Voici le corrigé marqueurs de temps des onze exercices. Comparez vos réponses item par item et lisez les explications quand vous vous êtes trompé : elles rappellent la règle à appliquer.
La correction détaillée
Les réponses attendues sont en gras. Pour ce corrigé marqueurs de temps, d’autres formulations sont parfois possibles : elles sont signalées.
Correction de l’exercice 1 : ago, last ou in ?- I saw this film three days ago. (durée + ago, passé)
- We went to Scotland last summer.
- The bus leaves in ten minutes. (dans dix minutes)
- My grandmother was born seventy years ago.
- Last night, I watched a football match on TV. (hier soir)
- My cousin from Canada will arrive in two weeks.
- This castle was built eight centuries ago.
- Did you go to the cinema last weekend?
- at nine o’clock (heure)
- on Monday (jour)
- in July (mois)
- in 2019 (année)
- on Christmas Day (un jour précis)
- at noon (moment précis)
- in the morning (partie de la journée)
- on 14th February (date)
- in winter (saison)
- at night (exception à retenir)
- I always walk to school.
- She is never late. (après be)
- We sometimes play chess after lunch.
- Tom usually has cereal for breakfast.
- They are often tired on Fridays. (après be)
- My dad rarely cooks.
- I visited London two years ago.
- She plays the piano every day.
- He goes swimming on Wednesdays.
- We visited a museum last month. (ou Last month, we visited a museum.)
- The lesson starts at nine o’clock.
- The holidays start in three days.
- He started judo five years ago. (2026 − 2021 = 5)
- Her party was two days ago. (mercredi → vendredi)
- It opened a hundred years ago. (ou one hundred years ago)
- He moved to Bristol two months ago. (août → octobre)
- He phoned three hours ago. (7 h → 10 h)
- It was a week ago. (ou seven days ago)
- Two years ago, I lived in Lyon.
- Last month, we went to the beach.
- I play tennis every Saturday. (ou on Saturdays)
- The film starts in ten minutes.
- She never eats meat.
- My birthday is on 3rd May. (ou on May 3rd en anglais américain)
- We get up at half past six.
- Last summer, it rained every day.
- Je l’ai vu il y a une semaine.
- Elle sera de retour dans une heure.
- Nous déjeunons généralement à midi.
- Hier soir, la maison était très calme.
- Ils rendent visite à leurs grands-parents un week-end sur deux. (every other = un sur deux)
- Il ne neige presque jamais en Bretagne en mars.
- I went to Spain two years ago. (ago après la durée)
- We met last week. (pas d’article devant last)
- My birthday is on Tuesday. (on + jour)
- She is always happy. (adverbe après be)
- The train leaves in five minutes. (in + durée = dans)
- He plays football every Saturday. (every + singulier)
- I was born in 2014. (in + année)
- They often go to the cinema. (adverbe avant le verbe)
- She moved to York two years ago.
- They start at 8.45 (a quarter to nine).
- She goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- She usually goes home by bus.
- She went to a castle near the city.
- It is in three weeks, in November.
- False. She sometimes walks home with her friend Zoe.
- Jack has a guitar lesson on Mondays at five o’clock. (ou at 5 p.m.)
- He goes swimming on Wednesdays at two o’clock.
- He plays football on Saturdays at ten o’clock.
- He has breakfast every day at half past seven.
- He has lunch with his grandparents on Sundays at one o’clock.
Réponses libres. Exemple de réponse modèle :
- I started basketball three years ago.
- Last Sunday, I visited my aunt in Nantes.
- My brother will be fifteen in two months.
- I feed my cat every morning.
- I sometimes help my mum in the garden.
- My birthday is in June, on the 21st.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé marqueurs de temps
Repérez le type d’erreur qui revient le plus : la place de ago, l’article devant last, ou le choix entre at, on et in. Recopiez trois phrases justes de ce corrigé sur une fiche et relisez-les avant le prochain contrôle. Ensuite, entraînez-vous à l’oral : racontez à voix haute ce que vous avez fait last weekend et ce que vous faites every Wednesday. Enfin, refaites l’exercice 2 et l’exercice 8 sans regarder le cours dans quelques jours.

