Corrigé sur les États-Unis : exercices d’anglais 3e

1. a cliff
2. a mountain range
3. a swamp
4. a waterfall
5. a plain
6. a coastline (ou a coast)
7. a peak
8. breathtaking

1. The Grand Canyon
2. Ø Lake Michigan : pas d’article devant un lac.
3. The Rocky Mountains : une chaîne de montagnes.
4. Ø Texas : pas d’article devant un État.
5. The Mississippi : un fleuve.
6. on the Pacific coast
7. Ø Mount Whitney : un sommet isolé.
8. The United States : nom au pluriel.

1. the largest
2. the most populated : adjectif long.
3. the smallest
4. the highest
5. the hottest : on double le t.
6. the biggest : on double le g.

1. Arizona → d (the Southwest)
2. Massachusetts → a (New England)
3. Illinois → c (the Midwest)
4. Louisiana → b (the South)
5. California → e (the West)
6. Kansas → c (the Midwest)

1. It’s 12 p.m. (noon) in Los Angeles. 3 p.m. – 3 hours.
2. It’s 11 a.m. in Miami. Miami est une heure en avance sur Chicago.
3. It’s 6 p.m. in Denver. 8 p.m. – 2 hours.
4. It’s 8 a.m. in Houston. Houston (Central) a deux heures d’avance sur Seattle (Pacific).
5. It’s 8 a.m. in Anchorage. Noon – 4 hours.
6. It’s 12 p.m. (noon) in Los Angeles. 9 a.m. + 6 hours = 3 p.m. à New York, soit midi à Los Angeles.

1. False : the capital is Washington, D.C.
2. True
3. False : Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean.
4. True
5. True : it became a national park in 1872.
6. False : the Rockies are higher than the Appalachians.
7. True

1. He lives in Chicago.
2. It is windy and freezing cold, sometimes minus 20 degrees.
3. They can go to the beaches on Lake Michigan.
4. Four states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
5. He works at O’Hare airport.
6. Because everything passes through Chicago.
7. They eat deep-dish pizza and listen to blues music.

1. Where is the Grand Canyon?
2. How many inhabitants does Chicago have?
3. How long are the Rockies?
4. Where does Route 66 end?
5. When did Yellowstone become a national park? (ou In which year…)

1. The United States is a huge country. (verbe au singulier)
2. Kansas is in the middle of the Great Plains.
3. When it’s noon in New York, it’s 9 a.m. in Los Angeles.
4. Chicago is on the shore of Lake Michigan.
5. The landscape of the Grand Canyon is breathtaking.
6. Seattle is on the West Coast.

1. Le Maine se trouve au nord-est du pays, sur la côte atlantique.
2. La Floride a une eau chaude et d’immenses marais.
3. Chicago a une heure de retard sur New York.
4. En des millions d’années, le fleuve a creusé le canyon dans la roche.
5. La route 66 va de Chicago à la côte pacifique.

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