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THE PASSIVE FORM (VOIX PASSSIVE)

1- Observe et encadre dans les deux noncs le mot qui porte la marque du temps . Ecris la fonction
correspondante sous chaque groupe nominal soulign :
!"#$ : When he was 7, his teacher %&E Rolihlahla an English name.
Groupe Verbal
'((#$ : When he was 7, Rolihlahla W( %#&E) an English name by his teacher.
Groupe Verbal
BE+ V- PP
2- *es deux noncs prcdents ne sont pas quivalents. On ne s+intresse pas , la m-me chose dans
la phrase active et dans la phrase passive.
*is les noncs suivants :
O Nelson Mandela was called an anti-apartheid activist by the press .
O Under Apartheid , lac! people were kept o"t o# the white men$s world.
= Est-ce %"e l$on s$int&resse ' Nelson Mandela o" ' la presse ( A") hommes blancs
o" a" pe"ple noir (
O
O
En tenant compte des noncs que tu viens dobserver, comment se construit le Passif ?
(urligne le complment d+gent dans l+nonc O .

= *l est introd"it par .
'ourquoi est.il omis en O /
= ...

3- *+usage du passif est plus frquent en anglais qu+en fran0ais lorsqu+on ne veut pas ou que l+on ne
peut pas nommer l+agent. "raduis les phrases suivantes :
O Nelson Mandela was elected +o"th A#rica$s #irst lac! ,resident in -../.
...
O *n -..0, Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel ,eace ,ri1e.
...
1ue remarques.tu /
....
Attention 2 3n ne pe"t pas mettre to"tes les phrases a" passi# et r&cipro%"ement.
Nelson loves +o"th A#rica : = na pas de Passif.
4e was born on 5"ly -6 th, -.-6 : = Il est n le 18 Juillet 1918 ne peut pas se mettre lactif.
En tenant compte de ce que vous venez dobserver, compltez prsent cette dfinition :
7a voi) passive se #orme avec .. . 8$est %"i porte la mar%"e d" temps
9%"i est con:"g"&; . 7e verbe appara<t to":o"rs so"s la #orme de .. .
7$&nonciate"r "tilise la voi) passive %"and il d&cide de nommer en premier le patient, le b&n&#iciaire,
le de l$action. Avec le ,assi#, on choisit de parler de cel"i %"i o"
. de l$&v=nement pas de cel"i %"i en est l$ . .
3n s$int&resse avant to"t non pas ' .. mais ' ...de son action.
7$&nonciate"r le place en position de de la phrase, donc il bra%"e le pro:ecte"r s"r l"i, en
#ait la d" commentaire.
4- *e 2 DOUBLE PASSIF 3
Langlais possde certains verbes qui prennent deu complments dob!ets directs" #es verbes anglais
peuvent se construire avec ou sans prposition"
Ex : GIVE someone something ou GIVE something to someone
Observe , prsent ces noncs /
O 4is teacher gave him an English name.
N>- N>?
O 4is teacher gave . to . .
= "ransforme , prsent ces deux noncs au passif.
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1ue remarques. tu /
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prsent compl4te ce tableau en t+aidant des noncs O, O et O :
&O#5 !"#&E (67E" &E89E !O:'*E:E)"; !O:'*E:E)"<

&O#5 '((#&E ; (67E" 98ompl&ment -; &E89E au 'assif !O:'*E:E)" < %E)"
&O#5 '((#&E < (67E" 98ompl&ment ?; &E89E au 'assif "O !O:'*E:E)" ; %E)"
%oici un autre eemple de & =ouble 'assif ' avec un verbe plus complee " (DENY > nier/refuser )
#omplte le tableau"
1 Ex : Black people were denied the right to vote.
5- *a 2 RUMEUR 3
(bserve prsent ces noncs :
O "he frikaners were said to be segregationists.
O @"ring the Apartheid era Native people were believed to be second - class citi1ens.
1 )l eiste une construction particulire avec les verbes de parole ou de savoir ( , ,
tell , , r"mo"r etc) . (n utilise souvent la voi passive quand on parle de rumeurs, comme on ne sait
pas do* vient linformation"
En tenant compte de ce qui prcde , propose une traduction pour ces deu noncs :
O
O
6- LE PASSIF AVEC LES NOTIONS DOBLIGATION, DAUTORISATION, DINTERDICTION 1
( BE ALLOWED TO / BE PROHIBITED TO/ BE REUIRED/BE GRANTED / BE DEPRIVED/ BE FORCED/BE
COMPELLED / BE FORBIDDEN / BE BANNED )
(bserve prsent cet nonc actif et transforme + le au passif :
ACTIF : "he $ifteenth mendment to the 6nited (tates !onstitution prohibits each government in the
6nited (tates from den?ing a citi@en the right to vote based on that citi@enAs BraceC colorC or previous
condition of servitudeB .
PASSIF : 1
(bserve prsent les noncs que tu as pu lire ou entendre dans le corpus de la squence sur la condition des
noirs dans les tats du sud"
,cris +les dans le tableau ci-dessous selon la notion quils epriment :
O Non-Europeans were forced to be separated from Whites with inferior facilities.
O In South frica white children and black children were not allowed to attend the same schools.
O ll citi!ens in South frica were granted the right to vote in "##$.
O %he& were banned from attending 'ollege for instance.
O Black people were only allowed to use amenities for black people. %he& were forced to use separate water
fountains. %he& were prohibited to ride in the front of a bus.
O Native people were denied education.
O Blacks and coloured people were compelled to do second-class (obs .
O Native people were deprived of their rights b& partheid )aws .
O Black people were forbidden to show affection toward one another in public * especiall& kissing.
G )f a blac. person rode in a car driven b/ a 01ite person, it 0as required for t1e blac. person to sit in t1e blac. seat"
AUTORISATION/ PERMISSION INTERDICTION OBLIGATION/NECESSITE
2 prsent propose une traduction pour c1acun de ces verbes en taidant du contete :
to grant +the right , 1 to allow 1
to re-uire 1 to force 1 to compel 1
to den& 1 to deprive 1
to forbid 1 to ban 1 to prohibit 1
O In order to enforce Apartheid laws , "Europeans Only" and "Non-Europeans Only" signs were put up. Here are
some of the signs that used to be found in outh Africa at the time of Apartheid. How did these signs affect
!Non-European" people li#ing in outh Africa $
%rite down a caption under each sign.
YOU WILL MAKE USE OF THE VERBS FROM THE TOOLBOX AND THE PASSIVE FORM
to compel contraindre to forbid interdire to allow autoriser
to grant &the right ' accorder (un droit) to re(uire exiger/ ncessiter/avoir besoin
to deny nier/refuser (qch qn) to depri#e priver &of)de' to force forcer/obliger
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BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS AND APARTHEID LAWS
LETS PRACTISE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2f2k6iDFCL4
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O *onsidering what you ha#e +ust learnt and ta,ing the documents pro#ided into account ,
write your own definition of !Apartheid" in the form of a paragraph written in the passi#e form so as to
describe the !hopeless" situation of -lac, and *oloured outh Africans when Apartheid was in practice in
the !.ainbow Nation".