Corrigé passé et mémoire : exercices d’anglais seconde

1. to acknowledge : c
2. a memorial : e
3. to apologise : f
4. a legacy : h
5. to heal : d
6. to topple : g
7. a slave trader : b
8. controversial : a

1. 60,000
2. The Dreaming
3. Songlines
4. Country
5. Dot painting
6. a sacred site

1. 1788 : c
2. 1967 : f
3. 1992 : b
4. 2008 : e
5. 2019 : a
6. 2023 : d

1. arrived (date précise : prétérit)
2. has become (since : lien avec le présent)
3. chaired (fait terminé)
4. have been removed (since 2020)
5. demanded (in 2015)
6. have not healed (yet : bilan actuel)

1. The statue of Colston was toppled (by protesters) in 2020.
2. Thousands of children were taken from their families (by the authorities).
3. Uluru was returned to the Anangu in 1985.
4. The statue is now displayed in a museum.
5. Thousands of victims were heard by the commission.

Le passif se forme avec be au temps de la phrase active + participe passé.

1. The government should have apologised earlier.
2. The authorities shouldn’t have separated children from their parents.
3. The city should have added a plaque to the statue.
4. Tourists shouldn’t have climbed the sacred rock.
5. Schools should have taught this history.

1. True.
2. True.
3. False. They aim to establish the truth and listen to victims.
4. False. He was the head of the South African commission.
5. True.
6. True.

1. I remember the day the statue fell. (pas de pronom réfléchi)
2. The Prime Minister apologised to the Stolen Generations in 2008. (apologise to someone for something)
3. The statue was toppled in 2020. (date : prétérit)
4. Aboriginal people have a rich culture.
5. The children were taken from their families. (sujet pluriel)
6. We study the history of Australia at school. (history = la discipline)

1. He was a merchant who made his fortune in the slave trade in the late 1600s.
2. Because he gave money to schools and charities.
3. They had asked for the statue to be removed or for a plaque explaining his past.
4. Protesters pulled the statue down and rolled it into the harbour during a Black Lives Matter march.
5. It lies in a city museum, still covered in paint, next to protest signs.
6. Some call it vandalism; others say it was the only way to be heard.

1. Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for at least 60,000 years. (depuis : present perfect + for)
2. Thousands of children were taken from their families.
3. The government should have apologised earlier.
4. Should controversial statues be toppled (taken down)?
5. Remembering the past helps (people) to heal.
6. The statue is displayed (on display) in a museum.

1. A : une statue rend hommage, donc il faut la retirer.
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B

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