Apprenez par cœur les mêmes temps du rerbe arriver

3. Conjuguez : Je descends Vescalier et je me tiens à la ram'pe ; quand je descendrai Vescalier, je me tiendrai à la rampe ; si je desce^idais Vescalier, je ms tienr drais à la rampe, etc.

George se tient-il à la rampe ? Ne pensez-vous pas qu'il va dégringoler ? S'il dégringole, se cassera-t-il le cou ? Que fait Greorge, quand il tombe ? Si vous tombiez, que feriez-vous ?

Est-ce que George est tombé en descendant l'escalier, ou bien en jouant aux barres ? S'est-il fait du mal ? A la tête ? Où ? S'est-il cassé quelque chose ? Dit-il qu'il s'est cassé quelque chose ? Pleure-t-il ? Crie-t-il ? Son accident est-il mortel ?

4. Apprenez par cœur le présent de l'indicatif et le passé indéfini de se reposer.

Conjuguez : Je suis tomhé et je me suis cassé le genou} tu es tombé et tu Ves cassé le genou, etc.

5. If .we play outside (dehors), will you speak French ? — We will not say a word of English. — Do not run so, George ; look out ! if you fall, you will perhaps break your leg. If you were falling, you might break your leg. If you do not look out, you will fall. There I

he has faîlen! hear him scream: "Aïef aie! I hâve brbken my knee." — I told you so, my, boy. Try to get up, try to bend your knee. Corne hère quickly, my friends, let us help George get up.

If I do not look out, I shall fall. If tbou dost not look out, thou wilt fall." If he does not look out, he will fall. If we do not look out, we shail falL If you do not look out, you will fall. If they do not look out, they will fall.— Look out, George ; look out, my friends ; let 41S ail look out.

1. Préparez pour demain Tanecdote du Grand Tavivhour, laquelle vous raconterez en classe librement, sans reproduire les phrases du livre.

2. Apprenez par cœur les quatre premiers temps du verbe se reposer.

When I am tired, I rest. Dost thou rest, when thou art tired ? When he is tired, he rests. When we are tired, we rest. Do you rest, when you are tired? When they are tired, they rest.

3. Apprenez par cœur le futur et le conditionnel du verbe se reposer,

When I am tired, I shall rest. Wilt tbou rest, when thou art tired ? When he is tired, he will rest. W^hen we are tired, we shall rest. Will you rest, when you are tired ? When they are tired, they will rest. .

If I were tired, I would rest. Wouldst thou rest, if thou wert tired ? If he were tired, he would' rest. If we were tired, we would rest., Would you rest, if you were tired ? They would rest, if they were tired.

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1. Apprenez par cœur le passé indéfini, le plus-queparfait, le passé antérieur, le futur passé, le conditionnel passé du verbe se reposer.

2. Ecrivez en quelques lignes l'histoire du Fetit Chaperon Rouge,

Pourquoi appelait-on ainsi l'héroïne du conte ? Qu'estce qu'elle porta à sa grand'mère ? Où demeurait celle-ci ? Fallait-il que la petite fille traversât un bois pour aller chez sa grand'mère? D'un bosquet, d'un bois, d'une forêt, lequel est le plus grand et lequel est le plus petit ?

Y a-t-il des loups dans les bosquets, dans les bois et dans les forêts ? La mère du Chaperon Rouge ne fut-elle pas imprudente de l'envoyer seule à travers le bois ? Qu'auriez-vous fait à la place de cette femme ? Si vous aviez été la petite fille, auriez-vous parlé au loup ?

3. If I meet the wolf, I shall run away. If thou meetest the wolf, thou wilt run away. If he meets the wolf, he will run away. If we meet the wolf, we shall run away. If you meet the wolf, you will run away. If they meet the wolf, they will run away. — When little Red-Riding-Hood met the wolf, she did not run away, but she spoke to him. Was she not wrong ? — She was wrong. If she had not talked with him, he would not hâve known that she was going to her grandmother. We must not (il ne faut pas) talk with bad people (les méchants), nor tell them our secrets. Is not that true, George ?

1. Résumez l'histoire de La Naissance des animaux i^ans poser aucune question. Fermez votre livre avan^

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d'écrire. (Les élèves liront leur travail en classe et se corrigeront les uns les autres.)

2. Apprenez par cœur les temps du subjonctif des verbes avoir et être,

3. Apprenez par cœur le passé et le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif de aimer, finir, recevoir, rendre.

4. Why were Adam and Eve driven f rom paradise ? — Because they ate the forbidden fruit. — Had they net eaten the forbidden fruit, would they always hâve lived in paradise ? — Certainly. — Do you not wish (ne voudriezvous pas) they had not disobeyed Grod ? Who gave the forbidden fruit to Adam ? — Eve gave it to him. — Was he not wrong to accept it ? In his place, would you not hâve ref used it, George ? — I do not know what I should hâve done. I believe I should not hâve taken it. — You are not sure of it ? — How could I be sure of it ?

1. Apprenez par cœur Le Buisson et la Rose, Ecrivez une page ou deux sur les oiseaux chanteurs

d'Amérique, le hobeling, le rohin, le loriot, Toiseaumoqueur, etc.

2. Apprenez par cœur le présent et l'imparfait du subjonctif de aimer, finir, recevoir, rendre.

3. Faites en anglais six questions sur le chapitre XXL, répondez à vos questions, et traduisez le tout en français.

4. Hâve you heard the nightingalc sing? — I hâve never heard him. Where is he f ound (employez l'actif avec le pronom on) ? — In France and every where in Europe. He begins to sing when the day falls, in the twilight. As soon as his powerful voice is heard, men stop talking to listen to him ; birds themselves interrupt their songS;

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lest (de peur de) they should disturb his singing. Would you like (voudrais-tu bien) to hear him, George? — Who would not be happy to listen to the song of that prince of artists? I hope to hear him sometime (un jour)^ when I go to Europe.

1. Résumez ce chapitre en une page de votre écriture. Fermez votre livre avant d'écrire.

2. If Coranda say : " I am displeased " (ne pas être content), will his nose be eut (employez l'actif avec le pronom on)? If he said: "I am displeased," would his nose be eut ? Does Helen wish his nose to be eut ? Did she wish his nose to be eut ? — How could she hâve been so cruel ? — If Coranda's nose had been eut, would Helen hâve taken him as a husband ? — I do not know what she would hâve doue. — What would you hâve done in her place, Marie ? — I do not know what I should hâve done. I am very glad Coranda has kept (passé du subjonctif) his nose^ and that he could marry the young girl.

1. Do you not admire ants ? — Extremely. I ask myself whether they are not, after man, the most intelligent of ail beings. — I think they are. They live in Society as we do, hâve laws and a govemment, and work together for the greatest good of the community. — They understand each other ? — Without doubt. — Do they speak ? — How can we know ? They are so small that we could not hear them. Surely we should not understand them, any more than they understand us. -^ Hâve they a

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religion ? — Maybe. Why not ? Do they not, among themselves, talk of us as we talk of them ? Do they not say : " Do men speak ? Hâve men a God, and do they pray as we do ? " — They cannçt answer those questions. — No, they are ignorant about us (à notre sujet) as we are ignorant about them. Do not laugh, George. — Pardon me, sir, the idea is so new to me. 2. Apprenez par cœur UAnge gardien.