Un peu de réflexion sur la construction de la langue ! La structure que nous employons pour faire un portrait chinois "Si j’étais..., je serais..." est appelée SECOND CONDITIONAL en anglais. On l’utilise pour parler de choses qui ne se réaliseront pas, qui sont de l’ordre de l’hypothétique car malgré tous nous efforts nous ne serons JAMAIS ni un fleur, ni un animal ni une date !
Nous avons déjà croisé cette structure lorsque nous avons revu comment donner des conseils : "I I were you, I would (...)
Did you know that Chinese portraits had nothing to do with China ??
Definition : A "Chinese Portrait" is a metaphorical description of oneself by a comparison with various things or elements, a tree, a flower, a film, an historical character, a dish...
Listen and complete information for these Chinese portraits.
Chinese Portrait n°1
Chinese Portrait n°2
Chinese Portrait n°3
Chinese Portrait n°4
And just for pleasure !!!!!!!!
Chinese Portrait n°5
Chinese Portrait (...)
Watch this video and learn how to pronounce the 12 signs of the horoscope :
Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
Now, would you like to know about the story of the birth of the Chinese Signs ?
Watch this !
Choose one of the portrait and describe it talking about the techniques used and the artist’s goals.
Complete these tagged images :
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Remember how to asj personal questions in English ?
Refresh on wh-words. [PS : you can skip that part if you think you are already a champion !]
How many possible intonations can you get in English questions ?
Well it depends on the type of question ! !
Learn new things about intonation in questions :
Are you ready to report to the class ?
What are the 6 basic Wh-Words ?
What’s the difference between an interrogative WORD and an interrogative EXPRESSION ?
Could you explain when (...)
Understand a personality Quiz !
As a warm up, listen and do the first two activities on your worksheet.
What are you like ? (personality adjectives)
If you were an animal, which animal would you be ?
Now complete the other exercises :
listen and complete for J (Jeremy), L (Leila) and Z (Zoe)
Jeremy :
Leila :
Zoe :
To finish with, do the activities on adjectives and prepositions (...)
Nous, français, sommes portés sur le "oui" / "ouais" et le "non" / "nan nan". Mais savez-vous que les anglais répondrons rarement à une question fermée par "Yes" ou "No". Les anglais préfèrent répondre par une réponse brève (SHORT ANSWER) constituée de Yes / No le sujet et l’auxiliaire ou auxiliaire + négation. D’ailleurs, vous vous souvenez sans doute de la petite chanson : -Do you like bananas ? -Yes I do Yum Yum. - Do you like (...)