Classi seconde – ENGLISH SUMMER HOMEWORK 2014

Playful Practice: periodo giugno-agosto● www.lyricstraining.com (canzoni e Karaoke)

● Vai sul sito www.adelescorner.org per fare un proficuo ripasso autocorrettivo: Grammar: Adjectives 1 -2, Plurals 1 -2, Plurals (Irregular) 3 , Articles (A/An) 1 -2, Possessive

Adjectives, Have Got , Present Simple Tense (tutti gli esercizi), Present Continuous Tense (tutti gli esercizi), There is/There are , Any/some, This/These, That/Those , Prepositions ( tutti ) , Was/Were (tutti), Past Tense, Word Order

Listening: Personal Information , My Family , Anna's Story , My Day , My Weekend , Yesterday, Last weekend, A lovely day, A terrible day

Vocabulary: Colours, Opposites 1 -2, Days of the Week 1 -2, Numbers 1 -2, The Time 1 -2, The Family 1-2-3, The date

2) Vocabulary : Sempre utilizzando il computer vai sito www. languageguide .org/english e ripassa i seguenti vocaboli suddivisi per argomento ascoltando e ripetendo le parole più volte.

Writing, Numbers, The Body, Clothing, Food, Colour and Form, Animals, Nature (weather),The House, Miscellaneous (The Family, School, Communication, Jobs ), Geography, Time.

3) Utilizza anche questo divertente sito www.eslvideo.com per migliorare la tua comprensione orale.

Utilizza i video del livello BEGINNING e rispondi alle domande.

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=6101 greetings and introductions

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=16594 vacation

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=19021 when’s your birthday

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=5857 daily routine

Usa anche YouTube per ripassare la pronuncia: digita ESL irregular verbs troverai vari video.

4) Reading Practice: periodo giugno- settembre OBBLIGATORIO!Acquista il volume E. Assirelli, A. Vetri, Culture and CLIL, ed. Celtic Publishing, € 12.50.

Ti servirà per leggere questa estate e per la preparazione dell’esame in terza.

Con l’aiuto del Glossary in fondo al libro, leggi le seguenti pagine e fai gli esercizi d’ascolto e scritti : pag.

6-7 (ex 3 ), 10-12 (ex 1-2 ), 16, 18, 19 (solo ex 4 e 5), 28, 29, 30, 31, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,

56, 57, 58, 94, 95, 96,97 (ex 5), 106 -107 (ex 1), 110, 120 (ex 1-2-3), 138 e 139.

N.B. Fai tutti gli esercizi tranne gli esercizi di approfondimento Project.

4a)OPZIONALE : Per chi vuol leggere un libro consigliamoCasa editrice ELi, Dear Diary… - A collection of the World’s Best Diaries (A2)

1

PER CHI HA PROBLEMI CON IL COMPUTER E/O CON L’ACCESSO A INTERNET e non può fare le attività sopra elencate, in alternativa acquistare la grammatica ed. Helbling Languages, More! Grammar Practice 1, € 8.

Esercizi obbligatori del periodo fine agosto – settembre

5) Speaking: usa l’Activebook e cerca nel menu Karaoke, riascolta e ripeti i seguenti dialoghi: unità 8

– 12 That’s it! Vol.1

unità 1 – 4 di That’s it! Vol.2

6) Vocabulary: per il ripasso lessicale utilizza il Cd-rom di That’s it! Vol 1-2 Fai tutti gli esercizi sul

Cdrom vol 1 e nel vol. 2 quelli relativi agli argomenti trattati.

6a) Utilizza anche l’Activebook di That’s it! Vol. 2: pag. 11, 19, 29, 37, 87, 132-133 e 136-137

7) Grammar: ripassa sul tuo quaderno o sul libro tutte le strutture grammaticali che hai studiato in

seconda ( unità 8 – 12 That’s it! Vol.1; unità 1 – 4 di That’s it! Vol.2 )

8) Infine stampa e compila a mano la griglia dei verbi irregolari e gli esercizi di grammatica nelle

pagine successive e portali con te il primo giorno di scuola.

