Fiche à imprimer : The Great Storm of 1987 : la grande tempête (6e)

Anglais	Français
the Great Storm of 1987	la grande tempête de 1987
The wind was blowing very hard.	Le vent soufflait très fort.
Millions of trees fell down.	Des millions d'arbres sont tombés.
There were power cuts everywhere.	Il y avait des coupures de courant partout.
The weather forecast was wrong.	La météo s'était trompée.
I was sleeping when the storm started.	Je dormais quand la tempête a commencé.

Dans la nuit du 15 au 16 octobre 1987, une tempête d'une violence exceptionnelle frappe le sud de l'Angleterre et le nord-ouest de la France. Les vents dépassent 150 km/h ; environ 15 millions d'arbres sont arrachés au Royaume-Uni, des toits s'envolent, des centaines de milliers de foyers sont privés d'électricité. La veille, un présentateur météo avait rassuré le public : il n'y aurait pas d'ouragan ! Pour raconter : prétérit progressif pour le décor (The wind was blowing) et prétérit pour les actions (A tree fell on the car).

Mise en situation : le souvenir de Mamie

Lucas : Grandma, do you remember the Great Storm of 1987?

Mamie, tu te souviens de la grande tempête de 1987 ?

Grandma : Of course! I was sleeping when a loud noise woke me up.

Bien sûr ! Je dormais quand un grand bruit m'a réveillée.

Lucas : What was it?

C'était quoi ?

Grandma : The wind was blowing so hard that a big tree fell on our garden wall!

Le vent soufflait si fort qu'un grand arbre est tombé sur le mur de notre jardin !

Lucas : Didn't the weather forecast warn you?

La météo ne vous avait pas prévenus ?

Grandma : No! The day before, they said there wouldn't be a hurricane. In the morning, there were no trains, no electricity and trees everywhere.

Non ! La veille, ils avaient dit qu'il n'y aurait pas d'ouragan. Le matin, il n'y avait plus de trains, plus d'électricité et des arbres partout.

À retenir

a storm, a hurricane, the wind, a tree, a roof, a power cut, the weather forecast, damage.
Past continuous : was sleeping, was blowing + when + prétérit (woke me up, fell) ; so hard that ; there were no...

Exercice 1 : La grande tempête : exercice 1 (QCM)

La grande tempête a eu lieu en...
1. 2007
2. 1987
3. 1887
« Le vent soufflait très fort. »
1. The wind was blowing very hard.
2. The wind was blow very hard.
3. The wind blew was very hard.
« Je dormais quand... »
1. I slept was when...
2. I was sleeping when...
3. I sleeping when...
Environ combien d'arbres sont tombés au Royaume-Uni ?
1. 150
2. 15 000
3. 15 millions
« des coupures de courant »
1. power cuts
2. power cats
3. powerful cuts
« la météo » (bulletin)
1. the whether forecast
2. the weather foretold
3. the weather forecast
Prétérit de fall :
1. fell
2. felt
3. falled
« si fort que »
1. such hard that
2. so hard that
3. so hard than
« Un bruit m'a réveillée. »
1. A noise woke me up.
2. A noise waked me up.
3. A noise wake me up yesterday.
La veille, la météo avait annoncé...
1. qu'il n'y aurait pas d'ouragan
2. de la neige
3. une grosse tempête

Exercice 2 : La grande tempête : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Do you .......................... the Great Storm?
I was .......................... when a loud noise woke me up.
A loud noise .......................... me up. (wake)
The wind was .......................... so hard.
A big tree .......................... on our garden wall. (fall)
Didn't the weather .......................... warn you?
They said there wouldn't be a .......................... .
There were no trains and no .......................... .
so hard .......................... a tree fell
There were power .......................... everywhere.

Exercice 3 : La grande tempête : mise en situation

Tu te souviens de la grande tempête ?
1. Do you remember the Great Storm?
2. Do you remind the Great Storm?
3. Are you remember the Great Storm?
Je dormais quand un bruit m'a réveillée.
1. I slept when a noise was waking me up.
2. I was sleeping when a noise woke me up.
3. I was sleep when a noise woke me up.
C'était quoi ?
1. What were it?
2. What it was?
3. What was it?
Le vent soufflait si fort.
1. The wind was blowing so hard.
2. The wind blowing so hard.
3. The wind was blowing such hard.
Un arbre est tombé sur le mur.
1. A tree fell on the wall.
2. A tree falled on the wall.
3. A tree fall on the wall yesterday.
La météo ne vous avait pas prévenus ?
1. Doesn't the weather forecast warn you?
2. Didn't the weather forecast warn you?
3. Didn't the weather forecast warned you?
Il n'y aurait pas d'ouragan.
1. There won't be a hurricane yesterday.
2. There wouldn't a hurricane.
3. There wouldn't be a hurricane.
Il n'y avait plus de trains.
1. There were no trains.
2. There was no trains.
3. There were not trains.
Il y avait des arbres partout.
1. There were three everywhere.
2. There was trees everywhere.
3. There were trees everywhere.
Ils marchaient quand il a commencé à pleuvoir.
1. They walked when it was starting to rain.
2. They were walk when it started to rain.
3. They were walking when it started to rain.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) 1987 · 2. a) The wind was blowing very hard. · 3. b) I was sleeping when... · 4. c) 15 millions · 5. a) power cuts · 6. c) the weather forecast · 7. a) fell · 8. b) so hard that · 9. a) A noise woke me up. · 10. a) qu'il n'y aurait pas d'ouragan

Exercice 2

1. remember · 2. sleeping · 3. woke · 4. blowing · 5. fell · 6. forecast · 7. hurricane · 8. electricity · 9. that · 10. cuts

Exercice 3

1. a) Do you remember the Great Storm? · 2. b) I was sleeping when a noise woke me up. · 3. c) What was it? · 4. a) The wind was blowing so hard. · 5. a) A tree fell on the wall. · 6. b) Didn't the weather forecast warn you? · 7. c) There wouldn't be a hurricane. · 8. a) There were no trains. · 9. c) There were trees everywhere. · 10. c) They were walking when it started to rain.