Exercices Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande : anglais 3e – PDF gratuit à télécharger et imprimer

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction.

1. a settler
2. a convict
3. a chief
4. a treaty
5. land
6. to settle
7. an apology
8. indigenous

a. un traité – b. autochtone – c. un bagnard – d. des excuses – e. un chef – f. la terre – g. s’installer – h. un colon

Écris A (Australia) ou NZ (New Zealand).

1. Its capital is Wellington.
2. Uluru is in the middle of this country.
3. The Māori arrived there from Polynesia.
4. The First Fleet landed there in 1788.
5. Its name in the first language is Aotearoa.
6. The Ten Pound Poms emigrated there.
7. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed there.

Classe ces événements du plus ancien au plus récent.

1. Kevin Rudd said sorry to the Stolen Generations.
2. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed.
3. James Cook landed in New Zealand.
4. The Ten Pound scheme started.
5. The First Fleet arrived in Sydney.
6. Abel Tasman saw the coast of New Zealand.

Mets le verbe entre parenthèses au prétérit.

1. James Cook (sail) ___ to the Pacific on the Endeavour.
2. His men (kill) ___ several Māori in October 1769.
3. In 1770, Cook (reach) ___ the east coast of Australia.
4. The voyage to Sydney (take) ___ five weeks.
5. Many families (leave) ___ Britain after the war.
6. Some migrants (go) ___ back home, then (come) ___ back to Australia.
7. The Prime Minister (say) ___ sorry in 2008.

Récris chaque phrase à la voix passive. Garde le complément d’agent seulement s’il est utile.

1. Hobson and Māori chiefs signed the treaty in 1840.
2. Settlers took a lot of Māori land.
3. The government paid compensation.
4. The authorities took Aboriginal children from their families.
5. The Anangu people consider Uluru sacred. (→ Uluru …)
6. They banned climbing on Uluru in 2019.

Lis le texte et réponds aux questions en anglais par des phrases complètes.

1. When did Margaret’s family leave Britain?
2. How did they travel?
3. Where did they live at first?
4. Why was her mother sad?
5. What did the family buy after two years?
6. Is Margaret happy with her family’s decision? Quote the text.

Observe le tableau puis réponds par vrai (True) ou faux (False). Corrige les phrases fausses.

1. The two versions say exactly the same thing.
2. In the English version, the chiefs give sovereignty to the Queen.
3. In the Māori version, the chiefs keep full authority over their lands.
4. The treaty was written only in English.
5. This difference explains many conflicts about land.

Réécris chaque phrase en anglais standard.

1. G’day, mate!
2. See you this arvo.
3. Let’s have a barbie on Sunday.
4. Don’t forget your sunnies.
5. I had brekkie at seven.
6. No worries!

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Recopie-la correctement.

1. The treaty was sign in 1840.
2. Cook has arrived in New Zealand in 1769.
3. The maori lost a lot of their land.
4. Many british families emigrated to Australia.
5. They lost a land after the war.
6. He is living in New Zeland since 2015.

1. Les Maoris sont arrivés de Polynésie en canoë.
2. Le traité fut signé en 1840.
3. Plus d’un million de Britanniques ont émigré en Australie.
4. Le voyage coûtait dix livres.
5. Le Premier ministre a présenté ses excuses en 2008.
6. Il est interdit d’escalader Uluru.

1. The first meeting between Cook and the Māori turned violent.
2. Many settlers bought land from the chiefs.
3. Children on isolated farms studied with the School of the Air.
4. Te reo Māori has been an official language since 1987.
5. Waitangi Day is a public holiday.

Nous sommes en 1960. Tu viens d’arriver en Australie avec ta famille. Écris une lettre de 80 à 100 mots à un ami resté en Angleterre. Utilise le prétérit et au moins trois de ces éléments :

• the voyage (how long, how it was)
• the migrant hostel
• the weather, the beach, the outback
• what you miss / what you like
• a word of Aussie English you learnt