Ces exercices bilan des temps t’entraînent à reconnaître les marqueurs, à conjuguer sans faute puis à choisir le temps juste dans un vrai contexte. Les premiers sont rapides, les derniers demandent de réfléchir au sens : prends le temps de justifier chaque choix.
Les exercices
Exercices bilan des temps : du marqueur au choix du temps
Exercice 1 : Quel marqueur, quel temps ?Pour chaque marqueur, indique le temps qu’il appelle le plus souvent : présent simple, be + -ing (présent), prétérit, present perfect, will ou be going to.
- usually
- right now
- two years ago
- since 2021
- never… before (bilan d’expérience)
- last summer
- I think… (prévision)
- Look at the sky! (indice)
Conjugue le verbe au présent simple ou au présent en be + -ing.
- My brother (play) ___ video games every evening.
- Be quiet! The baby (sleep) ___.
- The sun (rise) ___ in the east.
- Why (you / wear) ___ a coat today? It’s hot!
- She (not / like) ___ horror films.
- At the moment, we (study) ___ the American Civil Rights movement.
- (your dad / work) ___ on Saturdays?
- I (not / understand) ___ this word. Can you help me?
Choisis la bonne forme.
- I (saw / have seen) a great documentary last night.
- (Did you ever eat / Have you ever eaten) haggis?
- Oh no! I (forgot / have forgotten) my PE kit, so I can’t do sport today.
- Shakespeare (wrote / has written) about 37 plays.
- We (didn’t finish / haven’t finished) the project yet.
- When (did you start / have you started) learning the guitar?
- My parents (were / have been) married for twenty years. They are still very happy.
- In 1969, two astronauts (walked / have walked) on the Moon.
Complète avec for ou since.
- I have known Jake ___ primary school.
- They have been in London ___ three days.
- She has had her dog ___ 2022.
- We haven’t seen our grandparents ___ Christmas.
- He has been ill ___ a week.
- I’ve waited for you ___ ages!
Complète avec la forme correcte de will ou de be going to.
- A: I’m thirsty. B: Wait, I ___ get you a glass of water.
- We’ve bought the tickets. We ___ see the musical on Saturday.
- Be careful! You ___ fall off that chair!
- I’m sure you ___ pass your exam.
- Mia has decided: she ___ study medicine.
- Don’t worry, I ___ (not) tell your secret.
- Look at the score! Our team ___ win the match.
Transforme chaque phrase à la forme demandée, en gardant le même temps.
- Sam visits his aunt every Sunday. (négative)
- They are watching the news. (interrogative)
- You went to the stadium last week. (interrogative)
- She has finished her essay. (négative avec yet)
- He will come to the party. (interrogative)
- We are going to take the train. (négative)
Lis la carte postale et mets chaque verbe entre parenthèses au temps qui convient.
Dear Grandma,
Greetings from Cornwall! We (1. arrive) ___ here on Monday and we (2. have) ___ a fantastic time so far. Every morning, Dad (3. go) ___ to the bakery for fresh pasties. Right now I (4. sit) ___ on the beach and Lily (5. build) ___ a huge sandcastle. I (6. never / see) ___ such blue water before! Tomorrow we (7. visit) ___ the Eden Project: Mum booked the tickets yesterday. I (8. send) ___ you some photos tonight, I promise.
Lots of love, Hugo
Chaque phrase contient une erreur de temps. Recopie-la correctement.
- I live in this town since 2015.
- Yesterday we have gone to the cinema.
- Listen! Somebody sings in the garden.
- I am knowing the answer.
- I’ll phone you when I will get home.
- Have you finished your homework last night?
- She don’t usually drink coffee.
Reconstitue les phrases.
- ever / you / have / a / ridden / horse / ?
- going / we / to / are / move / next / year
- at / is / the / moment / she / revising
- did / when / leave / the / bus / ?
- has / since / she / March / here / worked
- think / I / will / it / tomorrow / snow
Traduis en choisissant le temps juste.
- J’apprends l’anglais depuis cinq ans.
- Qu’est-ce que tu fais ? – Je cherche mon portable.
- Nous sommes allés en Irlande l’été dernier.
- Elle n’a jamais pris l’avion.
- Il va pleuvoir : regarde ces nuages !
- D’habitude, mon frère se lève à sept heures.
- Attends, je vais t’aider ! (décision immédiate)
Traduis ces phrases en faisant attention au sens de chaque temps.
- How long have you been a member of the club?
- I’ve just finished my book.
- We’re having a party on Friday.
- He broke his leg when he was skiing.
- They will probably be late.
Écris un court paragraphe (8 à 10 phrases) intitulé My life: past, present and future. Tu dois utiliser au moins une fois chacun des temps suivants :
- le présent simple (une habitude) ;
- le présent en be + -ing (ce que tu fais cette année ou en ce moment) ;
- le prétérit (un souvenir daté) ;
- le present perfect avec for ou since ;
- le present perfect avec ever ou never ;
- be going to (un projet décidé) ;
- will (une prévision sur ton avenir).


