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2. Present Simple: Make questions using the words in brackets. Then answer using short answers.
3. Present continuous: complete the following dialogues with questions using the verbs in brackets.
5. Present Simple or Present continuous: Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets.
PENNY Good morning, LincoIn. This is Penny Stanton with the morning interview programme.
Today I have (have) a visitor from Italy Her name is Cecilia and she is sitting (sit) here in the studio with me. Good morning, Cecilia.
___________________________________(you/sit) comfortably?
CECILIA: Yes, thank you. Im fine.
PENNY: I ______________________(know) you are Italian, but where ___________________________(you/live) in Italy?
CECILIA: I _____________________(live) in Pisa.
PENNY: Ah, in England everybody ______________________(remember) that Pisa ___________________(have) a famous leaning
tower.
CECILIA: Yes, here in LincoIn everybody _______________________________(want) to ask me about it.
PENNY: And when people _________________________ (ask) you about the tower, what ________________________(you/say)?
CECILIA: I _______________________ (tell) them that I _____________________(see) it every day when I am on my way to
school.
PENNY: and now you ______________________ (stay) in LincoIn, my home town. ___________________(you/like) LincoIn?
CECILIA: _______________________(you/want) my honest opinion?
PENNY: Of course.
CECILIA: Well, I ___________________________ (stay) with a wonderful family and everybody is very kind to me, so I
__________________ (Iove) the people. But I _________________________(not/like) the weather. It (always / rain).
PENNY: Well, just now the sun ____________________________(shine).
CECILIA: Yes, but it ________________________(not/shine) very often. I __________________(not/want) to talk about the
weather.
PENNY: All right. Why are you in Lincoln? What _____________________________ (you/do) here?
CECILIA: Im here with my brother, Giovanni. We _____________________(study) English.
PENNY: But your English is very good! You ________________________(speak) English very well, and you
_____________________ (understand) everything. ___________________(your brother/speak) very good English?
CECILIA: No, he ________________________(not/speak) English very well.
PENNY: And where is Giovanni now? What ________________________________(he/do)? _____________________(you/know)?
CECILIA: Yes, he _______________________________ (sit) with the family. They _______________________(listen) to this
interview, of course.
1. Present continuous: Complete each sentence with the right verb in the box
read snow not work go out come
2. Past continuous: Complete each sentence with the right verb in the box
eat cook drive not cry write
1. What _______________Peter ______________________________? A letter.
2. When I arrived, the children ________________________________________.
3. When I came back, Mum ________________________________________ for me.
4. At midnight, Mary and Jack ___________________________________ to Scotland.
5. At lunchtime what ____________ they _______________________? Some chicken pie.
0 Beethoven wrote (write) nine symphonies; he was writing (write) another symphony when he died.
1 Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He _______________(make) the first one in five minutes. He
___________________(make) the second one when his guests (arrive), and they ________________(help) him to finish it.
2 The architect Gaudi ________________(design) several houses in Barcelona, Spain. Later he ____________________(start)
work on a cathedral. He ______________________(work) on the cathedral when he __________________(die).
3 Last month a bank robber ______________________(escape) while the police _____________________(take) him to prison.
Later they ______________________(catch) him again, and this time they_____________________(Iock) him up without any
problem.
4 Philip's football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they ________________________(Iose), but in the end they
____________________________(win) the game by 4 goals to 2.
5 John Lennon _____________________(sing) and ______________________(play) on many records with the Beatles. After that
he ____________________________(record) several songs without the Beatles. He ______________________(prepare) a new
record when Mark Chapman (shoot) him.
6 The evening was getting darker; the street Iights ___________________________(come) on. People
_______________________(hurry) home after work. I ________________________(stand) in a queue at the bus stop. Suddenly
somebody _______________________________(grab) my bag.
5. Un'agente di polizia sta interrogando Louise Croft su ci che ha fatto venerd sera. Completa la conversazione. Coniuga i verbi tra
parentesi al Past Simple o al Past Continuous.
3. Complete the following dialogues choosing the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple tense of the verbs
Why are you crying? Look! Ive cut/ I cut my hand
When did it happened / has it happened?
Ive cut it / I cut it some minutes ago
Why are you looking so happy, Sam? Ive seen / I saw a close friend recently.
Havent you seen / didnt you seen him for long?
Ive met / I met him two months ago.
4. Present Perfect or Simple Past: Rewrite each sentence using the words in brackets
JACK: Where have you been? I haven't seen you _________________ weeks.
ALAN: I know! l've been to Paris and New York on business.
JACK: How exciting! I haven't been to New York ___________________ 1995.
JILL.: l've been here _______________ two o'cIock. Dont you have a watch?
EMMA: Yes, of course I do, but I was stuck in traffic ______________ an hour.
