Ces exercices groupe nominal complexe vont du repérage du nom noyau jusqu’à la rédaction d’un court article chiffré. Garde en tête la règle d’or : on lit de droite à gauche, et le nom placé devant reste au singulier.
Les exercices
Exercices groupe nominal : noms composés et quantifieurs
Exercice 1 : Trouver le nom noyauRecopie le nom noyau de chaque groupe nominal, puis traduis le groupe en français.
- a football club
- the city council
- a school bus driver
- the Home Secretary
- a train ticket machine
- a summer music festival
Transforme l’expression en nom composé (nom + nom).
- a shop that sells shoes
- a brush for your teeth
- a teacher who teaches maths
- a park for cars
- a station where the police work
- a match of tennis
- 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.
- The journey lasts two hours. → a ___ journey
- The girl is twelve years old. → a ___ girl
- The note is worth twenty pounds. → a ___ note
- The novel has 400 pages. → a ___ novel
- The walk is five miles long. → a ___ walk
- The break lasts fifteen minutes. → a ___ break
Associe chaque groupe à sa traduction.
- a flower garden
- a garden flower
- a coffee cup
- a cup of coffee
- a horse race
- 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.
- She writes (children’s books / books of children).
- Can I have (a tea cup / a cup of tea), please? I’m thirsty.
- Read (the page bottom / the bottom of the page).
- He bought a (women’s magazine / magazine of women) for his mum.
- We need a new (kitchen table / table of kitchen).
- The (film end / end of the film) was very sad.
Complète avec few ou a few selon le point de vue.
- Don’t worry, I’ve got ___ ideas for the project.
- Sadly, ___ students passed the test: it was too difficult.
- We’re spending ___ days in Edinburgh next month.
- The village is dying: ___ young people live there now.
- I made ___ mistakes, but my essay was good overall.
- Very ___ tourists visit the island in winter.
Complète avec little ou a little.
- Could I have ___ sugar in my tea?
- There is ___ hope of finding survivors after so many days.
- He speaks ___ Spanish, enough to order a meal.
- She has very ___ patience with rude customers.
- Let’s wait ___ longer; the bus may come.
- They earn ___ money and can barely pay the rent.
Entoure la forme correcte.
- There are (fewer / less) cars in the city centre since the new law.
- We need (less / fewer) plastic in our oceans.
- I have (quite a few / quite a little) cousins in Canada.
- He drank (too many / too much) coffee last night.
- (Few / Little) information was given to the passengers.
- Only (a few / a little) people know the truth.
Complète avec as much ou as many, puis traduis la phrase.
- Teenagers send twice ___ messages ___ adults.
- This car uses half ___ petrol ___ the old one.
- She reads three times ___ books ___ her brother.
- Our school has twice ___ students ___ yours.
- A car produces ten times ___ pollution ___ a bus per passenger.
- 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.
| Riverside School | Hilltop Academy | |
|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,200 | 600 |
| Computers | 300 | 100 |
| Library books | 8,000 | 16,000 |
| Budget for sport | £20,000 | £40,000 |
| Playground | 2 hectares | 1 hectare |
- Riverside has ___ students ___ Hilltop.
- Riverside has ___ computers ___ Hilltop.
- Riverside has ___ library books ___ Hilltop.
- Hilltop spends ___ money on sport ___ Riverside.
- Riverside’s playground is ___ Hilltop’s.
Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.
- She is a twelve-years-old girl.
- I bought a new books shop guide.
- We have little friends in this town, so we feel lonely.
- He earns two times more money as me.
- There were less people than last year.
- I’d like a cup for tea, please, with milk.
- They have twice as much books as us.
Traduis en utilisant un groupe nominal complexe ou un quantifieur.
- un roman de 300 pages
- la cantine de l’école
- un magasin de vêtements pour enfants
- J’ai quelques questions.
- Il reste peu de temps.
- Nous avons deux fois plus de devoirs que l’an dernier.
- 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.
- Titre de l’article (un groupe nominal complexe)
- Une phrase avec un chiffre (adjectif composé)
- Une comparaison avec twice ou three times
- Une phrase avec few / a few
- Une conclusion avec little / a little


