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 learning English > for French-speaking students 
 anglais > bêtisier 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 who / which / whose / who's 
 what / that 
 how / who 
 to / two 
 he's / his 
 he / it 
 his / her 
 was / has 
 there / they're 
 there / their 
 there / here 
 go / come 
 afterpréposition + N / afterwards 
 afterpréposition + N / later 
 quite / quiet 
 man / men 
 child / children 
 your / you're 
 Mr / Mrs 
 lose, lost, lost / loose 
 during / for 
 last / late / later / latest 
 lie, lay, lain / lay, laid, laid / lie, lied, lied (régulier) 
 leave / live 
 know / now 
 If I knew / If I had known 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 concordance des temps non respectée (CT) exemple : dans un récit au passé, retour injustifié au présent. 
 
 
 
 syntaxe : SVO non respecté (*SVAO) 
 
 
 
 syntaxe / "Trou noir" syntaxique : Sujet sans Verbe, Verbe sans Sujet, Modal non suivi d'une BV, 
 
 
 
 faux amis - > contre-sens (FA -> CS) 
 
 
 
 adjectif placé après le nom 
 
 
 
 adjectif accordé au pluriel 
 
 
 
 interrogative indirecte (verbe en fin de proposition) / interrogative directe 
 
 répétition incessante de "I think", "because", etc. -> pauvreté lexicale 
 
 préposition suivie de formes verbales agrammaticales (*) (au lieu de -ing ; exemples corrects : after leaving, before going to...). 
 
 formulation d'une hypothèse avec if : prétérit modal non maîtrisé, formes verbales agrammaticales (*) 
 
 passif non maîtrisé 
 
 confusion actif / passif 
 
 during + quantificateur rappel de la règle : à l'inverse de for, during n'est jamais suivi d'un quantificateur (*during four / several / many days) 
 
 quantificateur incorrect : confusion few / little rappel de la règle : little + indénombrable (little information) / few + nom pluriel (few people) 
 
 will dans une subordonnée de temps rappel de la règle : présent dans une subordonnée de temps ex : Will you still love me when I'm 64? (Beatles) I'll sleep when I'm dead (Warren Zevon) 
 
 oubli du -S à la troisième personne du singulier du présent simple de l'indicatif 
 
 calque de la syntaxe du français (FR) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 copies de 2e, 1ère, terminales, bac 
 
 
 calque du français 
 * I have the moral at zero * I think that it still remains much of progress to make * If I won at loto, I would like to make build a appropriate house for my parents * And as soon as someone that I like will be in the need, I'll try of help. * According to the US administration, war is become inevitable * You have a good avocate or you want that I find one. * He play a juventus there are 2 years ago. * Cloning, the word makes fear 
 
 
 
 
 concordance des temps 
 She is a well-know 
actrice. She is born in Honolulu. 
 He is a soccer player. He is a champion of world in 2002 ... 
 He is drinking a coffee when an old mate of him see him. He sat down next to him and begin te talk. 
 
 
 
 
 forme interrogative 
 * What had you doing? * But why they were arrested you? * What is happened ? * What is it happened? * What college are you go to? * Why did you launching the virus onto the net? * why did you launched it? * Why did you have launched this virus onto the net? What we can do? 
 
 
 
 
 syntaxe > verbe à particule adverbiale 
 * they woke up me 
 
 
 
 
 conjugaison de be 
 * You is crazy! * You is in the very bad situation * They don't be 
 
 
 
 
 be + a + nom de métier 
 * Emma Peel is secret agent 
 
 
 
 
 a + nom commençant par une consonne (c'est la phonétique qui compte, pas l'orthographe) 
 * Dolly, an ewe ... 
 
 
 
 
 an + mot commençant par une voyelle phonétique 
 * He works on a agence * There is a inscription * If someone have an terrible accident 
 
 
 
 
 a + mot commençant par une consonne phonétique 
 * It's an picture 
 
 
 
 
 this / these 
 * I think this pictures is bad 
 
 
 
 
 want / went 
 * Lucas (est poursuivit) by brigant because they went to kill him. 
 
 
 
 
 he / it 
 * In the picture he is write "defend your country". 
 
 
 
 
 3e personne du singulier du présent simple de l'indicatif 
 * He play in a Spanish team * Maybe but he also say that he don't want to ... * If nobody do anything * a young fireman who learn his job * The man have ... * Emma Peel have to find Lucas * The eagle is the animal who represent ... * This article speak about the problem of human cloning. * He would likes to meet ... 
 
