- exercise 1 page 59 workbook :  

an activist – segregation – demonstration – a speech – boycott

Segregation is the act of SEPARATING people, or setting certain people apart, based on race or gender, for example.

President Abraham LINCOLN abolished slavery in 1865 but in the SOUTHERN STATES, in 1876, the JIM CROW Laws pretended to make sure that this segregation was not unfair, that Whites and were treated the same (“separate but EQUAL”) but in reality, Blacks were treated as SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS.

They were not ALLOWED to use the same drinking fountains as white people and they were FORBIDDEN to go to the same schools. In 1960, a little Black girl named RUBY BRIDGES was the first to enter a DESEGRAGATED (white) SCHOOL but White people PROTESTED.

En résumé, on utilise beaucoup plus le passif en anglais qu'en français. Pour la forme, c'est toujours be + verbe au participe passé. Be peut être à n'importe quel temps mais dans ce chapitre, on parlera surtout au prétérit (donc was ou were). On peut introduire l'agent (la personne qui fait vraiment l'action dans une phrase au passif) avec BY (par).

Correction 2) Exercice pour t'aider :

As-tu retrouvé les phrases de départ dans les textes p62 du livre « the context » ?
A la voix passive, il y a toujours be (ici was ou were puisqu'on reste au prétérit) + participe passé.

a. Harriet Tubman's life was devoted to freeing other slaves.  voix passive 
b. African slaves were relied on to farm the crops.  voix passive 
c. The slaves were freed by President Lincoln.  voix passive 
d. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.  voix active
e. African Americans were still treated as second-class citizens.  voix passive 
f. The Southern states implemented the Jim Crow laws in 1876.  voix active

Correction 78 page 158 in your book.

Last year, my brother was bullied by classmates. They called him names and excluded him from their games. He didn't want to go to school anymore.
Some of my friends were asked to testify and then some pupils in his class were expelled by the Principal.