Ce corrigé subjonctif et passif reprend les onze exercices dans l’ordre. Les réponses sont en gras, et les remarques signalent les variantes acceptées, notamment should en anglais britannique.
La correction détaillée
Le corrigé subjonctif et passif, exercice par exercice
Correction de l’exercice 1 : Repérer le subjonctif- be
- arrive : pas de -s malgré le sujet she.
- take
- resign
- apply : pas de -s malgré le sujet the law.
- not sign : négation sans do.
- hand
- be
- be raised : les salaires subissent l’action, subjonctif passif.
- take
- not drive
- be released : subjonctif passif.
- bring
- It is important that she should be told the truth.
- They suggested that we should leave early.
- The law requires that all drivers should wear a seatbelt.
- He insisted that the report should be rewritten.
- It is essential that nobody should know about it.
- c) God save the King.
- f) Long live the Republic.
- a) Be that as it may.
- b) If need be.
- d) Come what may.
- e) So be it.
- The bridge is being repaired.
- My bike has been stolen.
- The tickets had already been sold.
- The new stadium will have been built by 2028.
- The suspect was being questioned by the police.
- The results will be announced tomorrow.
- A helmet must be worn.
- The residents should have been warned.
- This problem can’t be solved easily.
- The painting might have been stolen.
- These bottles ought to be recycled.
- The accident could have been prevented.
- Women were not given the vote until 1918.
- Maya was offered a scholarship.
- The workers have been promised a pay rise.
- She was awarded the Booker Prize.
- The refugees were refused entry.
- We were not told the truth. Nobody disparaît et la phrase devient négative.
- The patients are looked after by nurses.
- The proposal was turned down by the council.
- He was laughed at by everybody.
- This issue must be dealt with.
- The match has been called off.
- This film is talked about a lot.
- « British women were not given the right to vote » (ou « some women over thirty were finally granted the vote »).
- be changed, introduit par demanded that ; be remembered, introduit par insist that.
- « Their campaign was often laughed at by politicians. »
- Many of them were arrested, imprisoned and force-fed.
- In 1928.
- The movement is said to have changed British democracy for ever. Infinitif passé, car le fait est antérieur.
- He is said to be a genius.
- The thief is believed to have escaped through the window.
- The painting is thought to be a fake.
- The minister is reported to have resigned.
- Prices are expected to rise.
- It is essential that every student be listened to. (ou should be listened to)
- They were never told the truth.
- The project was turned down (rejected) by the council.
- This problem should have been dealt with years ago.
- The minister demands that the law be passed before the summer.
- This castle is said to be haunted.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé
Le subjonctif s’apprend surtout en lisant : relevez dans la presse anglophone les tournures en that + base verbale après demand, insist ou essential. Pour le passif, entraînez-vous à transformer des titres d’articles (Police arrest three protesters) en phrases passives complètes, puis réemployez au moins une tournure passive et un subjonctif dans votre prochain essai.