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Ingles
Lezione 2
English
Che cosa ricordi?
Sommario:
Complete the dialogues: L’alfabeto 1
1. Hi Mike! _____________________? Fine thaks, and you? Come ti chiami? 1
2. ______________________? How do you do?
Saluti e presenta- 2
3. ______________________? I’m 37 years old. zioni
4. ______________________? I’m from Seattle, US. Domandare la 2
nazionalità
5. ______________________! Nice to meet you too!
Presentare 2
6. ______________________? I’m Mary un’altra persona
Useful words Quanti anni hai? 3
Describing people How … ? _________ Numeri 3
What …? _________
Paul is tall and thin; Tom is short and fat; Nazioni europee 3
Where …? _________
Sarah is slim; Mike is stout and strong.
Gran Bretagna e 4
Stati Uniti
short and slim Un po’ di gram- 5
fat matica e lessico
tall and thin stout and
strong
Paul
Sarah
Tom Mike Age (età):
43 - 47 - 57 - 63 - 64 - 67
Describe those people:
Kathy ______
Michael ______ ____________
____________ ____________
____________ ____________
____________ ____________
____________
Arnold ____________
Will ________
Luciana ______ __________________
____________
____________ __________________
____________
____________ Danny _____________
____________
____________ __________________
____________
____________ __________________

2. Feelings
stressed
happy
upset
unhappy/sad
bored
tired
worried
sick
shy
in love
nervous
Other adjectives
funny - serious rich - poor
fast - slow strong - weak
big- small lazy - active
old - young old - new
beautiful - ugly bad - good
pretty (f) handsome (m)
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3. I am Brad Pitt. Write similar sentences about you:
I am 48 years old. __________________________________________
I am American.
__________________________________________
I am married.
__________________________________________
I am a father.
__________________________________________
I am an actor.
__________________________________________
What is your job? /
What do you do?
1 2 3 4
Write the correct profession
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
under each picture
astronaut
athlete
5 6 7 8
businessman ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
businesswoman
call center operator
car mechanic 9 10 11 12
chef ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
chemist
construction worker
detective 15 16
13 14
doctor ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
farmer
firefighter
lawyer 17 18 19 20
miner ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
nurse
paparazzo
pilot 21 22 23
___________ ___________ ___________
police officer
nuclear scientist
secret agent
soldier
surgeon
unemployed
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4. I have blond hair.
I have blue eyes. Sarah
I have a house in L.A. Tom
I have a wife Paul
Mike
I have six children
I have a very good job.
Paul has curly brown hair and a beard;
Tom has grey hair and a moustache;
Sarah has long blond hair;
Mike has short straight brown hair.
The present of the verbs “to be” and “to have”
“To be” - essere
“To have” - avere I verbi “essere” e “avere” in in-
I am sono glese si usano nella maggior par-
I have ho
you are sei te delle volte come in italiano:
you have hai
il verbo essere descrive le
he is è
he has ha caratteristiche fisiche, psi-
she is è cologiche, l’età e la nazionali-
she has ha
it is è tà di una persona;
it has ha
il verbo avere ha il signifi-
we are siamo
we have abbiamo cato di “possedere”.
you are siete
you have avete
they are sono
they have hanno
Colors
black - _______________ blue - _______________
gray - _______________ green - _______________
white - _______________ brown -_______________
yellow - _______________
orange - _______________ light - _______________
red - _______________ dark - _______________
pink - _______________
purple - _______________
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5. Complete the descriptions
Sandra has short _______ ________
_______ and _________ eyes
Paul has short _______ ________
_______ and _________ eyes. He has
a _________ and _________ dog
Mary has _______ ________
_______ and _________ ________. Kathy is a ____________ and
She is 82. She is quite (abbastanza) ____________ girl. She _____
________ . She is __________, __________ ____________
because she has a __________ __________ and
lot of money. __________ ___________.
She is very pretty. She loves
volleyball and basketball. She is
not lazy, she is very _________.