 
 
 
 auxiliaires 
 * They asked me ... how I did to do that * we can all do that * He wouldn't likes * I will must see it * he can to do it * he do love her * he can doing it * Why do you made this? * He don't lessoning Techno Musik 
 
 
 
 
 passif 
 * He was been arrested * It is write ... * this inquiry was been very neglected * he was charge by the police * The criminals who are sentences... * must not be threaten 
 
 
 
 
 present perfect 
 * They have manage to arrest ... * I have just modifying ... * Hello, what are you doing? I hadn't seen you since Monday. * He has do mistakes that exposed his real identity * Microsoft was lost millions of dollards with the Blaster virus. * Canda is a pais that my mother want see since always. * Besides Saddam have distribute old Kalachnikoff to... * I have don't like this movie * he has do * Do you saw Titanic? * I live in New York since 1997 
 
 
 
 
 go to 
 * I prefer go in prison * After Japan, I would need to go in America 
 
 
 
 
 adjectif > adjectif invariable / syntaxe > adjectif(s) + N 
 * more easy 
 
 
 
 
 adjectif > adjectif invariable / syntaxe > adjectif(s) + N 
 * others hackers * And if he is not punished anothers hackers will launch viruses onto the net. * two littles girls * in others bigs films * This picture is a magnific, fantastic symbol of the spirit patriotic. * it's a job remarcable and great * The big car red * The firefighters are confidents * this practises uselesses 
 
 
 
 
 modal + BV 
 * consequences which can to be consider * So we will able to * I must to speak English 
 
 
 
 
 tags > do auxiliaire "fantôme" 
 * You have some friends, haven't you ? 
 
 
 
 
 expression de l'âge 
 * She has fifteen years old 
 
 
 
 
 préposition + GN / forme en -ing 
 * Also, I would want make find out at my sisters the Austrilian because they dream of visit and of discovery this country. * As a result, he spent all his money to accomodate the beggar, who benefit without understand. * before to go * before to left * for to do that * after have played 
 
 
 
 
 to préposition + forme en -ing 
 * Emma and Steed are getting closer to discover a spy organisation 
 
 
 
 
 to connecteur -> BV 
 * Sorry Anne but it's not a reason to left his wife. 
 
 
 
 
 to connecteur -> BV ≠ for préposition + -ing / N 
 * First of all, for fight racism, I would punish all people racist with law. 
 
 
 
 
 
 monstres syntaxiques et grammaticaux 
 * Besides, I would want bought soaps and after the send at poors countries * She didn't again to see him * You didn't realise that's could make trouble * A man who want killed see the hat * the police want's jailed an inoncent 
 
 
 
 
 structures hypothétiques 
 * If Francine wasn't been punished she had been killed. * If I was win one million d'euros in loto, I try ... * If I had money, I would can go in Australia * If I would win one million euro at the loto, I should tour through the world in a private plane, and stop the school for one year. * If someone have an terrible accident, this person was burnt for the rest of his life 
 
 
 
 
 expression du futur > subordonnée de temps 
 * Finally, when I'll be thirtey years old, I'll buy a very nice flat in Paris 
 
 
 
 
 prétérit 
 * he didn't was * He was killed the two girls * They are killed 20 years ago * when it happeneds * he becames * A few days ago... she has announced 
 
 
 
 
 interrogative indirecte 
 
 
 
 
 
 superlatif 
 * He is the better player of world. 
 
 
 
 
 pluriel > GV 
 * My parents doesn't like * They has taken allquantificateurs > many, much, etc. * much ethical problems 
 
 
 
 
 quantificateurs > during / for 
 * few information * During four months / During three days * More over, American 
army announced that  
 
 
 
 
 noms abstraits 
 * the justice / the power / the racism / the cloning / the man 
 
 
 
 
 pronoms relatifs / relatives 
 * a person what many people know * the only documentary who was filmed inside * the aircraft who crashed in the tower * It's an picture who... * my dear mum who's name is 
 
 
 
 
 SVO 
 * we saw in this document the life of everyday of this firefighters 
 
 
 
 
 faux-sens / contre-sens 
 * Firemen are exciting 
 
 
 
 
 
 it's the first time + present perfect (have + participe passé) 
 *it's the first time I see this images 
 
 
 
 
 syntaxe > vide syntaxique 
 * ??? but all the same is a good reportage * She didn't want listen him * the police not do his job * Americans want attack Iraq *A friend of his meeting him in his room and now, they talking 
 
 
 
 
 pluriel irrégulier 
 * This is a documentary abou the firemans 
 
 
 
 
 see / watch 
 * The film that we saw on the TV 
 
 
 
 
 adjectif possessif 
 * New York firemen were in his firehouse 
 
 
 
 
 past perfect -> valeur d'antériorité dans le passé 
 * Later, Sonia discovered Jeffrey who stole fruits 
 
 
 
 
 their / there 
 * their will be bombardment 
 
 
 
 
 after / afterwards 
 * More, if a inmate have maid a mistake and if after he was killed ... 
 
 
 
 
 contradiction 
 * ??? I'm against death penalty. I think any human have the right to decide the death of an other human 
 
 
 
 
 make / made / made + GNO + BV 
 * My best friend in the middle-nineties make me listened rap-music 
 
 
 
 
 it's high time + prétérit modal 
 * It's high time we go 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 * musn't * on hollidays *on holydays * télévision * an other * wich * governement * carefull * desperatly * Manathan * loose 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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