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Going to the village (aller au village)
Je sais parler d'un voyage au village en anglais : préparer le départ, décrire le trajet et la vie au village, et dire ce que je vais faire avec « be going to ».
- 50 min
- 6 exercices corrigés
- 1 schéma
- QCM de 5 questions
À la fin de la leçon, tu sauras :
- Connaître le vocabulaire du voyage et de la vie au village
- Exprimer un projet ou une intention avec be going to + base verbale
- Poser des questions sur un voyage (How, When, How long, Who with)
- Rédiger un petit texte ou une lettre sur un séjour au village
Avant de commencer : Le présent simple et le présent continu (leçons 1 à 4), les prépositions de lieu, de temps et de mouvement (leçon 10), la famille (leçon 6).
1Je découvre
Les grandes vacances commencent. Ibrahima, qui habite à Kamsar, est tout content : cette année, il va passer un mois chez ses grands-parents, dans un village du Fouta-Djallon, près de Labé.
Il écrit à son correspondant anglophone, Kwame : *« Next week, I am going to travel to my grandparents' village. I am going to take a bush taxi with my mother. In the village, I am going to help my grandfather in the field and I am going to swim in the river with my cousins. »*
Kwame lui répond : « That sounds great! How long are you going to stay there? »
Dans sa lettre, Ibrahima a utilisé plusieurs fois la même structure : I am going to + un verbe. Elle sert à parler de ce qu'on a décidé de faire bientôt. Il a aussi eu besoin de mots nouveaux : bush taxi, village, field, river, grandparents.
Comment parler d'un voyage au village en anglais : les préparatifs, le trajet, la vie là-bas, et ce que l'on va y faire ?
2Je comprends
1. Le vocabulaire du voyage
| Anglais | Français | Anglais | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| a trip / a journey | un voyage, un trajet | to travel | voyager |
| the bus station | la gare routière | a bush taxi | un taxi-brousse |
| a ticket | un billet | the fare | le prix du trajet |
| a driver | un chauffeur | a passenger | un passager |
| luggage / bags | les bagages | to pack | faire ses bagages |
| to leave / to set off | partir | to arrive (in / at) | arriver (à) |
| the road | la route | a dirt road / a track | une piste |
| a bridge | un pont | a checkpoint | un poste de contrôle |
| to get on / to get off | monter / descendre (du véhicule) | a stop | un arrêt |
Remarque : luggage (les bagages) est un nom indénombrable : on ne dit pas ~~luggages~~ ; on dit my luggage ou my bags.
On dit *arrive in* une ville ou un pays (arrive in Labé), et *arrive at* un lieu précis (arrive at the bus station). On ne dit jamais ~~arrive to~~.
Pour les moyens de transport, on utilise by : by bus, by bush taxi, by car, by motorbike, by boat, by train. Mais on dit on foot (à pied).
2. Le vocabulaire du village
| Anglais | Français | Anglais | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| a village | un village | the countryside | la campagne |
| a hut | une case | a compound | une concession |
| a well | un puits | a stream | un ruisseau |
| a field | un champ | a farm | une ferme |
| a farmer | un cultivateur | a herder | un éleveur, un berger |
| cattle / cows | le bétail / les vaches | goats / sheep / hens | chèvres / moutons / poules |
| to grow (rice, maize) | cultiver | to harvest | récolter |
| the harvest | la récolte | to milk (a cow) | traire |
| to fetch water | aller chercher de l'eau | firewood | le bois de chauffe |
| the village chief | le chef du village | the elders | les anciens, les sages |
Au village, la vie est rythmée par les travaux agricoles et les saisons : the rainy season (la saison des pluies) et the dry season (la saison sèche).
3. Be going to : parler de ses projets
Pour parler d'un projet, d'une intention déjà décidée, on utilise :
be (am / is / are) + going to + base verbale
| Forme | Exemple |
|---|---|
| Affirmative | I am going to visit my grandparents. |
| She is going to travel by bus. | |
| They are going to harvest the rice. | |
| Négative | We aren't going to stay in town. |
| He isn't going to take the train. | |
| Interrogative | Are you going to swim in the river? — Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. |
| Question ouverte | When are you going to leave? What is she going to do? |
Be going to sert aussi à prédire quelque chose qu'on voit arriver : Look at those black clouds! It is going to rain. (Il va pleuvoir.)
Mots-repères du futur : tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, soon, this evening, in two days, during the holidays.
Attention : dans I am going to go to the village, il y a deux fois go : le premier fait partie de la structure, le second est le verbe principal. C'est correct ! À l'oral, on dit souvent plus simplement I am going to the village (présent continu pour un projet).
- Action en cours maintenant
- I am packing my bag now.
- She is travelling to Labé.
- Look! It is raining.
- Projet ou intention
- I am going to pack my bag tonight.
- She is going to travel to Labé next week.
- Look at the clouds! It is going to rain.
Exemple
Write sentences with be going to.
a) Mariama / visit her aunt / next Saturday
→ Mariama is going to visit her aunt next Saturday. (Mariama = she → is)
b) We / not / travel / by train
→ We aren't going to travel by train.
c) you / help your grandfather in the field?
→ Are you going to help your grandfather in the field? — Yes, I am.
d) What / they / do / in the village?
→ What are they going to do in the village?
