Exercices entre générations : anglais en seconde

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction (a à h).

1. a stepmother
2. a half-brother
3. relatives
4. a household
5. to bring up
6. the elderly
7. a single-parent family
8. to look up to

a. un foyer · b. élever · c. admirer · d. une belle-mère · e. une famille monoparentale · f. les personnes âgées · g. un demi-frère · h. la famille, les proches

Observe l’arbre et complète chaque phrase avec stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, half-brother, ex-husband ou mother.

1. Sarah is Amy’s ___.
2. Mark is Amy’s ___.
3. Leo is Amy’s ___.
4. Josh is Amy’s ___.
5. Paul is Sarah’s ___.
6. Sarah is Josh’s ___.

Complète avec boomers, millennials, Gen Z, generation gap, boomerang kids, sandwich generation.

1. People born between 1946 and 1964 are called baby ___.
2. Teenagers born after 1997 belong to ___.
3. Young adults who move back in with their parents are ___.
4. Adults who care for both their children and their old parents form the ___.
5. The ___ grew up as the internet was arriving, between 1981 and 1996.
6. The difference of opinions between young and old is the ___.

Complète avec used to, is / are used to ou am used to, puis mets le verbe entre parenthèses à la bonne forme.

1. My grandmother ___ (write) letters to her family in India every month.
2. Teenagers today ___ (share) everything online.
3. When my dad was young, he ___ (play) cricket in the street.
4. I ___ (live) with three generations under one roof: it feels normal.
5. People ___ (repair) their shoes instead of buying new ones.
6. My little brother ___ (have) two homes since our parents divorced.

Transforme selon le modèle : families / big (in the past) → small (nowadays) → In the past, families used to be bigger, whereas nowadays they are smaller.

1. houses / crowded (in the past) → quiet (nowadays)
2. children / obedient (in the past) → independent (nowadays)
3. grandparents / close to home (in the past) → far away (nowadays)
4. meals / long (in the past) → quick (nowadays)
5. teenagers / patient (in the past) → impatient (nowadays)

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.

1. My parents and my cousins are all my parents.
2. She is used to wake up early to help her grandmother.
3. My step mother is very kind to me.
4. Young people is more worried about the climate.
5. He use to visit his grandparents every summer.
6. Our family is more big than yours.

Remets les mots dans l’ordre pour former des phrases.

1. between / torn / she / two / feels / cultures
2. us / grandmother / taught / our / to cook / dal
3. back / with / he / his parents / moved / in
4. the / gap / bridge / we / should / generation
5. along / get / my / with / I / stepbrother / well

Réponds en anglais par des phrases complètes.

1. How many generations live in Anjali’s house?
2. When and why did her grandfather come to England?
3. What languages does the family speak?
4. What do her friends think about her family?
5. What are two advantages of living with her grandparents?
6. What do Anjali and her grandfather disagree about?

D’après le cours, dis si chaque affirmation est vraie (true) ou fausse (false), et corrige les fausses.

1. A half-sister has no parent in common with you.
2. Many Indian migrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.
3. Southall and Wembley are areas of Manchester.
4. The school strikes for climate started in 2018.
5. The expression “OK boomer” was used by older people to criticise teenagers.
6. In Bend It Like Beckham, Jess wants to become a doctor.

1. Mes grands-parents vivent avec nous depuis deux ans.
2. Elle est tiraillée entre la culture de ses parents et celle de ses amis.
3. Ma belle-mère m’a élevé comme son propre fils.
4. Les jeunes sont plus inquiets pour le climat que leurs grands-parents.
5. Autrefois, mon grand-père allait à l’usine à vélo.
6. Nous devrions écouter les personnes âgées.

1. She has always looked up to her grandmother.
2. Second-generation migrants often speak two languages.
3. He moved back in with his parents to save money.
4. We will pay for decisions we did not make.
5. My stepbrother and I get along very well.

Écris un paragraphe de 80 à 100 mots : Living with your grandparents: a good idea? Utilise au moins une fois used to, un comparatif, whereas et deux mots du vocabulaire du cours. Aide-toi de ces questions :

1. What can grandparents pass on to teenagers?
2. What can teenagers teach their grandparents?
3. What can cause arguments?
4. What is your opinion?
5. Conclude with one sentence.