Cours d'anglais et exercices corrigés - Les adjectifs attributs

Thèmes abordés

Anglais, adjectif, grammaire, adjectif attribut, adjectif épithète, verbe

Résumé du document

Alors que les adjectifs épithètes modifient directement le nom, les adjectifs attributs sont reliés au nom par l'intermédiaire d'un verbe (be, appear, become, feel, look, seem, taste...).

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[...] Are you aware . the dangers of smoking? He's not responsible . this accident. What were you afraid . ? She's very good . telling stories. Sorry . keeping you waiting for so long. India was very different . all the other countries I visited. She was furious . him . being stood up (stand sb up : poser un lapin à qqn). Everybody was amazed . his reaction. 10- What are you so upset . [...]

[...] The street was empty; there was not a (alive / living) soul around. It was a (drunk / drunken) party Exercice 2 : Compléter à l'aide des adjectifs figurant dans le tableau donné en A She was . with success. Please don't feel . of asking questions. I was . to hear from you. Those were . days. A . customer will always come back. Exercice 3 : Complétez les phrases à l'aide d'une préposition. I can see he's not satisfied . his lot. [...]

[...] Il est furieux que je lui aie menti. 10- C'est une simple formalité. Corrigés des exercices Exercice 1 : sleeping dogs he was fast asleep burnt alive a living soul a drunken party (une soirée bien arrosée) Exercice 2 : drunk with success ashamed of glad to hear happy days a satisfied customer Exercice 3 : satisfied with aware of responsible for 4-afraid of 5-good at telling sorry for (about) different from furious at him for being stood up amazed at 10- upset about Exercice 4 : It's a very interesting piece of news. [...]

[...] Certains adjectifs ne sont jamais attributs. Ce sont des adjectifs exprimant le degré, comme bare (stricts), chief / main (principal), mere (pur et simple), sheer (pur) : utter (absolu). A mere coincidence : une pure coïncidence He's an utter fool The bare minimum : le strict minimum C'est un parfait imbécile Adjectifs + préposition complément) Certains adjectifs sont suivis d'une préposition complément). Le complément à droite de la préposition peut être quelque chose ou quelqu'un. They were furious with their colleague for refusing to collaborate. [...]