Posts belonging to Category 'grammaire'
March 9, 2012 | Posted by profanglais
isn’t = is not wasn’t = was not aren’t = are not weren’t = were not don’t = do not doesn’t = does not didn’t = did not haven’t = have not hasn’t = has not hadn’t = had not can’t = cannot (written as one word) couldn’t =could not won’t = will not wouldn’t [...]
Categories: grammaire | 
Tags: aren't, can't, contractions, couldn't, didn't, doesn't, don't, hadn't, hasn't, haven't, isn't, need, needn't, negative, short forms, shouldn't, weren't wasn't, wouldn't | 
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March 1, 2012 | Posted by profanglais
“I do” ou “I am doing” ? Sachez que le présent simple (I do) est huit fois plus utilisé que le présent progressif (I’m doing). Il faut quand-même connaître la différence entre les deux, c’est pourquoi j’ai fait cette page. Il y a un exercice à faire avec des ‘tournures’ assez fréquents en anglais.
Categories: grammaire, vocabulaire | Tags: présent progressif | 36 Comments »
February 23, 2012 | Posted by profanglais
We could say that these words are mostly used in formal situations, like in business and writing. Simple connecting words (conjunctions like and, if, if not, but, with) are used in informal conversations. If you have to write business letters in English, you need to be able to use words like, moreover, however, otherwise, and [...]
Categories: grammaire | Tags: connectors | 4 Comments »
January 25, 2012 | Posted by profanglais
relative pronouns are words that join a main clause to a relative clause in a sentence. This is a cake. I made this cake. If I say: ‘this is the cake that I made.’ then I have used a relative pronoun to make a sentence with a main clause (this is a cake) with a [...]
Categories: grammaire, relative pronouns | Tags: pronoms rélatifs, relative pronouns | 3 Comments »
January 24, 2012 | Posted by profanglais
Another excellent video from Paul in the United States. Enjoy. Present –> past “I’m hungry” –> He said he was hungry present continuous –> past continuous “I’m going home” –> he said he was going home Past –> past perfect I didn’t see him –> he said he hadn’t seen him Present perfect –> past [...]
Categories: grammaire, reported speech | Tags: indirect, reported speech, tenses | 1 Comment »
December 27, 2011 | Posted by profanglais
I’ve noticed that even some advanced learners still have some problems with these determiners. The simplest explanation is ‘this’ is close to me, and ‘that’ is further away. ‘These’ and ‘those’ are the plural forms.
Categories: grammaire | Tags: determiners, that, these, this, those | 7 Comments »
December 18, 2011 | Posted by profanglais
Examples: I go jogging every other day: Je fais du jogging tous les deux jours He sees his children every other weekend: Il voit ses enfants un weekend sur deux
Categories: grammaire | Tags: every other | 1 Comment »
December 15, 2011 | Posted by profanglais
Examples Ils s’aiment beaucoup : they like each other a lot / they like one another (la première est la plus courante) On s’est pas vu depuis longtemps: we haven’t seen each other for a long time
Categories: grammaire | Tags: each other | No Comments »
November 22, 2011 | Posted by profanglais
On me demande souvent d’expliquer l’usage des verbes avec ‘ing’ et des infinifs. Le mot “gerund” en anglais n’est pas exactement la même chose que “gérondif” en français. Le gérund est plutôt un nom et non pas un verbe. On l’utilise quand on veut parler d’une action. Certains verbes sont systematiquement suivis par un “gerund”, [...]
Categories: grammaire | Tags: gerund, infinitive, used to, verbs | 10 Comments »
November 7, 2011 | Posted by profanglais
On nous a obligé de mémoriser les verbes irréguliers en anglais, mais est-ce qu’on est capable de faire une phrase juste avec eux? Voici un jeu d’enfant qui rend la tâche un peu plus facile. Jouez avec Tyler et Sheila. Cliquez sur ‘pause’ à la fin de chaque phrase et répétez. Arriverez-vous à les tous [...]
Categories: grammaire | Tags: irregular verbs, verbes irréguliers | 8 Comments »