Exercices futur et futur dans le passé : anglais seconde

Choisissez la forme qui convient.

1. « I’m thirsty. » « Wait, I (will / am going to) get you a glass of water. »
2. I’ve bought the paint. I (will / am going to) redecorate my room.
3. Look at that car! It (will / is going to) crash!
4. I think robots (will / are going to) do most housework one day.
5. Don’t worry, I (won’t / am not going to) forget your birthday.
6. She has decided: she (will / is going to) apply for a job abroad.

Mettez le verbe à la forme qui convient (présent simple, be + -ing, will).

1. The concert (start) ___ at 8 p.m. according to the programme.
2. I (see) ___ the dentist tomorrow at ten; it’s in my diary.
3. « It’s dark in here. » « I (switch) ___ on the light. »
4. Our plane (take off) ___ at 6.40 tomorrow.
5. We (have) ___ a party on Saturday. Do you want to come?
6. Perhaps it (snow) ___ next week.

Mettez les verbes au temps correct.

1. I (text) ___ you when I (get) ___ to the station.
2. As soon as the results (come) ___ out, we (celebrate) ___.
3. She (not / leave) ___ until you (apologise) ___.
4. Once you (finish) ___, you (can) ___ go.
5. Before he (start) ___ university, he (travel) ___ around Asia.

Réécrivez chaque phrase dans un récit au passé, en commençant par les mots donnés.

1. « I will be a famous singer. » → She was sure that she ___
2. « We are going to win the cup. » → The fans believed that they ___
3. « I’m leaving tomorrow. » → He told me he ___
4. « The film is about to start. » → We sat down: the film ___
5. « It will rain next week. » → The forecast said that it ___

Complétez avec was / were going to et le verbe entre parenthèses, puis terminez la phrase avec une raison logique (but…).

1. I (watch) ___ the match, but ___
2. They (move) ___ to Canada, but ___
3. We (have) ___ a picnic, but ___
4. She (study) ___ all evening, but ___
5. He (propose) ___ to her, but ___

Complétez avec would ou used to. Quand les deux sont possibles, indiquez-le.

1. When I was little, I ___ be afraid of the dark.
2. Every summer, we ___ go camping in the Highlands.
3. My grandparents ___ live in a tiny cottage by the sea.
4. On Sundays, my dad ___ cook a huge roast dinner.
5. She ___ have a cat called Biscuit.
6. After school, we ___ play football until it got dark.

Complétez ce texte avec would + verbe, was / were going to ou was / were about to.

Traduisez en anglais.

1. Je t’appellerai quand j’arriverai.
2. Il savait qu’il ne reviendrait jamais.
3. Nous allions partir quand il a commencé à pleuvoir.
4. Elle devait venir, mais elle était malade.
5. Chaque soir, ma mère nous lisait une histoire.
6. Le cours commence à neuf heures demain.

Traduisez en français.

1. He was about to give up when he found the solution.
2. They thought the storm would last all night.
3. I was going to tell you, but I forgot.
4. We would spend hours talking on the beach.
5. She’s meeting her new boss on Monday.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Corrigez-la.

1. I’ll tell you when I will know the answer.
2. He said he will come the next day.
3. When I was young, I would have a red bike.
4. Look at the sky! It will rain.
5. We were going to leave tomorrow, but the flight was cancelled.
6. I am going to answer the door! (le téléphone sonne, décision immédiate)

Lisez le témoignage, puis répondez en anglais.

1. What was the narrator going to become at seventeen?
2. Where would he or she study?
3. What would the narrator do every morning at the shelter?
4. Did the initial plan come true? Justify.
5. Identify one would expressing a future in the past and one would expressing a habit.

Un grand-parent montre une photo de sa jeunesse et raconte ses rêves d’alors. Écrivez son récit (80 à 110 mots) en utilisant :

1. une phrase avec was going to + but ;
2. deux phrases avec would de futur dans le passé ;
3. deux phrases avec would d’habitude ;
4. une phrase avec used to + verbe d’état ;
5. une phrase avec was about to.