Mode d'emploi 🔵
Niveau A2 (élémentaire). Par rapport au A1, on monte d'un cran :
- 📖 L'histoire est racontée au passé (prétérit), avec plus de détails.
- 📚 ~25 mots/leçon + des verbes irréguliers utiles.
- 📐 Grammaire : prétérit, comparatifs, going to, past continuous.
- 🎧 Audio : de vraies répliques (courtes/claires) — but : comprendre le sens général et compléter des trous.
💡 Tu ne comprendras pas encore tout à l'oreille — c'est normal. Concentre-toi sur les mots-clés et le sens.
Leçon 1 — The Dursleys
📖 The story (past)
Harry Potter was a young boy who lived with the Dursleys: his aunt Petunia, his uncle Vernon and his cousin Dudley. They were horrible to him, and he slept in a cupboard under the stairs.
One day, at the zoo, the glass of a snake's cage disappeared — Harry did magic without knowing it! Soon after, strange letters arrived for Harry. Uncle Vernon was angry and tried to hide them, but more and more letters came.
Harry vivait avec les Dursley, qui étaient horribles. Au zoo, la vitre d'un serpent disparut (sa magie !). Puis d'étranges lettres arrivèrent ; l'oncle Vernon, en colère, essaya de les cacher, mais elles arrivaient de plus en plus.
📚 Vocabulary
| English | Français | English | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| young | jeune | horrible | horrible |
| a cage | une cage | to disappear | disparaître |
| a letter | une lettre | to arrive | arriver |
| angry | en colère | to hide | cacher |
| strange | étrange | to try | essayer |
| soon | bientôt | to know | savoir |
📐 Grammar — le prétérit (passé simple)
Réguliers : verbe + -ed : try → tried, arrive → arrived. Irréguliers (à apprendre) : be → was/were, do → did, come → came, sleep → slept, have → had.
Mets au prétérit : 1. Harry (live) ___ with the Dursleys. 2. The letters (come) ___. 3. They (be) ___ horrible.
▸ Réponse
1. lived 2. came 3. were🎧 Listening — de vraies répliques
A. Que dit l'oncle Vernon sur la magie ?
▸ Réponse
"There's no such thing as magic." → La magie n'existe pas.B. Vernon menace Harry. Complète : "...you won't have any ___ for a week."
▸ Réponse
"...any meals for a week." (meals = repas) — toute la phrase : "I'm warning you now, boy — any funny business, any at all, and you won't have any meals for a week."✍️ Exercise
Réponds en anglais : Where did Harry sleep? Why was Uncle Vernon angry?
▸ Réponse
Harry slept in a cupboard under the stairs. Uncle Vernon was angry because of the letters (he didn't want Harry to go to Hogwarts).Leçon 2 — Hagrid and the truth
📖 The story (past)
On Harry's eleventh birthday, a giant man called Hagrid arrived. He told Harry the truth: Harry was a wizard! His parents were killed by an evil wizard, Voldemort. Voldemort also tried to kill Harry, but he failed — that's why Harry was famous.
Hagrid took Harry to Diagon Alley. They bought his school things: a wand, robes, and books. Harry was happy: he had a new life.
Le jour de ses 11 ans, Hagrid arriva et dit la vérité : Harry était un sorcier ! Ses parents avaient été tués par Voldemort, qui avait aussi essayé de tuer Harry, mais avait échoué. Hagrid l'emmena acheter ses affaires d'école.
📚 Vocabulary
| English | Français | English | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| a giant | un géant | the truth | la vérité |
| to tell | dire, raconter | evil | maléfique, méchant |
| to kill | tuer | to fail | échouer, rater |
| famous | célèbre | to buy | acheter |
| a parent | un parent | a life | une vie |
| to take (took) | emmener (passé : took) | to fight (fought) | se battre (fought) |
📐 Grammar — questions au passé (Did…?)
Question au prétérit : Did + sujet + base verbale ? "Did you ever wonder…?" Réponse : Yes, I did / No, I didn't.
Forme la question : (Voldemort / try / to kill Harry) → ___ ?
▸ Réponse
Did Voldemort try to kill Harry? — Yes, he did (but he failed).🎧 Listening
A. La grande révélation. Complète : "You're a ___, Harry."
▸ Réponse
"You're a wizard, Harry." — "I'm a what?"B. Que comprend Harry au sujet de ses parents ?
▸ Réponse
"He killed my parents, didn't he? The one who gave me this. You know, Hagrid. I know you do."✍️ Exercise
Vrai/Faux : 1. Harry's parents died in a car crash. 2. Voldemort failed to kill Harry. 3. Hagrid is a teacher of magic.
▸ Réponse
1. False (c'est un mensonge des Dursley) 2. True 3. False (il est gardien des clés)Leçon 3 — The train and the Sorting
📖 The story (past)
Harry took the Hogwarts Express. On the train, he met Ron and Hermione, and they became friends. At Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat put each student into a house. The hat chose Gryffindor for Harry, Ron and Hermione. Draco Malfoy, an unfriendly boy, went to Slytherin. Harry didn't like him.
