Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - CHAPTER 1

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Are you ready to discover Alice's crazy adventures in Wonderland? Read the texts, do the activities and enjoy!

Made by M. Chanet, ac. Paris. Texts adapted from the Oxford Bookwords Edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, edited by Jennifer Bassett

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Chapter 1 - Part 1

Chapter 1 - Part 2

Chapter 2

Look at the illustration and at the title.

What character will you meet in this chapter?

Click on the correct NUMBER !

I will meet a red rabbit with white eyes

I will meet a white rabbit with pink eyes

I will meet a pink rabbit with white eyes

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Alice was beginning to get very bored. She and her sister were sitting under the trees. Her sister was reading, but Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice, she looked into her sister’s book, but it had no pictures or conversations in it.

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Alice was beginning to get very bored. She and her sister were sitting under the trees. Her sister was reading, but Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice, she looked into her sister’s book, but it had no pictures or conversations in it.

"And what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”

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Alice was beginning to get very bored. She and her sister were sitting under the trees. Her sister was reading, but Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice, she looked into her sister’s book, but it had no pictures or conversations in it.

"And what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”

She tried to think of something to do, but it was a hot day and she felt very sleepy and stupid. She was still sitting and thinking when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran past her.

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There was nothing really strange about seeing a rabbit. And Alice was not very surprised when the Rabbit said,

“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!”

(Perhaps it was a little strange, Alice thought later, but at the time she was not surprised.)

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But then the Rabbit took a watch out of its pocket, looked at it, and hurried on. Alice jumped to her feet immediately.

“I’ve never before seen a rabbit with a pocket or a watch,” she thought.

And she ran quickly across the field after the Rabbit.

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But then the Rabbit took a watch out of its pocket, looked at it, and hurried on. Alice jumped to her feet immediately.

“I’ve never before seen a rabbit with a pocket or a watch,” she thought.

And she ran quickly across the field after the Rabbit.

She did not stop to think, and when the Rabbit ran down a large rabbit-hole, Alice followed it immediately.

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After a little way the rabbit-hole suddenly went down, deep into the ground.

Alice could not stop herself falling, and down she went, too. It was a very strange hole.

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She could see nothing below her because it was so dark. But when she looked at the sides of the hole, she could see cupboards and books and pictures on the walls.

She had time to take things out of a cupboard, look at them, and then put them back in a cupboard lower down.

"Well!” thought Alice. “After a fall like this, I can fall anywhere! I can fall downstairs at home, and I won’t cry or say a word about it!”

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Can you imagine what happens next?

1). Write a sentence on the class Google doc, for example: "Maybe Alice will …" 2). Do the two vocabulary activities below.

RECAPCHAPTER 1- PART 1

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Who was with Alice at the beginning of the story?

Alice's sister

Alice's brother

Alice's mother

Alice's cousin

Score:0

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RECAPCHAPTER 1- PART 1

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What was Alice's problem?

She had too many things to do.

She was bored and sleepy.

She had lost her book.

Her sister was mean.

Score:1

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RECAPCHAPTER 1- PART 1

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Who did Alice follow?

A pink rabbit with a hat.

A white rabbit with no pockets.

A white rabbit with a watch.

A pink rabbit with a watch.

Score:2

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RECAPCHAPTER 1- PART 1

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Where did Alice fall?

In a dark cupboard.

Up a strange hole.

Through a dark cupboard.

Down a strange hole.

Score:3

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Down, down, down…

“Perhaps I’m near the centre of the earth."

Alice said aloud to herself.

"Let me think… That’s four thousand miles down.”

(Alice was very good at her school lessons and she could remember a lot of things like this.)

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Down, down, down…

“Perhaps I’m near the centre of the earth."

Alice said aloud to herself.

"Let me think… That’s four thousand miles down.”

(Alice was very good at her school lessons and she could remember a lot of things like this.)

Alice was very nearly asleep when, suddenly, she was sitting on the ground. Quickly, she jumped to her feet and looked around. She could see the White Rabbit, who was hurrying away and still talking to himself.

