Corrigé Epreuve d' Anglais

Conseils et Recommandations

Exercice n°1 : Pour obtenir le "parallélisme", il suffit de mettre les 2 mots soulignés ("to attend" et "who get") au gérondif : Celà donne "attending" et "getting".
Exercice n°2 : Se réferer à l'exercice de langue n°2 (du writing) de l'épreuve de Juin 1998 (Session principale).
Exercice n°3 : Il s'agit de rédiger une lettre ( de demande d'emploi ) : se réferer à l'exercice n°3 de l'épreuve de Juin 1998 (Session principale) (Section Mathématique).
N'oubliez pas qu'il s'agit d'une lettre officielle (Formal letter).

Corrigé

1. Achieve parallelism by correcting one underlined wrong construction in each sentence.

    Working while to attend American universities has become a tradition in the U.S. In fact, the students living away from home and who get insufficient financial help from their parents have to work and earn money in order to learn.

Correct constructions : 1. attending     2. getting

2. Read the paragraph carefully and correct the 8 mistakes in the appropriate columns : 2 word order mistakes, 2 wrong preposition mistakes, 4 spelling mistakes.

    Education never can be seperated of all the other problemes that exist in society. If more money is spent on education, then less money is spent on houses, factories, roads and machines farm. Yet many people beleive that education is the most important thing in society because it has such a great influence for the quality of our lifes.

mistakes corrections

   word order
   1. never can be
   2. machines farm    1. can never be
   2. farm machines

   preposition
   1. of (all)
   2. for (the quality)    1. from (all)
   2. on

   spelling
   1. seperated
   2. problemes
   3. beleive
   4. lifes    1. separated
   2. problems
   3. believe
   4. lives

3. Writing a letter (10 lines) :
       Read the ad below, then write a letter of application using the instructions below the ad.

The ad

European Investment Bank is currently seeking secretaries, males and females. Applicants should possess a high school degree and must be fluent in either English or French.
Applicants must not exceed the age of 25. Applicants are requested to send their applications together with a photograph.
Salary : Very tempting
Write to : European Investment Bank,
               Advertisement N° ET/PM 9202
               16, Jesus Green, Oxford

Instructions :
        Supposing that your name is Joseph (or Josephine) Smith and your address is 32, Park Road, Leeds, England, write a 10-line letter to European Investment Bank to apply for the job.

			*Yours Sincerely*
			*J.Smith*