Harry prit le train, rencontra Ron et Hermione, et ils devinrent amis. Le Choixpeau répartit chaque élève. Harry, Ron et Hermione allèrent à Gryffondor ; Drago, peu sympathique, à Serpentard.
📚 Vocabulary
| English | Français | English | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| to meet (met) | rencontrer (met) | to become (became) | devenir (became) |
| to choose (chose) | choisir (chose) | to put (put) | mettre (put = put) |
| a house | une maison/équipe | unfriendly | peu sympathique |
| each | chaque | together | ensemble |
| a ghost | un fantôme | to follow | suivre |
| a twin | un jumeau | a joke | une blague |
| to repair / to fix | réparer | broken | cassé |
| glasses | les lunettes |
📐 Grammar — there was / there were (il y avait)
Singulier : there was a ghost. Pluriel : there were four houses.
Complète : 1. ___ a magic hat. 2. ___ four houses.
▸ Réponse
1. There was 2. There were🎧 Listening
A. Drago donne un conseil méchant. Que répond Harry ?
▸ Réponse
Drago : "You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort." Harry : "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks."B. Comment gagne-t-on/perd-on des points ?
▸ Réponse
McGonagall : "Your triumphs will earn you points; any rule-breaking, and you will lose points."C. Les jumeaux Weasley piègent leur mère. Qui est qui ?
▸ Réponse
"He's not Fred, I am! — Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother! — Oh, I'm sorry, George." → Ce n'est pas Fred, c'est moi ! — Franchement, et tu te dis notre mère ! — Oh, pardon, George.D. Hermione lance le tout premier sort du film pour réparer les lunettes de Harry. Lequel ?
▸ Réponse
"…they've all worked for me. For example: Oculus Reparo. That's better, isn't it?" → …ils ont tous marché pour moi. Par exemple : Oculus Reparo. C'est mieux, non ?✍️ Exercise
Complète au prétérit : Harry ___ (meet) Ron. They ___ (become) friends. The hat ___ (choose) Gryffindor.
▸ Réponse
met · became · choseLeçon 4 — Classes, the troll and Quidditch
📖 The story (past)
Harry started his classes. Professor Snape didn't like him. In Charms, Hermione was the first to do the levitation spell. At Halloween, a troll came into the school, but Harry and Ron saved Hermione. After that, the three became best friends.
Harry also became the Seeker of the Quidditch team — the youngest player in a hundred years!
Harry commença les cours ; Rogue ne l'aimait pas. Hermione réussit la lévitation la première. À Halloween, un troll entra, mais Harry et Ron sauvèrent Hermione ; ils devinrent meilleurs amis. Harry devint attrapeur, le plus jeune depuis 100 ans.
📚 Vocabulary
| English | Français | English | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| to start | commencer | a teacher | un professeur |
| a spell | un sort | first | premier / d'abord |
| a troll | un troll | to save | sauver |
| a team | une équipe | to win (won) | gagner (won) |
| young → youngest | jeune → le plus jeune | a player | un joueur |
📐 Grammar — comparatif & superlatif
Court : young → younger → the youngest. Long : famous → more famous → the most famous. Irrégulier : good → better → the best.
Complète : 1. Harry is the ___ (young) player. 2. Quidditch is the ___ (good) game.
▸ Réponse
1. youngest 2. best🎧 Listening
A. Le ton de Rogue en cours de Potions ?
▸ Réponse
"There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class." (froid, sévère)B. Pourquoi McGonagall donne-t-elle des points après le troll ?
▸ Réponse
"Five points will be awarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck." (pure chance)✍️ Exercise
Remets dans l'ordre : a) Harry became Seeker. b) A troll came. c) Classes started. d) Harry and Ron saved Hermione.
▸ Réponse
c → b → d → aLeçon 5 — The mystery of the Stone
📖 The story (past)
Harry, Ron and Hermione found a huge dog with three heads. It was guarding a trapdoor. They discovered that it was protecting the Philosopher's Stone — a magic stone that gives eternal life.
Someone wanted to steal it, and they thought it was Snape. Meanwhile, Hagrid had a baby dragon, Norbert. It was dangerous, so they were in trouble with Professor McGonagall.
Le trio découvrit un chien à trois têtes gardant une trappe : il protégeait la Pierre philosophale (vie éternelle). Quelqu'un voulait la voler — ils pensaient à Rogue. Hagrid avait un bébé dragon, Norbert, ce qui leur attira des ennuis.
