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1Nello Step 1 ripasserai

● be, there is/are, can, have got, live, eat, ecc.

così sarai in grado di

● parlare di fatti

● scrivere sulla tua classe

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1 Reading What do you know?

a SS Leggi i testi. Trova almeno tre parole che non conosci. Cercale nel dizionario o chiediall’insegnante. Hai quattro minuti!

b Abbina le parole in A alle parole in B per formare dieci frasi.

1 Little Italy isn’t in Italy.A

1 Little Italy

2 People in Britain

3 There

4 Owls

5 The red-kneed tarantula

6 Penguins

7 ‘General Sherman’

8 In New York

9 Matt Long

10 Chimpanzees

can

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B

a can understand signlanguage.

b you can hear Spanish, Italian and Chinese.

c isn’t in Italy.d can’t fly.e drink a lot of tea.f hasn’t got a mobile phone.g are cheetahs in Africa

and Asia.h lives in Mexico.i have got powerful eyes.j is a very tall tree.

2 Grammar revision Verbs

Completa le frasi con:

is are There’s There are cancan can’thas got have got haven’t got eat lives

1 Owls see very well at night.2 People in the USA seven million pizzas

every day.3 Penguins wings but they fly.4 a place called El Barrio in New York.5 Spiders six legs.6 ‘General Sherman’ 83 metres tall.7 Chimpanzees very intelligent animals.8 290 million people in the USA.9 The red-kneed tarantula red knees.

It in a hole in the ground.

The cheetah lives inAfrica and Asia. It hasgot very powerful legs.It can run 100kilometres an hour.

Chimpanzees can’t talkbut they can use signlanguage.

Owls have gotvery large eyes.They can see inthe dark.

Penguins can swimbut they can’t fly.

MANCHESTER EVENING GAZETTE

Letters to the editor

I want to start an ‘Anti-Mobiles’ group.I think mobile phones are dangerous and I don’t think they are necessary.If you agree, please write to me.

Matt Long231 Albert Terrace

Manchester MN4 [email protected]

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3 Reading and speaking Facts and opinions

a Quale di queste due frasi è un dato di fatto? Quale frase è un’opinione?

1 Penguins can’t fly.2 I think mobile phones are dangerous.

Trova un dato di fatto nei testi che tu ritieniinteressante. Leggilo alla classe ed esprimi la tua opinione.

4 Speaking and writing Facts about us

Use what you know

Scrivi frasi sulla tua classe.

There are thirty people in our class.My friend Jamal comes from Morocco.Our teacher’s name is Mrs Delgado.

Costruisci un cartellone per la tua classeintitolato Facts about us.

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b Sai completare queste frasi?

1 The capital of is . 2 There are people in our country. 3 We eat a lot of . 4 Bats can’t .5 Chicago is .

EXTRA Pensa ad altri dati di fatto e riferisci alla classe.

Owls can see in the dark. I think that’s interesting.

Brazil Brasilia

New York is anexciting and beautifulcity. People of manydifferent nationalitieslive here. Little Italy,El Barrio andChinatown are allparts of New York.

There are 60 million people in Britain.

The British drink 185 million cups of tea every day.

There’s a spider

in Mexico with

red knees. It’s

called the

Mexican red-

kneed tarantula.

There’s a tree in

California called

General Sherman.

It’s 83 metres tall.






12 Grammar review 1

1 There is/areLeggi questi esempi e completa le traduzioni.

There’s a cinema near my house.un cinema vicino a casa mia.

There are twenty-two people in our class. ventidue persone nella nostra classe.

There’s some milk in the fridge.del latte in frigo.

Are there any emails for me? delle email per me?

There aren’t any museums in my town. musei nella mia città.

Esamina la tabella e poi rispondi alle domande.

Quando si usano le espressioni there is/there are?

Quando .

Nella forma al singolare il verbo is è contratto(there’s = there is). E nella forma plurale èpossibile contrarre il verbo? Sì/No.

Se dobbiamo fare una lista di oggetti dadescrivere, quando usiamo there is?

Quando la prima cosa nell’elenco è al .

Quando invece usiamo there are? .

• Completa le frasi con there is/there are.

1 There’s a present for Helen.1 a present for Helen.

2 a university in our town.

3 Our house is very big. sixbedrooms and three bathrooms!

4 two Chinese students in my classthis year.

There is/are: There is/are: There is/are: RISPOSTE

FORMA FORMA FORMA BREVI

AFFERMATIVA NEGATIVA INTERROGATIVA

There’s (is) a

computer in

my room.

There isn’ta computer

in my room.

Is there a

computer in

your room?

There aretwenty

people in

my class.

There aren’ttwenty

people in

my class.

Are theretwenty people

in your class?

Yes, thereare.

No, therearen’t.

Yes, there is.

No, there isn’t.

5 a lot of things in my bag.a pencil case, some books, my

lunch, my CDs … .

2 Can/can’t for abilityLeggi questi esempi e completa le traduzioni.

Matt can play the guitar.

Matt la chitarra.We can’t speak Japanese.

il giapponese.

Completa la tabella e poi rispondi alle domande.

• Riordina le parole per formare frasi corrette.

1 A: see / you / can / dark / in / the ?

B: can’t / I / no

2 A: ski / Paul / can ?

B: he / yes / can

3 A: you / basketball / can / play ?

B: we / can / yes

4 animals / to / we / talk / can / but / talk / us/ can’t / to / they

5 swim / well / penguins / can / but / fly / they/ can’t

Can ha una sola forma o più forme? .

Dopo can, cosa segue? Un verbo o un’altra parola?. Come si forma una domanda con

can? .

