Present perfect ou prétérit : corrigé des exercices d’anglais 4e

1. yesterday → P
2. already → PP
3. three weeks ago → P
4. never → PP
5. last Saturday → P
6. yet → PP
7. in 1969 → P
8. just → PP

1. I saw Max yesterday. (yesterday)
2. She has never eaten Japanese food in her life. (expérience)
3. We moved to Brest two years ago. (ago)
4. Somebody has broken the window. (résultat visible)
5. Have you finished your homework yet? (yet)
6. Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon in 1969. (date)
7. They have just arrived. (just)
8. When did you get home last night? (When, last night)

1. I have lost my keys. (conséquence présente)
2. My grandfather was a sailor when he was young.
3. We haven’t seen the new film yet.
4. Last summer, my family went to Scotland.
5. She has already read that book.
6. Christopher Columbus sailed to America in 1492.
7. Have you ever tried surfing?
8. He called me an hour ago.

1. Have you ever been to London?
2. What time did you arrive? (ou When did you arrive?)
3. Has she finished yet?
4. When did you go to the museum?
5. Have they eaten yet?
6. Where did he buy it?

1. I visited Paris last year.
2. When did you see the film?
3. She went to Spain two weeks ago.
4. Have you ever ridden a camel?
5. We met in 2020.
6. Look! It has snowed. Everything is white. (résultat visible)
7. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. (auteur disparu, période terminée)

1. Yes, I have seen one! I saw it in an old castle last year.
2. Yes, she has found one. She started last Monday.
3. Yes, I have broken my arm. It happened when I was nine.
4. Yes, they have bought one. They paid a lot for it.
5. Yes, I have met her. I met her this morning in the corridor.

Le bilan est au present perfect, les détails (quand, comment) au prétérit.

1. raced (in 1911)
2. arrived (date précise)
3. reached (a month later, dans le récit)
4. have travelled (since then, bilan jusqu’à aujourd’hui)
5. visited (last winter)
6. has spent (so far)
7. sent (last year)
8. have never seen (expérience de vie)

1. I have lost my wallet. I can’t find it. (résultat présent)
2. I lost my wallet yesterday, but I found it again. (yesterday)
3. Have you ever eaten scones?
4. When did you come back from holiday?
5. They left ten minutes ago.
6. We haven’t finished yet.

1. Je viens de voir un renard dans le jardin !
2. J’ai vu un renard dans le jardin hier soir.
3. As-tu appris la nouvelle ? (ou Tu as entendu la nouvelle ?)
4. As-tu entendu l’orage hier soir ?
5. Elle n’a jamais pris l’avion auparavant.

1. have been : present perfect (for three days, la situation dure)
2. have already seen : present perfect (already, bilan)
3. climbed : prétérit (yesterday)
4. had : prétérit (suite du récit d’hier)
5. lost : prétérit (two days ago)
6. have never eaten : present perfect (never, expérience)
7. have just bought : present perfect (just)

Exemple de réponse modèle :

1. 1 → e (Yes, I have, twice.)
2. 2 → c (In 2023, with my school.)
3. 3 → f (Not yet, it starts in five minutes.)
4. 4 → a (At 8.30.)
5. 5 → b (Yes, I have. Can I have dessert?)
6. 6 → d (No, I didn’t. I wasn’t hungry.)

Une question au present perfect appelle une réponse courte avec have ; une question au prétérit, une réponse avec did.