Complete the sentences about Monica:
Monica
1. She is ____________________________ 2 children
2. She is ____________________________ a very good job
3. She is ____________________________ 47 years old
4. She is ____________________________ an actress and a top
5. She is ____________________________ model
6. She is ____________________________ Italian
7. She has ___________________________ married
8. She has ___________________________ brown hair and
9. She has ___________________________ brown eyes
10. She has ___________________________ a mother
a house in Paris
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6. Complete the sentences about you
1. I am __________________________________________
2. I am __________________________________________
3. I am __________________________________________
4. I am __________________________________________
5. I am __________________________________________
6. I am __________________________________________
7. I have __________________________________________
8. I have __________________________________________
9. I have __________________________________________
10. I have __________________________________________
Rewrite the sentences using the correct personal pronouns instead of
the underlined nouns : Personal pronou
ns
1. Paul and Mary are twins (gemelli). ________________________ I  io
2. Robert is a good friend. ________________________ you tu/Lei/voi
3. My wife and I are very well. ________________________ he  lui
4. Are you and your family from Italy? ________________________ she  lei
5. Is the motorbike new? ________________________ it  esso
6. The students are in the classroom. ________________________ we  noi
7. Helen is 18 years old. ________________________ they  loro
8. The book is really interesting. ________________________
Choose the right answer:
1. How are you?  I’m well.  I’m Silvia.
2. Where are you from?  We are from the US.  He is from the US.
3. Is she Italian?  Yes, I am.  Yes, she is.
4. How old is Maria? She is 32.  You are 32.
5. Is Monica a mother? Yes, it is.  Yes, she is.
6. Are you happy? No, you aren’t.  No, I’m not.
7. Are you rich? Yes, I am.  Yes, they are.
8. How old are you? I am 26.  He is 26.
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7. Saying no..
Is he American?
La negazione con il
verbo essere in ingle- Yes, he is.
se si fa: Is she American?
aggiungendo not No, she is not/
dopo il verbo; she isn’t.
si può utilizzare
anche n’t attaccato
al verbo.
She is not Italian. Are they beautiful?
She isn’t Italian Yes, they are! - Are they ugly?
- No, they are not/ they aren’t.
1. Complete the sentences with am, are or is:
0. You are American.
2. Complete the sentences in the negative form:
1. We ______ very well.
0. You aren’t American.
2. My wife ______ a doctor.
1. We ______ very well.
3. I ______ happy today.
2. My wife ______ a doctor.
4. Monica and Brad _______ actors.
3. I ______ happy today.
5. My name ______ Steve.
4. Monica and Brad _______ actors.
6. They ______ beautiful.
5. My name ______ Steve.
6. They ______ beautiful.
3. Complete with negative sentences:
0. It’s winter, but ( - cold) it isn’t cold.
I’m Greek, but ( - from Athens) I’m not from Athens
1. It’s summer, but ( - hot) ___________________________________.
2. They are in England, but ( - in London) _________________________.
3. I am happy today, but you ( - happy) ___________________________.
4. Paul and Mary are here, but Mike ( - here) ______________________.
5. She is French, but ( - from Paris ) ____________________________.
6. They are late, but ( - very late) ______________________________.
7. He is fat, but ( - too fat) ___________________________________.
8. You are tall, but ( - too tall) _________________________________.
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8. Il verbo essere
Affermazione Domanda Negazione
I am Im Am I … ? I am not I’m not
you are you’re Are you … ? you are not you’re not / you aren’t
he is he’s Is he … ? he is not he’s not / he isn’t
she is she’e Is she … ? she is not she’s not / she isn’t
it is it’s Is it … ? it is not it’s not / it isn’t
we are we’re Are we … ? we are not we’re not / we aren’t
they are they’re Are they … ? they are not they’re not / they aren’t
Some differences with Italian
Il verbo “be” si usa spesso con:
hungry I’m hungry.
He is afraid of ...   Ho fame.
thirsty Are you thirsty 
  Hai sete?
He is cold
cold He isn’t cold. 
  Non ha freddo
He is hot
hot It’s hot today! 
He is hungry   È caldo oggi!
right You’ re right. 
  Hai ragione.
wrong You’re wrong! 
  Ti sbagli!
afraid of Are you afraid of spiders? 
  Hai paura dei ragni?
He is thirsty interested in I’m not interested in politics. 
Non mi interesso di politica.
He is sleepy
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