SEMAINE 36 – JOUR 5 Revision + Listening
RÉVISION
Revision & Debate
Defending Ideas Fluently
Coach Assoa
🎯 Objectif : consolider les compétences développées cette semaine — temps avancés, voix passive, conditionnels, vocabulaire des débats — et améliorer ta capacité à défendre une opinion de manière claire, logique et respectueuse.
- 🎧 Listening Test
- ⏱️ Advanced Tenses
- 🔄 Passive Voice
- 🔀 Conditionals
- 💬 Debate Vocabulary & Tips
- ✅ Exercice d'application
Écoute le dialogue (3 écoutes maximum) puis réponds aux questions. Le texte ne sera visible qu'après avoir répondu à toutes les questions.
📄 Transcript
Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous
Simple : have/has + past participle — Continuous : have/has been + verb-ing
✔️ She has lived in Abidjan since 2015. (résultat / fait établi)
✔️ She has been living in Abidjan for five years. (durée, action continue)
Past Perfect Simple vs Continuous
Simple : had + past participle — Continuous : had been + verb-ing
✔️ By the time the debate started, he had already prepared his arguments.
✔️ She had been practising her speech for an hour before the competition began.
Future Perfect & Future Continuous
Future Perfect : will have + past participle — Future Continuous : will be + verb-ing
✔️ By 2030, researchers will have developed new solutions to climate change.
✔️ This time next week, we will be debating the topic of free universities.
💡 Astuce : utilise les temps parfaits pour montrer qu'une action est terminée avant un autre moment précis — très utile pour construire des arguments logiques dans un débat.
Formule générale
be (au temps voulu) + past participle
On utilise le passif quand l'action est plus importante que celui qui la fait, ou quand l'auteur est inconnu/évident.
| Temps | Exemple |
|---|---|
| Present Simple Passive | The rules are explained by the teacher. |
| Past Simple Passive | The new policy was announced yesterday. |
| Present Perfect Passive | The report has been written already. |
| Modal Passive | This issue must be discussed before the vote. |
💡 Astuce : dans un débat, la voix passive permet de rester objectif — « It is often said that... » plutôt que « People say that... ».
| Type | Formule | Exemple |
|---|---|---|
| Zero | If + present, present | If you heat water to 100°C, it boils. |
| First | If + present, will + base | If we invest in education, society will improve. |
| Second | If + past, would + base | If I were the Minister, I would make university free. |
| Third | If + past perfect, would have + p.p. | If the government had invested more, the system would have improved. |
| Mixed | If + past perfect, would + base | If she had studied harder, she would pass the exam now. |
💡 Astuce : les conditionnels type 2 et 3 sont parfaits pour défendre une opinion hypothétique dans un débat (« If we changed the system, we would... »).
Donner son opinion
In my opinion... / I believe that... / From my point of view...
Être d'accord
I completely agree... / That's a valid point... / You're absolutely right that...
Ne pas être d'accord (poliment)
I see your point, but... / I'm not so sure about that... / I understand your concern, however...
Donner un exemple
For instance... / A clear example of this is... / To illustrate this point...
Conclure
To sum up... / In conclusion... / Taking everything into account...
Vocabulaire clé
argument, counter-argument, rebuttal, viewpoint, stance, evidence, to concede a point, to refute
💡 Un bon débatteur écoute, reconnaît les points valables de l'autre camp, puis explique calmement pourquoi il maintient sa position.
Ce quiz mélange temps avancés, voix passive, conditionnels et vocabulaire des débats.
Coach Assoa
Bravo pour ton travail aujourd'hui !