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ESERCIZIO N°1: scegli la risposta esatta!

A: Hello. What's YOUR YOU YOURS name?

B: It's Mary. What's yours?

A: It's John. I'm a taxi driver HOW WHAT WHERE do you do?

B: I'm a DOCTOR JOURNALIST EMPLOYEE .

I work FOR IN TO the “Washington Times”.

A: Oh, DO ARE SPEAK you American?

B: Well, I WAS AM DID born in England but I

COME WENT GO to America when I was  

THREE SMALL TREE

Where DO ARE DOES you come from?

A: Manchester but I LIVE AM LIVES in London now because of my job. There weren't

HAVE ANY NO jobs in Manchester so I came to London.

B: I see. WOULD DO COULD you like a cigarette?

A: No, thanks. I DON'T NOT WON'T smoke. How

MUCH MANY ANY cigarettes do you smoke a day?

B: Oh, about 25. WHAT HAVE DID you ever smoked?

A: No, I think is very unhealty.

ESERCIZIO N°2: scegli la risposta esatta!

Assistant: Good morning, sir! may how will I help you?

Customer: I look for wish need a pair of brown shoes.

Assistant: Certainly. which what's how size do you take?

Customer: Well, that might be is it's a problem. Size 11.

Assistant: would do may you like to take a seat while I have a look?

Yes I'm afraid there this that is only one pair available

for at in the moment.

Is this these those the kind of shoes you're looking

that at for ?

Customer: No, it isn't not don't . I'm afraid I'd prefer something simpler.

Assistant: I'm sorry. these that they are the only shoes we have in

these your his size.

We don't sell many size 11 shoes, so we haven't got for great a big choice of styles.

But did if would you try our main shop in Oxford Street, you may find a wider selection

of about on shoes there.

ESERCIZIO N°3: scegli la risposta esatta!

Dear Sarah,
I'm sorry I haven't been writing didn't write haven't written to you for such a long time but I've been very busy with our new house.

It's just two months since we moved in. have moved in. are moving in.

It's an old farmhouse that has been built was built had been built in the 18th Century.

It's not as large as less large than not so large than our other house and has a a very big garden.

Now that work is finished why don't you how about you why you don't come and visit us one weekend?

We're going to We will We go to stay with my daughter-in-law this Sunday, but the weekend after that we'll be at home.

Anyway, please phone me and let me know if you can come. By the way, I was shopping have been shopping shopped in Liverpool last week when I met Sandra Lane.

You remember her, do you didn't you don't you ? She was at university with us. Anyway, she now lives in Liverpool.Well, I must stop now.

If I don't send this letter immediately, it would will should miss the afternoon post.

Give my love to Giovanni and the children.
Love,

P.S. Sam and I have been studying studied were studying italian since last September so we can practise with Giovanni when you come here!

ESERCIZIO N°4 (trova la frase che abbia lo stesso senso della prima)

This is the very first time I've ever eaten caviar.
I've never eaten caviar before I've eat caviar for my first time I've ever eaten caviar before

“Will you finish the report?” Jim asked Paul.
Jim asked Paul to finish the report Jim asked Paul if he would finish the report Jim asked if Paul will finish his report

I don't smoke now. I gave it up.
I used to smoke time ago but no more I used to smoke I used smoking

Take your umbrella. It may rain.
Take your umbrella in case of rain Take your umbrella in case it rain Take your umbrella in case it rains

Take my advice. Go to the doctor.
If I were you, I'll go to the doctor If I were you, I'd go to the doctor If I was you, I'd go to the doctor

He saw the flames. Then he called the fire brigade.
When he saw the flames, he called the fire brigade When he had seen the flames, he called the fire brigade When he called the fire brigade, he had seen the flames

“I'm hungry.” said Jim.
Jim said that he was hungry Jim said that he is hungry Jim said that he were hungry

You should write to him
You ought writing to him You ought wrote to him You ought to write to him

“I'll see Bill later”, said Susan.
Susan said that she will see Bill Later Susan said that she would see Bill Later Susan said that she would seen Bill Later

I started studying Russian four years ago.
I studied Russian for four years I have studied Russian since four years I've been studying Russian for four years