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Grammar
Present continuous
1Scrivi frasi affermative (+), negative (–) o interrogative (?) al Present continuous.
(+) they/sit in the cold
They’re sitting in the cold.
1(+) Minnie/prepare dinner for her family
2(?) you/make/coffee for all of us
3(–) I/eat/chocolate this month
4(+) we/help/people in Africa
5(?) where/you/wait
6(+) I/have/a break from studying
7(?) you/organise/a football match
8(–) you/listen/to me
2Cerchia l’errore in ogni frase. Scrivi la parola corretta.
We’re siting in a café. sitting
1Bea are eating an ice cream.
2They are rideing their scooters.
3Are you walk along Green Road now?
4Holly and I is hanging out at her house.
5Josh and Isaac are waitting for the bus.
6You lying on my bag!
7Emma’s crosing the park by the lake.
3Riordina le parole per formare delle domande.
the moment/raining/at/it/is
Is it raining at the moment?
1friends/is/hanging out/George/with/today
2you/the moment/are/a/good/reading/book/at
3Lilly/are/Meg/and/sitting/where
4they/a/are/work/break/having/from
5Ella/her/riding/is/scooter/the party/to
6are/for/you/who/waiting
7Seb/to/is/listening/MP3 player/his
8in/are/studying/we/the Romans/History
4Osserva il diario di Dylan per la giornata di oggi. Scrivi domande e risposte su quello che fa.
where/go
Where is he going?
He’s going to the park.
1what/do
2who/work/with
3what/wear
4what/clean
5how/go/there
Present simple vs Present continuous
5Completa il testo con la forma corretta dei verbi del riquadro.
sit have got be wait work
not shop look stay do come
Today’s Saturday, my favourite day of the week! On Saturday mornings I usually do things with my dad, but this weekend my parents 1 away. I’m happy because this weekend I 2 with my friend Oliver! At the moment we’re in town, but we 3 . We 4 in a café. Oliver 5 at the menu and I 6 for my phone to ring. My girlfriend Jessie 7 to meet us, but she’s ten minutes late. She often 8 on Saturdays but she 9 a day off today.
6Scegli l’alternativa corretta a, b o c.
My mum b the dog at the moment.
a walks b is walking c walk
1I the paper every day.
a'm readingb readc reads
2It always a lot in November.
arainb is rainingc rains
3Michelle dinner for friends this evening.
ais cookingb cooksc cook
4Aiden, Beth for you at the cinema!
awaitsb is waitingc wait
5I meat very often.
adon’t eatb 'm not eatingc doesn’t eat
6Karla for her glasses.
ais lookingb looksc look
Dynamic and stative verbs
7Scrivi i verbi nella colonna corretta.
like sit hang out prefer have lunch enjoy go know read love eat hate
State only / Action in progress and statelove
8Segna () le frasi corrette. Poi riscrivi correttamente quelle errate.
I am seeing what you are saying.
I see what you are saying.
1I’m knowing the answers to all the quiz questions.
2We’re having a great time in Paris.
3Are you liking this Adele song?
4Are your parents knowing you’re here?
5They love their new dog.
6Do you remember where Dan lives?
9Scrivi frasi negative con il Present simple o il Present continuous.
I/understand/the Maths homework.
I don’t understand the Maths homework.
1I/know/all the people in my class well.
2We/drive/to the beach at the moment.
3Alex/revise/for his exams this evening.
4They/hate/gymnastics lessons.
5Fran/go/out/every Friday and Saturday evening.
6I/see/my friends today.
Vocabulary
Everyday activities
10Completa le frasi con le parole del riquadro.
carrying reading park hang out
walking lying waiting
Angela is carrying two shopping bags.
1On Saturdays, I with friends.
2Is that Aldo a paper in the café?
3The bus is late. A lot of people are for it.
4You can your scooter over there by the blue car.
5It’s a beautiful day, so we’re on the grass.
6‘Is Paddy there?’ ‘ No he’s the dog.’
Jobs (2)
11Scrivi le occupazioni.
A taxi driver drives people to the airport.
1You go to a m for problems with your car.
2A f has got lots of animals and plants.
3A p repairs your shower.
4A t works with students.
5A j writes news articles.
6A p catches criminals.
7A p walks from house to house with letters.
8A f arrives in lots of different emergencies.
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