Avec ces exercices ville anglais, tu vas t’entraîner à nommer les lieux, à décrire l’ambiance d’un quartier, à lire des documents sur Melbourne et Soweto, puis à comparer deux endroits et à présenter le tien. Les réponses sont dans le corrigé, sur une page à part.
Les exercices
Exercices ville anglais : nommer, décrire, comparer
Exercice 1 : city, town, village…Complète avec city, town, village, neighbourhood ou suburbs.
- London is a huge ___ with nine million people.
- My grandparents live in a small ___ with a church, a pub and fifty houses.
- Dorchester is a market ___ in Dorset.
- Our ___ is friendly: everybody knows each other in our street.
- Many families leave the centre and move to the ___ to have a garden.
- Melbourne is the second biggest ___ in Australia.
- Poundbury was built on the edge of the ___ of Dorchester.
Associe chaque mot britannique à son équivalent américain.
- city centre
- flat
- underground
- pavement
- neighbourhood
- high street
a. sidewalk — b. downtown — c. main street — d. apartment — e. subway — f. neighborhood
Complète le texte avec : city centre, cityscape, crowded, laneways, liveable, neighbourhoods, suburbs, tram.
Melbourne is the second biggest city in Australia and it is often called one of the most (1) ___ cities in the world. In the (2) ___, tall towers create an impressive (3) ___, especially at night. You can travel around easily: the city has one of the largest (4) ___ networks in the world. Small streets called (5) ___ are covered with street art and full of cafés. Each of its (6) ___ has its own atmosphere, and many families live in the quiet (7) ___ with big gardens. At rush hour, though, the centre is very (8) ___.
Lis le texte et réponds aux questions en anglais par une phrase complète.
Soweto is a huge township in the south-west of Johannesburg, in South Africa. Its name comes from the first letters of “South Western Townships”. During apartheid, the government forced Black families to live there, far from the city centre. In 1976, thousands of students protested in the streets of Soweto against a law that forced them to study in Afrikaans. Today, more than a million people live there. Some areas are still poor, but others have nice houses, shopping centres and parks. Tourists often visit Vilakazi Street: Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, both lived on this street.
- Where is Soweto?
- What does its name mean?
- Who had to live there during apartheid?
- What happened in 1976?
- How many people live in Soweto today?
- Why do tourists visit Vilakazi Street?
Classe chaque adjectif : écris + s’il est positif et – s’il est négatif pour décrire un lieu de vie.
- lively
- crowded
- peaceful
- polluted
- safe
- dull
- noisy
- welcoming
Observe le tableau, puis écris une phrase de comparaison avec l’adjectif donné.
| Bramley (village) | Eastport (city) | |
|---|---|---|
| Inhabitants | 800 | 450,000 |
| Noise | very quiet | very noisy |
| Rent for a flat | £600 a month | £1,100 a month |
| Distance to the secondary school | 12 km | 1 km |
| Green spaces | fields everywhere | four small parks |
| Things to do | one pub | cinemas, clubs, concerts |
- big (Eastport)
- quiet (Bramley)
- noisy (Eastport)
- expensive (Eastport)
- far from the secondary school (Bramley)
- green (Bramley)
- lively (Eastport)
- J’habite dans un quartier calme en banlieue.
- Le centre-ville est plus animé que mon village.
- Il y a trop de circulation aux heures de pointe.
- J’aimerais vivre à la campagne.
- Les gratte-ciel forment un paysage urbain impressionnant.
- Il n’y a pas de cinéma dans ma petite ville.
- Poundbury looks like an old English village, but it is quite new.
- The streets are safe for children.
- Many commuters take the train every morning.
- There are no amenities in this area.
- Soweto has changed a lot since the 1990s.
- The best thing about my town is the beach.
Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.
- I live in the suburb of London.
- My neighbourhood is more quiet than yours.
- There is a lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan.
- In my town, there are many traffic.
- My village has much people in summer.
- He works in the downtown.
- lives / in / suburbs / she / the
- is / neighbourhood / my / lively / very
- than / is / quieter / the / village / city / the
- there / park / a / near / is / your / house / ?
- like / I’d / to / downtown / live
- skyline / the / amazing / at / is / night
Écris six phrases pour présenter le lieu où tu vis, en suivant les indications.
- Où tu habites (I live in… It is a city / town / village in…).
- Ce qu’il y a dans ton quartier (There is / There are…).
- L’ambiance, avec deux adjectifs.
- Une comparaison avec un autre lieu (…er than / more… than).
- Un avantage (The good thing about…).
- Un inconvénient (The drawback is…).
