EXERCICES - Phrases littéraires (1)

A. Word order - Mettre les mots et les groupes de mots des phrases suivantes dans le bon ordre:

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Attention à la ponctuation!

1. do / I / not / nobody; / I / much. / even / see / read /

Thomas Carlyle, Life in London

2. eight / is / I / It / spring./ have / seen / years / a / since /

[Ibid.,]

3.advantage./ are / art / of showing / perfect mistresses / themselves / in the / Their women / to the best /

J. Addison, The Spectator

4. was / view / took / and / rich / of things (...). / the rich / He / man's /

J.A. Froude, Oceana

5. of the / illustration / strongest./ was an / survival / He / of the /

Ibid.,

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B. Gap-filling - Compléter avec les mots suivants:

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eighties / their pleasure / his brushes / some hot / at / cheaper / in five / you'd like / than / been / the / over / vigorously / gardens / high above / small

1. The garden was and the children found in some public across the way. Sheila Kaye-Smith, The children's summer

2. The house Hastings was large and red, standingthe town with a wide sweeping gazethe roofs and over sea. [Ibid.,]

3. It had built in the eighteen-, in days when servants wereand neighbours dearer they are now. [Ibid.,]

4. Now I expectto go to your room and wash: I've hadwater put there for you; and luncheon will be ready minutes. V. Sackville-West, Her Son

5. He unpacked and brushed his hair (...). [Ibid.,]

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C. Gap-filling - Mettre les mots suivants dans les vides:

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-am- / -ate- / -oat- / -is- / -turn- / real- / -pool / -own / on- / -inn- / -me / -as / -bridge / -ear-

  1. Ner the town, bs bece more frequent. R. Lehmann, Dusty Answer
  2. What w the mystery of Cam in the evening? [ Ibid.,]
  3. In a celebrd hotel in a celebrated t in the Burgundy country, I had an admirable der and the finest Beaune I ever tasted. Arnold Bennett, Journal 1929
  4. The we traveller travels ly in imagination. W.Somerset Maugham
  5. On arriving at Liver, I made the acquaintance of a man who had been in America so years previously, and not having his hopes ised at that time, had reed desperate to England (...). W.H. Davies, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

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      D. Matching Exercise - Trouver la seconde moitié de chaque phrase:

1. This letter was given to the steward at Queenstown, and was written to save me

a) He was a good-looking man, very gentlemanly, and always dressed at the neatest. Leigh Hunt, Autobiography

2. The Under Grammar Master, in my time, was the Rev. Mr. Field.

b) Dutch landscape has all the qualities that make geometry delightful. Aldous Huxley, Along the Road

3. We are reminded of dear England by the noble price we pay

c) and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. Henry James, A Little Tour in France

4. My love for plane geometry prepared me to feel a special affection for Holland. For the

d) the trouble of writing on my arrival, so that I might have some more time to enjoy myself.W.H. Davies, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

5. The town of Tours, however, has something sweet

e) for wines. Of course, being so close to the sea, we have no fish.W.M. Thackeray

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