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Ex.11 Sottolinea l'alternativa corretta.

0. The bus is going through a very dark tunnel.
1. Those girls are swimming across the river.
2. Why are those boys away from the policeman?
3. The athletes are running round the track.
4. We always go to the shops early in the morning.
5. Be careful! Don't run off the hill! The path is muddy.
6. It's late! We must run to the bus stop!
7. Come on, let's go into that hut! It's snowing hard.
8. Look at those balloons going up the trees!

Ex.12 Completa le frasi con le seguenti preposizioni o avverbi.

to - under - towards ~ past - into ~ upstairs ~ round ~ across ~ down
0. I like to go to the supermarket at lunchtime. It's not crowded at that time of the day.
1. We are doing a cycling tour of Italy. Today we are travelling from Venice down to Bologna.
2. Some people think that when a black cat walks across the road in front of you, it is unlucky.
3. It's easy. You walk past the bank and the shoe shop and the café is on the left.
4. During the earthquake simulation drill in class, we have to get under our desks.
5. Hey Ella, when we finish our homework we can go upstairs and play the drums. Mum's out shopping!
6. There are about thirteen thousand satellites orbiting round the Earth.
7. A Oh help, Emma! Sam's coming towards me! B Just relax, Zoe! He's only human!
8. Shhh Emily, and don't go into the living room! Dad’s studying for a test.

Ex.13 Completa la favola di Esopo The Fox and the Crow con le preposizioni adatte. Por scrivi una tua ipotesi della morale di questa favola. Ascolta e confronta la tua ipotesi con quello che senti.
A crafty fox is walking [0].through the forest when he sees a crow flying [1]past him. The crow flies [2] onto a branch of a tree and the fox walks [3] towards the tree. He notices that she has a nice piece of cheese in her beak. "Hmm..." thinks the fox. “How can I get that piece of cheese [4]out of her mouth?” He sits down [5]below the branch and looks [6] up at the crow. "What a beautiful bird I see in the tree!" says the fox, "What beautiful feathers! I am sure her voice is beautiful too." The crow looks [7] down at the fox and she is so happy that she opens her beak to sing for the fox.
“Caw! Caw!” she cries, and cheese drops [8]out of her mouth and [9] onto the ground.
The fox snaps up the cheese and runs [10] away at top spend!

What is the moral?
Don’t always trust treacherous.

Ex.14 Completa le frasi con le seguentí preposizioni. Trova poi tutte le espressioni collegate all'area lessicale dei luoghi di una città e traducile.

past (x3) - down (x2) ~ over - along - through - out of across as far as - into
0. A Excuse me, where's the children's playground? B It's in the park. Go past the station and turn left.
1. Go along Abbey Road and turn right. The bookshop is on the corner.
2. Walk over the pretty stone bridge in the town centre.
3. The stadium? Hmm...drive down this road, go past the traffic lights and then follow the singer!
4. Walk down the path, go through the woods and past the pond. The kiosk is on the right.
5. A Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the taxi rank? B Go across then main road to the other side, keep walking as far as the fountain and the taxi in there.
6. I think you are going the wrong way for the city centre. This road is taking us out of instead of into it!

Playground = cortile/ parco giochi
Park = parco
Station = stazione
Bookshop = libreria
Bridge = ponte
Town centre = centro città
Stadium = stadio
Kiosk = chiosco
Taxi rank = stazione dei taxi
Fountain = Fontana
City centre = centro città