La Négation

 

Traduire en français les phrases en choisissant entre les expressions suivantes :

 

Ne … pas                                 not

Ne … jamais                             never, not ever

Ne … plus                                no more, no longer

Ne … que                                 only

Ne … rien         (Rien ne…)            nothing, not anything

Ne … personne (Personne ne…)         nobody, no-one, not anyone

Ne … aucun(e) (Aucun(e)… ne)     not a single

Ne … nulle part                     nowhere, not anywhere

Ne … guère                              scarcely any, hardly ever

Ne … ni…ni..                             neither … nor

 

NB: he only cries = il ne fait que pleurer

 

1.                  I never go to France on holiday.

2.                 He’s only got five books.

3.                 I didn’t see anybody on the beach.

4.                 Nothing happened.

5.                 He never goes anywhere by bike.

6.                 There isn’t a single cinema in our town.

7.                 She no longer smokes cigarettes.

8.                 Nobody turned up for the party.

9.                 He hardly ever finishes his homework.

10.             Why didn’t you do anything?

11.               Nothing ever happens in this village.

12.             I can’t see anyone here.

13.             There are only two people in the room.

14.             Not a single plane landed at the airport.

15.             The referee never sees anything during the match.

16.             I haven’t got any tomatoes left.

17.             All you do is play football.

18.             Don’t cry! It’s not serious!

19.             She likes neither cheese nor wine.

20.            I’ve never been to China.

 

Vocabulaire:            to happen = se passer              party = la fête              referee = l’arbitre

                        to land = atterrir                     China = la Chine