HOMEWORK – 29.10.2020

 

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contauble	uncountable
hamburger	coffe
bridge	butter
key	air
road	oxygen
burglar	vinegar
fountains	rice
trial	biology
mark	fever
music	iron
camera
programme
fish
gallery
dolls

 

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1. A Can you tell me road to the theatre, please? B It’s over there, opposite the fountain!

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 play 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? Yes, and a chicken hamburger, too!

6. Open the window, please! It’s hot there and I need some fresh air!

7. Biology is my favourite subject even if I don’t have good marks in it.

8. The trial for the programme is next week.

 

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2. Sugar is unhealthy in great quantities. We should limit it. (Sugar è uncountable e perciò non si può usare il plurale)

3. Lauren would like toh ave some milk (Milk è uncountable e non si può mettere l’articolo davanti)

4. My mother uses special low fat butter to make cakes ( Butter è uncountable e di conseguenza non può avere l’articolo davanti)

6. Give me some glues to fix this vase (la traduzione sarebbe “colle”, mentre nel contesto si adatta meglio “un po’ di”, quindi “some”)

 

 

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1. A Can I have some water? B Would you like a bottle of water or a glass?

2. A Have you got packet 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 bother you Nadia, have you got a spare bag of tomatoes? I’ve run out!

6. Who ate the last packet of parmesan? I wanted it for the pasta!

7. In the UK, a bottle of petrol is five litres or one gallon.

8. A Have you got any tin of mayonnaise? B No, sorry! Just jars.

 

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2. I’d like to continue my studies and I need information about what to do (information è uncountable e non ci può essere l’articolo davanti)

3. In England you can find comfortable accommodation in many Bed and Breakfast

5. Money isn’t everything in life! (Money è uncountable e perciò va al plurale)

9. Your mushrooms and courgette spaghetti are really good  (mushroom è countable e va al plurale)

 

 

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1. employment news

2. job

3. money

4. job

5. wages

6. information

7. hair

8. shampoo

9. hairdresser scissor

 

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1. The project  “Health around the world ”, near Dallas, will start next week. It is about health of the people in the different countries of the world.

2. The blog “Money & Business” will talk, in an international videoconference, about how the money and cash affect our lives.

3. The website “World and life” has protested in Washington DC, saying that the abnormal hot of this summer is a piece of evidence of the change of the weather.

4. The new “007” film will arrive in November. The costumes are designed by Michael Kaplan and the opening music is performed by Onerepublic.

 

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1. is

2. has

3. is

4. fruit

5. Room

6. damage

7. isn’t

8. a paper

 

 

Esercizi da video

Do  you have any kids?

Can I offer you any dessert?

You can take some apples from the basket

I don’t have any need for that!

I hardly have time to read some books.

 

2.

Peter: Let’s make a fruit salad

Mary: Good. What do we need?

Peter: We need some apples, some pear and some oranges.

Mary: We need some grapes too.

Peter: I don’t want any grapes in it. I hate them.

Mary: Do we have any strawberries in the fridge?

Peter: No, we don’t. We need to buy some.

Mary: We won’t need to add any sugar to it