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English Test Exercice 1 ( /20 points) Expliquer ce qu'est le preterit be+ing. Donner toutes les formes avec deux exemples et les exceptions. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

Exercice 2 (

/8 points)

Transformer les phrases affirmatives en phrases négatives et vice-versa puis en phrases interrogatives.

1. I was doing my homework. I was not doing my homework / Were you doing your homework?_______________________________ 2. I wasn't eating. I was eating. / Were you eating?_______________________________________________________ 3. You weren't listening to your teacher. You were listening to your teacher. / Were you listening to your teacher?________________________ 4. We were playing cards instead of listening to him. We were not playing cards instead of listening to him. / Were you playing cards instead of listening to him?______________________________________________________________________________

Exercice 3 ( /18 points) Conjuguer les verbes entre parenthèses au preterit be+ing. 1.

I (have) a bath when my telephone rang.

I was having a bath when my telephone rang_______________________________________________

2. What (she/do)? What was she doing?_________________________________________________________________ 3. They (sleep) in the hotel. They were sleeping in the hotel.________________________________________________________ 4. We (run) to the swimming-pool. We were running to the swimming-pool.___________________________________________________ 5. Mrs Lee (sing) in the bathroom. Mrs Lee was singing in the bathroom.____________________________________________________ 6. She (swim) in the swimming pool. She was swimming in the swimming-pool.__________________________________________________ 7. He (not make) shoes. He was not making shoes.______________________________________________________________ 8. You (not speak) French. You were not speaking French.__________________________________________________________ 9. I (run). I was running.______________________________________________________________________ 10. They (listen) to music. They were listening to music.___________________________________________________________ 11. What (you/do)? What were you doing?________________________________________________________________ 12. We (not/play) music. We were not playing music.____________________________________________________________ 13. My father and me (go) fishing but we caught no fish. My father and were going fishing but we caught no fish._____________________________________

Exercice 4 ( /14 points) Poser la question sur l'élément souligné. I was doing my homework in my room when my mother came in. Where were you doing your homework when your mother came in?______________________________ Jennifer was listening to the radio when her Mum called her. What was Jennifer doing when her Mum called her?_________________________________________ Jennifer's mother wants to be a pop star because she sang in a band when she was young. Why did Jennifer's mother want to be a pop star?__________________________________________ Tom's father was singing while he was cooking. Who was singing whil he was cooking?____________________________________________________ Mary's mother entered her daughter's room three times. How many times / How often did Mary's mother enter her daughter's room?______________________ He was playing the piano for two hours when I arrived.

How long was he playing the piano when you arrived?_________________________________________ I was running with my brother yesterday from 8 to 9 pm. Whom were you running with yesterday from 8 to 9 pm?_____________________________________