inglese - reading comprehension

 inglese - reading comprehension

Hi I'm the girl from diary. My name is Mary Lou. Today is Sunday, a day off but I have a lot to do all the same. At 11 o'clock I must get up. At midday I must do a little yoga. At half past twelve I must eat at home with mother and father, At 2 o'clock in the afternoon I must telephone Isadora, then I must wait till 5 when I meet Isadora at the cinema. I can't play my new records when my parents are at home because they  are fed up with music. At 7 I must goto eat a pizza at the Spaghetti house. At 8I must telephone home to ask if I may stay out.I mustn't argue with my parents and be down if I must go home early.

rispondere alle seguenti domande 

1) Who is the girl of Diary ? 

2) what day is today? 

3) Can she stay in bed all the day ?

4) what time must she get up ?

5) What must she do at 12 o'clock ?

6) What must she do at half past 12?

7)  When must she telephone Isadora ? 

8) Can she play records in the afternoon ?

9) Why not ?

10)What must she do after cinema ?

11) When must she telephone home ?

12) What must she do if she can't stay out ?

inglese - esercizi present simple o presente continuous

 inglese - esercizi present simple o present continuous

completa con il present simple o past continuous

1) I...................this film (not enjoy)

2) I always .....................at 7.00 (get up) 

3) At the moment he.........................to music ( listen)

4) we.........................to school on Sundays. We usually....................................tennis (not go, play)

5)He ............................jeans and a t-shirt (wear)

6)John's famili ........................in Milan (live)

7) my dad ............................today (work)

8)How often............................he skiing (go)?

9)they .......................now.They ......................... a DVD ( not study, watch)

ingelse - esercizi livello base

 Livello BASE 1. Completa la tua presentazione personale.

 THIS IS ME! Name and Surname ________________________________________

 Age ______________________

 Address and City _____________________ 

 My best friend ______________________________________ 

 My family _______________________________________________________________

 My pet/s _______________________________________________________________

My favourite song is __________________________________________________________

 My favourite sport is __________________________________________________________

 My favourite football team is __________________________________________________________ 

 My favourite subject at school is __________________________________________________________ 

 My favourite season is __________________________________________________________ 

 My favourite colour is __________________________________________________________ 2. 

Scrivi il plurale delle seguenti parole. 

 Student ________________;

 book ________________ ; 

mobile phone ________________ ; 

 sofa ________________; 

chair ________________; 

dictionary ________________;

 baby ________________; 

school bag ________________; 

child ________________;

 cat ________________;

 key ________________; 

flower ________________. 3. 

Inserisci l’articolo indeterminativo (A - AN). 

 A table

 AN orange 

____ vase

 ______ 

tree _____ 

apple _____

armchair _____

cap _____

 rabbit _____

 umbrella 

_________ cd

4. Collega la frase inglese alla sua traduzione in italian

. I’m hungry.                     Ho caldo.

 I’m ten.                            Ho sete. 

 I’m afraid.                       Ho freddo. 

 I’m thirsty.                      Ho fame. 

 I’m hot. Ho 10 anni. 

 I’m cold. Ho paura. 

 5. Completa le seguenti frasi inserendo il verbo AVERE al presente semplice: “HAVE – HAS (GOT)” 1. I ___________________ a brother. 

 2. You _____________________ two red pens. 

 3. Andrew __________________ a car. 

 4. Susan and her boyfriend _____________________ tickets for the concert. 

 5. Bob ______________________ a video recorder. 

 6. We _________________ a television. 

 7. I ______________ a lot of books. 

 8. Tom _______________ two brothers and a sister. 

 6. Completa le seguenti frasi inserendo il verbo ESSERE al presente semplice: “AM – ARE – IS “

 1. I ______ tired, I’ _____ not very fit.

 2. ______ I fat? Yes, you ______.

 3. You ______ very nice to me. 

 4. Peter ______at home. 

 5. _______ she in bed? Yes, she _________.

 6. We _______on holiday.

 7. _______ they French? Yes, they ________. 

 7. Cerchia l’alternativa corretta. 

 Hi Dave, how (1) are / is you?

 I (2) am / are on holiday in Spain.

 My sister (3) are / is here too. 

 We (4) are / am on the beach. 

It (5) is / are hot here.

 My parents (6) are / is in the hotel. 

