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EXERCISE 1:
Complete the following text about Segregation. Put the verbs between brackets into
the simple past:
During segregation, colored people and white people
(live) separately.
Black people
(not have) the same rights
as the whites.
They
(not go) to the same schools.
In some restaurants, they
(not eat) in the same room as the
whites; in others they.
(eat) in the same room.
They also
(use) different toilets.
They
(ride) the same bus but the whites
(sit) in the front of the bus whereas coloured people
(sit) in the
back. They also
(not share) the same
benches in parks.
Segregation
(be) based on the "Separate but Equal" theory but in
reality colored people....
(not be) treated equally..
EXERCISE 2:
During Segregation, black people didn't have the same rights as white people in the
Southern States.
Write sentences to point at these differences using the expressions you already
know: "had to" (= were obliged to) and "weren't allowed to" (=weren't permitted
to/were forbidden to/couldn't)
1. Coloured people
sit in front of the bus.
2. Coloured people
......... sit in back of the bus.
3. Black people
... go to school with white
people
4. Black people
... live separately from white
people.
5. Black people
.... share the same room in
restaurants.
... sit on different benches.
...... use the toilets reserved for
6. Black people
7. Black people
colored people.​


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Réponse :

Exercise 1:

During segregation, colored people and white people lived separately. Black people didn't have the same rights as the whites. They didn't go to the same schools. In some restaurants, they didn't eat in the same room as the whites; in others they ate in the same room. They also used different toilets. They rode the same bus but the whites sat in the front of the bus whereas the colored people sat in the back. They also didn't share the same benches in parks. Segregation was based on the "Separate but Equal" theory but in reality colored people were not treated equally.

Exercise 2:

1. Colored people weren't allowed to sit in front of the bus.

2.  Colored people had to sit in the back of the bus.

3. Black people weren't allowed to go to school with white people.

4.  Black people had to live separately from white people.

5. Black people weren't allowed to share the same room in restaurants.

6.  Black people had to sit on different benches.

7. Black people weren't allowed to use the toilets reserved for white people.