Volume 2

8 Inserisci nel seguente brano was/were alla forma affermativa, interrogativa o negativa, a seconda dei casi. It ..................... Friday 13th yesterday and we ..................... all worried because there ..................... a Maths test in the morning. We ..................... all at school except Lily and Samuel. Where ..................... they? Samuel ..................... in bed because he ..................... ill. Lily ..................... at home too, she ..................... well. In the afternoon Samuel and Lily ..................... all right. They ..................... nervous about the Maths test: it ..................... difficult, but it ..................... long. Samuel and Lily will have to do the Maths test next week. Gli anni nelle date Per esprimere gli anni nelle date fino al 1999, in inglese si raggruppano le cifre a coppie: 1867 (= 18-67) eighteen sixty-seven 1998 (= 19-98) nineteen ninety-eight 1809 (= 18-09) eighteen o-nine Invece, a partire dall anno 2000, leggerai gli anni così: 2000 = two thousand 2016 = two thousand and sixteen/twenty sixteen Ricorda che si usa la preposizione in davanti agli anni, ai mesi e alle stagioni: I was born in 2OO4/in May/in spring. 9 Inserisci nelle frasi le date in lettere, precedute dalla preposizione adatta, come nell esempio: The American writer Ernest Hemingway was born in eighteen ninety-nine. (1899) 1. Christopher Columbus discovered America ................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ (October 1492) 2. William Shakespeare was born ................................................................................................................................................................. and died .......................................................................................................................................................................................... (1564-1616) 3. The writer Charles Dickens was born ................................................................................................................................................ and died .......................................................................................................................................................................................... (1812-1870) 4. The Euro became the official currency in Europe ................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... (January 2002) 5. The first woman astronaut travelled in space ............................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. (June 1963) 6. The explorer James Cook reached the Pacific Ocean ............................................................................................. (1768) 7. An English student invented rugby ....................................................................................................................................... (1823) 8. Walt Disney created Disneyland Park ....................................................................................................................... (July 1955) 38 UNIT 4