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Attendre : wait/expect - cours

WAIT    et     EXPECT

            1)      attendre se traduit par  wait  lorsqu'on se réfère à la durée.

Dans le sens de s'attendre à  il faut utiliser expect.

Comparez :

·        she has not arrived yet.I can't wait any longer, I am going back home.

·        I'm expecting a letter from my mother today.I hope I'll have it.

          Expect se traduit souvent  :

                 Supposer, penser, prévoir, etc…

·        I expect she will meet us again (je pense qu'elle reviendra nous voir)

·        I didn't expect to fail that exam (je ne m'attendais pas à échouer à cet examen)

             2)      Wait est toujours suivi de for devant un complément.

·        I 'm waiting for the train.

·        He is waiting for his friends.

           3)      Wait et expect peuvent introduire une proposition infinitive :

     * I'm waiting for Jane to answer my message

·        I  didn't expect Vince to play the piano

4)      I can't wait for…./ to…… sont traduits en français par  vivement que….

·        I can't wait for her wedding party

·        I can't wait to buy a new pair of shoes

            Exercice :  compléter par WAIT (for) ou EXPECT.

            Attention au temps et à la forme des verbes.

            N'utilisez pas de contractions.

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1. He can't his bus any longer.He will drive to work.
2. She is a phone call from her friend Monica.
3. Mum, I'll never finish in time. -Don't worry, dear, I will you as long as it takes.
4. Yesterday I him to invite me to go to the cinema.
5. There are many people, I the train will be crowded.
6. Where have you been? I have been for 2 hours!
7. Last time I saw him he was not very nice. I didn't him to be so mean because he used to be such a nice person.
8. She is so tired ! she can't the holidays !
9. I don't want to go to the cinema with him, I he will understand.
10. I am not ready, don't go yet, please me !