Attention, évaluation mardi 3 octobre.

A réviser : Vocabulaire vu depuis le début de l’année et notamment les pages 6 et 7 + 12 et 13

Les temps réviser en pages 10 et 11 (le tableau des temps sera autorisé pour une partie des
exercices.) + faire l’exercice supplémentaire en entraînement.
Exercice 1. Mettre les verbes aux temps et formes demandés (+ = forme affirmative / ? =
forme interrogative / - = forme négative). Attention aux verbes irréguliers (signalés*)
a. He is very efficient. He (perform/présent simple/+) ....................... many tasks every day.
b. When (buy/he/prétérit/?) ....................... his house? He (buy*/prétérit/+) ....................... it in 2007
but he (lose*/prétérit/+) ........................ it when the housing bubble
(burst*/prétérit/+) ........................ .
c. I (sort/present perfect/-) .................... the mail yet but I (cash in/present
perfect/+) ........................ some cheques!
d. The prospect (like/prétérit/-) ....................... the property but I (show/idée de
futur/+) ........................ him another flat next week.

Exercice 2: For ou Since ?

.............. ages
.............. World War II
.............. he got a divorce
.............. 1986
.............. Wednesday night
.............. his birthday
.............. the enactment of the Hoguet Act
.............. two minutes
.............. he inherited his mother’s property
.............. the subprime crisis

Voir corrigé à la fin de la TE

Greeting a customer

Se présenter :To introduce oneself (Let me introduce myself)

Rencontrer = meet met met
Prendre un RDV= make an appointment / set an appointment
Prévoir, programmer une visite to schedule a viewing / visit
Rappeler qn to call someone back
s.o. someone
s.b = somebody
sth =something
recontacter qn = get back to s.o.
Mrs Smith / Mrs Jones
Madam
Mr Smith
Sir
Rester en contact avec qn to keep in touch with s.b.
J’ai hâte de … I’m looking forward to + BV-ing
Désolée de vous avoir attendre sorry to have kept you waiting

How to suggest :
Let’s + BV
Why don’t we + BV
How about + BV-ing / What about + BV-ing

Faire une bonne impression :

Make a good impression (on s.b.)
La c° non verbale = body language
Croiser le regard de make eye-contect (with )
A handshake
Serrer la main de shake hands with s.b.
Sûr de soi (self-) confident
Un conseiller an advisor
Donner un conseil : give [some / a piece of ]advice
= to advise
En faire trop : to overdo it.

Look professional : dress code

Clothes : casual clothes ? ≠ professional attire / outfit
Trousers / shoes / shirt / tie / jacket
Skirt / trousers / blouse / jacket / heels

Les verbes irréguliers :

meet met met (se) rencontrer
to make made made faire / fabriquer
set set set placer installer

Corrigé de l’exercice1
a. He is very efficient. He (perform/présent simple/+) performs many tasks every day.
b. When (buy/he/prétérit/?) did he buy his house? He (buy*/prétérit/+) bought it in 2007 but he
(lose*/prétérit/+) lost it when the housing bubble (burst*/prétérit/+) burst.
c. I (sort/present perfect/-) haven’t sorted the mail yet but I (cash in/ present perfect/+) have
cashed some cheques!
d. The prospect (like/prétérit/-) did not like the property but I (show/idée de futur/+) will show him
another flat next week.

Corrigé de l’exercice 2

for ages
since World War II
since he got a divorce
since 1986
since Wednesday night
since his birthday
since the enactment of the Hoguet Act
for two minutes
since he inherited his mother’s property
since the subprime crisis