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Down, down, down…

“Perhaps I’m near the centre of the earth."

Alice said aloud to herself.

"Let me think… That’s four thousand miles down.”

(Alice was very good at her school lessons and she could remember a lot of things like this.)

Alice was very nearly asleep when, suddenly, she was sitting on the ground. Quickly, she jumped to her feet and looked around. She could see the White Rabbit, who was hurrying away and still talking to himself.

he was saying.

“Oh my ears and whiskers!" “How late it’s getting!”

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Alice ran after him like the wind. She was getting very near him when he suddenly turned

Alice ran around the corner too, and then stopped.

a corner.

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Alice ran after him like the wind. She was getting very near him when he suddenly turned

Alice ran around the corner too, and then stopped.

a corner.

She was now in a long, dark room with doors all around the walls, and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere. She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked.

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Alice ran after him like the wind. She was getting very near him when he suddenly turned

Alice ran around the corner too, and then stopped.

a corner.

She was now in a long, dark room with doors all around the walls, and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere. She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked.

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"How will I get out again?”

she thought sadly.

Then she saw a little glass table with three legs, and on the top of it was a very small gold key.

Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors, but oh dear! Either the locks were too big, or the key was too small, but she could not open any of the doors.

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Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors, but oh dear! Either the locks were too big, or the key was too small, but she could not open any of the doors.

Then she saw another door, a door that was only forty centimetres high. The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but of course Alice could not get through it – she was much too big.

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Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors, but oh dear! Either the locks were too big, or the key was too small, but she could not open any of the doors.

Then she saw another door, a door that was only forty centimetres high. The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but of course Alice could not get through it – she was much too big.

So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door, into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers.

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Poor Alice was very unhappy.

“What a wonderful garden!”

she said to herself.

“I’d like to be out there – not in this dark room. Why can’t I get smaller?”

Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors, but oh dear! Either the locks were too big, or the key was too small, but she could not open any of the doors.

Then she saw another door, a door that was only forty centimetres high. The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but of course Alice could not get through it – she was much too big.

So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door, into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers.

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Poor Alice was very unhappy.

“What a wonderful garden!”

she said to herself.

“I’d like to be out there – not in this dark room. Why can’t I get smaller?”

It was already a very strange day, and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible.

After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and then she saw a little bottle on the table.

said Alice.)

(“I’m sure it wasn’t here before,”

Around the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters.

But Alice was a careful girl.

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After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and then she saw a little bottle on the table.

said Alice.)

(“I’m sure it wasn’t here before,”

Around the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters.

But Alice was a careful girl.

“It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles,"

she said.

She drank a little bit very slowly.

“What will it do to me?”

The taste was very nice, like chocolate and oranges and hot sweet coffee, and very soon Alice finished the bottle.

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"What a strange feeling!"

said Alice.

And she was. A few minutes later she was only twenty-five centimetres high.

“I think I’m getting smaller and smaller every second.”

“And now, I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden.”

she said happily.

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"What a strange feeling!"

said Alice.

And she was. A few minutes later she was only twenty-five centimetres high.

“I think I’m getting smaller and smaller every second.”

“And now, I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden.”

She ran at once to the door. When she got there, she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but of course, she was now much too small !

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"What a strange feeling!"

said Alice.

And she was. A few minutes later she was only twenty-five centimetres high.

“I think I’m getting smaller and smaller every second.”

“And now, I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden.”

she said happily.

There was the key, high above her, on top of the table.

She ran at once to the door. When she got there, she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but of course, she was now much too small !

She tried very hard to climb up the table leg, but she could not do it.

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At last, tired and unhappy, Alice sat down on the floor and cried. But after a while she spoke to herself angrily.

"Come now,”

she said.

“Stop crying at once. What’s the use of crying?”

She was a strange child, and often talked to herself like this.

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At last, tired and unhappy, Alice sat down on the floor and cried. But after a while she spoke to herself angrily.

