Niveau B2
Il est temps : IT'S TIME ou IT'S HIGH TIME ?
Piège #99 – Neutre vs impatience
La règle
IT'S TIME
Il est temps (neutre) + to + infinitif
- It's time to go. (Il est temps de partir)
IT'S HIGH TIME
Il est grand temps (impatience) + prétérit
- It's high time you left. (Il est grand temps que tu partes)
Astuce : "It's high time" exprime l'impatience et se construit avec le prétérit (subjonctif).
Exercices pratiques
1. It's ___ to go home.
2. It's ___ you learned to cook!
3. It's ___ to leave.
4. It's ___ he got a job.
5. It's ___ for dinner.
6. It's ___ they apologized!
7. It's ___ to start the meeting.
8. It's ___ she changed her attitude.