FAMOUS ENGLISH WRITERS Look at the document and tell who it is about.

NOW READ THE WORKSHEET THAT YOUR TEACHER HAS GIVEN YOU AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS What kind of document is it and who is it about?

DICKENS’S LIFE Written comprehension

Charles Dickens was a famous writer He was English He was born on February 7th 1812 in Portsmouth He wrote 31 books He was his father Queen Victoria He lived in London He had money problems He had to go and work in a factory in terrible conditions and work very long hours He became a newspaper reporter She was his wife He wrote many novels and became famous Ha died on June 9th 1870

I had 10 children My parents had money problems I never forgot my life in the factory Poor people’s lives were very hard and so different from rich people’s lives I was buried in Westminster Abbey 19th Charles’s fatherfirst Twist

GRAMMAR: THE SIMPLE PAST

Was, was raised, being trashed, asking, insulted, attacked, ran away, picked up, trained, become, refused, steal, brought, kidnapped, prompted, take along, was, was corrupted, could, disclosed, received, went away Insulted, attacked, picked up, trained, refused, kidnapped, prompted, disclosed, received, died, adopted. Was, ran away, brought, could, went away Become, steal, take along VERBES REGULIERSVERBES IRREGULIERS

Les verbes réguliers prennent –ed, les verbes irréguliers changent complètement -edréguliers irréguliers par cœur (cf. liste de verbes) prétéritpassée

Pour exprimer une obligation ou une possibilité au passé, on emploie had to + BV pour l’obligation et could + BV (qui se prononce / )kyd/ ) pour une possibilité: He had to work hard (il devait travailler dur) He didn’t have to play with his friends (il ne devait pas jouer avec ses amis). I couldn’t speak to anyone in the factory (je ne pouvais parler à personne à l’usine) Children could work 18 hours long (les enfants pouvaient travailler jusqu’à 18h)

PHONOLOGIE: L’ACCENTUATION DE LA PHRASE Observe ces phrases, recopie-les sur ton cahier et surligne les mots accentués que tu as repérés

 Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, on the 7th February  When he was young, Charles Dickens had to work very long hours in the factory.  In the factory, he worked all the time and he had to stay quiet.

QUE REMARQUES-TU?  Les mots porteurs de sens (qui ont un sens dans le dictionnaire) sont accentués en anglais.  Les mots grammaticaux (prépositions, pronoms personnels, auxiliaires etc.) qui sont plus « passe-partout », ne sont pas accentués et tendent à disparaître sur la chaîne phonologique, d’où la difficulté de repérage.

HOMEWORK  Relire la leçon et l’encart grammatical p.141 (point grammatical 10 et 10) et p.142 (point grammatical 14)  Faire les exercices 1 à 5 de la fiche sur Charles Dickens