2

IRREGULAR VERBS - Complete the grid

  Base Form   Past Simple   Past Particple Italian Meaning  1° GRUPPO - VERBI UGUALI IN TUTTE E TRE LE FORME

1 cost            2 cut            3 hit            4 hurt            

5 let            

6 put            

7 shut            

  2° GRUPPO VERBI CON PAST SIMPLE E PAST PARTICIPLE UGUALI 8 bring            9 build            

10 burn            11 buy            12 catch            13 feed            14 feel            15 fight            16 find            17 get            18 have            19 hear            

20 hold            

21 keep            

22 learn            

23 leave            

24 lend            

25 lose            

26 make            

27 mean            

28 meet            

29 pay            

30 read            

31 say            

32 sell            

33 send            

34 sit            

35 sleep            

36 spend            

37 stand            

38 teach            

39 tell            

40 think            

41 understand            

42 win            

3

  3° GRUPPO - VERBI CON FORME DIVERSE 43 be            44 become            45 begin            46 bite            47 blow            48 break            49 choose            50 come            51 do            52 draw            53 drink            54 drive            55 eat            56 fall            57 fly            58 forbid59 forget            60 forgive            61 freeze62 give            63 go            64 grow            65 hide66 know            67 ride            

68 ring            

69 rise70 run            

71 see            

72 shake73 show            

74 sing            

75 speak            

76 steal            

77 swear78 swim            

79 take            

80 throw            

81 wake            

82 wear            

83 write            

4

ENGLISH GRAMMAR REVISION - CLASS 21. Cerchia gli articoli corretti. A/The capital city of Greece is Athens.

1 This is a/an interesting book.2 I’ve got a/the good idea!3 Have you got a/the dog at home?4 I don’t know an/the answer to this question.

5 Can a/an elephant swim?6 Where’s a/the kitchen in this house?7 A/The students are from Spain.8 Our Science lesson lasts a/an hour.

2. Completa il brano con le forme corrette di be o have got present simple.James _is_ a student. He 1____________ fifteen. Today he 2____________ a party and he 3_ ___________at a picnic with his friends. They 4___________ some nice food but the picnic 5____________ a disaster! There 6____________ ten people at the picnic but there 7____________ only one pizza, five sandwiches and some salad. James 8____________ a sandwich. It 9____________ very small and he 10____________ very hungry.

3. Completa le frasi con i verbi nel riquadro nel tempo verbale corretto: Present simple, Present continuous, can o l’imperativo. Usa la forma affermativa.

Es. The bus _is going_ now.

1. Emma never _______--------------_________ meat. 2. _______________---------------_ that book on my desk. 3. My brother and I __________-----------______-- chess. 4. My parents ______________-----------__ a new computer. 5. They always _____________-------------___ at seven o’clock. 6. Jack ______________-----------__ his new jeans today. 7. ________________ your books at page 52. 8. My mum ___________---------_____ three languages. 9. Helen __________--------------______ long dark hair.10. We _____________--------------___ Italian. 11. Robert ________________----------- his grandma on Sundays.12. I _____________________________ my homework at the moment.

4. Completa il brano. Scrivi i verbi alla forma corretta: Present simple o Present continuous. Fai attenzione alle variazioni ortografiche.My uncle Jeremy is (be) a music teacher. He 1_____________ (play) the piano and he 2________ (teach)

music in different schools. On Tuesdays he 3_____________ (go) to three different schools in the same day.

He usually 4_____________ (have) his lunch in the car!

In the evening he often 5_____________ (watch) DVDs, but tonight he 6_____________-- (sit) at his piano.

He 7_____________ (organise) a concert at one of the schools, and this week he 8_____________ (practise)

the music.

On Wednesday evenings my uncle 9_____________ (study) Italian at college. This month they 10_____________ ____ (study) irregular verbs. He always 11___________ (do) his homework!

