Exercices groupe nominal complexe : anglais seconde

Recopie le nom noyau de chaque groupe nominal, puis traduis le groupe en français.

1. a football club
2. the city council
3. a school bus driver
4. the Home Secretary
5. a train ticket machine
6. a summer music festival

Transforme l’expression en nom composé (nom + nom).

1. a shop that sells shoes
2. a brush for your teeth
3. a teacher who teaches maths
4. a park for cars
5. a station where the police work
6. a match of tennis
7. a bottle for water

Réécris la phrase avec un adjectif composé à traits d’union. Exemple : The boy is ten years old. → a ten-year-old boy.

1. The journey lasts two hours. → a ___ journey
2. The girl is twelve years old. → a ___ girl
3. The note is worth twenty pounds. → a ___ note
4. The novel has 400 pages. → a ___ novel
5. The walk is five miles long. → a ___ walk
6. The break lasts fifteen minutes. → a ___ break

Associe chaque groupe à sa traduction.

1. a flower garden
2. a garden flower
3. a coffee cup
4. a cup of coffee
5. a horse race
6. a race horse

a. une tasse à café — b. une course de chevaux — c. une fleur de jardin — d. un cheval de course — e. un jardin fleuri — f. une tasse de café

Choisis la bonne forme.

1. She writes (children’s books / books of children).
2. Can I have (a tea cup / a cup of tea), please? I’m thirsty.
3. Read (the page bottom / the bottom of the page).
4. He bought a (women’s magazine / magazine of women) for his mum.
5. We need a new (kitchen table / table of kitchen).
6. The (film end / end of the film) was very sad.

Complète avec few ou a few selon le point de vue.

1. Don’t worry, I’ve got ___ ideas for the project.
2. Sadly, ___ students passed the test: it was too difficult.
3. We’re spending ___ days in Edinburgh next month.
4. The village is dying: ___ young people live there now.
5. I made ___ mistakes, but my essay was good overall.
6. Very ___ tourists visit the island in winter.

Complète avec little ou a little.

1. Could I have ___ sugar in my tea?
2. There is ___ hope of finding survivors after so many days.
3. He speaks ___ Spanish, enough to order a meal.
4. She has very ___ patience with rude customers.
5. Let’s wait ___ longer; the bus may come.
6. They earn ___ money and can barely pay the rent.

Entoure la forme correcte.

1. There are (fewer / less) cars in the city centre since the new law.
2. We need (less / fewer) plastic in our oceans.
3. I have (quite a few / quite a little) cousins in Canada.
4. He drank (too many / too much) coffee last night.
5. (Few / Little) information was given to the passengers.
6. Only (a few / a little) people know the truth.

Complète avec as much ou as many, puis traduis la phrase.

1. Teenagers send twice ___ messages ___ adults.
2. This car uses half ___ petrol ___ the old one.
3. She reads three times ___ books ___ her brother.
4. Our school has twice ___ students ___ yours.
5. A car produces ten times ___ pollution ___ a bus per passenger.
6. I have half ___ homework ___ last year.

Lis le tableau sur deux lycées britanniques, puis complète chaque phrase avec twice, three times ou half + as much / as many / as big … as.

1. Riverside has ___ students ___ Hilltop.
2. Riverside has ___ computers ___ Hilltop.
3. Riverside has ___ library books ___ Hilltop.
4. Hilltop spends ___ money on sport ___ Riverside.
5. Riverside’s playground is ___ Hilltop’s.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.

1. She is a twelve-years-old girl.
2. I bought a new books shop guide.
3. We have little friends in this town, so we feel lonely.
4. He earns two times more money as me.
5. There were less people than last year.
6. I’d like a cup for tea, please, with milk.
7. They have twice as much books as us.

Traduis en utilisant un groupe nominal complexe ou un quantifieur.

1. un roman de 300 pages
2. la cantine de l’école
3. un magasin de vêtements pour enfants
4. J’ai quelques questions.
5. Il reste peu de temps.
6. Nous avons deux fois plus de devoirs que l’an dernier.
7. un trajet en bus de trois heures

Écris un court article (60 à 80 mots) pour le journal du lycée sur les écrans chez les ados. Utilise au moins : deux noms composés, un adjectif composé avec un nombre, few ou a few, little ou a little, et une structure twice as much / as many … as.

1. Titre de l’article (un groupe nominal complexe)
2. Une phrase avec un chiffre (adjectif composé)
3. Une comparaison avec twice ou three times
4. Une phrase avec few / a few
5. Une conclusion avec little / a little