TERMINAL ENGLISH COURSES PRACTICE

                                    
                             



 TD d'Anglais pour les Tles/ Par le prof M. DANSOU E. 
   
           



 TRANSLATION  
     
          Among many technicncs we have to tanslate from a language to the other one, the meaning is what is important, not words or literary translation, avoid repetition of ideas.
We just need to practice the translation because it is olso an art.

PRACTICE:
Translate this passage to French
Global warming is the ongoing rise of the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and has been demonstrated by direct temperature measurements and by measurements of various effects of the warming. It is a major aspect of climate change which, in addition to rising global surface temperatures, also includes its effects, such as changes in precipitation. While there have been prehistoric periods of global warming, observed changes since the mid-20th century have been unprecedented in rate and scale.



  GRAMMAR/ Reported speech      

 - Definition:
              Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. 
Direct speech: Ex. DS"I work in a bank" said my father.  
                                IS: my father said that he worked in the bank. 

REMARKS
1- the DS is always put into cotation or inverted comas.
2- In the indirect speech, we change the tenses, pronouns,adverbs.
3- when the reporting vers is in : simple presenst, present perfect and present progressive; we don't change the tenses.
4- we don't change the tenses when reporting the general truths or past habitual actions and so others.
NB: This lesson is so broad that we need to do many practise to master it well.

PRACTICES
- Reprhase these sentences:

1. a He said, "I like this song."
   b→ He said
2. a "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
   b → She asked me
3. a "I don't speak Italian," she said.
   b → She said
4. a "Say hello to Jim," they said.
   b → They asked me
5. a "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
   b → He said
6. a "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
   b→ She told the boys
7. a "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
   b → She asked him
8. a "I never make mistakes," he said.
   b → He said
9. a "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
   b → He wanted to know
10. a "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
    b → The stuntman advised the Audience.