'The
Trail of Tears':
(winter 1838)
Painting by Robert Lindneux:
http://redheartculturalcenter.8m.net/images/trail_of_tears_painting.jpg
Map of Trail of Tears :http://ngeorgia.com/history/trailoftearsmap2.html
Trail
of Tears Map:
PAST SIMPLE (V-ed*)
est utilisé pour exprimer une
action dans le passé qui est révolue (terminée)
et en rupture avec le présent.
Toute expression renvoyant au passé déclenche le past
simple (V-ed*)
5 minutes ago, a long time ago, yesterday, last week, last Tuesday, last month, last year, in 1998, during the Second World War etc.
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La STRUCTURE de la phrase au
PAST SIMPLE:
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The Plains Indians |
hunted
for food
V-ed* |
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| ? phrase interrogative |
Did |
the Plains Indians
Sujet |
hunt for
food ?
V |
| - phrase négative |
The Plains Indians
Sujet |
didn't
opérateur + not |
hunt for
food
V |
Fill in the gaps in the correct tense: V-ed* (past simple):
NB! some verbs are irregular
: CLICK HERE TO GO TO EXERCISE
Between 1790 and 1830 the white man ______________(begin) to push westward
into the Cherokee territory. The Cherokee________________ (fight) hard
to keep their land. They even___________________________(take) their fight
against being removed from their land to court. At first it ________________(seem)
like they might win.
But they were forced to leave the land they loved.
In one of the saddest stories in our history, thousands of men, women,
and children were forced off of the land they________________________(love)
and moved into crowded
forts with very little food.
They were then forced to walk over a
thousand miles to an Indian Reservation in what is now Arkansas
and Oklahoma. It ___________________(be) an unusually
cold winter. Many of the Indians______________________(be) barefoot
with little clothing. They were forced to walk through snow
and ice. They________________________(eat) only what they ________________(can)
find along the way. Many
Indians_____________________(die) along the way, especially older Indians
and children. Their bloody
footprints ________________________(leave) trails of blood
in the snow. They _______________________ (cry) as they ____________________(go)
because they were leaving the land they_______________________(love),
the land they had called home for so many years.
This horribly long, sad journey of the Cherokee has become known in history
as "The Trail of Tears".
Poser une question aux past simple:
DID you see
her?
DID (opérateur)
+ Sujet
+ Verbe
?
NB! Lorsque Who
est SUJET
de la phrase:
Who WAS Sitting
Bull ? (Pas d'opérateur
DID avec BE)
NB! Avec le verbe BE:
pas d'opérateur DID
WAS he
a chief ?
WERE the
Indians ready for the trip ?
How old WAS
he, when he died ?
How tall WAS
he ?
How rich WAS
he?
INTERROGATIFS : WHO, WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, WHY, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, WHICH, HOW, HOW LONG, HOW OLD, etc.
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Interrogatif
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OPERATEUR
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Sujet
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Verbe (infinitf)
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| What |
DID
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the Indians | wear? |
| When |
DID
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the first people | arrive in America ? |
| Why |
DID
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they | refuse to leave their land? |
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DID
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he, she, it,
me, we, you |
V + cod
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DID
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DID
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Write
the question corresponding to the underlined words.
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In the1830ies the white people found gold on Indian territory. |
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The U.S government forced the Indians to leave their land. |
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The men, women and children left their land in the winter of 1838. |
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The Indians walked over a thousand miles to an Indian Reservation. |
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The Reservation was situated in Arkansas and Oklahoma. |
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They ate what they found along the way. |
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Especially older Indians and children died on the way. |
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About 450 died of cold, disease and hunger. |
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The trip to Arkansas took 3-4 months. |