📚 Vocabulary
| English | Français | English | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| huge | énorme | to guard | garder |
| a trapdoor | une trappe | to protect | protéger |
| to discover | découvrir | eternal | éternel |
| to steal (stole) | voler (stole) | to think (thought) | penser (thought) |
| dangerous | dangereux | trouble | des ennuis |
| out of bed | hors du lit / debout | still hot | encore chaud |
| a caretaker | un concierge |
📐 Grammar — le past continuous (était en train de)
was/were + verbe-ing : "The dog was guarding a trapdoor." (action en cours dans le passé)
Complète : "It ___ (protect) the Stone." (past continuous)
▸ Réponse
was protecting🎧 Listening
A. Que fait la Pierre, d'après Hermione ?
▸ Réponse
"…produces the Elixir of Life, which makes the drinker immortal." — "Immortal?" — "It means you'll never die."B. Quel animal Hagrid a-t-il, et qui le sait ?
▸ Réponse
"That's a Norwegian Ridgeback!" (un dragon). Son frère Charlie travaille avec ces dragons en Roumanie.C. Rusard (Filch), le concierge, traque les élèves. Que dit-il ?
▸ Réponse
"It's still hot. That means there's a student out of bed." → C'est encore chaud. Ça veut dire qu'un élève est hors de son lit.✍️ Exercise
Réponds : What does the Philosopher's Stone do? Who did the trio think was the thief?
▸ Réponse
It gives eternal life (the Elixir of Life). They thought the thief was Snape (but it was Quirrell).Leçon 6 — Through the trapdoor
📖 The story (past)
One night, the three friends went under the trapdoor. First, they escaped a deadly plant. Then, they caught a flying key. After that, they played a giant chess game, and Ron sacrificed himself to win.
Finally, Harry continued alone. He found Professor Quirrell — and Voldemort was on the back of his head! Harry was brave and stopped them. In the end, Gryffindor won the House Cup.
Une nuit, le trio descendit sous la trappe : ils échappèrent au Filet du Diable, attrapèrent une clé volante, jouèrent aux échecs géants (Ron se sacrifia). Enfin, Harry continua seul et découvrit Quirrell — Voldemort sur sa nuque ! Harry, courageux, les arrêta. Gryffondor gagna la coupe.
📚 Vocabulary
| English | Français | English | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| a night | une nuit | to escape | s'échapper |
| deadly | mortel | to catch (caught) | attraper (caught) |
| a key | une clé | to sacrifice | sacrifier |
| alone | seul | brave | courageux |
| to stop | arrêter | in the end | à la fin |
| a spell | un sort | to freeze (someone) | figer / paralyser |
| sunlight | la lumière du soleil |
📐 Grammar — les connecteurs de récit
First (d'abord) · Then (puis) · After that (ensuite) · Finally / In the end (enfin). Très utiles pour raconter une histoire au passé.
Remets dans l'ordre avec les connecteurs : caught the key · escaped the plant · played chess · found Quirrell
▸ Réponse
First they escaped the plant, then they caught the key, after that they played chess, and finally Harry found Quirrell.🎧 Listening
A. Qui est le vrai coupable ?
▸ Réponse
Quirrell : "Yes, he does seem the type, doesn't he? Next to him, who would suspect poor, stuttering Professor Quirrell?"B. La dernière réplique du film. Où va Harry ?
▸ Réponse
"I'm not going home. Not really." (Poudlard est sa maison)C. Hermione paralyse Neville. Quel sort lance-t-elle ?
▸ Réponse
"Petrificus Totalus!" → (le sort qui paralyse tout le corps)D. Hermione lutte contre le Filet du Diable. Quel sort crée la lumière du soleil ?
▸ Réponse
"Lumos Solem!" → (le sort de lumière solaire)✍️ Exercise
Complète au prétérit : Harry ___ (go) under the trapdoor, ___ (catch) the key, and ___ (find) Quirrell.
▸ Réponse
went · caught · foundLeçon 7 — Révision 🏆
📖 The whole story (past)
Harry Potter was a boy who lived with his cruel aunt and uncle. On his eleventh birthday, Hagrid told him he was a wizard, and Harry went to Hogwarts. On the train, he met Ron and Hermione. At school, he learned magic, played Quidditch, and fought a troll. The three friends discovered a secret: someone wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone. They went under the trapdoor, and Harry stopped Professor Quirrell and Voldemort. In the end, Gryffindor won the House Cup.
✍️ Big review
A. Verbes irréguliers — donne le prétérit : go · meet · take · find · win · tell · become · catch
▸ Réponse
went · met · took · found · won · told · became · caughtB. Questions au passé : Traduis « Qui a essayé de voler la Pierre ? »
▸ Réponse
Who tried to steal the Stone? → Professor Quirrell (for Voldemort).🎧 Listening review — qui parle ?
1.
2.
▸ Réponse
1. Hagrid : "It's an outrage! It's a scandal!" 2. McGonagall : "Five points will be awarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck."🎉 Tu sais raconter le film au passé et tu connais ~150 mots de plus ! Prochaine étape : le cours B1 (les vraies répliques + idiomes + present perfect & conditionnels).