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Baby Lizzie is
playing in her
cradle.
The stage
director stood in
the middle of the
flat.
He painted the
room in two days.
The children
found the
presents before
the party.
Type de référence
1. If a bear looks agitated, if it paws at the ground, roars or salivates, then it might be a
defensive bear.
2. If one drinks too much alcohol, he risks to become an alcoholic
3. Every year on Dudley's birthday, his parents took him and a friend out for the day, to
adventure parks, hamburger restaurants, or the movies.
4. The Dursleys often spoke about Harry like this, as though he wasn't there - or rather,
as though he was something very nasty that couldn't understand them
5. One plane from Texas to D.C. was overrun with Trump supporters who projected
Trump’s logo across the roof and harassed fellow passengers.
6. During his rally Wednesday morning, Trump said of Romney, “I wonder if he enjoyed
his flight in last night.”
7. Every year, Harry stayed behind with Mrs. Figg, a mad old lady who lived two streets
away.
u Le terme aspect est utilisé pour décrire la
façon d’envisager un procès
u On peut s’intéresser :
Au début du procès (ex : Il
commença/commence/commencera à écrire
une lettre)
L’aspect Au milieu du procès (ex : Il était/est/sera
grammatical en train d’écrire une lettre)
A la fin du procès (ex : Il
finissait/finit/finira d’écrire une lettre)
Les verbes begin et start indiquent que le procès en est à son début.
u Ils sont suivis d’une proposition infinitive (to + verbe) ou gérondive (verbe en –ING) :
u I began / am beginning to understand. (= J’ai commencé / je commence à
comprendre.)
u I began to write / writing a letter. (= J’ai commencé à écrire.)
Begin/start + TO ou –ING ?
u Begin et start peuvent être suivis d’un verbe en TO ou en –ING.
u Avec un prédicat d’état, on utilisera plutôt TO
The children began to look more interested.
He stood and watched for a while and then he began to feel guilty of time wasting.
u Lorsque le verbe BEGIN ou START est à la forme en –ING, il sera en principe suivi de TO,
que le verbe soit un verbe d’état ou d’événement
Maybe he was beginning to be sick, but mainly I think he was distressed.
The public is beginning to question more closely his behaviour
u Il y a d’autres verbes qui marquent
l’aspect inchoatif
u end up (+ -ING), ce n’est pas un verbe aspectuel, puisqu’il ne marque pas la fin
du procès qui suit. Il indique ce que finit par faire le sujet.
Often they ended up wandering the streets. = Souvent, ils finissaient par/ils se
retrouvaient à errer dans les rues.
u Mais end up peut être aussi suivi d’un adjectif, d’un groupe prépositionnel (GP)
ou d’un groupe nominal (GN) :
When she tried to be cheerful she ended up depressed more than ever.
That's how I ended up in that chair.
REMEMBER // FORGET// REGRET
u Oh no! I forgot ____________ (buy) milk.
u Please don’t forget ____________ (pick) up some juice on your way home.
u I forgot ______ (lock) the door, but I’m sure I must have locked it.
u Have we studied this before? I’ve forgotten ____________ (learn) it.
u I regret _____________ (tell) you that the train has been delayed.
u I regret _____________ (tell) Julie my secret; now she has told everyonE
Circonstants
de temps