Exercice d’entraînement à la maison travaillant
Exercice d’entraînement à la maison travaillant le prétérit des verbes réguliers et irréguliers sur le thème de « Ellis Island » dans la séquence sur Immigration to the USA in the early 20th century
1) Most of the immigrants who …… (to come) to America through Ellis Island …….. (to be) from eastern and southern Europe.
2) They ……… (to hope) to build better lives for themselves in America.
3) They ……… (to begin) their journey to America on foot, horseback, or train.
4) One of the first things they …….. (to see)…….. (to be) the Statue of Liberty, which has stood on its own island in the harbor since 1886. People would cheer when they ……… (to spot) this famous symbol of America.
5) Third-class passengers often would wait for hours or days until a smaller ferryboat …… (to take) them to Ellis Island for immigration processing.
6) Officers wearing uniforms …….. (to greet) the ferryboat as it …….. (to dock) at Ellis Island. They…….. (to shout) and ………. (to motion) to the passengers to walk down the gangplank to the main building.
7) The immigrants ………. (to leave) their precious belongings in the Baggage Room until their inspection was done.
8) Doctors ……… (to look) for people who ……… (to have) trouble walking or breathing or ………. (to show) signs of other health problems.
9) People with the buttonhook disease ……… (to be) often …….. (to send) back to their home countries.
10)The Registry Room …….. (to be nicknamed) the Great Hall because it is so big. It could ………. (to held) entire populations of small towns and villages.
11)The noise in this room could be intense. There ……… (to be) thousands of voices, and the sound ……… (to bounce off) the vaulted ceilings.
12)Immigrants who………. (to be marked) with a piece of chalk were taken out of the line and ……….. (keep) for further examination.