5

be do eat get up go have got (x2) open can/play put can/speak visit wear

5. Riscrivi le frasi alla forma negativa. I like classical music.

_I don’t like classical music._

1 My friend’s mum can speak Chinese._________________________________________________________________

2 Close the window._________________________________________________________________

3 George starts school at half past eight._________________________________________________________________

4 They’re new students._________________________________________________________________

5 Sam’s watching TV._________________________________________________________________

6 William’s got a skateboard._________________________________________________________________

7 The Benson family lived in Church Street._________________________________________________________________

8 I can swim 200 metres._________________________________________________________________

9 We’ve got a big house._________________________________________________________________

10There was a big party at John’s house last Saturday. ___________________________________________________________________

11They sent some emails to their German friends yesterday evening._________________________________________________________________

12He had a shower at the gym two hours ago._________________________________________________________________

6. Inserisci la parola interrogativa corretta: who, when, where, why, what, how, how much, how many, how old, how long, what time

dove quanto

quando quanti

chi come

quanti anni perché

a che ora per quanto tempo

cosa / quale

7. Formula le domande con una parola interrogativa. Usa le parole tra parentesi e le risposte alle domande come aiuto.

_Who did you meet_ in the park? (you / meet)I met Michael.

1 _______________________________----------------- go to bed? (Paul)He goes to bed at ten o’clock.

6

2 _______________________________----------------- those books? (you/take)

I’m taking them to my classroom.

3 _______________________________----------------- Tim and Rebecca? (be)

He’s 16 and she’s 15.

4 _______________________________----------------- in your family? (people/there be)

There are four.

5 _______________________________----------------- her camera? (Katy/have got)

Because she wants to take some photos.

6 _______________________________----------------- speak? (languages/your sister/can)

She can speak English, Italian and Spanish.

7 _______________________________----------------- that noise? (make)

The children. They’re singing and dancing!

8 ________________ money ________________------------ ? (you/have got)

Only £3.50.

9 _______________________________----------------- your swimming lesson? (be)

It was at four o’clock.

10 _______________________________----------------- (your cousins/live)

In Bristol, in the west of England.

8. Completa la tabellaPronomi soggetto

Pronomi complemento

Aggettivi possessivi

Pronomi soggetto

Pronomi complemento

Aggettivi possessivi

I Me My It

You We

He You

she They

9. Per ogni frase scrivi l’aggettivo possessivo corrispondente al nome o al pronome in grassetto. Scegli tra his, her o their. David and _his_ mum are at the supermarket.

1 Mr and Mrs Morgan never buy sweets for __________ children.2 That’s John. __________ sister is in my class.3 Jack and Amy visit __________ uncle every Christmas.4 Robert is talking to __________ friend, Francesca.5 Milly and Eva often go swimming with __________ dad.6 Isabel goes to school on the bus with __________ brother.7 Mr Clark is a teacher. He teaches __________ daughter!8 This is my sister and __________ boyfriend.

7

10. Completa le frasi con l’aggettivo possessivo corretto. Have you got _your_ camera with you?

1 He’s a new student. __________ name is Matthew.2 My sister and I share a bedroom. __________ bedroom is cool.3 The dog’s hungry. It wants __________ food.4 I’ve got a cat. __________ cat’s name is Blackie.5 All the children in the class have got a letter for __________ parents.6 Mum’s got a new job. __________ job is in London.

11. Riscrivi le frasi scambiando il soggetto con l’oggetto. I like you. _You like me._

1 We know him._________________________

2 You often see them. _________________________

3 It likes you. _________________________

4 She always says ‘hello’ to us._________________________

5 He loves her._________________________

6 They take it to school. _________________________

12. Completa il brano con i pronomi soggetto, i pronomi complemento o gli aggettivi possessivi corretti.

Sara is 12. She has got two brothers. 1____________ brothers’ names are Dylan and Sam. 2____________ all go to the same school. 3____________ dad takes 4____________ in 5____________ car every morning. Dylan and Sam see Sara at school but they don’t often talk to 6____________ ! 7____________ are 16 and 18, and 8____________ are usually busy with 9____________ friends. Sam is very clever. Every evening Sara asks 10____________ for help with 11____________ homework. 12____________ doesn’t always say yes to 13____________ !

