HOMEWORK – 21^st January 2021

 

From Grammar in Progress

Page 107 ex 19

 

1. What are you having at the café this afternoon?

2. What is your kitten doing?

3. Why is he studying hard?

4. What are they doing?

5. What is he reading?

6. Who are you talking to?

7. What is she making?

8. Where are they going?

 

Page 107 ex 20

 

1. A How is it going? B Oh not bad. I’m booking my trip to the States today!

 

2. A We’re going sightseeing today on an open top bus! B What? You are always planning things I don’t like!

 

3. A Is mum making the hotel reservation? B She’s talking on the phone right now!

 

4. A Look, Tyler is reading the German guidebook! B He isn’t reading it! He can’t read German!

 

5. A Our flight number’s BA596, right? Look, it’s boarding ! B Quick, run!

 

6. A Are you staying in a single room or in a double? B Triple, actually! I’m sharing it with Ross and Luke.

 

To book = prenotare

Trip = viaggio

To go sightseeing = fare un giro turistico

Planning = programmare

Hotel reservation = prenotazione

Guidebook = guida turistica

Flight number = numero del volo (dell’aereo)

To board = imbarcarsi

Single/double/triple room = stanza singola/doppia/tripla

 

Page 107 ex 21

 

1 b

2 f

3 a

4 c

5 e

 

Page 107 ex 22

 

1. Are you eating at school this week?                    Azione che si svolge in questo periodo

2. Piercings are getting very popular nowadays    Tendenza che si stanno imponendo

3. Vickie is going to Los Angeles next Sunday        Azione programmata per il futuro

4. The Queen is sitting is this portrait                     Descrizione di fotografie, immagini o figure

5. Joe is always arriving late                                      Azione ripetuta, fastidiosa o irritante

 

Page 107 ex 23

 

1. My friends are looking for a cheap hotel in London

2. I’m playing in a very big garden and I’m having a lot of fun

3. Tommy is leaving tomorrow for Miami and he’s coming back in one week

4. Louise isn’t coming here tomorrow because he has an important job interview

5. Chris is always cleaning the house! She’s becoming fanatic!

6. A Lisa, what are you reading? B I’m reading a book about Australia

7. A Why those people are shutting? B Because they’re protesting against the closure of the hospital

8. A Priscilla! Why aren’t you eating the soup? B Please, mum… I don’t like it, I don’t want to eat it!

 

From Focus Now

Page 205 ex 5

 

1. My boss gets very angry when I’m late for work

2. He’s the financial manager of a small company,

3. I’d like to be a chef in a Greek restaurant

4. Police chiefs from different countries often meet to discuss new ideas

 

Page 205 ex 6

 

1. from

2. in

3. with

4. in

5. in

 

Page 205 ex 7

 

1. reception

2. actor

3. instructs

 

Page 205 ex 8

 

1. I work from home so I don’t need to dress smartly

2. My mum works in a supermarket but not on a checkout

3. Kate is an actress. Her dream is to go to Hollywood

4. I love working with animals. That’s why I work at our local zoo

5. I don’t want a badly – paid job. I want to be rich!

6. Do you always work hard?

7. My dad is a plumber. People often phone up in the middle of the night because there is the water on the kitchen floor.

8. I work eight hours a day. I start at 7 am and I finish at 3 pm.

9. Do you want a full time or a half – time job?

10. I don’t want to work outside so I don’t want to be a gardener.