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Exercise 1

Exercise 2

1. A Can you tell me the road to the theatre, please? B It’s over there, opposite the bridge!
2. Let’s not go to have sushi! You know I don’t like fish!
3. A There are three dolls on Sissy’s bed. B Yes, she always plays with them.
4. I can’t eat this salad! There’s too much vinegar in it!
5. A Do you want some rice instead of pasta tonight? B Yes, and a chicken hamburger, too!
6. Open the window, please! It’s hot here and I need some fresh air!
7. Music is my favourite subject even if I don’t have good marks in it.
8. The programme for the gallery is next week

Exercise 3

1. My sister doesn’t have great patience with her daughter. CORRECT
2. Sugar are unhealthily in great quantities. We should limit it.
   Sugar is unhealthily in great quantities. We should limit it.
   Sugar è sostantivo non numerabile quindi il verbo va al singolare.
3. Lauren would like to have a milk.
   Lauren would like to have a glass/cup of milk.
   Milk è un sostantivo non numerabile quindi non può essere preceduto dall’articolo a

4. My mother uses a special low fat butter to makes cakes. CORRECT
5. The waiters in this restaurant are very fast and kind. CORRECT
6. Give me the glues to fix this vase. CORRECT
7. Brittany makes bread by herself at home and it’s delicious. CORRECT
8. Do you prefer tea or coffee? CORRECT

Exercise 4

1. A Can I have some water? B Would you a glass  of water or a bottle?
2. A Have you got a sheet of clean paper, please? B Sure, right by the photocopier.
3. You drink so much tea! That’s three cups today already!
4. When I was little you couldn’t get a carton of milk. It only came in glass bottles!
5. Sorry to brother you Nadia, have you got a spare kilo of tomatoes? I’ve run out!
6. Who ate the last piece of parmesan? I wanted it for the pasta!
7. In the UK, a kilo of petrol is five litres or one gallon.
8. A Have you got any tube of mayonnaise? B No, sorry! Just jars.

Exercise 6

1. I design modern furniture. I have a website with hundred of photos of my work. CORRECT
2. I’d like to continue my studies and I need an information about what to do.
   I’d like to continue my studies and I need information about what to do.
   Information è un sostantivo non numerabile quindi non può essere preceduto dall’articolo an
3. In England you can find comfortable accommodation in one of the many Bed and Breakfast CORRECT
4. My father doesn’t like doing over the Internet. He prefers good old pen and paper!
5. Money aren’t everything in life!
   Money isn’t everything in life!
   Money è sostantivo non numerabile e il verbo va al singolare
6. Hey, Ben, can you please take the rubbish out tonight? CORRECT
7. The awful thing about going to Mandy’s is you get covered in a dog’s hair! CORRECT
8. I feel I am making very good progress in Spanish. My teacher is very happy. CORRECT
9. Your mushroom and courgette spaghetti are really good!
   Your mushroom and courgette spaghetti is really good!
   Spaghetti è sostantivo non numerabile e il verbo va al singolare
10. Can you give me cloth to dust the bookcase?
    Can you give me a cloth to dust the bookcase?
    Cloth inteso come straccio vuole l’articolo indeterminativo a

Exercise 6

ISOBEL: Well, how is your job search going?
CARRIE: Terrible. I’m not making any progress. Can you help?
ISOBEL: Let’s look in a paper. There’s one on the table over there. What type of work are you looking for?
CARRIE: I don’t know really. I need some money for my holiday but I must study so a job with part-time hours.
ISOBEL: Well here’s one. A hairdresser’s assistant. Part-time. Good wages. There’s a telephone number for information. It’s…
CARRIE: I’m not keen. I don’t like the idea of touching people’s hair.
ISOBEL: Oh Carrie, don’t be silly. I can just see you with a bottle of shampoo in one hand and some scissors in the other!
CARRIE: OK, give me the number then.

Exercise 7

1. The weather is crazy in many countries: 30°C in April!
2. A new study says that listening to music is very good for health!
3. Checks at customs: a man was stopped with a bag full of cash.
4. San Remo is a piece of evidence for new singers. If they win, they cash a lot of money.

Exercise 8

1. The scissors you use for cutting material are very sharp.
2. Most people in Italy nowadays has a mobile phone.
3. The policeman is looking for the burglar.
4. I really don’t like fruit very much.
5. I’m reading Forster’s A with a View.
6. I have insurance for my three dogs – in case they do any damage to anybody’s property.
7. My wages aren’t very much – but it’s a job!
8. My teacher recommends reading a paper every day – for at least 10 minutes!