13. Riscrivi le frasi alla forma negativa. Cambia tutte le parti necessarie. I want some water. _I don’t want any water. _

1 There are some children in the classroom._________________________________________________________________

2 We’re making some cakes._______________________________________________________________

3 Adam has got some new computer games._________________________________________________________________

4 I can play some musical instruments._________________________________________________________________

5 I always have some sweets at break time._________________________________________________________________

6 Draw some pictures in your book._________________________________________________________________

8

14. Cerchia l’alternativa corretta.Georgia Have you got the food for the barbecue tonight?Nick I’ve got any/some sausages and 1a / some burgers.Georgia Great! Have you got 2a / any bread?Nick Yes, I have. Georgia 3How many / How much?Nick A lot! Georgia Have we got 4an / any salad?Nick I don’t know. I’ve got 5any / some tomatoes.Georgia That’s OK, I think. 6How many / How much people are coming?Nick Fifteen.Georgia We need 7a / some chairs. 8How many / How much garden chairs have we got?Nick I don’t know. Eight?Georgia And we need 9a / some big table. NickNo, we don’t. We need 10a / an enormous table!

15. Completa le frasi usando le preposizioni di tempo e luogo at, in, on o under. We always go on holiday _in_ August.

1 I go to swimming lessons __________ Fridays. 2 Alice lives on the 9th floor. Phil lives __________ her on the 8th floor.3 Do you do any homework __________ the weekend? 4 Put the cups __________ the table.5 My birthday is __________ July. 6 We go skiing __________ winter. 7 Our cat goes out __________ night.8 English students stay at school __________ the afternoon. 9 The party’s __________ 17th December.10 Dad’s __________ the kitchen.11 Lunch is __________ one o’clock.12 I usually go to the library __________ Saturday mornings.

16. Present Simple or Present Continuous? Completa la tabella.

17. Scrivi frasi. Usa il Present simple o il Present continuous a seconda dei casi. She/write/a letter at the moment, but she/usually/send/emails.

_ She’s writing a letter at the moment, but she usually sends emails. _

Present simple Present continuous

_ I read. _ I am reading.

You swim. You 1______ _______________ .

He 2____________ . He is sleeping.

She writes. She 3______ _______________ .

We run. We 4_______ ______________ .

They 5___________ . They are working.

9

1 Ricky/ride/a bike today, but he usually/walk/to school.

_______________________________________________________________-------------------------

2 Sue often/get up/early, but now/she/read/a book in bed.

_______________________________________________________________------------------------

3 Fabio usually/eat/pasta, but he/have/Chinese food for dinner today.

______________________________________________________________-----------------------_

4 We/stay/in London this month, but we normally/live/in Rome.

_____________________________________________________________-----------------------__

5 Jason and Sam usually/play/football in the park on Saturdays, but it/rain/today._____________________________________________________________---------------------___

18. Traduci il brano in inglese sul quaderno.

Di solito la mia mamma prepara la cena tutte le sere, ma stasera si trova a casa di suo fratello. Qualche volta ci va di venerdì. Il mio papà sta cucinando la cena. Sta facendo la pasta. Lui sa cucinare all’italiana, ma non sa cucinare il cibo inglese! Siamo cinque in famiglia. Quanta pasta sta cucinando papà? Tanta! Ci piace tantissimo.Papà ha della pasta e delle cipolle, ma c’è un problema. Non ha pomodori. C’è dell’insalata nel frigo ma non ci sono pomodori. Ha bisogno di andare al negozio ma non ha soldi! Non vogliamo mangiare pasta e cipolle per la cena! Telefoniamo alla mamma!

19. Completa il brano con can o can’t a seconda dei casi. We live in a place called Studland. It’s near the sea and it’s very small – in fact, there are only a few

houses! We 1____________ watch a film in Studland because there isn’t a cinema, and there aren’t any good shops so we 2____________ go shopping. It’s OK because we 3____________ go into Poole when we want to go shopping or go to the cinema. I 4____________ go to school in Studland because there isn’t a secondary school, so I go to school in a town called Swanage. I 5____________ get to Swanage in about twenty minutes by bus, and the bus stops outside my house! Studland is small, but it’s a beautiful place to live: I 6____________ see the sea every morning from my bedroom window!

20. Completa i 2 dialoghi.

10

What about the temperature?  It’s about 20 degrees.It’s very sunny.    Yes, it is. Does it often rain in September?What’s the weather like in New York today?

Lee What’s the weather like in New York today? _ Nick It’s stormy today. It’s raining. Lee Really? 1_____________ ?Nick Yes, it does. Lee 2_____________ ?Nick It’s about 13 degrees at the moment.

