Sunny Times 2

A stroll in town 7 07 Ascolta e completa i dialoghi, poi scrivi in quale luogo si svolgono. Sally Excuse me, is there ........................................ near here? A woman Yes, ........................... It s ............................... of Wilson Road. ..................... down this ..................... , then turn ..................... . Sally Is it .................................. here? A woman No, it isn t It s just ..................... minutes ............................ . Sally Thanks. A woman You re ...................... ................................... Amy Let s sit next to ........................................ Steve . .................................. There s a good view of ....................................... from here. Waiter Are you ..................... to order? Amy Yes I d like a cup of ..................... and a slice of ....................................... Waiter ..................... and you? Steve For me a strawberry ................................... and ......................... of water. No ice, ......................... . Waiter Sure. ........................... a. Sally is looking for .................................................. ................................... b. She ....................................... a woman for directions. c. Amy and Steve are sitting ........................................ d. Amy is ordering .........................................................................., Steve wants ......................................................................... GRAMMAR A lot of (lots of)/much/many A lot of (lots of), much, many significano molto/a/i/e e indicano una grande quantità o un gran numero di persone, cose, animali. Nelle frasi affermative si usa solitamente a lot of seguito da un sostantivo singolare o plurale. There s a lot of traffic/There are a lot of cars. There are lots of tourists. Lots of è sempre seguito da un sostantivo plurale. Nelle frasi interrogative e negative si usa: Is there much traffic? much seguito da un sostantivo non numerabile There aren t many tourists. many seguito da un sostantivo numerabile plurale Ricorda! A lot of/lots of diventano a lot/lots quando non Are there many tourists? sono seguiti dal sostantivo che viene sottinteso. Yes, there are a lot/lots (of tourists). 8 Inserisci nelle frasi a seconda dei casi a lot of, a lot, much, many, come nell esempio: I ve got a lot of photos of this city. 1. Today there are ........................... bikes, but there aren t ........................... buses. 2. Are there ........................... people in this supermarket? No, not ............................ 3. There are ........................... interesting places to see, but not ........................... tourists in this town. 4. I haven t got ........................... free time, there s ...................................... work to do this week. 5. Have you got ........................... money? Yes, I ve got ............................ 6. Is there ........................... traffic? Yes, there s ........................... , and there s ........................... noise too. 7. There aren t ........................... good shops here, but there are ...................................... cafés. 8. I don t know ........................... words in German, but I know ........................... in English. 17