"Come now,”

she said.

“Stop crying at once. What’s the use of crying?”

She was a strange child, and often talked to herself like this.

Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it, and found a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it.

Nothing could surprise Alice now.

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At last, tired and unhappy, Alice sat down on the floor and cried. But after a while she spoke to herself angrily.

"Come now,”

she said.

“Stop crying at once. What’s the use of crying?”

She was a strange child, and often talked to herself like this.

Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it, and found a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it.

Nothing could surprise Alice now.

she said.

“Well, I’ll eat it,”

“If I get taller, I can take the key off the table. And if I get smaller, I can get under the door. One way or another, I’ll get into the garden. So it doesn’t matter what happens!”

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She ate a bit of the cake, and then put her hand on top of her head.

“Which way? Which way?”

she asked herself, a little afraid.

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She ate a bit of the cake, and then put her hand on top of her head.

“Which way? Which way?”

she asked herself, a little afraid.

Nothing happened. This was not really surprising. People don’t usually get taller or shorter when they eat cake. But a lot of strange things were happening to Alice today.

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She ate a bit of the cake, and then put her hand on top of her head.

“Which way? Which way?”

she asked herself, a little afraid.

Nothing happened. This was not really surprising. People don’t usually get taller or shorter when they eat cake. But a lot of strange things were happening to Alice today.

“It will be very boring,” “if nothing happens.”

she said,

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So she went on eating, and very soon the cake was finished.

Can you imagine what was in the magic drink or in the small cake?

1). Write a sentence with a few ingredients on the class Google doc, for example: "Maybe there was rabbit hair in the cake !" 2). Do the three activities below (1-2 : big numbers and 3 : comparatives)

Look at the illustration and read the title.

Can you see all the water? "Pool" sounds like the word "swimming pool".

But… where does this water come from?

Click on the most logical idea !

Maybe there is a lot of water because Alice is crying.

Maybe there is a lot of water because Alice is swimming.

Maybe there is a lot of water because Alice is following a mouse.

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You are right! Alice is crying, and the water that is falling from her eyes is called "TEARS". So what does that word mean in French?

Une piscine.

Pleurer.

Des larmes.

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said Alice. (She was very surprised, and for a minute she forgot how to speak good English.)

"Curiouser and curiouser!”

said Alice. (She was very surprised, and for a minute she forgot how to speak good English.)

"Curiouser and curiouser!”

"I will be as tall as a house in a minute,"

she said. She tried to look down at her feet: they had almost disappeared.

"Goodbye, feet! Who will put on your shoes now?"

said Alice. (She was very surprised, and for a minute she forgot how to speak good English.)

"Curiouser and curiouser!”

"I will be as tall as a house in a minute,"

she said. She tried to look down at her feet: they had almost disappeared.

"Goodbye, feet! Who will put on your shoes now?"

Just then her head hit the ceiling of the room. She was now about three metres high. Quickly, she took the little gold key from the table and hurried to the garden door.

Poor Alice! She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye.

Poor Alice! She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye. She could not even put her head through the door. She began to cry again, and went on crying and crying.

Poor Alice! She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye. She could not even put her head through the door. She began to cry again, and went on crying and crying. The tears ran down her face, and soon there was a large pool of water all around her on the floor.

Poor Alice! She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye. She could not even put her head through the door. She began to cry again, and went on crying and crying. The tears ran down her face, and soon there was a large pool of water all around her on the floor.

Suddenly she heard a voice, and she stopped crying to listen.

“Oh, the Duchess, the Duchess! She will be so angry! I’m late, and she’s waiting for me. Oh dear, oh dear!”

Poor Alice! She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye. She could not even put her head through the door. She began to cry again, and went on crying and crying. The tears ran down her face, and soon there was a large pool of water all around her on the floor.

Suddenly she heard a voice, and she stopped crying to listen.

“Oh, the Duchess, the Duchess! She will be so angry! I’m late, and she’s waiting for me. Oh dear, oh dear!”

