Corrigé logement anglais : exercices de seconde – PDF gratuit à télécharger et imprimer

1. a tenant : d (un locataire)
2. a landlord : g (un propriétaire bailleur)
3. a mortgage : f (un prêt immobilier)
4. a deposit : a (un apport)
5. the rent : b (le loyer)
6. an estate agent : h (un agent immobilier)
7. to afford : c (avoir les moyens de)
8. overcrowded : e (surpeuplé)

1. Most students rent a room near the university. (Les étudiants sont locataires.)
2. Our neighbours let their basement flat to a young couple. (Ce sont eux les bailleurs ; let est invariable : let, let, let.)
3. We can’t afford it.
4. My grandparents bought their first house in 1972. (Prétérit : date passée.)
5. Who owns this building? (Présent, 3e personne.)
6. « To Let » : à louer.
7. She has rented the same flat for ten years. (Present perfect + for.)
8. Fewer young people own their homes than in the past.

1. a terraced house
2. a detached house
3. a tower block
4. a bungalow
5. a semi-detached house
6. a flat

1. We are looking for a flat to rent / a rental near the city centre. (Location = emplacement.)
2. My uncle lets his flat to students. (Le bailleur lets.)
3. They found a home / a flat / accommodation in Manchester. (Housing est indénombrable.)
4. We can’t afford to buy a car and a house. (Afford + infinitif.)
5. Local councils built council estates after the war. (Ce sont les municipalités.)
6. My parents are homeowners. (Un landlord loue un bien à quelqu’un.)

1. She moved onto the estate in 1968, when the tower was brand new.
2. It felt like a palace because it had hot water, an indoor bathroom and a view over the whole city.
3. She used the Right to Buy in 1986 and bought her flat for half its value.
4. The estate is run-down and some flats are overcrowded.
5. He wants to knock the blocks down and build luxury apartments.
6. She is worried because people like her cannot afford the new prices: they will be priced out. This illustrates gentrification.

1. Bill bought his first home seven years younger than Karen. (31 − 24 = 7 ; on peut aussi dire at a younger age.)
2. Karen’s first home was twenty times more expensive than Bill’s. (180 000 ÷ 9 000 = 20.)
3. Bill used to rent a room before he bought his house.
4. Liam is the only one who is still a tenant.
5. Karen hasn’t paid off her mortgage yet.
6. « Generation Rent« .

Ordre attendu : 2 – 5 – 4 – 6 – 1 – 3. Les artistes arrivent, les commerces branchés ouvrent, le quartier devient à la mode, les promoteurs achètent, les prix s’envolent et les habitants modestes partent. On accepte 2 – 5 – 4 – 1 – 6 – 3 si tu justifies que les prix montent avant l’arrivée des promoteurs.

1. We have been renting a two-bedroom flat for five years. (« Trois pièces » en France = salon + deux chambres ; present perfect be + -ing avec for.)
2. Young people can no longer afford to buy a house in London.
3. They borrowed money from the bank to pay for their house. (Ou : They took out a mortgage.)
4. This estate was built by the council in the 1960s.
5. The rent has doubled since the area became fashionable.
6. My grandparents own their house. / My grandparents are homeowners.

1. L’appartement est loué à un jeune couple.
2. Elle a été expulsée parce qu’elle ne pouvait pas payer le loyer.
3. Ils économisent pour l’apport avec l’aide de leurs parents. (La « banque de papa-maman ».)
4. La gentrification a transformé ce quartier ouvrier en quartier huppé.
5. Le sans-abrisme a augmenté dans beaucoup de grandes villes.

1. The House of Commons.
2. The working class.
3. The landed gentry.
4. Social mobility.
5. A middle-class suburb (trait d’union devant un nom).
6. A very posh accent.

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