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Cahier de vacances

Anglais

Académie de Lille Vacances de printemps 2020

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6ème

ANAGRAMS: at home ! 1 – c – i – n – e – k – t – h 2 – o – d – o – b – m – e – r 3 – d – a – n – g – e – r 4 – h – m – a – b – o – t – o – m - r 5 – a – a – r – g – e –g ANIMALS SPEAK ENGLISH TOO! 1 – PIG A –QUACK, QUACK! 2 – SHEEP B – COCK-A-DOODLE-DO! 3 – COW C –CHIRP, CHIRP! 4 – DUCK D – WOOF, WOOF! 5 – DONKEY E –OINK, OINK! 6 – BIRD F – HEE-HAW! 7 – ROOSTER G –BAA, BAA! 8 – DOG H –MOO, MOO!

THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY Complete the following sentences with the following words:

husband – wife - mother – father – children – sons – daughter - grandparents 1 - Prince Philip is Queen Elizabeth II ‘s ………………………… .

2 - William and Harry are Princess Diana’s …………………. .

3 - Kate is William’s …………………… .

4 – Charlotte is William’s …………………………… .

5 – Meghan is Archie’s ……………………………… .

6 - George, Charlotte and Louis are Kate and William’s …………………………………. .

7 – Harry is Archie’s ……………………………….. .

8 – Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are Prince George’s …………………………………………. .

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Tongue-twisters (Try to read these texts aloud and have fun!)

She sells seashells on the seashore. The shells that she sells are seashells, I’m sure. And if she sells seashells on the seashore, The shells that she sells Are seashore shells, I’m sure. Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better. So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? What’s my name? 1 – I have travelled the world. 2 – My personal art collection is worth millions. 3 – I am not a politician, but take a great interest in my country’s politics. 4 – I own one of the most famous buildings in London. 5 – I was given my present job in 1952. 6 – I have three sons and one daughter. 1 – I was born in 1946. 2 – I produced The Apprentice, a reality television show.

5ème

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3 – I am Republican. 4 – My wife’s name is Melania. 5 – I work in an oval office. 6 – I succeeded Barack Obama as 45th President of the United States. 1 – I am a fictional little girl. 2 – I lived in the Victorian era. 3 – I followed a White Rabbit down its hole. 4 – I met strange creatures, such as the Cheshire Cat. 5 – I also met the Queen of Hearts, a very cruel queen. 6 – I was created by Lewis Carroll in 1865. 1 – I am a famous historic building. 2 – William the Conqueror had me built in the 11th century. 3 – I once was a prison. 4 – I am located on one of the banks of the River Thames. 5 – Lots of tourists visit me every year. 6 – They come to see the Crown Jewels. Food in idioms Complete with the right word:

Cake – peas – cucumber - potato – beans – apple - 1 – They are like two …………………… in a pod. 2 – He is full of …………………………. . 3 – He is a couch ……………………….. ; he spends his time sitting and watching TV. 4 – This written test is a piece of …………………………….. . 5 – She is the ………………………. of her father’s eye. 6 – He is not scared at all; he is as cool as a ………………………………… .

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4ème

Find the odd one out! Sounds different! 1 – meat – bread – read – please – peace 2 – food – school – boot – book – moon 4 – home – house – hair – hour – history Puzzles

A Going to school! On their way to school, there was one boy in front of two boys, one boy behind two boys and one boy between two boys. How many boys were there?

B

What travels around the world and stays in a corner?

C I can run but I never walk, I have a mouth but I never talk, I have a bed but I never sleep. What am I?

D

Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?

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The battle of Edgehill

October 1642. It was an hour before dawn on the morning of the Battle of Edgehill when a sentry on duty asked to see Oliver Cromwell at once. He was so insistent that Cromwell agreed to see him. ‘General’, the man said, ‘I beg you to stay away from the battlefield today.’ Cromwell laughed out loud and asked: ‘Why?’ ‘I have just had a terrible dream,’ said the sentry, ‘in which I saw a royalist cannon explode in front of you. The blast knocked you from your horse and you were dragged right through the enemy lines to a horrible death. I had to warn you.’ Looking grave, Cromwell thanked the man and continued his preparations for battle. When the day was nearly over, he asked one of his aides to find out if the soldier had survived the battle as easily as he himself had. When he heard that the man had not been hurt, Cromwell immediately ordered his execution. Why? What had the man done to deserve such a fate?

