L'énoncé
Recopier et compléter ce poème en mettant les adjectifs entre parenthèses en ING ou en ED.
Question 1
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are (to lose) theirs and (to blame) it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their (to doubt) too;
If you can wait and not be (to be tired) by (to wait),
Or, being (to be lie) about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being (to be hate), don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise [...]"
Extrait du poème If, Rudyard Kipling, 1910
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise [...]"
Les adjectifs se terminant en -ed traduisent une caractéristique ou bien un état d'une chose ou d'une personne. Ces adjectifs se terminent souvent par -é en français.
Les adjectifs se terminant par -ing traduisent une caractéristique ou un état qui influe ou agit sur les autres. Ces adjectifs se terminent souvent par -ant en français.