Voici le corrigé lettre de candidature, exercice par exercice. Si tu t’es trompé sur une formule finale, relis la règle « Sir → Faithfully, nom → Sincerely » avant de continuer.
La correction détaillée
Corrigé lettre de candidature : réponses et explications
Correction de l’exercice 1 : Formel ou familier ?- I (salutation entre amis)
- F
- I (contraction et expression familière dead keen)
- F
- I
- F
- F
- I
- b – Yours faithfully (nom inconnu)
- c – Yours sincerely (nom connu)
- e – Lots of love (lettre familiale)
- a – Sincerely (usage américain)
- d – See you on Saturday! (message entre amis)
- apply for
- interested in
- good at
- look forward to (suivi de -ing)
- available from
- experience in
- I am writing to apply for the position of guide.
- I saw your advert on the website.
- I can speak French and English fluently. (l’adverbe se place après le complément)
- I would be happy to come for an interview.
- Thank you for considering my application.
- I am fifteen years old and I am in Year 10.
- I would like to work in your shop.
- I am very interested in sport.
- I cannot work on Sundays. (cannot s’écrit en un seul mot)
- I look forward to hearing from you.
- Yours faithfully, (ou Yours sincerely si le nom est connu)
- I am writing to apply for the position of (camp) assistant.
- I saw your advert in the newspaper.
- I am reliable and very organised.
- I am good at drawing. (good at + V-ing)
- I am available from 1 to 31 July.
- I look forward to hearing from you.
- Dear Sir or Madam, … Yours faithfully,
- I would like to apply for this job.
- I am very interested in your summer camp.
- I have a lot of experience with children. (indénombrable)
- I look forward to hearing from you.
- Dear Mrs + nom de famille, par exemple Dear Mrs Clark,
- It is in Fowey, in Cornwall, by the sea.
- He or she must be fifteen or older.
- Serving customers, clearing tables and helping in the kitchen.
- Hard-working and polite.
- Because many customers are tourists.
- Dear Mrs Price, … Yours sincerely, because we know the name of the person.
- disponibilité
- salutation
- objet de la lettre
- clôture
- qualités
- expérience
Ordre logique dans la lettre : 2, 3, 5, 6, 1, 4.
Exemple de lettre modèle :
Dear Mrs Price,
I am writing to apply for the summer job at the Harbour Café. I saw your advert in an English magazine at school.
I am fifteen years old and I live in Nantes, in France. I am hard-working: I help my uncle in his restaurant every Saturday. I am also polite and friendly, so I enjoy talking to customers. Moreover, I speak French, English and a little German, which could be useful with your tourists.
I am available from 1 July to 31 August and I would be happy to have an interview by video call. Thank you for considering my application.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Camille Bernard
Vérifie : salutation et formule finale assorties (nom connu → Yours sincerely), trois paragraphes, aucune contraction, chaque qualité suivie d’une preuve.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé
Constitue-toi une « boîte à formules » : une fiche avec les phrases d’ouverture, cinq qualités accompagnées d’une preuve qui te correspond vraiment, et les phrases de clôture. Le jour de l’épreuve, tu n’auras plus qu’à les adapter à l’annonce. Relis ensuite chaque lettre en cherchant uniquement les contractions et les paires salutation-formule finale : ce sont les deux erreurs les plus sanctionnées.