ES N. 41 PAG. 327

1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. No

ES N. 42 PAG. 327

1. I believed they wouldn’t have problems in their new job.
2. She was sure her brother would succeed in setting everything.
3. Everybody thought the Australian team would win the Rugby World Championship.
4. I didn’t think this Chinese brand would be very successful in Europe.
5. Cameron said he would give up acting in the school drama company.
6. We expected this song would be a great hit.
7. The kids hoped their father would get back home early.
8. Scientists said a great flood would cover half of the planet in an short time from now.

ES N. 43 PAG. 327

1. My nephew thought I would buy her a tablet for her birthday.
2. He looked at her softly. He loved her and he would spend his all life with her.
3. Clelia told me she wouldn’t try to ask to her parents if she could go in disco because it was unless to do it.
4. Nelly didn’t imagine her husband would surprise her, but he had organized a romantic weekend in an Austria castle.
5. Osca was sad. His father had just told him they would move in an other city.
6. I remembered that Lucilla told me she wouldn’t take part in the race.
7. A: Anne-Marie left for Africa two days ago.

B: Rally? I didn’t think she would accept to go.

8. A: I didn’t think it would be so cold here.

B: You thought it would be hot in Norway in December???

ES N. 45 PAG. 327

1. La subordinata esprime un’ipotesi poco probabile.

In case it rained…

2. Periodo ipotetico 0.

If you’re hungry, eat something.

3. Intenzione nel passato.
4. Sto per piangere = presente = I am about to cry

Stavo per piangere = imminenza nel passato = I was to cry.

DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE GENERAL’S LADY CHARACTER

Shen Jin is one of the main characters and she comes from a noble family. She must marry a man called “The Demon” because he had already killed three wifes who were spies. She is a strong, indipendent and intelligent (because in many episodes he takes matters into his own hands and always finds a solution to all problems) woman: in fact, in order to save his mother, she agreed to marrythe general. Besides she is a beautiful girl and, being the story set in the past, she wears traditional Chinese clothes; she also wants to make herself beautiful for her betrothed. From the episode in which she pretends to have taken the poison, it can be understood that she is a naive woman