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Exercise on pag 34, 195 from Focus Now 2, from Grammar in Progress pag 192-193

Exercise on pag 34

Exercise 1

1. People don’t buy typewriters, but now – they buy computer
2. People don’t use longer phone, but now – they buy mobile phone
3. People don’t buy petrol car, but now – they buy electric car

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

1. He used to have five or six good friends
2. He used to phone people from the phone in the sitting room
3. His parents bought him a camera for his sixteenth birthday.

Exercise 4

1. People didn’t use to use their cars much, but now they drive everywhere
2. People update their online profiles now, but they used to write letters.
3. Children play inside now, but in the past they used to pay outside
4. Teachers used to suggest books, but now they give out website addresses.
5. Families used to watch TV together, but now they watch it individually
6. Students use Google now, but they used to look up things in encyclopedias
7. Parents didn’t use to worry so much, but now they give children less freedom

Exercise 5

1. My parents took me to school every day
2. I didn’t use to go online much
3. I went on a school trip to the Science Museum
4. I didn’t use to like school dinners
5. My parents used to buy me my first mobile phone
6. I wanted to be an astronaut

Exercises on pag 195

Exercise 1

1. Chemist
2. Physicist
3. Marine biologist

Exercise 2

1. About
2. Making
3. Finding
4. Why
5. How
6. Doing
7. Into  
8. At
9. Collect
10. Protect

Exercise 4

1. Decisions
2. Decisions
3. Solutions
4. Science
5. Biology

Exercise 5

1. Answers
2. Research
3. Business
4. Business
5. Signatures
6. Wildlife

REMEMBER BETTER

1. At the moment I’m sending an email to my manager
2. In the morning I always get up at 8.00 a.m.
3. I read a book two weeks ago.

Exercise 6

1. Analyse
2. Discovery
3. Evolution
4. Explore
5. Imagination
6. Observe
7. Preservation
8. Protection
9. Solves

Exercises on pag 192-193 from Grammar in Progress

Exercises on pag 192

Exercise 34

1. Teenagers didn’t used to chat online
2. Students didn’t used to study IT
3. Homes didn’t used to have internet access
4. People didn’t used to have a DVD player
5. Sixteen – years – old didn’t used to go on online social networks
6. People didn’t used to download articles to rad
7. People didn’t used to own a computer
8. Couples didn’t used to communicate via text messages

Online=su internet

IT= tecnologia

Internet access= accesso internet

DVD player= lettore DVD

Social network= social network

Computer= computer

Text message= messaggi di testo

Exercise 35

1. Carole used to go to technical college, but now she goes to university
2. Kelly didn’t use to wear skirts but now she often wears them
3. Julie used to play tennis, but now she goes swimming
4. Arsen didn’t use to like raw vegetables, but now he likes them
5. Jon used to go out with Poppy, but now he goes out with Amelia
6. Milly used to hate eggs, but now she loves them
7. We used to live in Osimo, but now we live in Eastbourn
8. I didn’t use to go to the cinema much, but now I go to the cinema every Wednesday evening.

Exercise 36

1. We would go to Lindos every July when we were children.
2. Our neighbours used to help us in the garden. Non è espresso il riferimento temporale
3. Jill and Martha would meet at the same restaurant every Saturday.
4. Ethan would check his mobile every five minutes for messages.
5. Olivia and I used to cycle to Barn Elms togethers as children. Non è espresso il riferimento temporale
6. I used to live in a beautiful Victorian house in Hammersmith. Non è espresso il riferimento temporale
7. The London Underground used to be the best underground in the world. Be è uno stative verbs e non è espresso il riferimento temporale
8. When I was a student I used to love sleeping late in the morning. Love è uno stative verbs e non è espresso il riferimento temporale

Exercise 37

1. Did we use to go in Lindos every July when we were children?
2. Our neighbours didn’t used to help us in the garden
3. Jill and Martha wouldn’t meet at the same restaurant every Saturday
4. Did Ethan use to check his mobile every five minutes for messages’
5. Olivia and I didn’t use to cycle to Barn Elms togethers as children
6. Did I use to live in a beautiful Victorian house in Hammersmith?
7. The London Underground didn’t use to be the best underground in the world
8. Did I use to love sleeping late in the morning when I was a student?

Exercise 38

1. Mirella would wait for her son, when he gets out Saturday evening
2. There used to be a warm atmosphere in this bar when we came after work
3. Differently to modern wars, the epic heroes used to fight in the battle with a big respect for them enemies.
4. We didn’t use to buy our snack when we go to school. Ours mum used to prepare us something good
5. A what did you use to watch on TV when you were six? B I used to watch cartoons, especially Dragonball.
6. I am used to sleeping alone at home because my husband is often abroad for his work.

Exercise 39

1. Potrei sostituire “studiavo” con “stavo studiando “ nella prima frase che verrebbe: “I was studying much when i was at college”
2. Perché in una narrazione bisogna usare il “past progressive”
3. In inglese “essere abituati a “ al presente si traduce con be+used to+forma in -ing, mentre “essere abituati a “ al passato si traduce con used to/would +infinito del verbo senza il to.