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Basic mistakes to avoid
Message de steeve34 posté le 26-03-2006 à 13:11:31 (S | E | F | I)
Bonjour à tous,

Voici dix phrases fautives. Il y a des fautes de construction, des fautes d'orthographe, il y a même des phrases où figurent plusieurs fautes.
A vous de les découvrir.

Catégorie:
Correction:Lundi 3 avril 2006.

1- There is a hotel in front of our house.
2- The advices he gives are worth listening to.
3- She is married with a doctor.
4- Take your bike when you' ll come.
5- It mustn't be the postman on the door.It's only 7 o' clock.
6- A third of student is from aboard.
7- Except Angie, everybody were there.
8- We waited one and a half hour.
9- When I wrote my letters, I did some gardening.
10-I've got some friends with house that looks over a river.
Traduire cette phrase lorsque vous l'aurez corrigée
Réécrivez cette phrase dans un anglais plus soutenu.
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Modifié par steeve34 le 26-03-2006 19:34
C'est moi et moi seul qui choisis les titres de mes exercices.
Je n'oblige personne à faire les exercices que je propose.

Réponse: Basic mistakes to avoid. de lakata, postée le 26-03-2006 à 14:48:12 (S | E)
Hello steeve !
Let's go!

1- There is a hotel opposite to our house.
2- The advice he gives is worth listening to.
3- She is married to a doctor.
4- Take your bike when you come.
5- It can't be the postman at the door. It is only 7 o'clock.
6- A third of the students comes from abroad.
7- Except Angie, everybody was there.
8- We waited for one hour and a half.
9- (I must be stupid but I don't really see what this sentence is supposed to mean and what you want us to do about it...but yet I'll try !)
After thinking over it,I've suddenly realised how stupid I am!
So, the sentence could be:
When I had written my letters, I did some gardening.
10-I've got some friends whose house looks onto a river.
or :
Some friends of mine have got a house looking onto a river.
J'ai des amis dont la maison donne sur une rivière
steeve !
See you soon !
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Modifié par lakata le 27-03-2006 09:11

Réponse: Mistakes to avoid. de machrychar, postée le 26-03-2006 à 16:07:41 (S | E)
Hello

1-There is a hotel opposite our house.
2-The advice he gives is worth listening to.
3-She married a doctor.
4-Take your bike when you come. (Take your bike for coming)
5-It shouldn't be the postman at the door. It's only 7 o'clock.
6-A third of students are from aboard.
7-Except for Angie, everybody was there.
8-We waited one hour and a half.
9-When I had written my letters, I did some gardening.
10-I've got some friends whose house looks out on the river.
J’ai des amis dont la maison a vue sur la rivière.
Friends of mine own a house that looks out on the river.
I've got some fiends whose house has a river view.

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Réponse: Mistakes to avoid. de maya13, postée le 26-03-2006 à 18:00:42 (S | E)
hello steeve,

1 - There is a hotel opposite our house
2 - The advice he gives is worth listening
3 - She is married to a doctor
4 - Take your bike when you come
5 - It can't be the postman at the door. It's only 7
6 - One third of the students comes from abroad
7 - Except for Angie, everybody was there
8 - We waited one hour and a half
or - We've been waiting for one hour and a half
9 - Once I'd written my letters, I did some gardening
10 - I've got friends whose house faces the river (looks onto the river)
J'ai des amis dont la maison donne sur la rivière

thank you steeve

Réponse: Mistakes to avoid. de magmatic_rock, postée le 26-03-2006 à 18:47:19 (S | E)
There is a hotel opposite our house.
The advice he gives is worth listening to.
She is married to a doctor.
Take your bike when you come.
It can't be the postman at the door.It's only 7 o' clock.
One third of the students is from abroad.
Except Angie, everybody wes there.
We waited for one hour and a half
When I wrote my letters, I was doing some babysitting.
I've got some friends whose house overlooks a river.

Réponse: Basic mistakes to avoid de mp27, postée le 26-03-2006 à 20:37:43 (S | E)
Hello!

1- If the hotel is in a position facing our house, and on the other side, we should say:
There is a hotel opposite our house.

2- The advice he gives is worth listening to.
He usually gives advice worth listening to.

3- She is married to a doctor.
4- Bring your bike when you come.
5- It can't be the postman at the door. It's only 7 o'clock.
6- A third of the students are from abroad.

7- Apart from Angie, everybody was there.
Everybody was there, except Angie.

8- We waited for one and a half hours.

9- Il s'agit de 2 actions qui ne peuvent pas se faire simultanément.
Suggestion:In between writing my letters, I did some gardening.

Evidemment, on pourrait faire les actions à la suite l'une de l'autre.
I wrote my letters, then I did some gardening.
ou encore:
Having written my letters, I did some gardening.

10-a)I've got some friends whose house looks over a river.
b)J'ai des amis dont la maison donne (donne vue sur) une rivière.
c)Some friends of mine have a house overlooking a river.

Thanks for the exercise.

