CORRECTION OF THE CHECKPOINT

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Exercise 3.

verbes d’action: tour, visit, see, hang around, relax, spend the day downtown …

adjectifs positifs: cool, interesting, superb, fantastic, exciting, impressive …

expressions: What’s up? / You’re hopeless / I gotta go

Exercice 4.

- Nouvelle annoncée : « Coach Turner asked me to play in next week’s basketball game ! »

- Expression du sentiment de Luke: « Guess what ? », « Awsome, huh ? », « Man ! », « I’m so excited ! »

=> Luke est très excité, enthousiaste.

- Il décide de s’entraîner à marquer des paniers à 3 points « This week, I’ll practise my free-throws every day after school. »

- Il espère marquer beaucoup de points et jouer la finale « I hope I’ll score lots of points, then I’ll play in the finals too ! »

Exercice 5

a. Don’t worry, Mum. I will call you when I arrive in New York. Promise!

b. My brother’s very excited: if he gets the job, he will have the money to buy his first car.

Exercice 6

a. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the oldest capital city in the US. It was founded in 1609.

b. Little Five Points is the funkiest neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia.

c. At the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, you can see some of the most innovative American movies.

d. Alaska is the biggest state in the USA.

e. I think Michael Jordan was the best basketball player in the 80s.

Exercice 7 productions possibles

Next weekend, I will probably go to the swimming-pool.

I hope I’ll see the new Sherlock Holmes movie.

I promise I’ll learn my English lesson for the test.

Exercice 8 productions possibles

When I am 20, I will probably travel to other countries.

If I go to the USA, I will visit the Statue of Liberty.

When I see “Ground Zero”*, I will probably feel very sad.

I will certainly go to a sushi restaurant if I go to Manhattan but I won’t try fugu*!