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Crosswords

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3ème At the cinema. Match the English title and its French equivalent. 1 – BACK TO THE FUTURE A – LA GUERRE DES ETOILES 2 – HOME ALONE B - L’APPEL DE LA FORET 3 - THE LIFE OF PI C – ALEX, LE DESTIN D’UN ROI 4 – THE SOUND OF MUSIC D – JOURNAL D’UN DÉGONFLÉ 5 – STAR WARS E – MAMAN, J’AI RATE L’AVION 6 – THE CALL OF THE WILD F – LE SEIGNEUR DES ANNEAUX 7 - LITTLE WOMEN G - RETOUR VERS LE FUTUR 8 – THE LORD OF THE RINGS H – LA MELODIE DU BONHEUR 9 – DIARY OF A WIMPY KID I – L’ODYSSEE DE PI 10 – THE KING WHO WOULD BE KING J – LES QUATRE FILLES DU DR MARSH MATCH WRITERS AND HEROES 1 – J. K. ROWLING A – ROMEO AND JULIET 2 – SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE B – HUCKLEBERRY FINN 3 – AGATHA CHRISTIE C – GULLIVER 4 – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE D – HARRY POTTER 5 – CHARLES DICKENS E – OLIVER TWIST 6 – MARK TWAIN F – SHERLOCK HOLMES 7 – JONATHAN SWIFT G – HERCULE POIROT MATCH ENGLISH IDIOMS AND THEIR FRENCH TRANSLATION 1 – I COULD EAT A HORSE! A – J’AI UN CHAT DANS LA GORGE 2 – PIGS MIGHT FLY! B –J’AIMERAIS ETRE UNE SOURIS 3 – AS BLIND AS A BAT C – J’AI D’AUTRES CHATS A FOUETTER 4 – I WOULD LIKE TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL; D – J’AI UNE FAIM DE LOUP 5 – I HAVE A FROG IN MY THROAT E –QUAND LES POULES AURONT DES DENTS 6 – I HAVE OTHER FISH TO FRY F –MYOPE COMME UNE TAUPE

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MURDER AT THE RESTAURANT

Holmes got into a cab and asked: ‘The grill room of the Ritz Hotel, please. Quick!’ he added, as Dr Watson stepped into the cab. In the restaurant, Holmes immediately noticed the four frightened diners huddled in a corner and a police constable. At a side table a man was slumped into the remains of a peach surprise. Inspector King of Scotland Yard came bustling over. ‘Ah, Holmes. Glad you could make it. Nasty business.’ ‘Ah, King,’ said Sherlock, ‘tell me all about it!’ ‘Five men booked in for dinner, sat at that table there. As they were having their puddings, one slumped forward dead. Poison, and a quick one! Those four,’ he indicated with a nod of the head, ‘won’t say a word – too frightened or too guilty.’ ‘What about the staff?’ asked Holmes. ‘Well, the waiter has lost his order pad but remembers some of the details of what he served and he heard some names being thrown about while he was at the table. ‘1 – Each man had a different main course and sweet. 2 – Carter sat between Phil and Dent who ate the fish. 3 – Sir Woodward did not order pork or steak and sat on the right of Charles who ordered the trifle. 4 – Hunter did not ask for steak or duck; he ordered the fresh fruit and sat on the left of Phil who asked for cheese. 5 – The man who ate the steak also had the ice cream and sat on the right of the man who ordered pork, who was not Eric or Hunter.’ Without a word, Holmes walked to the table, stared at it for a few moments, turned to the inspector and said : ‘This man was killed by the person sitting on his left who slipped the poison into his dish at a moment when the others were distracted by the cabaret, probably the can-can.’ ‘Incredible, Holmes!’ Watson cried. ‘An easy case,’ Sherlock replied. ‘Now Watson, give the officer the details: where did each of them sit? What did each of them eat? And, most importantly, what is the name of the murderer?’ ‘Of course, Holmes,’ Watson mumbled, ‘but I haven’t eaten since lunch and they serve an excellent steak here!’ So Holmes gave the officer all the details.

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Bert

Charles

Eric

Phil

Sid

Duck

Gam

e pie

Pork chop

Steak

Trout

Cheese

Fresh fruit

Ice cream

Peach surprise

Trifle

Carter Dent England Hunter Woodward

Duck

Game pie Pork chop Steak Fish

Cheese Fresh fruit Ice cream Peach surprise

Trifle

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IDIOMS – Match column 1 with column 2

Summerhill studio (summerhillstudio.blogspot.com) 1. In a Nutshell a. Vous avez perdu votre langue 2. Piece of cake b. Un gros bonnet/grand manitou 3. Cherry on the cake c. Sur un plateau d'argent 4. Bald as a coot d. Se retrousser les manches 5. A Screw loose e. Rester de marbre 6. Stiff upper lip f. Pour faire court/en bref 7. Born with a silver spoon in your mouth g. Passer la corde au cou 8. Ear worm h. Ne pas jouer cartes sur table 9. Keep your Cards close to your chest i. Né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche 10. Joker in the pack j. N'être que l'ombre de soi-même 11. Ace up your sleeve k. (N'avoir) pas un cheveu sur le caillou 12. Heart on your sleeve l. Mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier 13. On a silver platter m. Marcher sur des œufs 14. Spill the beans n. Le temps passe vite 15. Big cheese o. L'exception à la règle 16. Red herring p. Grand comme un mouchoir de poche 17. To tie the knot q. Fausse piste/miroir au alouette/diversion 18. Put all your eggs in one basket r. De la misère à la richesse (partir de rien) 19. Walking on egg shells s. Cracher le morceau 20. Shadow of your former self t. Cerise sur le gâteau ! 21. No room to swing a cat u. Casser sa pipe/tirer sa révérence 22. The cat's got your tongue v. C'est du gâteau !