Julia What’s the weather like today?Karina 3_____________ .Julia Is it usually sunny in Spain in May?Karina 4_____________ .Julia What’s the temperature today?Karina It’s quite warm. 5____________

21. Scrivi le frasi con le parole date. Ben love/play/computer games.

_ Ben loves play ing computer games. _

1 Emily/like/eat cakes._______________________________________________________________

2 Jason/hate/listen/to folk music._______________________________________________________________

3 You/not/like/do/exams._______________________________________________________________

4 I love/watch/football on TV._______________________________________________________________

5 They/enjoy/go to the cinema._______________________________________________________________

22. Decidi se le espressioni di tempo si riferiscono al Past Simple (past), al Present Simple (p.s.) o al Present Continuous (p.c.) poi traducile yesterday morning → past = ieri mattina _ 1 last year ……… = _________________________________

2 four days ago ……… = _________________________________

3 sometimes ……… = _________________________________

4 yesterday ……… = _________________________________

5 at the moment ……… = ______________________________ __

6 every afternoon ……… = ________________________________

7 last month ……… = ________________________________

8 on Sundays ……… = ________________________________

9 five days ago ……… = ________________________________

10 today ……… = ________________________________

11 now ……… = ________________________________

12 the day before yesterday ……… = _____________________________

13 seldom ……… = _______________________________

14 this week ……… = ________________________________

15 on Wednesday mornings ……= ________________________________

23. Completa le frasi con were, weren’t, was o wasn’t.Mark You 1____________ at home last night – I phoned you.Danny No, I 2____________ at home. I 3_ ___________ at John’s house. It 4____________ his birthday.Mark Really? 5____________ your sisters at the party, too?Danny No, they 6____________ . They 7____________ at a rock concert.

Mark Where 8____________ the concert?Danny It 9____________ in the park. Mark 10____________ it good?Danny No, it 11____________ . The bands 12____________ terrible!

24. Completa le frasi al Past simple dei verbi irregolari nel riquadro.

1 We _______________ a poster for our English project.

2 Kelly _______________ a nice dress at the party.

3 Danny _______________ lunch in a nice café.

4 Dad _______________ our old car.

5 We _______________ the train to Manchester.

6 The teacher _______________ us a written test.

7. I _________________ my keys and I couldn’t go into my house.

25. Completa il brano. Usa il Past simple e decidi se è necessario usare la forma affermativa o negativa. Ricorda: DIDN’T + FORMA BASE.

We normally spend Christmas at home, but we 1________________________ (stay) at home this year – we 2____________ (visit) our Grandma and Grandad in the Cairngorm Mountains, in Scotland. It doesn’t usually

snow at Christmas, but last year it 3____________ (snow) a lot, so we 4____________ (go) skiing every day.

We 5____________ (have) a great time! We were on holiday, so we 6____________ (get up) early and we 7____________ (do) any homework. Mum was very happy too because Grandma 8____________ (cook) all

the food! Grandad hasn’t got a computer, so we 9____________ (play) computer games, but we 10____________ (watch) a lot of DVDs. We really 11____________ (enjoy) our holiday in Scotland, and we 12____________ (want) to come back to London!

26. Completa le frasi con la forma corretta dei verbi tra parentesi alla forma in -ing , alla forma base o all’ infinito con to ??? We don’t mind _ doing _ our homework. (do)

1 My parents are _______________ in a restaurant tonight. (eat)

2 What do you _______________ on Wednesday mornings? (study)

3 Do you like _______________ horror films? (watch)

4 I don’t want _______________ to bed! (go)

5 She’s _______________ in France at the moment. (work)

Forget eat give make sell take wear

6 I can’t _______________ any musical instruments. (play)

8 My sister hates _______________ in a small town. (live)

27. Completa le frasi con le preposizioni di luogo nel riquadro.

1 We live ________________ the school. I can walk there in five minutes.

2 In the photo, Jason is the boy ________________ Mark and Andy. Mark is on his left and Andy is on his

right.

3 It was difficult to watch the film because there was a tall man ________________ me.

4 Look ________________ you – that dog is following us.

5 The bank is ________________ this building. Let’s cross the road.

6 My desk is ________________ to the window. I can look out of the window when I’m doing

my homework.

behind between in front of near next opposite