INGLESE LIVELLO 1 B - COMPITI DELLE VACANZE

To be present tense, personal pronouns and there is/there are A. Rispondete alle domande dando risposte brevi e aggiungete l’informazione corretta come

nell’esempio. Ex. Are the actors at a restaurant?(café) No, they aren’t. They’re at a café.

1. Is Janet a secretary? (actress) ________________________________________________________

2. Are you English? (Italian) ________________________________________________________

3. Is Peter a teacher? (actor) ________________________________________________________

4. Is this coke for Janet? (for Susan) ________________________________________________________

5. Are you and your friend American? (Italian) ________________________________________________________

B. Complete the sentences with the correct personal pronoun. Ex. He is tired. (Jim)

1. _____ is an unusual cartoon. (The Griffins)

2. Is _______ a Maths teacher? (Daria)

3. _______ are not an Italian group. (Keane)

4. Is _______ Swiss? (Heidi)

5. _______ are often hungry. (Ann and you)

6. _______ are engineers. (Bill and I)

C. Complete the sentences with “is/isn’t/are/aren’t.” Use contracted forms.

Ex. Ricky Martin’s from Puerto Rico. He isn’t Portuguese

1. Madonna _______ British, she’s from America. She ______ from Bay City, Michigan. Her

children’s names _______ Lourdes, Rocco and David.

2. There __________ a webcam on my PC, there ________ only a microphone.

3. _______ Timo Maas and Sven Vath Austrian DJs? No, they ______. They are German DJs.

4. ______ there any ice-cream in the freezer? Yes, there ________

5. Robbie Williams ______ an actor. He _______ a popular British singer. Robin Williams,

instead, _______ a singer. He ________ an actor.

6. How old ______ Jenny’s brothers? The twins _______ only 5 months old.

7. _______ there 17 players in a football team? No, there __________.

8. What nationality ______ Carla Bruni? ______ she French? No, she _______. She _______

Italian.

READING

Articles, demonstratives and plurals

Countries and nationalities

Possessive adjectives and some prepositions

Insert the correct possessive adjectives.

Ex. Pedro’s Spanish but his mother is Italian.

1. I’m married to Brenda. She’s ______ wife.

2. This guidebook is about Greece and ______ ancient temples.

3. There are John and Ben riding on _______ bikes.

4. Nicole Kidman was married to Tom Cruise. He was _____ husband and she was

_____ wife.

5. Mr. Vroom is Jackie and Pat’s uncle. He’s ______ uncle.

6. Those skateboards belong to Kevin and me: They’re ______ skateboards.

Complete with at, in, on, from … to.

Ex. at six o’ clock

______ 2009

______ sunset

______ Saturday

______ the 21st century

______ Christmas

______ night

______ the age of twenty

______ 12

______ 4.00 pm ______ 6.00 pm

______ dinnertime

______ autumn

______ the weekend.

Translate the following sentences into English

1. I loro jeans sono fantastici.

2. Il nonno di Mary ha circa 70 anni.

3. Siete a casa nel fine settimana?

4. Tom è al lavoro dalle 7 alle 17.

5. Siamo a San Francisco fino a martedì.

6. La zia di Tom è una famosa danzatrice.

7. I suoi cugini vengono da Cardiff, sono scozzesi.

8. Quelle signore lavorano in banca.

Imperative

The Saxon Genitive

Osserva l’albero genealogico degli Smiths e completa le frasi.

Meet the Smiths.

The Present Simple

Translate the following sentences.

1. Ben non fa mai un sonnellino. (toh ave a nap)

2. “Dove trascorri (to spend) le vacanze di solito?” “ Vado sempre in montagna.”

3. “Sara si sveglia presto?” “Generalmente si alza alle 8”

4. “Quante volte vai in piscina?” “Due volte alla settimana: il martedì e il giovedì”

5. “Cosa ti piace fare quando sei al mare?” “Mi piace nuotare e prendere il sole.”(to

sunbathe)

Everyday activities and object pronouns

Can

Abbinate in modo appropriato le domande (in A) alle ragioni (in B)

A B 1. Can I have a glass of water? A – I can’t drive 2. Can I use your car? B – I’ m cold. 3. Can you open the window, please? C – We’re tired. 4. Can I have a sandwich? D – I can’t understand. 5. Can we sit down? E – I’ m hot. 6. Can I close the door? F - I’m late. 7. Can you call me a taxi, please? G - I’m thirsty. 8. Can you repeat that, please? H – I’ hungry.

Can: affirmative, negative, interrogative. Fill in the gaps.

1. She ____________ (not) come to the party: she is leaving. 2. I ____________ play the piano very well, but I ___________ (not) sing. 3. _____________ you tell me the way to the station, please? 4. ____________ I go out? Certainly, you ____________. 5. ____________ I borrow your pen? No, you ________. I’m using it.

The Present Continuous

A) Conjugate the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous tense Ex. – He ___________ (to have) a shower. >> He’s having a shower.

1. I ____________ (to go) now. 2. He ____________ (to sleep) now. 3. They ____________ (to get) ready. 4. You ____________ (to work) this morning. 5. It ____________ (to snow). 6. She ____________ (to study) at university. 7. Fred ____________ (to talk) on his mobile. 8. You ____________ (to listen) to me.

B) Make the sentences of ex. A) negative and interrogative.

Ex. – He’s not/isn’t having a shower. – Is he having a shower?

C) Make questions and answers. Usa le parole date come nell’esempio.

Ex. - he / still sleep no – have a wash

Is he still sleeping? No, he isn’t. He’s having a wash.

1. Jane / have breakfast no –get dressed. 2. the children / play yes 3. They / buy postcards no – a magazine 4. you / watch TV no – read a book 5. you and Jim / study yes 6. John / have a wash no - get dressed 7. The students / write a class-work yes 8. They / swim no – walk 9. You / read a book no – watch TV 10. You and Rose / study yes

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