Grammar in Progress
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Exercise 27
1- Dad, don’t treat me as if I HAD BEEN a baby! I’ 18 years old!
2- They began to laugh AS IF they had never heard a joke before!
3- Emmanuel behaved LIKE an adult when he was 11 years old.
4- The little child looked THE WAY she was reeally frightened.
5- Come on, Yves! Going shopping isn’t LIKE going to the dentist’s!
6- Sandy was continuously checking her mobile, AS THOUGH she was waiting for a phone call.
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Exercise 28
1- A
2- D
3- C
4- B
5- E
6- I
7- F
8- H
Exercise 29
1- You always talk AS IF you knew everything.
2- AS I said, we had to work very hard.
3- Some years ago I would still have done AS you told me.
4- AS ya’ll know, we are in the middle of an economic crisis.
5- In many countries women can’t go to the university AS men can.
6- I’m speaking to you now AS IF I was your friend, not AS your brother.
7- I’ll never watch a film like that again!
8- Why are you acting AS IF you have won a million pounds?
Exercise 30
1- You must repeat this sentence IN THE WAY i’ve told you to pronounce it!
2- You can’t translate it AS the automatic translator tells you to do.
3- I understand that looking for a word in a dictionary LIKE training for three hours in a gym, but you
can’t do this exercise if you don’t know the meaning of the sentences!
4- Joshua, can you work for us AS an interpretor for a couple of hours?
5- You should use more formal language in this business letter. You are writing AS THOUGH you were
chatting with your best friend!
6- You must study the grammar rules AS I’ve told you to and do all the exercises in your notebook.
7- After i had asked my question, th teacher looked at me AS IF I said something absurd!
8- Like me, Carla hated communicating by mail or text message.
Exercise 31
1- So + aggettivo + nome + that.
2- No, nella prima bisogna usare THAN, nella seconda FOR + GERUNDIO.
3- Paolo doesn’t feel good, so he feels like he has temperature.
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Exercise 32
1- The musical has got a wonderful soundtrack and may have beautiful songs, BUT there aren’t really
any good singers in the cast except the soloist.
2- The novel is the most boring one I’ve ever read, especially the last three chapters. HOWEVER it
could be perfect for all those who have trouble getting to sleep… EVEN SO, buy the paperback
edition, so as not to waste too much money!
3- DESPITE being a hit, the comedy is really awful.
4- ON THE ONE HAND the cartoon has got astonishing special effects, ON THE OTHER HAND it woul
have been better not to have the animals speaking as they have been really poorly dubbed.
5- I’ve read the book and I liked it a lot. AND YET, I was really disappointed with the film based on it,
as its script has totally altered the beauty of the novel.
6- EVEN THOUGH I appreciate the idea of having a film that deals with the issue of young criminals.
ANYWAY, with some captions the film could have been really effective.
Exercise 34
1- Diana drinks two litres of water every day. IN SPITE OF THAT, she’s always thirsty.
2- Laura doesn’t like mowing the lawn. She has to do it every Sunday, THOUGH.
3- DESPITE THE FACT THAT I had a bad cold, I went to my cousin’s birthday dinner.
4- Joe wasn’t very good at drawing. NEVERTHELESS, he wanted to become an architect.
5- DESPITE the food has being awful, the party was quite fun.
6- ALTHOUGH the test is difficult, you should try it.
7- I wanted to watch a film, BUT my hausband wanted to watch a football match.
8- EVEN THOUGH I read the instrunctions carefully, I couldn’t assemble all the pieces of the kite.
Exercise 35
1- Despite
2- Even if
3- In spite of
4- Though
5- Even though
6- But
7- After all
8- Whereas
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WHETHER
WHETHER
IF
IF/WHETHER
WHETHER
IF
WHETHER
IF
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g
a
b
c
e
f
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he’s got enough money
I won’t get married
you ‘ll pay me the trip
I meet the right person
I will enjoy myself
you will teach it to me
is still alive
I will spend all the money in food
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They are not keen on classic music. So I think that if you invite them to the concert, they won’t come
Despite Fabio is a good friend, I don’t know whether to lend my car. He doesn’t drive well
Even if I wash the shirt, the spot is still visible
I wonder whether you understood what you did or if you stiil think that you haven’t done anything
Jason didn’t know whether he has to compile the module for a scholarship abroad this year or will do that the next year
Can I watch this TV program this night? Ok, you can, providing that you go to bed immediately after
Suppose that you have to move to another country, where would you go? If I have to move abroad, I would go to Swiss. I love chocolate and mountains.
Imagine that you are on a desert island, what would you do to eat since you don’t like fish? I would look for a tree with coconuts
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Exercise 40
1. NOR
2. OR ELSE
3. NEITHER
4. IN ADDITION TO
5. EITHER – OR
6. BESIDES
7. TOO
8. FURTHERMORE
Motorway =
Gear = marcia
Clutch = frizione
Handbrake= freno a mano
Rear mirror = specchietto retrovisore
Toll = pedaggio
Driving seat = posto del guidatore
Seat belt = cintura di sicurezza
Petrol gauge = indicatore della benzina
Speedometer = misuratore di velocità
Exercise 41
1. Olivia can also windsurf.
2. Neither Mark nor Olivia can skateboard.
3. Olivia can’t only skateboard, but can also play tennis very well.
4. Jasy can skateboard as well as can play tennis.
5. Both Mark and Olivia can’t skateboard, in addition they can’t play tennis.
6. Mark neither can play tennis nor he can skateboard.
7. Olivia can’t play tennis nor she can skateboard.
8. None of them except Jasy can play tennis.
Exercise 42
1. They told me that neither I could take photos in the museum nor I could speak out loud.
2. Both Kyle and Matt play well tennis. Moreover, they are good at golf.
3. Eddie hasn’t only burned a pan, but he has also burned the meat balls.
4. Laura didn’t want to go on vacation to the sea, neither to the mountains. She wanted to stay at
home.
5. You can bring the book tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I don’t need it now.
6. You should go immediately shopping, otherwise the shops are going to close.
7. Besides working as a shop assistant in a dress shop, Claire has just begun to design his fashion
collection.
8. I love travelling on a train. It’s comfortable and cheap. On top of that you can relax reading a novel.