 My dad (7) am / is hungry so they

 (8) is / are in the café. Bye for now.

inglese - esercizi estivi

 14. Rispondi alle seguenti domande 

 1. What is the month after July? It’s _________________________________ 

 2. What’s the third month of the year? It’s_____________________________

 3. What’s the month before February? It’s _____________________________

 15. Abbina le domande (1 – 6) alle risposte (a – f) 1) How old are you? 

A) I’m from Glasgow in Scotland. 2) What’s your first name?

 B) It’s 42 Hill Street, Bath. 3) Where are you from? 

C) It’s Baskerville. 4) What’s your surname?

 D) I’m thirteen. 5) What’s your address? 

E) It’s marthab@hotsurf.co.uk 6) What’s your email address? 

F) It’s Martha.

 16. Collega con il verbo più adatto che trovi nella colonna a destra. 

 1 I____________ in a flat                            .                                            A. LIVES

2 Dad ___________ in Bologna                                                                B. PLAY

 3 He ___________football on Saturdays.                                                C. READ

 4 My sister _________________in Rome.                                                D. DOES

 5 I ______________ rugby after school.                                                   E. HAVE

 6 Frankie always _______________ his exams.                                       F. LIVE 

 7 Alex and Valentina ____________books in English                            G. WORKS

. 8 They never _________________ TV.     the evening                       .I. WATCH

 10 Jack and William ________________dinner at 8.00.                        J. PASSES

 17. Completa le frasi con CAN o CAN’T seguiti dai verbi dati tra parentesi. 

 1. It's late. We……………………………………. breakfast this morning. (have)

 2. I.........................very well. I haven't got my glasses. (see)

 3. Linda likes music. She……………………. the guitar very well. (play)

 4. We………………………………ark at 8.00 a.m. It opens at 9.00 a.m. (visit) 

 5. The fairy godmother…………………………Cinderella to go to the ball. (help) 

 6. It's bed time. You………………………………… TV now. (watch)

 7. There's no school in summer, so students ………………. late. (get up)

 8. Sherlock Holmes……………………. brilliant solutions to difficult cases. (find)

18. Riordina le lettere per trovare il contrario dell’aggettivo dato. Rich / ROPO POOR 

big / MALSL _________________________

 clean / TYDIR____________________________

 wet / RYD_____________ 

 Black / TEWIH ____________________ 

cold / OTH _______________________ 

 easy / CUFFDILIT______________________ 

old /NOGYU______________________

 Good/ DAB___________________

 left / GHRIT ____________________ 

 Short / LATL_______________________

 hard / TOSF _______________________

 19. Traduci in Inglese. 

 1. Il mio cognome è Rossi. __________________________________________________ 

 2. Vivo in Italia. ___________________________________________________________ 

 3. Da dove vieni? _________________________________________________________

_ 4. Quanti anni hai? _________________________________________________________

 5. Mi piace la pizza. _________________________________________________________ 

 6. Luca è alto e magro. Lui ha i capelli scuri e gli occhi marroni. ______________________________________________________________________________. 

 20. Leggi il brano e rispondi alle domande che seguono. 

 HOLIDAYS IN UK English seaside towns are very famous. A lot of people go on holiday to Devon and Cornwall, in the South of England. The sea is warm and you can go swimming, windsurfing or surfing. Ice cream in Cornwall is delicious! Many people also spend their holidays in Wales. In Wales people go trekking, or sightseeing or they go to the beach. For instance, Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, is a little town with a beautiful harbour. The sea is not very warm but people swim when the weather is sunny. Adults walk along the old town streets: there are a lot of nice pubs and cafes. There is fun for everyone. A lot of people like to eat fish and chips on the seafront.

 Abbina le domande alle risposte. 

 A. Where are Devon and Cornwall? 1. In Cornwall.

 B. Where is ice cream delicious? 2. No, they don’t.

 C. Does Tenby have a beautiful harbour? 3. They are in the South of England. 

 D. Do people eat fish and chips on the beach? 4. Yes, it does.

 Completa le frasi

. A. You can go sightseeing in _______________________

 B. In Tenby there is a beautiful ___________________________ 

 C. People swim when the weather is _______________________

 D. Adults walk along the _____________________________________town streets.

lezioni d'inglese - fare causativo, nomi in -er

 lezioni d'inglese - fare causativo, nomi in -er

made the coach jolt, let you have  sono espressioni che corrispondono all'italiano fare seguito da infinito con valore  attivo ( cioè il sostantivo o pronome compie l'azione dell'infinito) 

fare seguito da un inficito si rende in fatti con  

a)  to make + sostantivo o pronome + infinito senza to se il verbo  fare ha il valore di obbligare 

