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xe : territoire et mémoire

• Pour parler d’un fait ou événement passé et terminé, on utilise le ________________.

Formation : _________________________
• Les verbes seront parfois à la forme active. ex : The storm destroyed many homes.
• Les verbes seront parfois à la forme passive. ex : Many homes were destroyed (by
the storm)

Rappel formation du passif : BE (conjugué au temps voulu) + participe passé (=BV-ed

pour les verbes réguliers ; 3ème colonne des verbes irréguliers)

1- Complete this summer press review by putting the verbs in the right tense and form
(active or passive).

§ 1 : On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black American man, ……………

……………………..in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a
counterfeit bill. 

Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, ………………..on Floyd's neck for almost eight
minutes while Floyd …………………… and lying face down, begging for his life and
repeatedly saying "I can't breathe".

Officers J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane further…………………… Floyd, while

officer Tou Thao ………………….. bystanders from intervening. 

prevent / kneel / be killed /restrain / be handcuffed

§ 2 : On June 10th in the USA

Statues of Confederate figures and explorers…………. focus of #BlackLivesMatter

protests, with many ……………. including of Confederate President Jefferson
Davis and of Christopher Columbus in Richmond.

Memorials to the Confederacy, a group of southern states that ……….. to keep black
people as slaves in the American Civil War of 1861-65, have been among
those…………...

/ target / remove / become / fight

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§ 3 : On July 20th in the USA

John Lewis, a civil rights leader who ………………………… non violence while
enduring beatings and jailings in the 1960s and later ……………………. more than
three decades in Congress defending the rights of people of colour, ……………. at
the age of 80 on July 17th, in Atlanta, Georgia.

die / preach / spend

§ 4 : On July 20th : Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo …………….. the first man to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga

and the Premier League with a double in Juventus' 2-1 win over Lazio.

A Portuguese international, Ronaldo……………… the best Portuguese player of all

time by the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015. He …………. his senior debut in
2003 at age 18.

He ……… his first international goal at Euro 2004 and …………. Portugal reach the
final of the competition.

help / become / be named / score / make /

§ 5: On August 11th : The USA

US Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden ……………….. California Senator

Kemala Harris is his running mate, the 1st woman of colour ever ………………… by
a major party,

She ……………… her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before

being ……………….. to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City
Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she ………………… district attorney of
San Francisco.

be elected / begin / announced / select / recruit /

3- Match the greyed-out words with their translations:

Esclaves:…………… respirer:………………………. Faux billet:……………..

Colistier :……………. Des passants :………………. Être menotté :………….

Procureur :……………. Cibler :………………………… s’agenouiller :………….

Marquer un but :………. Des coups :…………………… des décennies :………..

Des emprisonnements:…………….

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4- Highlight all the irregular verbs in the texts and fill in the grid. If the same
verb appears twice, write it only once

Infinitive Preterit Past Participle Translation

Grammar in context:

How to talk about the past:

• Si l’action est finie et n’a plus de lien avec le présent, utilisez le

……………………………………………………………

- Base verbale +…………………/ ou alors …………………………………………

- Pour poser une question yes/no on utilise :
………………………………… Sauf pour le verbe be ! ( ……../
……..)
- A la forme négative, on utilise :
………………………………………… Sauf be devient …../…………

Exercise : preterit

- I   my maths homework yesterday. ( do)

-  Susan   to England by plane? ( go)
- They   a farm two weeks ago. ( visit)
- Jenny and Peggy   their brother. (not / help)
- The children   at home last weekend. (not / be)
- When   you   this wonderful skirt? (design)
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 - My mother   into the van. (not / crash)
- The boys   the mudguards of their bicycles. (take off)
-  you   your aunt last week? (phone)
- He   milk at school. (not / drink)
- They ……………..at home yesterday. ( not / be)

Passive form:

Transform the following sentences into passive sentences

 Elon Musk created Space X >>>

 The fires could destroy the Amazon rainforest >>>
 The USA soccer team beat the Netherlands in the finals of the women’s World
Cup >>>
 President Trump supports gun lobbies >>>

Bonus: forest fires are destroying the Amazon >>>

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