Voici le corrigé physique et caractère des onze exercices, avec une explication pour chaque piège : hair au singulier, l’âge avec be, l’ordre des adjectifs et les faux amis.
La correction détaillée
Correction de l’exercice 1 : physique ou caractère ?- slim : P
- honest : C
- curly : P
- rude : C
- tiny : P
- generous : C
- healthy : P (l’état du corps)
- polite : C
- skinny : P
- shy : C
- polite → rude (ou impolite)
- generous → selfish (ou mean)
- honest → dishonest
- tall → short
- hard-working → lazy
- patient → impatient
- straight → curly (ou wavy)
- shy → outgoing
- What does she look like? (physique)
- What is she like? (caractère)
- What does she like? (goûts)
- What does he look like?
- What is he like?
- What does he like?
- long curly hair
- big blue eyes
- short red hair
- a tiny white dog
- long straight blond hair
- a long grey beard
L’ordre est toujours : taille ou longueur, puis forme, puis couleur, puis le nom.
- You look tired. (+ adjectif)
- She looks like her father. (+ nom)
- This cake looks delicious.
- He looks like a famous footballer.
- They look happy today.
- My cat looks like a little tiger.
- He is polite.
- She is honest.
- He is generous.
- She is rude.
- He is shy.
- She is hard-working.
- He is healthy (ou fit).
- She has long blond hair. (indénombrable)
- They are tall and slim. (adjectif invariable)
- My sister is twelve. (ou is twelve years old)
- He’s a very nice boy (ou friendly), everybody likes his jokes. (sympathetic = compatissant)
- She has blue eyes. (adjectif avant le nom)
- He looks like his brother.
- My grandad has got a white beard.
- Tom is very polite. (pas d’article devant un adjectif seul)
- My best friend is short and slim.
- He has got short dark hair. (ou He has short brown hair.)
- She is honest and generous.
- You look tired.
- My brother looks like my father. (ou my dad)
- This boy is rude. (ou impolite)
- My grandfather is healthy.
- She wears glasses and she has got freckles.
- Mia is short. She has got long wavy blond hair and blue eyes. She is kind.
- Leo is tall. He has got short straight black hair and brown eyes, and he wears glasses. He is shy.
- Zoe is medium height. She has got short curly red hair, green eyes and freckles. She is funny.
- Mr Grant is tall. He has got no hair, but he has got a long grey beard. He is patient.
- Ava is tiny. She has got long straight dark hair and brown eyes. She is generous.
- He is tall and skinny, with short curly black hair and a big smile.
- Because he always shares his snacks with everybody.
- It is red. (long, straight and red)
- No, she isn’t. She is tiny.
- She is honest, hard-working and strong.
- No, he isn’t. He looks serious, but he is very kind and polite.
- Because he cycles to school every day.
Réponses libres. Exemple de réponse modèle :
- This is my cousin Hugo. He is fourteen.
- He is tall and slim, and he is very fit.
- He has got short wavy brown hair and green eyes.
- He looks like his dad, and he always looks happy.
- He is generous, honest and a bit lazy: he always lends me his bike, he never lies, but he hates tidying his room!
Comment progresser après ce corrigé physique et caractère
Notez vos erreurs dans trois colonnes : vocabulaire, ordre des mots, faux amis. Ensuite, entraînez-vous avec des photos : choisissez une personne dans un magazine ou un personnage de série et décrivez-la à voix haute en trente secondes, d’abord le physique, puis le caractère. Pour enrichir vos portraits, apprenez chaque semaine deux nouveaux adjectifs de caractère avec leur contraire.