esempio 

he made me go with him  = mi fece andare con lui

b) to get + sostantivo o pronome + infinito co to  se il verbo fare ha valore di indurre, persuadere

esempio 

He got  me to take the plane = mi fece ( mi persuase a ) prendere l'aereo 

c)  to let + sostantivo  + infinito senza to se il verbo fare ha valore di lasciare, permettere 

esempio 

 let me come with you  = fammi (lasciami) venire con te 

to make + aggettivo  significa rendere 

essempio 

It make it impossible for him to go

Il verbo to ask ne senso di chiedere per sapere  regge il doppio soggetto 

esempio  Why are you asking me that ? he asked me a question

Quando  invece to ask ha il significato di chiedere per ottenere la cosa richiesta è preceduta da for 

esempio  

He asked me for some money  

-er  è un prefisso usato per formare sostantivi dai verbi

esempi 

to drive             ----------------    driver

to speak         -------------------- speaker

to teach          -------------------- teacher

to lead           ---------------------  leader

to climb           ------------------- climber 

un  è un prefisso negativo usato per formare i contrari di molti aggettivi, verbi e sostantivi 

esempi

 happy (felice)  -------------------- unhappy ( infelice)

able ( capace)   -------------------- unable ( incapace)

known ( conosciuto) ----------------- unknown ( sconosciuto) 

to do ( fare )        ----------------  to undo (disfare) 

to lock (chiudere) ---------------- to lock ( aprire 

esercizi

completare queste frasi aggiungendo to make, to let or to get come nell'esempio 

He ...................me  go with him -------------- He made me go with him

1)  ...................us have something to drink

2) that man tried to ................. believe it 

3) I was late  and my friend ................me  to take a taxi 

4)  the teacher has .......................... the pupils study  the lives of many English poets 

5)  Robert ...................his friend to play tennis with him

6) Her father  would not .........................her  go out 

7) please .....................me  know what happens 

8) they .............................the thief run away

9) ..........him  do the work again

10)My mother ........................them to walk in the park 

trasformare i verbi in sostantivi 

to think ---------------------

to travel --------------------

to  talk ---------------------

to manage ----------------

to open --------------------

to build ----------------------

to write ---------------------

to photograph --------------

to swim ----------------------

to begin ----------------

to follow ------------------

to speak ------------------

to win------------------

to sing --------------------------

to send -----------------------

to keep -------------------------

inglese - infinito o gerundio

 inglese - infinito o gerundio 

ecco quando scegliere l'uno o l'altro 

l'infinito cioè la forma base del verbo 

si utilizza 

- dopo aggettivi 

es it is impossible to do this 

- dopo nomi 

there is no need to cry

- dopo verbi 

we might go out

dopo espressione come :

I would rather go out

- dopo verbi e pronome interrogativo 

can you tell me how to do this

il gerundio 

si forma con la forma in -ing 

si usa

- come soggetto di una frase 

swimming is a good sport 

- dopo preposizioni tipo

instead of going to the cinema we go to her home

con aggettivi e preposizioni 

I'm interesting in seeing you

con nomi 

I have no interest in going 

inglese - falsi amici

 inglese falsi amici 

terrific = deriva dal l

atino  terrificus e significa spaventoso ma in Inghilterra con umorismo significa bello da far paura

confetti = in inglese significa coriandoli utilizzati non solo a carnevale ma anche nei matrimoni 

mobile =  significa telefono cellulare  e non arredamento

Hey presto = è una espressione usata dal prestigiatore e significa ecco fatto!

parents = significa genitori e non parenti che invece sono relatives

jolly = allegro 

villain = in inglese si usa per indicare una persona pericolosa

cellar = cantina

factory = che potrebbe essere scambiata per fattoria in inglese significa fabbrica la forma breve di manufactory

cartoon = non significa cartoni ma disegno su carta 

camera = da non confondere con stanza ma macchina fotografica 

ape = non bisogna confonderlo con ape ( in inglese bee)  ma significa scimmia ( gorilla scimpanzé oranghi grosse e senza coda ) normalmente scimmia piccola con la coda  si traduce con monkey

mess = confusione

fabric = tessuto come cotton (cotone) wool, silk (seta)

vacancy  = non vacanza ma di solito cartelli nei motel che significa che ha posti liberi vacanza in inglese è holiday

library = non libreria ma biblioteca

rumour = non rumore ma pettegolezzi

stamp = non stampa ma francobollo