6. Answer the following questions: be careful to the verbal tenses (Present perfect simple, Present perfect continuous, Past simple,
Past continuous)
If-clauses
1. If clause: tipo 0-DATO DI FATTO, REALTA ACCERTATA: If + Present simple/continuous, Present simple/continuous
1. I have an allergy to dust. If I _____________ (be) in a dusty place, I _______________ (start) sneezing.
2. My little cousin is afraid of spiders. If she ______________ (see) one, she __________________ (shout).
3. I dont like movies about war. If I ______________ (watch) one, I _____________ (have) bad dreams.
4. I usually wear glasses at school. If I _______________ (not have) my glasses on, I _______________ (not can) see anything.
5. He is hypoglycaemic. If he _____________ (not eat) something in mid-morning, he _____________ (collapse).
6. If I ___________________________ (study), I dont want to be disturbed.
7. If my sister doesnt answer the phone, she _________________ (probably listen) to music.
3. If clause: tipo 2-POSSIBILITA che potrebbe un giorno verificarsi: If + Past simple/continuous, Would (al posto di would
potremmo trovare should / could / might)
4. If clause: tipo 3-IMPOSSIBILITA: If + Past Perfect Simple/continuous, Would have p.p. (should have/could have
/might have)
Riscrivi le frasi dellesercizio precedente utilizzando If 3 tipo.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. La frase relativa in genere introdotta da pronomi relativi invariabili nel genere e nel numero:
WHO riferito a persone (che, il quale, la quale )
WHICH riferito a cose o animali (che, il quale, la quale )
THAT riferito a persone, cose e animali (sostituisce WHO o WHICH)
WHOSE riferito a persone, cose e animali, indica possesso (il cui, la cui )
Soggetto
Si utilizzano i pronomi WHO e WHICH. Possono essere entrambi sostituiti dal pronome THAT nel registro informale. Devono essere
sempre espressi.
Ex. The policeman stopped the man who/that was driving too fast.
Dont wear pullovers which/that are too big for you.
C. oggetto
Ex. The teacher whom/ that we have met is very strict. The teacher we have met is very strict.
Have you seen the car which / that Jhon was driving? Have you seen the car Jhon was driving?
3. Pronomi relativi preceduti da preposizione (Il THAT non pu mai essere preceduto da preposizione.)
WHOM
WHICH
Il pronome relative pu anche essere omesso e la preposizione viene inserita generalmente dopo il verbo della frase relativa.
Ex. Who is the lady to whom you have just spoken? Who is the lady you have just spoken to?
The song to which you are listening is nice. The song you are listening to is nice.
Costruisci una frase unica omettendo il pronome relativo complemento e mantenendo la preposizione
The lorry is parked down there. Its driver is eating in the fast food restaurant.
The lorry, whose driver is eating in the fast food restaurant, is parked down there.
I have met the girl. Her dog won first prize in the competition.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The man was walking towards the telephone. His car ran out of petrol.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Have you met that boy? His name is very difficult to pronounce.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Who is the boy? His parents are both teachers.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The building is near the Thames. Its walls are all made of blue glass.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The child is crying. His mother has left him outside the shop.
_________________________________________________________________________________
PASSIVE FORM
Scegli l'alternativa corretta per ogni frase. 6. ... the dog ... for a walk yet?
l. 1.8 million gallons of cola ... in the world every year. a. Did / take out b. Has / been taken out c. Was / taken out
a. are sold b. are selling e. sell 7. My school project ... by the end of the week.
2. The boy ... by the car. a. will be finished b. will finish c. will be finishing
a. hit b. has hit c. was hit 8. Is Peter ... by jenny at the station?
3. A new bridge ... across the railway track. a. going to be meeting b. going to meet e. going to be met
a. is built b. is building e. is being built 9. The parking fine ... immediately by you.
4. ... this composition ... by you? a. must paid b. must be paying c. must be paid
a. Did / be written b. Was / written c. Is/ written 10. Did you tell Mum that you ... a tattoo ... on your arm?
5. The students ... about the strike on Thursday. a. have / done b. have / had c. have had / done
3 Completa il brano inserendo opportunamente la forma attiva o passiva dei verbi tra parentesi.
Yesterday when Carol ___________________ (arrive) home, she _________________ (have) a nasty surprise. Her house __________________
(break) into. The back door _______________________ (open) and one _____________________window _______________________ (smash).
As she ______________________ (walk) in she ______________________(notice) that the TV ___________________________________
(take). Two __________________pictures _________________(be missing) and a vase __________________________ (lie) on the carpet. She
called the police and they __________________________ (tell) her that they would arrive quickly. She then ___________________ (go) upstairs
and ________________ (find) that the wardrobe _______________ (open) and its contents ___________________ (scatter) all over her
bedroom. Her jewellery__________________ (steal), including the brooch her father____________________ (give) her. The
police______________________ (come) and a report _______________________ (compile). Unfortunately, the thieves
______________________ (not find) yet.
4. Completa i mini-dialoghi con la forma passiva dei verbi elencati .
not invite paint break steal can buy cut follow must do publish make