It was the White Rabbit again. He was hurrying down the long room, with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand.

Alice was afraid, but she needed help. She spoke in a quiet voice.

"Oh, please, sir —”

Alice was afraid, but she needed help. She spoke in a quiet voice.

"Oh, please, sir —”

The Rabbit jumped very high, dropped the gloves and the fan, and hurried away as fast as he could.

Alice was afraid, but she needed help. She spoke in a quiet voice.

"Oh, please, sir —”

The Rabbit jumped very high, dropped the gloves and the fan, and hurried away as fast as he could.

Alice picked up the fan and the gloves. The room was very hot, so she began to fan herself while she talked.

Alice was afraid, but she needed help. She spoke in a quiet voice.

"Oh, please, sir —”

The Rabbit jumped very high, dropped the gloves and the fan, and hurried away as fast as he could.

Alice picked up the fan and the gloves. The room was very hot, so she began to fan herself while she talked.

“Oh dear! How strange everything is today! Did I change in the night? Am I a different person today? But if I’m a different person, then the next question is – who am I? Ah, that’s the mystery.”

She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit’s white gloves.

She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit’s white gloves.

she thought.

“How did I get it on my hand?”

“Oh, I’m getting smaller again! I’m already less than a metre high. And getting smaller every second! How can I stop it?”

She saw the fan in her other hand, and quickly dropped it.

She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit’s white gloves.

she thought.

“How did I get it on my hand?”

“Oh, I’m getting smaller again! I’m already less than a metre high. And getting smaller every second! How can I stop it?”

She saw the fan in her other hand, and quickly dropped it.

She was now very, very small – and the little garden door was locked again, and the little gold key was lying on the glass table.

She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit’s white gloves.

she thought.

“How did I get it on my hand?”

“Oh, I’m getting smaller again! I’m already less than a metre high. And getting smaller every second! How can I stop it?”

She saw the fan in her other hand, and quickly dropped it.

She was now very, very small – and the little garden door was locked again, and the little gold key was lying on the glass table.

"Things are worse than ever!"

thought poor Alice.

She turned away from the door, and fell into salt water, right up to her neck. At first she thought it was the sea, but then she saw it was the pool of tears: her tears. Crying makes a lot of tears when you are three metres tall.

She turned away from the door, and fell into salt water, right up to her neck. At first she thought it was the sea, but then she saw it was the pool of tears: her tears. Crying makes a lot of tears when you are three metres tall.

said Alice.

"Oh, why did I cry so much?"

She swam around and looked for a way out, but the pool was very big.

Just then she saw an animal in the water near her. It looked like a large animal to Alice, but it was only a mouse.

She turned away from the door, and fell into salt water, right up to her neck. At first she thought it was the sea, but then she saw it was the pool of tears: her tears. Crying makes a lot of tears when you are three metres tall.

said Alice.

"Oh, why did I cry so much?"

She swam around and looked for a way out, but the pool was very big.

Just then she saw an animal in the water near her. It looked like a large animal to Alice, but it was only a mouse.

"Should I speak to it?

Everything is very strange down here, so perhaps a mouse can talk.”

thought Alice.

So she began :

“Oh Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming, oh Mouse!”

(Alice did not know if this was the right way to speak to a mouse. But she wanted to be polite.)

So she began :

“Oh Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming, oh Mouse!”

(Alice did not know if this was the right way to speak to a mouse. But she wanted to be polite.)

The mouse looked at her with its little eyes, but it said nothing.

thought Alice.

“Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,”

“Perhaps it's a French mouse."

So she began again, and said :

(This was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.)

"Où est mon chat ?"

The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.

“Oh, I'm so sorry! Of course, you don’t like cats, do you?

said Alice quickly.

The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.

said the mouse in a high, angry voice.

"Like cats?"

"Does any mouse like cats?"

“Oh, I'm so sorry! Of course, you don’t like cats, do you?

said Alice quickly.

The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.

said the mouse in a high, angry voice.

"Like cats?"

