Grammar exercises 3 – correction

• Please translate:

1. Devriez-vous vous entraîner plus pour améliorer votre performance?
   -> Should you train (or be training) more to improve your performance?
2. Pourquoi cet athlète devrait-il s’informer des résultats de ses concurrents?
   -> Why should this athlete get informed about his competitors’ results?
3. Dans quel but cet athlète devrait-il s’informer des résultats de ses concurrents?
   -> What should this athlete get informed about his competitors’ results for?
4. Pour qui le sports est-il nécessaire?
   -> Who is sports necessary for?
5. Vous avez dit que vous vouliez en savoir plus sur la performance des joueurs; peut-être que vous auriez pu nous le demander avant!
   -> You said you wanted to know more about the players’ performance; maybe you could have asked us before (or first)!
6. Cet ingénieur aurait dû vérifier ses résultats avant de les présenter à son manager.
   -> That engineer should have checked his results before showing (or presenting) them to his manager

• Try and write down 4 “complex questions” (avec qui, pour qui etc) -> up to you 😄
  
• Final exercises on articles

A. Choose the correct form, with or without the.

1. Children / The children learn a lot from playing.

2. We took children / the children to the zoo.

3. I often listen to music / the music.

4. The film wasn’t very good but I liked the music / music.

5. All cars have wheels / the wheels.

6. All the cars / cars in this car park belong to people who work here.

7. The sugar / Sugar isn’t very good for you.

8. Do the English / English people work hard ? -> makes me squint (loucher) a bit…: you could also say: do the English work hard?

9. Do the English people / English people you know work hard ?

10. Do you like strong black coffee / the strong black coffee ?

11. Did you like the coffee / coffee we had after our meal last night ?

B. Complete the following sentences using A, AN, Ø, THE

1)- Where is ……THE………….. book I put on ………THE………… table ? 

2)- ………THE…….. French are said to be ………Ø……….. good cooks. 

3)- Richard is ………A………. doctor and his wife ………AN…………… English teacher. 

4)- « How much are these apples ? » – « 3 euros …………A……… kilo ». 

5)- She goes to the movies twice ………A……. week.. 

6)- ……Ø…….. Queen Elizabeth is to meet ………THE………. French President next month. 

7)- ……THE………… life he leads at home is too boring for him. 

8)- Don’t go out without ……A…………. raincoat. It’s raining outside. 

9)- I met ……AN………. interesting boy yesterday at Mary’s party ! Hope I’ll see him again ! 

10)- She loves ……Ø………. music. She plays ……THE……….. piano very well. 

C. Same exercise.

1)- I wish to apply for ……THE……… job I saw advertised in yesterday’s newspaper. 

2)- ………THE……. French exam was difficult. 

3)- The report will be given to all …………THE………. employees. 

4)- You should not tell such ………Ø………… lies. 

5)- I hate driving at ………Ø…………….night. 

6)- I am sorry but I can’t play ……Ø……. chess now. 

7)- Would you mind ringing me in ………AN…….. hour and a half ? 

8)- He explained them where ………THE……….. school was. 

9)- She goes to ………Ø…….. school on ……Ø………. foot. 

10)- I spent my evening listening to ………Ø……… pop music. 

11)- ………Ø………. Princess Ann got married four years ago. 

12)- ………THE………. Prince of Wales is in Cardiff. 

13)- We attend evening classes twice ……A……….. week. 

14)- Without ……………THE…… key I don’t know how you’ll get in ! 

15)- She has been to ………Ø………. Germany, ……THE…….. USA and ……Ø…….. Japan.