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Exercise 1

1. Is there a TV in the room?

2. Have you got a euro

3. She’s an Italian teacher

4. Have you got an MP3 player?

5. She’s wearing a yellow dress

6. I haven’t got a racket

7. It’s an old house

8. It take san hour to get to the airport

9. It was an horrible experience

Exercise 2:

1. A uniform

2. A unit

3. An umbrella

4. An unicorn

5. An update

6. A euro

7. An European country

8. An uncle

Exercise 3:

1. Where’s Sandy?

She’s in the garden. I think she’s cutting the grass

2. I need to send an email, but the internet connection isn’t working.

There’s an internet cafè just down the road, if it’s urgent.

Oh yes, I remember seeing it. It’s next to the bank, isn’t it?

That’s right. It’s got a red and white sign outside.

3. Did you see the Italy v Germany game last night?

No, I didn’t. what was the score?

2-0 to Italy.

It was a great game, actually

4. Have you got a scooter?

Yes, two, actually. A Piaggio and A Honda.

I guess you prefer the Piaggio. Well, no, actually. The Honda is much more fun to ride.

Exercise 4:

a. Doctors at a hospital in London treated a man yesterday after he inhaled fumes from a pair of socks. The man fell asleep while the socks were drying on an electric fire.

b. A woman from Cleveland, Ohio is taking a furniture store to court. Barbara James, 36, is claiming $50,000 damages after she was injured when she was knocked over by a child who was running ‘out of control’ around the store. The woman claims that FurnitureWorls’s staff did nothing to stop the child’s behaviour. The spokesperson for FutnitureWorls says the company rejects the claim beacuse the seven-years-old child, Toby James, is actually the woman’s son.

Exercise 5:

T: And does the hotel have a car park?

R: Yes, there’s an underground car park

T: Does the price include breakfast?

R: Yes, brakfastis included in the price

T: Ok, great. And is there a swimming pool or a gym?

R: There’s the gym, b ut we don’t have the swimming pool. There is a swimming pool nearby, thug-about five minutes’ walk from the hotel.

T: Does the hotel have wi-fi in the room?

R: Yes, you can get it in all the rooms.

T: Is there a charge for wi-fi?

R: No, it is included in the price

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Exercise 1:

1. We usually have lunch at 1 o’clock

2. 75% of teenagers use the internet every day

3. I’ve played the piano since 2010

4. My mother is a teacher. She teaches French

5. I’ve been to Turkey, but I’ve never been to anywhere else in Asia

6. Who won the last football World Cup? Was it Italy?

7. I’ve never been to the Middle East. In fact, I’ve never been outside the Europe

8. I’ve got a cold. I’ve had it since Monday

9. We’re studying the American Civil War in history this team

10. I played football on Sunday

11. I never drink coffee. It gives me an headache

12. Which is the biggest country in the world? Is it Russia?

13. What’s a ‘viper’? is it a kind of snake?

14. K2 is in the Himalayas. It’s the second highest mountain in the world

15. Have you ever been to Saint Mark’s Squadre in Venice?

Exercise 2:

1. The Lake Como

2. The Alps

3. The United Kingdom

4. Oxford Street

5. Gatwick Airport

6. The mount Everest

7. The British Museum

8. Asia

9. Times Square

10. The Thames

11. The Central Park

12. The Adriatic Sea

13. Italy

14. The Plaza Hotel

15. Buckingham Palace

16. Oxford

Exercise 3:

We’ve been to Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, the Natural History Museum and we went on London Eye this morning.oh, and we went for tea at the Ritz Hotel yesterday. It was very nice! This afternoon, we’re going to go for a walk along the River Thames. Before London, we were in Scotland for a week. The Scottish Highlands were really amazing and we walked part of the way up Ben Nevis, which is the highest mountain in the UK. We’re going to Brighton Tomorrow for a few days. Hopefully, we’ll spend some time on the beach, but I don’t think the English Channel will bea s war mas the Pacific back home in California!

Exercise 4:

1. What lovely day

2. What surprise!

3. What shame

4. What an amazing result

5. What a great idea

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Exercise 1:

1.Do you take the sugar in your coffee?

No. Just the milk, thanks

2. Could you pass me the sugar?

Yes, sure. Would you likje the milk, too?

3. What’s the music your sister’s listening to in her bedroom?

You should know, you’re always listening to music

Well, yes, but not the music your sister like listening to. I prefer the sixties music-you know, the nìbands like Pink Floyd and The Doors

4. Do you play computer games?

Not really. I prefer watching films or reading when I have free time. What’s the game you’re playing at the moment? It looks quite interesting, actually

5. I don’t think teachers get paid enough

I agree. It’s difficult job, and the teachers in your school are brillant

6. As a child I used to love reading books about the space

Yes, I think all the children are interested in that. I used to be really interested in the dinosaurs

Exercise 2:

1. We go to Church every Sunday

2. He’s in prison for three years for bulglary

3. The park is behind the Church

4. Has the school got a swimming pool?

5. I’m exhausted. I’m going to bed

6. Do you enjoy school?

7. There are lots of boxes under the bed

8. I saw Giles at hospital. He was visiting his mother

9. I’m going to prison to visit Larry

10. How long will you be in hospital after the operation?

Exercise 3:

1. Who invented the television? John Logie Baird in 1926

2. Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1846

3. When and where was the paper money first used?

In about 900, in China. Coins were used for many years before that

4. Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1970. It got its name because Engelbart thought it looked like the animal

5. Who invented the microscope?

Zacharias Janssen in 1950s

6. The jeans were invented by Levi Strauss in 2850

7. Did the Egyptians invent the paper?

No, it was a Chinese man called Ts’ai Lun in about 100 AD

8. Does the pasta come from Italy?

No, it originated in China about 4,000 years ago

Exercise 4:

1. Honesty is the best policy

2. Actions speak louder than words

3. Blood is thicker than water

4. Love is blind