EXERCICES

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Pour votre plus grand plaisir, nous avons classé les niveaux par couleur. En fait, même un passionné avancé peut trouver une certaine joie dans la plupart des exercices. Inutile cependant de passer plus de 45 minutes à la fois la-dessus, vous n'aurez pas le temps d'assimiler les acquis. A revoir aussi souvent que nécessaire pour que ça reste bien dans la tête. Ces exercices sont orientés business.Si vous voulez voir ce que nous pensons de la grammaire anglaise, cliquer 

Cette liste sera assez régulièrement mise à jour. Les descriptifs seront parfois en français, parfois en anglais, selon la difficulté des exercices. Bonne chance.

EXERCICE	DESCRIPTION	MINIMUM LEVEL
be	exercice toute bête pour décliner le verbe "be" (être)	BEGINNERs (DEBUTANTS)
who, what, where, when, why	Les pronoms interrogatifs...les premiers pas	BEGINNERS
when, what time	Et on apprend tout doucement à poser des questions simples...	BEGINNERS
there is / there are affirmative negative interrogative	there is / there are, à commencer par l'affirmatif, ensuite le négatif, pour terminer par l'interrogatif	BEGINNERS
phone	Not an exercise, but a short list of important phone structures	BEGINNERS and ALL
alphabet	The alphabet, believe it or not! Especially useful for the telephone. Again, not an exercise, but a list	BEGINNERS…
him/her, etc.	L'utilisation de "him", "her... en une dizaine d'exemples	BEGINNERS
basic phone	La communication de base au téléphone - plus de 40 phrases à apprendre et à utiliser	FALSE BEGINNER
comparatives	more than, bigger than, etc.	FALSE BEGINNER
enough	the difficulties in using " adjective + enough" and "enough + verb"	FALSE BEGINNER
get	the biggest and most useful word in the language. Indispensable. See also get for medium level.	FALSE BEGINNER
interrogative	interrogative – who, what, where, for the not-so-strong	FALSE BEGINNER
negative	practice with the present and past negative	FALSE BEGINNER
questions what + subject	exercise with "what information", "what color", etc.	FALSE BEGINNER
before	avoid saying "before to"	FALSE BEGINNER+
onwards	"à partir de" in all its glory, especially useful for E-mails	FALSE BEGINNER+
how many / how much	Asking questions with "how many" and "how much"	FALSE BEGINNERS
how+ adjective	Easy if you speak German, more difficult if you don't. An exercise in 3 parts with how + adjective	FALSE BEGINNERS
numbers	A basic exercise to write numbers in words. The objective is to develop the number reflex and stop mising up "thousand" and "hundred", "million" and "billion"	FALSE BEGINNER
negative with n't any	simple negatives, integrating "n't any" – do it after the "how many / how much" exercise	FALSE BEGINNERS
irregular verbs	88 irregular verbs. The only solution is to learn them. There's no past participle in the exercise. learn it later if you have to, for the moment use the preterite everywhere and sod the consequences!	FALSE BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED
e-mail	a series of short texts to help you with e-mails. This is the first	FALSE BEGINNERS TO INTERMEDIATE
afford	translating "avoir les moyens", se payer…	MEDIUM
allow to	short exercise to revise "permettre de"	MEDIUM
concorde of tenses	if I have, if I had, if I'd had. All the fun of school. Nostalgic, but not indispensable.	MEDIUM
due to	a common structure in mails, faxes etc., but which French native speakers don't seem to use much. Here's the chance to change that	MEDIUM
eventually	a faux-ami and a big favorite. Do the exercise to avoid falling into the trap.	MEDIUM
Faux-amis	Some of the more notorious. This is not an exercise, just a summary. But you need to learn it. Immediately !	MEDIUM
linking words	all those words like "fortunately", "on the other hand", "therefore", that you need to link sentences, but which you can't remember. A simple word-for-word translation exercise for the memory	MEDIUM
manage	Could there be more meanings than you think ?	MEDIUM
meet	There are certainly more meanings than you think!	MEDIUM
