Avec ces exercices récit au passé, vous allez construire un souvenir pas à pas : choisir le bon connecteur, conjuguer au prétérit, nommer vos émotions, remettre une histoire dans l’ordre, puis écrire votre propre récit.
Les exercices récit au passé
Exercice 1 : traduisez les connecteursDonnez l’équivalent anglais.
- D’abord
- Puis
- Après cela
- Soudain
- Plus tard
- À la fin
- Enfin (après une longue attente)
Mettez le verbe au prétérit.
- Last summer, we ___ (go) to Ireland.
- I ___ (see) a rainbow over the sea.
- My sister ___ (take) lots of pictures.
- We ___ (visit) an old castle.
- It ___ (be) very windy.
- I ___ (feel) tired but happy.
- We ___ (stay) in a small cottage.
- My dad ___ (lose) his sunglasses!
Choisissez le connecteur le plus logique.
- (First / Finally), we packed our bags.
- (Then / At last), we took the train to the coast.
- We waited for two hours. (Suddenly / At last), the boat arrived!
- We were on the beach. (Suddenly / First), it started to rain.
- (In the end / At first), it was a great day.
Complétez avec : proud, scared, relieved, disappointed, embarrassed, excited.
- I won the race. I was so ___!
- There was a huge spider in my bed. I was ___!
- The concert was cancelled. I felt ___.
- I fell in front of the whole class. I was ___.
- We found my lost dog. We were ___.
- The night before the school trip, I couldn’t sleep. I was very ___!
Choisissez la bonne forme.
- The film was (bored / boring).
- I was (bored / boring) at the museum.
- The roller coaster was (scared / scary).
- We were (excited / exciting) before the match.
- It was an (excited / exciting) day.
- She was (interested / interesting) in the story.
Classez les phrases de A à F pour reconstituer l’histoire.
- A. After that, we ate a huge chocolate cake.
- B. Last Saturday, it was my twelfth birthday.
- C. Finally, my friends gave me a new skateboard. I was delighted!
- D. First, my friends arrived at two o’clock.
- E. Then, we played games in the garden.
- F. Suddenly, the dog jumped on the table and ate a piece of cake!
When I was ten, I flew on a plane for the first time. We went to visit my grandmother in Canada. At the airport, I felt really nervous because the plane was enormous. Then, we took off and I looked out of the window: the houses were tiny! After that, a flight attendant gave me a little puzzle. Seven hours later, we landed in Montreal. My grandmother was waiting for us with a big smile. I was so happy. I’ll never forget that trip.
Répondez en anglais.
- How old was the narrator?
- Where did the family go?
- How did the narrator feel at the airport? Why?
- What did the narrator see from the window?
- What did the flight attendant give?
- How long was the flight?
- Find the sentence that concludes the story.
Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécrivez-la.
- Last year, we go to the zoo.
- When I had seven, I broke my arm.
- We swimmed in the lake.
- It were a fantastic day.
- At the last, we found the hotel.
- I was very boring at the party.
- L’été dernier, je suis allé à la mer.
- D’abord, nous avons nagé.
- Soudain, j’ai vu un requin !
- J’avais très peur.
- Finalement, c’était un dauphin.
- Je n’oublierai jamais ce jour-là.
Ce récit est trop sec. Réécrivez chaque phrase en ajoutant l’élément demandé.
- We went to the park. (+ un repère de temps au début)
- We played football. (+ un connecteur)
- I scored a goal. (+ une émotion avec I felt…)
- It started to rain. (+ un connecteur de surprise)
- We went home. (+ un connecteur de fin)
Racontez un souvenir réel ou inventé en 8 à 10 phrases au prétérit. Respectez ce plan :
- Le décor : when, where, who.
- Trois étapes avec First, Then, After that.
- Un moment fort avec Suddenly.
- Deux émotions (I was… / I felt…).
- Une conclusion (In the end… / I’ll never forget…).