4. Poser des questions sur un voyage
| Question | Sens | Réponse possible |
|---|---|---|
| Where are you going? | Où vas-tu ? | I'm going to my village. |
| How are you going to travel? | Comment vas-tu voyager ? | By bush taxi. |
| When are you going to leave? | Quand vas-tu partir ? | Next Monday. |
| How long does the journey take? | Combien de temps dure le trajet ? | It takes about five hours. |
| How long are you going to stay? | Combien de temps vas-tu rester ? | For a month. |
| Who are you going with? | Avec qui y vas-tu ? | With my mother and my sister. |
Pour la durée : It takes + durée (le trajet prend…) et for + durée (pendant…) : I am going to stay there for three weeks.
Méthode
Pour raconter un projet de voyage au village :
- Je dis où je vais et avec qui : I am going to travel to my village with my brother.
- Je dis quand et comment : We are going to leave next Monday by bush taxi.
- Je décris le trajet : The journey takes about … hours. We are going to cross a big river.
- Je décris le village : It is a small village near … There are fields, a well and a mosque.
- Je dis ce que je vais y faire avec be going to : I am going to help… I am going to play…
- Je termine par un sentiment : I am very happy because…
Exemple
Ibrahima's complete letter.
"Dear Kwame,
The holidays are here! Next Monday, I am going to travel to my grandparents' village, near Labé, in the Fouta-Djallon. I am going to take a bush taxi with my mother and my little sister. The journey is long, but the landscape is beautiful: there are mountains, waterfalls and green valleys.
My grandparents' village is small and quiet. There are about thirty huts, a mosque, a well and many fields. My grandfather grows maize and fonio, and he has some cows.
In the village, I am going to help my grandfather in the field. I am going to fetch water with my cousins, and we are going to swim in the stream. In the evening, my grandmother is going to tell us stories. I am going to stay there for a month.
Write to me soon!
Ibrahima"
3Je retiens
Je retiens
Voyage : trip / journey, travel, bus station, bush taxi, ticket, driver, passenger, luggage (indénombrable), leave, arrive in / at.
Transport : by bus, by bush taxi, by car, by boat ; mais on foot.
Village : hut, compound, well, field, farmer, herder, cattle, harvest, fetch water, firewood, rainy season, dry season.
Be going to + base verbale = projet décidé ou prévision : I am going to visit my grandparents. It is going to rain.
Négatif : I'm not / isn't / aren't going to. Question : Are you going to…? What are you going to do?
Durée : It takes five hours ; I am going to stay for a month.
4Erreurs fréquentes
- Oublier be : on écrit « I am going to travel », pas « I going to travel ».
- Mettre le verbe en -ing ou avec -s après going to : on écrit « She is going to visit », pas « going to visits » ni « going to visiting ».
- Dire « arrive to » : on dit « arrive in Labé » ou « arrive at the bus station ».
- Écrire « by foot » ou « luggages » : on dit « on foot » et « my luggage ».
5Je m’exerce
1Exercice 1
Translate into English.
a) la gare routière b) un taxi-brousse c) un puits d) un champ e) la récolte f) les bagages g) à pied h) une case
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) the bus station b) a bush taxi c) a well d) a field e) the harvest f) the luggage (ou the bags) g) on foot h) a hut
2Exercice 2
Complete with the correct form of be going to.
a) I … (visit) my uncle in Faranah.
b) Fanta … (help) her grandmother.
c) We … (not / travel) by car.
d) … you … (stay) for two weeks?
e) Look at the sky! It … (rain).
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) I am going to visit my uncle in Faranah.
b) Fanta is going to help her grandmother.
c) We aren't going to travel by car.
d) Are you going to stay for two weeks?
e) Look at the sky! It is going to rain. (prévision)
3Exercice 3
Complete with in, at, by or on.
a) We are going to travel … bush taxi.
b) The taxi arrives … the bus station at noon.
c) We arrive … Labé in the evening.
d) In the village, we go to the field … foot.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) by b) at (lieu précis) c) in (ville) d) on
4Exercice 4
Ask the questions for these answers.
a) I'm going to my village.
b) By bus.
c) Next Saturday.
d) For three weeks.
e) With my cousins.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) Where are you going?
b) How are you going to travel?
c) When are you going to leave?
d) How long are you going to stay?
e) Who are you going with?
5Exercice 5
(Reading) Read and answer.
*Kadiatou lives in Kankan. Next month, she is going to visit her grandparents in a village near Kouroussa. She is going to travel by bus with her father. In the village, there are big fields of rice and maize, and a river. Kadiatou is going to help her grandmother with the harvest. She isn't going to watch TV because there is no television in the village, but she is going to listen to the elders' stories in the evening.*
a) Where does Kadiatou live?
b) Who is she going to travel with?
c) What is there in the village?
d) Is she going to watch TV? Why?
e) Find two sentences with be going to in the affirmative.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) She lives in Kankan.
b) With her father.
c) There are big fields of rice and maize, and a river.
d) No, she isn't, because there is no television in the village.
e) *She is going to visit her grandparents… She is going to travel by bus… She is going to help her grandmother… She is going to listen to the elders' stories* (deux suffisent).
6Exercice 6
(Writing, type BEPC) Write a letter (10 to 12 lines) to a pen friend. Tell him or her about your next trip to a village: when, how, with whom, what the village is like and what you are going to do there.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
Exemple de réponse :
Dear Amina,
*I hope you are well. The holidays are coming and I am very happy: next week, I am going to visit my grandparents' village near Macenta. I am going to travel by bush taxi with my big brother. The journey takes about a day because the road is long.*
*The village is beautiful. There are big trees, coffee fields and a small river. My grandfather is a farmer and my grandmother has many hens.*
*In the village, I am going to help my grandmother in the garden. I am going to fetch water and firewood with my cousins, and we are going to play football in the evening. I am going to stay there for three weeks.*
Write to me soon!
Your friend, Mamadou.
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