since and for	A bit of a waste of time as it's much easier to say "since" every time. Anyway, if you need to speak exam-standard English or your children need help with their homework, check it out.	MEDIUM
since with a negative	There's no negative after since, so how do you translate "depuis que je ne fume plus ?	MEDIUM
stop to do vs. stop doing	They're completely different, but the mistakes keep on coming. A short, 6-question exercise to help you remember.	MEDIUM
want someone to do something	An important exercise to translate "il veut que je fasse..." as there are a number of other common verbs in English with the same structure. This exercise looks at the interrogative. There's another, translating exercise in the INTERMEDIATE section	MEDIUM
worth, no point	C'est pas la peine, inutil. Not the exercise, which is indispensable for learning one of the commonest structures in English, but again one which French people never seem to use !	MEDIUM
do up vs. undo	the opposites of verbs like "do up", "zip up", etc.	INTERMEDIATE
feature	a common word in English, but not many non-English know how to use it. Now you can be different	INTERMEDIATE
get done	translating "se faire" and an alternative to the passive. You need to learn this form, it's very, very common	INTERMEDIATE
how long	a real pain in the neck. Questions with "how long". It's one of the only times when the perfect tense is indispensable. Incidentally, if you have a problem with "for" and "since", use "since" every time - even when it's not correct, everyone will understand.	INTERMEDIATE
keep + preposition	another everyday verb, especially when used with a preposition	INTERMEDIATE
left	il me reste... A useful structure, if not indispensable. You'll have to learn it sooner or later, though.	INTERMEDIATE
off	off – difficult to use these phrasal verbs. Good luck	INTERMEDIATE
prevoir	a horror to translate	INTERMEDIATE
work out	learn it, you'll need it every day when you go to the States, to Britain, Australia & probably in Germany	INTERMEDIATE
want/expect someone to do something	a translating exercise for "que veut-il que je fasse" and more complicated. Try the exercise in the MEDIUM section before this one.	INTERMEDIATE
down	phrasal verbs : verb + down	INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
out	phrasal verbs with "out". It's the biggest group and a must-learn if you want to understand anglo-saxons speaking English	INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
turn	turn out, turn up, turn into.... they're common in English, but tough for French people to use	INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
up	phrasal verbs : verb + up	INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
come up with	a typical English verb, very useful in communication + marketing	ADVANCED
core vocabulary Français-Anglais	un vocabulaire fonctionnel pour le business, choisi d'après les mots qui apparaissent le plus souvent lors de nos stages. 100 mots à apprendre, un choix	EVERYBODY
core vocabulary Anglais-Français	idem, mais dans l'autre sens. Faites le aussi souvent que nécessaire	EVERYBODY
Human Resources part 2	Un vocabulaire de base pour les amateurs de Ressources Humaines	DRH
Transport part 2 part 3	Plus de 200 mots pour apprendre l'anglais du transport. Un lexique avec l'aimable autorisation de Glenn Wilkins de TCI Transport	SERVICES LOGISTIQUES
Production / Assurance Qualité GB=>F Part 1   Part 2 F=> GB Part 1  Part 2	Un vocabulaire AFNOR pour la production et l'assurance qualité (Anglais-Francais et Francais-Anglais	PRODUCTION, ASSURANCE QUALITE
INTERNATIONAL BANKING PART 1 (100 words) PART 2 (about 60 words)	A selection of technical and not-so-technical banking vocab from one of our courses. Ideal for tomorrow's banking Zidanes	BANKERS AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PART 1 (100 words) PART 2 (about 45 words)	A highly selective vocab for people working in telecommunications. Some technical terms and a lot more general ones	TELECOM ENTHUSIASTS
SAV - Course vocab	Back-up vocab for some of you who've followed our courses in London, Boston, Antigua and Alsace. This vocab was previously under individual names, but's been put on a separate page to save space.