Unit 6 /
Recupero

Grammar

Present perfect with ever/never

1Completa le frasi con il Present perfect dei verbi fra parentesi e le parole date. Usaever nelle domande e never nelle altre frasi.

Have you ever made (you/make) sushi?

1We (see) the Great Lakes in Canada.

2 (you/be) to Venice?

3I (eat) Mexican food.

4 (your brother/play) in a band?

5They (have) bad marks in their exams.

6 (you/meet) a famous singer?

7 (many people/swim) at the North Pole?

8Our family (live) abroad.

2Riordina le parole per formare domande.

the thing have what expensive bought is most you

What is the most expensive thing you have bought?

1eaten you have food ever Indonesian

?

2is where the visited most place exciting you have

?

3you done today what have

?

4jump have a ever done you bungee

?

5strangest eaten what thing is have the you

?

Past participles

3Trova dieci participi passati nel cercaparole e abbinali ai verbi 1–10.

w / b / s / d / r / o / v / e / b / r
w / r / p / e / y / u / o / p / o / k
o / z / o / c / g / e / y / m / u / y
n / a / k / h / e / a / r / d / g / j
g / y / e / e / q / t / b / m / h / n
r / e / n / b / y / e / z / v / t / m
s / w / m / o / l / n / h / f / u / t
w / r / o / t / e / v / g / o / n / e
u / e / x / r / f / h / j / i / l / r
m / q / t / y / t / u / c / m / j / a

1win 6 buy

2drive 7 eat

3swim swum 8leave

4write 9 go

5hear 10 speak

been vs gone

4Completa le frasi con been o gone.

Jon and Paddy have gone to the swimming pool. They’ll be back soon.

1I’ve never to New York before but I’m going this summer.

2Jo’s not here. She’s to Max’s house.

3Mia has back to London. She got the last train home.

4My dad’s to watch my brother’s football match. My mum’s stayed at home.

5I’ve never to the ice-skating rink. I’d like to go some time.

6Has David to school or is he still getting ready?

7We’ve to Lisbon. It’s a really cool city.

Present perfect vs Past simple

5Riscrivi le frasi al Past simple usando l’espressione di tempo fra parentesi.

I’ve dyed my hair red. (yesterday)

I dyed my hair red yesterday.

1I’ve seen a ghost. (at my grandparents’ house)

2Liam has been on a TV quiz show. (last year)

3Milly’s lost her house key. (she was out clubbing)

4My mum has won a competition. (two months ago)

5We’ve bought a new camera. (when we were in town)

6I’ve swum in the Atlantic. (on holiday)

7I’ve tidied my room. (this morning)

6Riscrivi le frasi correttamente.

Tom is careful – he never had an accident.

Tom is careful – he’s never had an accident.

1I’ve played the guitar yesterday.

2Jim went to the India three times.

3They met lots of famous people over the years.

4He’s swam across the English Channel to France.

5I often thought about becoming a doctor.

6We have gone skiing in the Alps seven times.

7Stan has ever eaten foreign food.

Adverbs of manner

7Riscrivi le frasi usando un avverbio.

The young boys shouted at the old man. They were very rude.

The young boys shouted rudely at the old man.

1You have to be careful when you drive in the snow.

2We were nervous when we opened the door.

3Vero isn’t punctual. She never arrives on time.

4The way you pronounced my name wasn’t correct.

5Ben is a very quick swimmer. He swam 1km in 25 minutes.

6Karen told me her news. She was very dramatic.

8Riordina le parole per formare frasi.

old our more English teacher new slowly our than one speaks

Our new teacher speaks English more slowly thanour old one.

1planned Ted class later in arrived than he

2faster running than Janet is usual

3more we yesterday the can see view clearly than

4plays Jo better the brother piano than her

5was Leon louder other shouting than supporters the football

6my less than little makes sister friends easily me

Vocabulary

Life experiences

9Completa le espressioni con un verbo appropriato.

write a blog

1 a horse

2 a famous person

3 a bungee jump

4 on TV

5 a video online

6 during a scary film

7 a competition

8 a pet

10Completa le frasi con le espressioni date.

stayed up posted a video seen a ghost dyed live abroad gone to a music festival find money lost my keys had an accident screams

Charlie has posted a video online of his band playing.

1Your hair’s blue! You’ve it.

2Look! £20! What do you do when you in the street?

3I can’t get in my house. I’ve .

4The party was great. We all night.

5I’ve had some bad news. Jess has in her car.

6My brother has . Coldplay are the main act.

7I hate watching films with Sam. She always during scary films.

8Your face is white. You look like you’ve !

9Would you like to ? Which country would you like to live in?

Adverbs of manner

11Completa la tabella con gli avverbi corrispondenti.

Adjective / Adverb
bad / worse
careful
comfortable
dramatic
polite
simple
strange
good

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