GRAM _ VOCAB EXAM _ Racism in Sports

Match the following auxiliaries to their meaning

• capacité, possibilité

• _{Auxiliaire de modalité}

  MIGHT

• Certitude 20%

• _{Auxiliaire de modalité}

  COULD

• Certitude 80%

• _{Auxiliaire de modalité}

  WOULD

^{Lexical field}

Tick all the verbs which refers to 'DEFENDing A CAUSE'

• call racial epithets

• stand up for

• mistreat

• bring attention to

• win a medal

Read the following sentences. Which one is a passive form?

• Jesse Ownes said that he just tried to do his best.

• Unsurprisingly, the reception was really chilly when he arrived in Berlin.

• Because he wasn't the Aryan type at all, he was mistreated.

• He came from a poor and underprivileged background.

Which sentence is a retrospective probability judgment ?

_{Quelle phrase exprime un jugement de probabilité rétrospectif (infinitif passé)?}

• Tommie Smith and John Carlos delivered the Black Power Salute during the playing of the national anthem.

• In the US, countless people said they could have boycotted the Games

• As soon as they raised their fists, the stadium became absolutely silent.

Make a retrospective probability judgment (past infinitive)

^{Émettre un jugement de probabilité rétrospectif (infinitif passé)}

Choose the correct answer

For sure, Jesse Owens ​ (a)   been proud _{(-> fier)} to see Carlos and Smith displaying the Black Power Salute.

• would have
• could have
• might have

Which link word convey the act of conceding ? _{-> une concession}

• Despite + GN

• So,

• Therefore,

• More than that,

Make a retrospective probability judgment (past infinitive)

^{Émettre un jugement de probabilité rétrospectif (infinitif passé)}

Choose the correct answer

With 4 gold medals and an outstanding record in the long jump, the White House ​ (a)   acknowledged Owens's Olympic glory but they never did.

• could have
• would have

Relative pronouns.

Fill in the blank.

Quand l'antécédent est humain, on emploie le pronom relatif ​ (a)  

• who
• which
• that

Relative pronouns.

Pick the correct answer.

Both US athletes, ​ (a)   stood on the podium, wore black socks to represent poverty among members of their community.

• who
• which
• that

Relative pronouns.

Pick the correct answer.

The Black Power Salute, ​ (a)   outraged millions of people, brought political opinions to the Olympics.

• which
• who