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STEP 1
1
Nello 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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The cheetah lives in
Africa and Asia. It has
got very powerful legs.
It can run 100
kilometres an hour.
Reading What do you know?
a S Leggi i testi. Trova almeno tre parole che
non conosci. Cercale nel dizionario o chiedi
all’insegnante. Hai quattro minuti!
Penguins can swim
but they can’t fly.
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
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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2
6
People in Britain
There
Owls
The red-kneed
tarantula
Penguins
‘General Sherman’
In New York
Matt Long
Chimpanzees
B
a can understand sign
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
language.
you can hear Spanish,
Italian and Chinese.
isn’t in Italy.
can’t fly.
drink a lot of tea.
hasn’t got a mobile phone.
are cheetahs in Africa
and Asia.
lives in Mexico.
have got powerful eyes.
is a very tall tree.
Chimpanzees can’t talk
but they can use sign
language.
Owls have got
very large eyes.
They can see in
the dark.
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MANCHESTER EVENING GAZETTE
Completa le frasi con:
is are There’s There are can can’t
has got have got haven’t got eat lives
1 Owls can 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.
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 Long
231 Albert Terrace
Manchester MN4 9FZ
[email protected]
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There’s a spider
in Mexico with
red knees. It’s
called the
Mexican redkneed tarantula.
New York is an
exciting and beautiful
city. People of many
different nationalities
live here. Little Italy,
El Barrio and
Chinatown are all
parts of New York.
There’s a tree in
California called
General Sherman.
It’s 83 metres tall.
There are 60 million people in Britain.
.
The British drink 185 million cups of tea every day
3
Reading and speaking
Facts and opinions
a Quale di queste due frasi è un dato di fatto?
4
Speaking and writing Facts about us
Use what you know
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 ritieni
interessante. Leggilo alla classe ed esprimi
la tua opinione.
Owls can see in the dark. I think that’s interesting.
2
3
4
5
There are
We eat a lot of
Bats can’t
Chicago is
people in our country.
.
.
.
EXTRA Pensa ad altri dati di fatto e riferisci alla classe.
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 classe
intitolato Facts about us.
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b Sai completare queste frasi?
1 The capital of Brazil is Brasilia .
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There is/are
5
Leggi 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.
2
Can/can’t for ability
Leggi 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.
Esamina la tabella e poi rispondi alle domande.
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’t
a computer
in my room.
Is there a
computer in
your room?
Yes, there is.
There are
twenty
people in
my class.
There aren’t
twenty
people in
my class.
Are there
twenty people
in your class?
Yes, there
are.
No, there
isn’t.
No, there
aren’t.
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 è
possibile contrarre il verbo? Sì/No.
Se dobbiamo fare una lista di oggetti da
descrivere, 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.
six
bedrooms and three bathrooms!
4
two Chinese students in my class
this year.
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a lot of things in my bag.
a pencil case, some books, my
lunch, my CDs … .
Can/can’t: FORMA
INTERROGATIVA
Can
Can
Can
Can
Can
I
you
he
it
we
you
they
pass
RISPOSTE
BREVI
this exam?
a computer?
Yes,
.
Yes, I can.
ride
? Yes,
.
speak
? Yes,
.
run
? Yes, it can.
the Net?
Yes, we can.
the piano?
Yes,
.
very well?
Yes, they can.
No, you can’t.
No,
.
No,
.
No, she can’t.
No, it can’t.
No,
.
No,
.
No, they
.
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?
.
• 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
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Quando uso i pronomi personali?
E i pronomi complemento?
Dove metto i pronomi personali
complemento? Sempre dopo il
have/has got: forma affermativa,
negativa, interrogativa e risposte brevi
Si usa have got per parlare di cosa si ha e di
com’è il nostro aspetto. Completa la tabella.
have
got
a key.
(have not)
hasn’t (has not) got
a key.
(’s)
Have/has got: FORMA INTERROGATIVA
I/you/we/they
he/she/it
got
a key?
RISPOSTE BREVI
Yes,
Yes,
No,
No,
I/you/we/they
he/she/it
I/you/we/they
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 or
sisters. ✘
3 My brother and sister
short hair. ✔
4 A:
Matt
your video?
B: Yes, he
.✔
5 Our teacher
any pets. ✘
4
.
sottolinea la parola a cui esso è riferito.
1 I like chocolate. I love it !
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 at
geography.
6 I’ve got lots of photos. Do you want to see
?
7 You’re our friends. We like
a lot.
Have/has got: FORMA NEGATIVA
I/You/We/They
He/She/It
.
• Inserisci il pronome complemento appropriato e
Have/has got: FORMA AFFERMATIVA
I/You/We/They
He/She/It
.
Pronomi personali e pronomi complemento
Completa la tabella e rispondi alle domande.
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
OBJECT
PRONOUNS
PRONOMI
COMPLEMENTO
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
me
me/mi
te/ti
lui/lo/gli
lei/la
esso, essa/lo, la
ci
vi
le/loro
5
like + ing
Leggi questi esempi e completa la traduzione e
la regola.
I like chocolate biscuits.
i biscotti al cioccolato.
I like running. /
correre.
Il verbo like può essere seguito da un
sostantivo o da un verbo. Se è seguito da un
verbo, cosa si deve aggiungere a quel verbo?
. I verbi love, enjoy e
hate seguono la stessa regola, anche se sono
negativi o interrogativi.
Attenzione a seguire le seguenti regole
ortografiche:
take ➙ taking
get ➙ getting
have ➙ having
swim ➙ swimming
run
➙ 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 local
swimming pool?
6 Joe doesn’t like
history.
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Questi esercizi ti aiuteranno
a prepararti al test in classe.
1
Completa le frasi scegliendo la risposta
corretta tra a, b o c.
3
K 1 a
1 My brother’s favourite sports
2
3
4
5
6
basketball and athletics.
a are
b is
c isn’t
Bats
very big ears.
a got
b have got
c has got
any wild elephants in Britain.
a They’re
b There are
c There aren’t
Eva is good at swimming but she
dive very well.
a can
b can’t
c isn’t
Our friend Silvana
from Italy.
a come
b comes
c coming
Jack likes
pasta.
a eat
b eats
c eating
Write your score:
1d
A
1
2
3
4
5
6
play
read
go
meet
use
watch
B
a
b
c
d
e
f
shopping
a film
the Internet
football
the newspaper
my friends
Write your score:
4
5
2
5
K
Completa il dialogo tra quattro persone.
1d
A: What do you think of this
B:
A:
C:
B:
D:
5
6
book, Chris?
I’m not sure. 1
I can’t understand it very well.
I love it. 2
Yes, 3
It’s great.
4
It’s sometimes
quite funny, I suppose, but
5
the story’s very
good. What do you think of it,
David?
I don’t like it. 6
a
b
c
d
e
f
I agree with you.
I think it’s awful!
I don’t agree.
It’s a bit strange.
I don’t think
I think it’s brilliant.
Write your score:
5
Write your score:
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.
TOTAL SCORE:
14
5
Completa le domande. Poi abbinale alle risposte appropriate.
1 Can you swim? c
a In Liverpool.
2
you
got
any
pets?
b 01638 427991.
K
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:
5
Leggi le descrizioni. Completa i
nomi degli animali.
K 1 This animal can fly,
but it isn’t a bird.
b at
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:
Abbina le parole in A alle parole in B.
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