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Emploi des temps dans un texte : Billy Weaver (1)

FORMES VERBALES VARIEES.

Attention, un tel titre annonce forcément des 'pièges' ... Il ne s'agira pas uniquement de choisir 'le bon temps', mais aussi, la bonne voix ou forme (active ou passive), tout en faisant très attention au contexte, à la concordance des temps et surtout à la forme du discours employé (direct ou indirect), afin d'effectuer les ajustements indispensables !

Une fois de plus, l'histoire est suivie, le texte et les temps doivent être cohérents. Suivez bien toutes les pistes qui vous sont données, les jalons qui sont posés, les marqueurs de temps indiqués ou sous-entendus. Tous ces éléments doivent vous aider à trouver LA bonne forme verbale ! (Ce test correspond à un bon niveau de 1ère- Terminale.)

   BILLY WEAVER'S ARRIVAL IN BATH.

Par une soirée glaciale, Billy, jeune Londonien arrive à Bath où il va commencer son travail le lendemain. Son problème est de trouver un endroit bon marché, mais propre et agréable, pour y passer la nuit et s'y installer, s'il s'y plaît.

Tenez bien compte des impératifs cités ci-dessus et avec courage, suivez Billy dans son aventure .... étonnante ! Bonne chance !

Il serait prudent de faire ce long exercice en deux fois !

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A smiling middle-aged woman appearedappearingwas appearing's appearingJe ne sais pas at once, like a 'Jack-in-the-box' ! Surprised, Billy asked her how much she would chargewould have chargedwill chargewould chargedJe ne sais pas for a room in her B&B ! He surprised delightfullydelightfully was surprisedwas surprised delightfullywas delightfully surprisedJe ne sais pas when she announced how cheap it was ! Then he was showingwas shownhas been showinghas shownJe ne sais pas his future room : a wonderful and comfortable one.
He was unpackingwill unpackhas unpackedunpackedJe ne sais pas his case and came down for the papers, as he had been askedwas askingwill be askedhad askedJe ne sais pas to. Putting his name in the 'guest book', he noticed only two other names had been writtenhave been writinghave writtenshould have been writtenJe ne sais pas before his : Christopher Mullholland, 17 and Gregory Temple, 28. Why on earth these names runghad these names rangwill these names ringdid these names ringJe ne sais pas a bell in his mind ? The landlady was living on the first floor, Billy has been sleepingmust have sleptwould sleepmust sleepwill sleepJe ne sais pas on the second one, and the other two guests were on the third one,' he was told. 'Of course, they cannot leavehadn't lefthaven't leftshouldn't leaveJe ne sais pas, and they never wouldhad neverought to neverwould nevernever willJe ne sais pas ! Are youWere youHave you beenAre you beingJe ne sais pas ready for a nice cup of tea and a biscuit '? Billy didn't siphas sippedwill sipsippedshouldn't sipJe ne sais pas the tea which pleasantly tasted like bitter almonds... 'Yes ! I did likeI have likedI likedI do likeI shouldn't likeJe ne sais pas this place! ', he thought...

(to be continued)

 

Let's leave Billy for the moment.  He's enjoying his first cup of tea and is likely to have another one ... Next time, soon, Billy will .... realise his mistake !