They were perfect!
    2. They was perfect!
    3. There were perfect!
  4. Qui a fabriqué ces chaussures ?
    1. Who did make these shoe?
    2. Who maked these shoes?
    3. Who made these shoes?
  5. Cachons-nous et regardons.
    1. Let hide and watch tonight.
    2. Let's hid and watch tonight.
    3. Let's hide and watch tonight.
  6. Deux lutins sont entrés.
    1. Two little elves come in yesterday.
    2. Two little elves came in.
    3. Two little elfs came in.
  7. Ils ont travaillé toute la nuit.
    1. They worked all night.
    2. They work all night yesterday.
    3. They worked all the nights.
  8. Ils n'ont pas de vêtements.
    1. They have no cloths of!
    2. They have no clothes!
    3. They has no clothes!
  9. Merci, petits lutins !
    1. Thank you, little elves!
    2. Thank you, little elfs!
    3. Thanks you, little elves!
  10. Le cordonnier est heureux.
    1. The shoemaker is hippy.
    2. The shoemaker happy.
    3. The shoemaker is happy.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) a shoemaker · 2. a) leather · 3. a) elves · 4. c) Who made these shoes? · 5. a) all night · 6. b) tiny · 7. b) Let's hide! · 8. b) minuit · 9. a) des vêtements · 10. c) a pair

Exercice 2

1. leather · 2. were · 3. made · 4. hide · 5. midnight · 6. worked · 7. clothes · 8. tiny · 9. elves · 10. pair

Exercice 3

1. a) I've only got enough leather for one pair of shoes. · 2. b) In the morning, the shoes were finished. · 3. a) They were perfect! · 4. c) Who made these shoes? · 5. c) Let's hide and watch tonight. · 6. b) Two little elves came in. · 7. a) They worked all night. · 8. b) They have no clothes! · 9. a) Thank you, little elves! · 10. c) The shoemaker is happy.