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The Wright brothers : le premier vol (CM2)

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the Wright brothersles frères Wright
the first powered flight (1903)le premier vol motorisé
They built an aeroplane.Ils ont construit un avion.
It took off!Il a décollé !
It flew for 12 seconds.Il a volé pendant 12 secondes.
They made bicycles.Ils fabriquaient des vélos.

Orville et Wilbur Wright, deux frères américains qui réparaient et fabriquaient des vélos, rêvaient de voler. Le 17 décembre 1903, à Kitty Hawk (Caroline du Nord), leur avion à moteur, le Flyer, décolle avec Orville aux commandes : il vole 12 secondes sur environ 37 mètres. C'est le premier vol d'un avion motorisé et piloté ! Verbes irréguliers : fly → flew, build → built, take off → took off.

Mise en situation : l'émission de radio

Presenter : Today: the first flight in history! Tell us about the Wright brothers.
Aujourd'hui : le premier vol de l'histoire ! Parlez-nous des frères Wright.
Historian : Orville and Wilbur made bicycles in Ohio, but they dreamed of flying.
Orville et Wilbur fabriquaient des vélos dans l'Ohio, mais ils rêvaient de voler.
Presenter : When did they fly for the first time?
Quand ont-ils volé pour la première fois ?
Historian : On the seventeenth of December 1903. Orville was the pilot.
Le 17 décembre 1903. Orville était le pilote.
Presenter : How long did the flight last?
Combien de temps a duré le vol ?
Historian : Only twelve seconds! But it changed the world.
Seulement douze secondes ! Mais cela a changé le monde.

À retenir

  • an aeroplane, a pilot, a flight, an engine, wings, a bicycle, an inventor.
  • flew, built, took off, dreamed, changed (prétérit) ; When did they...? How long did... last?

Exercice 1 : Le premier vol : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. Le premier vol a eu lieu en...
    1. 1903
    2. 1803
    3. 1953
  2. Les frères Wright fabriquaient...
    1. des bateaux
    2. des vélos
    3. des voitures
  3. Prétérit de fly :
    1. flied
    2. flew
    3. flown
  4. Prétérit de build :
    1. built
    2. builded
    3. build
  5. « Il a décollé ! »
    1. It taked off!
    2. It took of!
    3. It took off!
  6. Le premier vol a duré...
    1. 12 minutes
    2. 12 heures
    3. 12 secondes
  7. Le premier pilote était...
    1. Orville
    2. Wilbur
    3. Isaac
  8. « un avion » (GB)
    1. an aeroplane
    2. a airplane
    3. an aero plan
  9. « Combien de temps a duré le vol ? »
    1. How long did the flight last?
    2. How long the flight lasted?
    3. How long did the flight lasted?
  10. « rêver de voler »
    1. to dream of fly
    2. to dream to flying
    3. to dream of flying

Exercice 2 : Le premier vol : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. They .......................... an aeroplane. (build)
  2. It .......................... for 12 seconds. (fly)
  3. It took .......................... !
  4. They .......................... of flying. (dream)
  5. When did they .......................... for the first time?
  6. Orville was the .......................... .
  7. How long did the flight .......................... ?
  8. It .......................... the world. (change)
  9. They made .......................... in Ohio.
  10. the first .......................... in history

Exercice 3 : Le premier vol : mise en situation

  1. Parlez-nous des frères Wright.
    1. Tell us about the Wright brothers.
    2. Tell to us about the Wright brothers.
    3. Say us about the Wright brothers.
  2. Ils fabriquaient des vélos.
    1. They make bicycles in Ohio yesterday.
    2. They made bicycles in Ohio.
    3. They maked bicycles in Ohio.
  3. Ils rêvaient de voler.
    1. They dreamed of flying.
    2. They dreamed to flying.
    3. They dream of fly.
  4. Quand ont-ils volé pour la première fois ?
    1. When they flew for the first time?
    2. When did they flew for the first time?
    3. When did they fly for the first time?
  5. Orville était le pilote.
    1. Orville was the pilote.
    2. Orville was the pilot.
    3. Orville were the pilot.
  6. Combien de temps a duré le vol ?
    1. How long did the flight last?
    2. How long did the flight lasted?
    3. How much did the flight last?
  7. Seulement douze secondes.
    1. Only twelve seconds!
    2. Only twenty seconds!
    3. Only twelve second!
  8. Cela a changé le monde.
    1. It change the world yesterday.
    2. It changed the world.
    3. It changed the word.
  9. L'avion a décollé.
    1. The aeroplane take off yesterday.
    2. The aeroplane taked off.
    3. The aeroplane took off.
  10. Tu veux être pilote.
    1. I want to be pilot of.
    2. I want to be a pilot.
    3. I want be a pilot.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) 1903 · 2. b) des vélos · 3. b) flew · 4. a) built · 5. c) It took off! · 6. c) 12 secondes · 7. a) Orville · 8. a) an aeroplane · 9. a) How long did the flight last? · 10. c) to dream of flying

Exercice 2

1. built · 2. flew · 3. off · 4. dreamed · 5. fly · 6. pilot · 7. last · 8. changed · 9. bicycles · 10. flight

Exercice 3

1. a) Tell us about the Wright brothers. · 2. b) They made bicycles in Ohio. · 3. a) They dreamed of flying. · 4. c) When did they fly for the first time? · 5. b) Orville was the pilot. · 6. a) How long did the flight last? · 7. a) Only twelve seconds! · 8. b) It changed the world. · 9. c) The aeroplane took off. · 10. b) I want to be a pilot.