E una frase negativa? .

E le risposte brevi? .

Can/can’t: FORMA RISPOSTE

INTERROGATIVA BREVI

I pass this exam? Yes, . No, you can’t.

Can you a computer? Yes, I can. No, .

Can he ride ? Yes, . No, .

speak ? Yes, . No, she can’t.

Can it run ? Yes, it can. No, it can’t.

Can we the Net? Yes, we can. No, .

Can you the piano? Yes, . No, .

they very well? Yes, they can. No, they .






Quando uso i pronomi personali? .

E i pronomi complemento? .

Dove metto i pronomi personalicomplemento? Sempre dopo il .

• Inserisci il pronome complemento appropriato esottolinea la parola a cui esso è riferito.

1 I like chocolate. I love !

2 Look at . He’s always asleep!

3 I don’t think Sarah’s funny. I don’t like .

4 I’ve got a new CD. Do you want to hear ?

5 Our teacher always tells we aren’t good atgeography.

6 I’ve got lots of photos. Do you want to see ?

7 You’re our friends. We like a lot.

5 like + ingLeggi questi esempi e completa la traduzione ela regola.

I like chocolate biscuits.i biscotti al cioccolato.

I like running. / correre.

Il verbo like può essere seguito da unsostantivo o da un verbo. Se è seguito da unverbo, cosa si deve aggiungere a quel verbo?

. I verbi love, enjoy ehate seguono la stessa regola, anche se sononegativi o interrogativi.

Attenzione a seguire le seguenti regoleortografiche:

take ➙ taking get ➙ gettinghave ➙ having swim ➙ swimmingrun ➙ running travel ➙ travelling

• Completa le seguenti frasi con i verbi study, go,watch, surf, swim, have alla forma giusta.

1 I like surfing the Net.1 I like the Net.

2 Do you like spaghetti for lunch?

3 Maria hates shopping.

4 I enjoy comedy films.

5 Do Mel and Lisa like at the localswimming pool?

6 Joe doesn’t like history.

3 have/has got: forma affermativa,negativa, interrogativa e risposte breviSi usa have got per parlare di cosa si ha e dicom’è il nostro aspetto. Completa la tabella.

Have/has got: FORMA AFFERMATIVA

I/You/We/They have

He/She/It (’s) got a key.

Have/has got: FORMA NEGATIVA

I/You/We/They (have not)

He/She/It hasn’t (has not) got a key.

Have/has got: FORMA INTERROGATIVA

I/you/we/they

he/she/it got a key?

RISPOSTE BREVI

Yes, I/you/we/they .

Yes, he/she/it .

No, I/you/we/they .

No, he/she/it .

• Metti la forma giusta del verbo have got.(affermativa ✔, negativa ✘)

1 Nick has got some great CDs.1 Nick some great CDs. ✔

2 My best friend any brothers orsisters. ✘

3 My brother and sister short hair. ✔

4 A: Matt your video?

B: Yes, he . ✔

5 Our teacher any pets. ✘

4 Pronomi personali e pronomi complementoCompleta la tabella e rispondi alle domande.

SUBJECT OBJECT PRONOMI

PRONOUNS PRONOUNS COMPLEMENTO

I me me/mi

you te/ti

he lui/lo/gli

she lei/la

it esso, essa/lo, la

we ci

you vi

they le/loro

it

13Grammar review 1






Questi esercizi ti aiuteranno a prepararti al test in classe.

1 Completa le frasi scegliendo la rispostacorretta tra a, b o c.

1 a1 My brother’s favourite sports

basketball and athletics.a are b is c isn’t

2 Bats very big ears.a got b have got c has got

3 any wild elephants in Britain.a They’re b There arec There aren’t

4 Eva is good at swimming but shedive very well.

a can b can’t c isn’t

5 Our friend Silvana from Italy.a come b comes c coming

6 Jack likes pasta.a eat b eats c eating

Write your score:

2 Leggi le descrizioni. Completa inomi degli animali.

1 This animal can fly, but it isn’t a bird. b

2 This bird is black and white. It can’t fly. p

3 This animal has got eight legs. s

4 This animal can walk on two legs. It can’t talk but it’s very intelligent. c

5 This large wild cat lives in Africa and Asia. It can run very fast. c

6 This bird usually flies at night and sleeps in the day. o

Write your score:

3 Abbina le parole in A alle parole in B.

1dA B

1 play a shopping2 read b a film3 go c the Internet4 meet d football5 use e the newspaper6 watch f my friends

Write your score:

4 Completa le domande. Poi abbinale alle risposte appropriate.

1 you swim? c a In Liverpool.2 you got any pets? b 01638 427991.3 you like using a computer? c Yes, I can.4 do you live? d Yes, I love it.5 your telephone number? e I think it’s boring.6 do you think of this music? f No, I haven’t.

Write your score:

Can

a I agree with you.b I think it’s awful!c I don’t agree.d It’s a bit strange.e I don’t thinkf I think it’s brilliant.

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6 Traduci in italiano.

1 What do you think of it?2 It’s a bit strange.3 I think it’s stupid.4 It’s OK, I suppose.5 I don’t like it very much.6 I agree.

Write your score:

TOTAL SCORE:

K

K

K

K

5

5

5

5

5

5 Completa il dialogo tra quattro persone.

1dA: What do you think of this

book, Chris?B: I’m not sure. 1

I can’t understand it very well.A: I love it. 2

C: Yes, 3 It’s great.B: 4 It’s sometimes

quite funny, I suppose, but 5 the story’s very good. What do you think of it, David?

D: I don’t like it. 6

Write your score:

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