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Woolly mammoths : l'ère glaciaire (CM2)

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AnglaisFrançais
the Ice Agel'ère glaciaire
a woolly mammothun mammouth laineux
long curved tusksde longues défenses courbées
thick hairdes poils épais
They became extinct.Ils ont disparu.
cave paintingsdes peintures rupestres

Pendant la dernière ère glaciaire, une grande partie de l'Europe était couverte de glace. Le mammouth laineux, cousin de l'éléphant, était protégé du froid par ses poils épais et une couche de graisse ; ses défenses (tusks) pouvaient mesurer plus de 3 mètres. Les hommes préhistoriques le chassaient et le peignaient sur les murs des grottes. Les derniers mammouths ont disparu il y a environ 4 000 ans.

Mise en situation : le musée d'histoire naturelle

Guide : This is a woolly mammoth. It lived during the Ice Age.
Voici un mammouth laineux. Il vivait pendant l'ère glaciaire.
Jade : It looks like an elephant with a fur coat!
On dirait un éléphant avec un manteau de fourrure !
Guide : Exactly! Its thick hair kept it warm. And look at its long curved tusks.
Exactement ! Ses poils épais lui tenaient chaud. Et regardez ses longues défenses courbées.
Theo : Did people hunt mammoths?
Les hommes chassaient-ils les mammouths ?
Guide : Yes, and they painted them on cave walls. You can still see the paintings in France!
Oui, et ils les peignaient sur les murs des grottes. On peut encore voir les peintures en France !
Jade : Why did mammoths become extinct?
Pourquoi les mammouths ont-ils disparu ?

À retenir

  • the Ice Age, ice, a mammoth, tusks, fur, a cave, a hunter, a painting, extinct.
  • lived, kept, hunted, painted, became (prétérit) ; It looks like... ; Why did... become extinct?

Exercice 1 : L'ère glaciaire : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « l'ère glaciaire »
    1. the Ice Edge
    2. the Age of Ice cream
    3. the Ice Age
  2. « un mammouth laineux »
    1. a wooden mammoth
    2. a woolly mammoth
    3. a woolly mouth
  3. « des défenses » (d'éléphant)
    1. tasks
    2. ducks
    3. tusks
  4. Le mammouth est un cousin de...
    1. l'éléphant
    2. la girafe
    3. l'ours
  5. « Ils ont disparu. »
    1. They became extinguished.
    2. They became extinct.
    3. They become extinct yesterday.
  6. « des peintures rupestres »
    1. cave paintings
    2. cave painters
    3. cake paintings
  7. Les derniers mammouths ont disparu il y a environ...
    1. 40 ans
    2. 4 millions d'années
    3. 4 000 ans
  8. « Ses poils lui tenaient chaud. »
    1. It's hair keeped it warm.
    2. Its hair kept it worm.
    3. Its hair kept it warm.
  9. « On dirait un éléphant. »
    1. It look like an elephant.
    2. It looks like an elephant.
    3. It looks an elephant.
  10. « chasser » (animaux)
    1. to haunt
    2. to hunt
    3. to hurt

Exercice 2 : L'ère glaciaire : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. It .......................... during the Ice Age. (live)
  2. It looks .......................... an elephant.
  3. Its thick hair .......................... it warm. (keep)
  4. look at its long curved ..........................
  5. Did people .......................... mammoths?
  6. They .......................... them on cave walls. (paint)
  7. Why did mammoths become .......................... ?
  8. a woolly ..........................
  9. cave ..........................
  10. the .......................... Age

Exercice 3 : L'ère glaciaire : mise en situation

  1. Il vivait pendant l'ère glaciaire.
    1. It lived since the Ice Age.
    2. It lived during the Ice Age.
    3. It lives during the Ice Age.
  2. On dirait un éléphant avec un manteau de fourrure.
    1. It looks like an elephant with a fur coat!
    2. It looks an elephant with a fur coat!
    3. It look like an elephant with a far coat!
  3. Ses poils lui tenaient chaud.
    1. Its thick hair keeped it warm.
    2. Its thick hair kept it warm.
    3. It's thick hair kept it warm.
  4. Regardez ses défenses.
    1. Look its long curved tusks.
    2. Look at its long curved tasks.
    3. Look at its long curved tusks.
  5. Les hommes chassaient-ils les mammouths ?
    1. Did people haunt mammoths?
    2. Did people hunted mammoths?
    3. Did people hunt mammoths?
  6. Ils les peignaient sur les murs.
    1. They paint them on cave walls yesterday.
    2. They painted them on cave walls.
    3. They painted they on cave walls.
  7. On peut encore voir les peintures en France.
    1. You can always see the painters in France!
    2. You can still see the paintings in France!
    3. You can still to see the paintings in France!
  8. Pourquoi ont-ils disparu ?
    1. Why did mammoths become extinct?
    2. Why did mammoths became extinct?
    3. Why mammoths became extinct?
  9. Il faisait très froid.
    1. It was very cold.
    2. It was very gold.
    3. It were very cold.
  10. Le mammouth était énorme.
    1. The mammoth were huge.
    2. The mammoth was huge.
    3. The mammoth was hug.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) the Ice Age · 2. b) a woolly mammoth · 3. c) tusks · 4. a) l'éléphant · 5. b) They became extinct. · 6. a) cave paintings · 7. c) 4 000 ans · 8. c) Its hair kept it warm. · 9. b) It looks like an elephant. · 10. b) to hunt

Exercice 2

1. lived · 2. like · 3. kept · 4. tusks · 5. hunt · 6. painted · 7. extinct · 8. mammoth · 9. paintings · 10. Ice

Exercice 3

1. b) It lived during the Ice Age. · 2. a) It looks like an elephant with a fur coat! · 3. b) Its thick hair kept it warm. · 4. c) Look at its long curved tusks. · 5. c) Did people hunt mammoths? · 6. b) They painted them on cave walls. · 7. b) You can still see the paintings in France! · 8. a) Why did mammoths become extinct? · 9. a) It was very cold. · 10. b) The mammoth was huge.