"Substituts" des modaux
EXERCICES
Exercice 1. Compréhension : volonté ou certitude?
Indiquez le sens véhiculé par les groupes verbaux soulignés.
1. First farm labourer: I'm telling you, Ma'am, there isn't any chance of you getting the prize money. It's not going to work.
2. Female farmer: There's a thousand dollar bonus for the first bale of cotton. That plus the crop will help me make the payment.
3. First farm labourer: No way. In a couple of days the pickers from the south are going to come work here for other farmers and they can pick a field of cotton in the blink of an eye.
4. Female farmer: Fine, then we'll start right now. My two children can help.
5. Second farm labourer: That's not going to be nearly enough.
6. Female farmer: Then I'll pick 24 hours a day!
7. First farm labourer: You don't know what you're talking about. You'll end up killing yourself.
8. Female farmer: You two listen to me! If I can't make my payment, then we're going to lose this place. And you Will, they're going to put you in a state home because of your infirmity; and you, Mose, you will go back to begging like you did before I gave you a job. And as for me, I'm going to lose what's left of my family. I'm not going to let that happen. And I'm not going to give up!
Exercice 2. Expression
Que dites-vous quand … ?
1. Vous observez de lourds nuages noirs dans le ciel.
2. Vous demandez quand Kathy se décidera à épouser Charles.
3. Vous invitez quelqu'un à s'asseoir et décidez de lui préparer une tasse de thé.
4. Vous regardez l'état de votre plafond et décidez de le repeindre.
5. Vous refusez de prêter votre voiture à quelqu'un dont vous connaissez la façon de conduire.
6. Vous prédisez que votre père ne vous prêtera jamais sa Ferrari.
7. Vous annoncez à la cliente qui rend visite à votre officine de cartomancienne qu'elle va rencontrer l'homme de sa vie, avoir six enfants et vivre heureuse pour toujours.
Exercice 3. Traduisez.
1. Il y a de fortes chances pour qu'il vote "non".
2. L'avion est sur le point de décoler.
3. Il est très improbable qu'elle soit d'accord avec nous.
4. Je ne suis pas près de voter pour elle.
Exercice 4. Compréhension
Verbe lexical, adjectif ou semi-modal?
Traduisez les énoncés suivants et indiquez la nature du mot used dans chacun d'eux.
1. The prisoners were used to split huge stones with heavy sledge-hammers.
2. The prisoners were used to getting up before dawn and to having their feet shackled.
3. The prisoners used to complain that the chains hampered their progress.
4. Mother used to say that children shouldn't talk unless invited to.
5. I never got used to that kind of discipline.
6. Father used a belt to teach us good manners.
Exercice 5. Compréhension
Expliquez la différence de sens contenue dans le second énoncé des paires suivantes.
1a. The prisoners were used to split huge stones with heavy sledge-hammers.
1b. The prisoners would use heavy sledge-hammers to split huge stones.
2a. The prisoners were used to getting up before dawn and to having their feet shackled.
2b. The prisoners would get up before dawn and have their feet shackled.
3a. The prisoners used to complain that the chains hampered their progress.
3b. The prisoners would complain that the chains hampered their progress.
4a. Mother used to say that children shouldn't talk unless invited to.
4b. Mother would say that children shouldn't talk unless invited to.
5a. I never got used to that kind of discipline.
5b. I would never get used to that kind of discipline.
6a. Father used a belt to teach us good manners.
6b. Father would use a belt to teach us good manners.
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