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23. Kick the bucket w. Avoir une case en moins 24. Pull your socks up x. Avoir un atout dans sa manche/en réserve 25. Cold feet y. Avoir un air entêtant (dans les oreilles) 26. From Rags to riches z. Avoir la trouille/la frousse de faire quelque chose 27. Time flies aa. (Parler) à cœur ouvert

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Solutions

6ème ANAGRAMS: at home! Answers: 1 – kitchen – 2 – bedroom – 3 – garden – 4 – bathroom – 5 garage ANIMALS SPEAK ENGLISH TOO! Answers: 1 E – 2 G – 3 H – 4 A – 5 F – 6 C – 7 B – 8 D

THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY 1 – husband – 2 – sons - 3 – wife – 4 daughter – 5 – mother - 6 – children – 7 – father – grandparents

5ème What’s my name? Answers: Queen Elizabeth II / Donald Trump / Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) / the Tower of London Food in idioms 1 – peas (ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau) - 2 – beans (full of beans = en pleine forme) - 3 – potato (a couch potato = quelqu’un qui passe son temps devant la télé) – 4 cake (it’s a piece of cake = it’s easy !) – 5 – apple (il tient à elle comme à la prunelle de ses yeux) – 6 – cucumber (as cool as a cucumber = il reste calme, il n’a pas froid aux yeux)

4ème Find the odd one out! Sounds different! Answers : 1 – bread - 2 – book (la voyelle est brève, les autres sont longues) – 3 – hour (le h est muet Puzzles A - three, walking in single file

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B - a stamp

C - a river

D - Jack and Jill are goldfish.

The battle of Edgehill The sentry had been asleep at his post! How else could he have ‘just had a dream’ Crosswords

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3ème At the cinema. Match the English title and its French equivalent. Answers: 1 G - 2 E – 3 I – 4 H – 5 A - 6 B – 7 J – 8 F – 9 D – 10 C (Avez-vous remarqué que les titres de films sont rarement traduits mot pour mot ?) MATCH WRITERS AND HEROES Answers: 1 D – 2 F – 3 G – 4 A – 5 E – 6 B – 7 C MATCH ENGLISH IDIOMS AND THEIR FRENCH TRANSLATION Answers: 1 D – 2 E – 3 F – 4 B – 5 A - 6 C (Avez-vous remarqué que selon la langue, l’animal est différent – en français, nous avons une faim de loup, en anglais, nous pourrions manger un cheval !) MURDER AT THE RESTAURANT Solution: Sid Woordward was murdered by Charles Dent. Clockwise (dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre) Eric Carter: steak and ice cream Phil England: pork chop and cheese Bert Hunter: game pie and fresh fruit Sid Woodward: duck and peach surprise Charles Dent: fish and trifle IDIOMS – match column 1 with column 2 Ce sont des expressions très courantes ; essayez d’en mémoriser quelques-unes.

1. In a Nutshell a. Pour faire court/en bref 2. Piece of cake b. C'est du gâteau ! 3. Cherry on the cake c. Cerise sur le gâteau ! 4. Bald as a coot d. (N'avoir) pas un cheveu sur le caillou 5. A Screw loose e. Avoir une case en moins 6. Stiff upper lip f. Rester de marbre 7. Born with a silver spoon in your mouth g. Né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche 8. Ear worm h. Avoir un air entêtant (dans les oreilles) 9. Keep your Cards close to your chest i. Ne pas jouer cartes sur table 10. Joker in the pack j. L'exception à la règle

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11. Ace up your sleeve k. Avoir un atout dans sa manche/en réserve 12. Heart on your sleeve l. (Parler) à cœur ouvert 13. On a silver platter m. Sur un plateau d'argent 14. Spill the beans n. Cracher le morceau 15. Big cheese o. Un gros bonnet/grand manitou 16. Red herring p. Fausse piste/miroir au alouette/diversion 17. To tie the knot q. Passer la corde au cou 18. Put all your eggs in one basket r. Mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier 19. Walking on egg shells s. Marcher sur des œufs 20. Shadow of your former self t. N'être que l'ombre de soi-même 21. No room to swing a cat u. Grand comme un mouchoir de poche 22. The cat's got your tongue v. Vous avez perdu votre langue 23. Kick the bucket w. Casser sa pipe/tirer sa révérence 24. Pull your socks up x. Se retrousser les manches 25. Cold feet y. (Avoir) la trouille/la frousse de faire quelque chose 26. From Rags to riches z. De la misère à la richesse (partir de rien) 27. Time flies aa. Le temps passe vite