"Does any mouse like cats?"

“Oh, I'm so sorry! Of course, you don’t like cats, do you?

said Alice quickly.

“Well, perhaps not…"

Alice began kindly.

But the mouse was now swimming quickly away, and soon Alice was alone again.

The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.

said the mouse in a high, angry voice.

"Like cats?"

"Does any mouse like cats?"

“Oh, I'm so sorry! Of course, you don’t like cats, do you?

said Alice quickly.

“Well, perhaps not…"

Alice began kindly.

But the mouse was now swimming quickly away, and soon Alice was alone again.

At last she found her way out of the pool and sat down on the ground. She felt very lonely and unhappy.

But after a while the White Rabbit came past again, looking for his white gloves and his fan.

But after a while the White Rabbit came past again, looking for his white gloves and his fan.

“The Duchess ! The Duchess ! Oh my ears and whiskers ! She’ll cut my head off, I know she will ! Oh, where did I drop my gloves?”

But after a while the White Rabbit came past again, looking for his white gloves and his fan.

“The Duchess ! The Duchess ! Oh my ears and whiskers ! She’ll cut my head off, I know she will ! Oh, where did I drop my gloves?”

Then he saw Alice.

"Mary Ann, what are you doing here? Run home at once, and bring me some gloves and a fan. Quick, now !”

But after a while the White Rabbit came past again, looking for his white gloves and his fan.

“The Duchess ! The Duchess ! Oh my ears and whiskers ! She’ll cut my head off, I know she will ! Oh, where did I drop my gloves?”

Then he saw Alice.

"Mary Ann, what are you doing here? Run home at once, and bring me some gloves and a fan. Quick, now !”

Alice hurried away.

"But where is his house?"

she thought while she ran.

Strangely, she was no longer in the long room with the little door, but outside in a wood.

Strangely, she was no longer in the long room with the little door, but outside in a wood.

She ran and ran, but she could not see a house anywhere, so she sat down under a flower to rest.

Dans chaque case vide sur la gauche, écris la lettre qui correspond à la traduction en français de ces trois phrases liées à la taille d'Alice dans ce chapitre.

1). I will be as tall as a house in a minute !

A – Je deviens plus petite à nouveau ! (= je redeviens plus petite)

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2). I'm getting smaller again!

B – Elle était moins haute que la table.

3). She was less high than the table.

C – Je serai aussi grande qu'une maison dans une minute !

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À quel type de mot correspondent "tall", "small" et "high" ? (nom / verbe / adjectif / adverbe)

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Qu'est-ce qui est exprimé dans TOUTES ces phrases ? (un exemple / un argument / une comparaison / un sentiment )

Tape ta réponse ici :

Est-ce qu'il s'agit toujours du même type de comparaison ? (oui / non)

Tape ta réponse ici :

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Dans chaque case vide sur la gauche, écris la lettre qui correspond au type de comparaison effectuée.

1). I will be as tall as a house in a minute !

A – Les deux éléments comparés sont égaux (= aussi … que).

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2). I'm getting smaller again!

B – Un élément est inférieur à l'autre (= moins … que).

3). She was less high than the table.

C – Un élément est supérieur (= plus … ).

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Dans chaque case vide sur la gauche, écris la lettre qui correspond aux mots utilisés en anglais pour effectuer chaque comparaison.

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1). Pour comparer deux éléments égaux : aussi + adjectif + que

A – J'utilise LESS + adjectif (+ than)

B – J'utilise MORE + adjectif (+ than) si l'adjectif est long, ou adjectif + terminaison (E)R (+ than) si l'adjectif est court.

2). Pour dire qu'un élément est supérerieur (à un autre) : plus + adjectif (+ que)

3). Pour dire qu'un élément est inférieur (à un autre) moins + adjectif (+que)

C – J'utilise AS + adjectif + AS

VALIDER

CONGRATULATIONS !

You finished the first two chapters of Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Now click on the computer to do an activity with the THREE forms of comparatives (superiority, inferiority and equality).