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Better late than never!

Here are the top three funniest excuses for beig late at school . Which one do you like best? Invent your own funny excuse.

COULD

COULD peut être le prétérit ou le conditionnel de CAN. PasséEx: when I was in the car I couldn’t see where we were going. Futur Ex: If only I could run away.Could you reduce the ransom please?CAN n’a pas d’infinitif.Pour traduire "pouvoir" ou "être capable de", on utilisera TO BE ABLE TO. Ex: her parents must be rich to be able to pay the ransom.

Tout d’abord ils expriment la capacité et la possibilité.Dans ce cas, vous pourrez traduire CAN et COULD par "savoir" ou "pouvoir faire" quelque chose.ex : Can I call my parents? I couldn’t see anything with a blindfold on my eyes. Can you swim ? No I can’t.

1. You …………… speak English, can't you?

2. The hotel was ideally situated. We ………….. see the ocean from our balcony.

3. Stop mumbling ! I …………….. understand a word you are saying.

4. Unfortunately, we …………….. go windsurfing because there wasn't enough wind.

5. When I was a child, I ……………… never get to sleep on Christmas Eve.

6. We …………….. come to your party because we had an exam the next day.

7. He …………….. be ill! I saw him ten minutes ago.

8. When I was a child I ……………… to walk on my hands.

Complete the sentences with the right modal: can, can’t, could, couldn’t or to be able to.

WOULD= WILL+ -ED

1- Dans les propositions principales lorsque la subordonnée comporte if+ verbe au prétérit.Il a une valeur de conditionnel (conséquence d'une hypothèse non réelle)If it was fine, we would go on a picnic.S' il faisait beau, nous irions pique-niquer. 

2- Dans le discours indirect « will » devient « would ».Discours direct:She said: I won’t take your candies, I don’t want them.Discours indirect:She said she wouldn’t take their candies, that she didn’t want them.

If I were the teacher I would never accept this excuse.

On remarque ici que « will » et « would » expriment la volonté.

3. Would peut également exprimer une habitude passée/ une action passée répétée.She would sit for hours waiting for him to come back. Elle restait des heures à attendre son retour. As I was sitting on a stool, I would hear the kidnappers yell all the time.

It’s sunny this morning, we ……………… to the beach!

We missed the bus yesterday, we ……………….. go to school.

He …………… be ill! I saw him this morning.

You …………… have come, we were waiting for you.

Put the following words in the right order to create a full sentence and give the meaning of the modal “Would”: conditional, synonym of “want”, past habit or future in the indirect speech.

1. I a the had I if phone would mobile police. 2. the go to not He would meeting. 3. to he you lend to you car you asked it immediately. lend would his him If 4. walk morning. a every go He for would 5. I an he wish effort. make would 6. you carry bag my please? Would 7. He would Italy. go said to he 8. me wait the in for Would living-room? you 9. come wish they here. accept to I would 10. not start. The would car

LISTENDead Poets’ Society

‘Gentlemen! What are the four pillars?.............., ………….., ………………, ……………...Banners up!’‘………………. ……………… for boys, a ………………. ground for the future leaders of America. An institution dedicated to …………………….., virtue and conformity. A school whose rigid standards are appeled by every single teacher, except one.’‘Come on mister Overstreet you …………. Mister Anderson, are you a man or a nipper?Language was developed for one ……………….. and that is…’‘To communicate.’‘No! to ………….. women.’ Pick out in the text synonyms for the following words:A place to be:An academy:Success:Idiot:Little girl:Goal/aim/ purpose:Dominate:

Vision

honordisciplineexcellence

WeltonAcademy

breedingachievementtwerpendeavour

wooA breeding ground

An institution

achievementtwerpnipperendeavour to rule

Tool Box:

Convaincre: trust me/ believe me, I can assure you that… , don’t forget that…

Exprimer son accord/ désaccord: I agree, I don’t agree, I disagree with you, I join you on that point, I don’t see things that way, I don’t share your opinion, certainly not, of course.

How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

/kʊd/ /kʊk//gʊd/

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?

/stju:/ /tʃu:z/ /ʃu:z/ /ʃʊd/

She slits the sheet she sits on./ʃi/ /slits/ /ʃi:t/ /sits/