Le corrigé gérondif ci-dessous reprend les douze exercices dans l’ordre. Les réponses sont en gras et chaque choix délicat est justifié par la règle du cours.
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La correction détaillée
Le corrigé gérondif, infinitif et causatifs
Correction de l’exercice 1 : Le gérondif sujet- Learning a language is difficult.
- Voting is a citizen’s duty.
- Protesting can be dangerous.
- Changing the law takes time.
- Working night shifts is exhausting.
- Admitting a mistake is not easy.
- to go : decide + to.
- answering : avoid + V-ing.
- to lose : afford + to.
- waiting : mind + V-ing.
- to negotiate
- asking : keep + V-ing.
- to collect : manage + to.
- stealing (ou having stolen) : deny + V-ing.
- in joining
- without saying
- to hearing : to est ici une préposition.
- to living : be used to + V-ing.
- Instead of complaining
- After winning
- to buy : but de l’arrêt.
- seeing : souvenir d’un fait vécu.
- to lock : action à faire.
- opening : essai pour voir le résultat.
- eating : arrêt de l’activité.
- to inform : regret to = formule d’annonce.
- My parents want me to study law.
- The teacher told us to read the article.
- I’d like you to come with me.
- The coach expects you to win.
- She asked him to call her back.
- The law allows women to vote.
- let
- made : obligation.
- are not allowed to : let n’a pas de passif.
- made
- let : prétérit identique à la base.
- made to : au passif, make reprend to.
- She had her speech translated.
- We had our car repaired.
- I got my brother to help me.
- They will have the posters printed.
- She got the mayor to come.
- He had his portrait taken.
- c
- e
- a
- b
- d : clean indique le résultat, la table est propre.
- refused to give up, threatened to call.
- giving in : complément de la préposition of ; Walking (to work) : sujet de became. On accepte aussi kept sitting (complément de keep).
- made thousands of Black residents boycott ; let Black passengers sit. Après le complément, la base verbale s’emploie sans to.
- She refused because she was tired of giving in, not because she was physically tired.
- Her arrest made thousands of Black residents boycott the buses for more than a year.
- I want you to listen to me.
- She suggested going to the museum.
- They made him apologise.
- I look forward to seeing you.
- Smoking is forbidden here, but swimming is allowed. : parallélisme et gérondif sujet.
- He let me use his phone.
- Voting is a right and a duty.
- I want you to sign the petition.
- They denied lying (having lied).
- My parents let me go out on Saturdays.
- She had her bike repaired.
- Don’t forget to call your grandmother.
Exemple de réponse :
- Listening to students is the first duty of this council.
- We want the headteacher to open the library at lunchtime.
- Please let us use the gym after classes.
- We look forward to working with all of you.
- We will have the menu translated for exchange students.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé
Constituez deux listes personnelles, « + to » et « + V-ing », et ajoutez-y chaque verbe rencontré dans vos lectures. Relisez aussi les erreurs de l’exercice 10 : ce sont exactement celles que les correcteurs repèrent dans les copies de première.