Réponse: Basic mistakes to avoid de fari41, postée le 28-03-2006 à 11:44:23 (S | E)

1)there is a hotel outside our house
2)the pieces of advice he gives are worth listening to.
3)she married a doctor.
4)....when you come
5)it can't be the postman at the door.
6)a third of students are from abroard
7)excelt Angie,everybody was there
8)we have waited one hour and a half
9)when I wrote my letters,I was gardening
10)I 've got some friends who have a house which look over a river

Réponse: Basic mistakes to avoid de bobine, postée le 28-03-2006 à 12:11:18 (S | E)
Hello,

1- There is a hotel opposite our house.
2- The advice he gives are worth listening to.
3- She is married to a doctor.
4- Take your bike when you come.
5- It can't be the postman at the door.It's only 7 o' clock.
6- A third of the students comes from aboard.
7- Excepted Angie, everybody was there.
8- We waited one hour and a half.
9- When I finished writing my letters, I did some gardening.
10-I've got some friends whose house looks over a river.
J'ai quelques amis dont la maison donne sur une rivière.
Some of my friends have a house overlooking a river.

Réponse: Basic mistakes to avoid de coco02, postée le 28-03-2006 à 12:53:02 (S | E)
voilà mes réponses (vivement la correction !!!)

1- There is a hotel opposite to our house.
2- The advice he gives are worth to be listened to.
3- she is married to a doctor.
4- Take your bike when you come
5-It mustn’t be the postman at the door.It’s only 7 o’clock.
6-0ne third of the students is from abroad.
7-Except Angie, everybody was there.
8-We have been waiting for one hour and a half.
9-After having writing my letters, I did some gardening.
10-I’ve got some friends which house give onto a river.

Très bon excercice-Merci Steeve34
COCO02

Réponse: Basic mistakes to avoid de steeve34, postée le 03-04-2006 à 12:27:35 (S | E)
Bonjour à tous.

Quelques commentaires préliminaires.

1- In front of<---> devant(est l'opposé de derrière).
Opposite <----> en face de.
We were now in front of the theatre. (devant).
The agency is opposite the cinema.(en face).
Vous remarquerez que OPPOSITE, n'est suivi d'aucune préposition.
A signaler que la phrase:
"They live in the house opposite" se traduit "Ils vivent dans la maison D'EN FACE".

2- En anglais ADVICE est un nom indénombrable.
Il ne peut pas être précédé de a/an ni de one, two ......
Il ne peut pas prendre la marque du pluriel. Le verbe qui le suit est toujours au singulier.
A noter:
Des conseils<----> advice.
un conseil<---> a piece of advice.
The ADVICE he gave us WAS useful.
Les conseils qu'il nous a donnés étaient utiles.

3- Get/be married TO
How long have you been married to Jane ?
Marry somebody(no preposition).
She married her childhood sweetheart.

4-Take et Bring.
To bring: Le locuteur utilise "BRING" lorsque qqch est apporté vers lui.
Don't forget to BRING a bottle of wine when you COME.
To take: Le locuteur utilise "TAKE" lorsque qqch est emporté ou emmené de l'endroit où il se trouve.
Don't forget to TAKE your bottle of wine when you GO.
On s'aperçoit que BRING est lié à COME, de la même façon que TAKE l'est à GO.

5- Must not- Exprime une interdiction.
You must not smoke in my office.
Cannot- Exprime une forte probabilité: on peut affirmer sans risques réels de se tromper, qu'une chose n'est pas possible.
He can't be French: he is wearing a kilt.(Il ne peut pas être.......Il est impossible qu'il soit.......

6- Même si l'on utilise une fraction au SINGULIER lorsque l'on parle d'un nombre de personnes ou de choses, on met le verbe au pluriel.
A noter que:
Après une expression telle que:
One in three; one out of five + plural noun on peut mettre le verbe au singulier ou au pluriel.
One in three new cars BREAK/BREAKS down in the first year.

Attention ! Ne pas confondre aboard et abroad.

7-Except FOR.
S'emploie en début de phrase. Il signifie: A l'exception de...
Après everybody le verbe est au singulier.

8-Le locuteur accomplit deux actions espacées dans le temps.
Il fait d'abord une chose puis il en fait une autre lorsqu'il a achevé la première.
On a tendance à oublier qu'il existe en français un passé simple et un passé antérieur qui se traduisent en anglais respectivement par le" past simple" et le "past perfect".
Pour traduire :
"Quand ils eurent fini, ils se reposèrent" on emploie le past perfect dans la première partie de la phrase et le past simple dans la seconde.
When they HAD FINISHED, they TOOK a rest.

9-L'expression ONE AND A HALF est toujours suivie d'un nom au PLURIEL.

10-WHOSE est surtout employé à l'écrit dans un style soutenu.
Mais on peut ,et cela est courant dans le langage familier, exprimer la possession à l'aide de WITH.
You know that girl WITH A brother who drives lories ?(with a brother= who has a brother).
que l'on pourrait aussi écrire:
You know that girl WHOSE brother drives lorries ?

Voici ma proposition.

1-There is a hotel opposite our house.
2-The advice he gives is worth listening to.
3-She is married to a doctor.
She married a doctor.
4-Bring your bike when you ~~will~~ come
5-It can't be the postman at the door. It's only 7 o' clock.
6-A third of the students are from abroad.
7-Except for Angie, everybody was there.
8-When I had written my letters, I did some gardening.
9-We waited one and a half hours.
10-I' ve got some friends with a house that looks over a river.
Phrase avec WHOSE:
I've got some friends whose house looks over a river.
Ces deux phrases ont le même sens et se traduisent de façon identique.
J'ai des amis dont la maison donne sur une rivière.

Je vous remercie de votre participation.

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