CORRECTION FOR DAY 21
1 THE PRESENT PERFECT : HELP
a- Have you logged on Pronote recently ? I HAVE LOGGED IN…
b- Have you tried to get any help for technology? RECENTLY. I LOGGED IN YESTERDAY (ON PASSE AU SIMPLE PAST S’IL YA UN COMPLÉMENT DE TEMPS, UNE DATE)
c- Have you had any trouble (=problems) with apps / your computer/any website ? I’VE HAD TROUBLE WITH….
d- Have you asked any help from your family lately ?I’VE ASKED…. TO HELP ME WITH…
e- How long have we been in quarantine now ? WE’VE BEEN IN QUARANTINE FOR… WEEKS (DURÉE)/SINCE MARCH 14TH (DATE)
f- Have you seen any people besides your parents ? (besides= à part) I HAVEN’T SEEN ANYONE/I HAVE SEEN NOONE/ I HAVE SEEN MY GRANDMOTHER
g- Have you enjoyed any specific elements in the quarantine ? I HAVE ENJOYED ….GETTING UP LATE
h- Have you learned to do anything new in this situation ? I’VE LEARNED TO…
i- How long haven’t you seen your friends ? I HAVEN’T SEEN MY FRIENDS FOR (+ DURÉE)/ SINCE (THE BEGINNING, DATE)
j- Have you been in touch with any friends, any teachers ? (to be in touch = être en contact) I’VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH…SOME
k- Have you learnt how to send an email in English ? I’VE LEARNT HOW TO…
l- Do you think you will meet your friends eventually ? I’M SURE WE WILL (ONE DAY)
2 LIST THE WORDS OR EXPRESSIONS ABOUT TIME.
HOW LONG ?/EVENTUALLY = FINALEMENT, À LA FIN/RECENTLY/LATELY/NOW
3 PRESENT PERFECT : quelles sont les règles : quand l’utilise-t-on ? comment est-il formé ?
Comme on le voit grâce aux indicateurs de temps : how long (depuis combien de temps)
recently, lately, now ( dernièrement, maintenant)
le PRESENT PERFECT est un temps du présent. Il indique que quelque chose vient juste de se passer (cela touche le présent, parce que c’est proche en temps), quelque chose bouge, change ou influence le présent.
I’ve learnt how to = donc maintenant je sais
I’ve been in touch with= donc j’ai des nouvelles maintenant
I’ve enjoyed = telle chose m’a plu et continue à me plaire, je trouve cela agréable
We’ve been in quarantine for…8 weeks/ since 14th March…cette situation toujours vraie dure depuis…. tant de temps (FOR)
… telle date (SINCE)
FORMATION : AUXILIAIRE have au présent/ I , you, we, they HAVE +past participle
He, she HAS
DAY 22
EXERCISE 1 FOR or SINCE ? (complétez avec for ou since, voir règles plus haut)
a- I’ve lived in Angers………. I was born.
b- I’ve lived in the same flat …. 5 years
c- My family has known my best friend’s family …. we were in primary school.
d- I haven’t gotten a present ….. my birthday.
e- We haven’t been able to go to the seaside … a few weeks now.
f-You usually work… one or two hours everyday, don’t you ?
EXERCISE 2 ANY/SOME/NO…. AND CO : transformez les phrases en utilisant la bonne forme du mot. RAPPEL : les mots en any -sont utilisés dans les phrases négatives ou interrogatives. Les mots en some- sont utilisés dans les phrases affirmatives.
Exception : on utilise some dans une question polie, pour offrir quelque chose. No- est utilisé quand le sens est négatif, mais le verbe ne porte pas la forme négative.
Les mots avec some/any/no peuvent être composés avec – thing (quelque chose)/-one ou -body (quelqu’un)/-where (quelque part).
a- I will definitely go ……where far when this quarantine is finished.
b- Did you see …one yesterday ?
c- No, I didn’t see …one. I saw….one.
d- Have you ever done …thing special for your birthday ?
e- Have you done…thing really interesting lately ?
f- We will try to organise ..thing special when we meet again.
EXERCISE 3 : READING.
READ THIS TEXT FROM THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS :

Valued Customer: Sincerest apologies, but our organically fed, hundred-per-cent pasture-raised chicken breasts are no longer available. As a substitute, please accept this bag of heavily processed, fifty-per-cent meat, fifty-per-cent miscellaneous chicken-nugget-like product.
Dear Sir or Madam: We wanted to let you know that, though you ordered a single ergonomic desk chair for your two-hundred-square-foot apartment, we have inexplicably sent you three. Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns at this time.
Dear Parent: Sadly, the regular sources of entertainment and child care required for you to maintain your sanity are unavailable. Instead, we will be sending you a wine glass that will never seem big enough. Note: it is as fragile as your rare moments of peace.
Attention, Hospital Staff: We’re so sorry, but we no longer have protective gloves in stock. Please take these oven mitts covered in garbage bags.
Dear Essential Worker: We regret to inform you that the sense of humanity and empathy you have requested from Jared Kushner is currently on back order. While he rolls around in his national stockpile of masks, why not try a bandanna?
Greetings, Once-Enthusiastic Recipient of Letters and Packages: We are sorry to say that the United States Postal Service is no longer functioning, owing to underfunding. As such, we cannot deliver that birthday check from your grandma.
Dear Environment: We sincerely apologize for the mixed messages. We know that your air has been uncharacteristically light on pollution lately, but, please, don’t get used to it.
Hello, Mr. McConnell: Regrettably, the two hundred and fifty-six rolls of toilet paper you ordered are temporarily out of stock. Please be assured that we plan to replenish our supply soon so that you do not resort to wiping your ass with the Constitution.
Dear Human Deserving of Basic Rights: Much to our dismay, we remain unable to fulfill your order for universal health care. Might we kindly suggest that you turn back time and move to Canada?
Valued Citizen: The competent leader you requested is no longer in the White House. Please accept this impatient, uninformed, delusional ratings-chaser as an inadequate replacement. Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns at this time.
Deepest Apologies, America: Your democracy has been discontinued. With enough November preorders, however, we hope to offer this product to you again in 2021.
QUESTIONS
1 Etablissez la liste des façons de s’adresser aux différents groupes de personnes de cet article.
2 Cherchez dans la liste les groupes ou personnes suivants :
- les utilisateurs des services postaux
- un homme politique Américain
- les consommateurs de nourriture bio ou de bonne qualité
- les soignants
- un citoyen ordinaire
- un ou une client(e) classique
- la nature
- les USA
- un employé au rôle social essentiel
- un être humain
- un parent
3 Associez les produits ou services manquants aux différents groupes, ou personnes de la question 2 :
- rouleaux de papier toilette
- la démocratie
- l’accès aux soins pour tous
- la poste
- un message clair
- blancs de poulet bio, élevés en plein air
- humanité et empathie
- des gants de protection
- un fauteuil de bureau ergonomique (= adapté au corps et à ses mouvements)
- la distraction et la garde
- un responsable compétent
4 Quelles sont les solutions de remplacement proposées à chaque fois ?
Vous emploierez instead of+ V-ing pour donner ces solutions. Exemple : Instead of going to the seaside, we will spend next weekend in Angers (= au lieu d’aller au bord de la mer, nous passerons le weekend à Angers).



Personally, I would choose George Clooney, because he must be fun to talk too (and I think he is good-looking ), and Barack Obama, Robert Badinter (who abolished the death penalty in France) and Margaret Atwood (who wrote The Handmaid’s Tale) to have interesting conversations. I would also resurrect Roy Buchanan, who is my guitar hero. Who would you choose ?




