Unit 10

10 esercizi
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Lingua inglese

Complete the sentences with the present perfect progressive.
1) Sarah ________ the piano for at least three hours.
2) They ________ their homework for hours, but they haven't finished yet.
3) I ________ for him for half an hour and he hasn't arrived yet!
Completamento aperto
3

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Lingua inglese

Write four sentences with the past perfect progressive using the following prompts.
1) Sheila/run/half an hour/when/meet/Kate  
________
2) Frank/work/all morning/when/the boss/tell/go home
________
3) She/watch TV/twenty minutes/when/they/arrive  
________
4) We /date/about a year/when/decide/get married  
________
Completamento aperto
4

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Lingua inglese

Choose the wrong sentences.
A: They had been arguing for hours and they haven't finished yet.
B: They have been arguing for hours and they haven't finished yet.
C: I had been cooking for two hours before she offered to help.
D: I have been cooking for two hours before she offered to help.
E: I have been thinking for months, but I haven't made my decision yet.
F: I had been thinking for months, but I haven't made my decision yet.
Scelta multipla
3

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Lingua inglese

Choose the correct alternative.
1) How long ________ when the bus arrived?
2) What ________ for the last 30 minutes?
3) We ________ here for over two hours!
4) Jack ________ at the university for more than a year before he left for Canada.
Completamento chiuso
4

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Lingua inglese

Therearefourmistakesinthesesentences: readandfindthem.
1) We had been walking for two hours: when are we going to stop?
2) I have been driving all night when the police stopped me.
3) My family and I have been living here for ten years and we don't have any intention of moving.
4) The Smiths have been working at their new house for two years when the hurricane destroyed it.
5) I have been asking her to lend me that book for a month, but she hasn't given it to me  yet.
6) What had you been watching on TV this afternoon?
Trova errore
2

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Lingua inglese

Choose the wrong sentence.
A: He had been driving for four hours when the accident happened.
B: The car had been belonging to an old man for five years before I bought it.
C: She had been crying for a long time when I arrived.
Scelta multipla
1

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Lingua inglese

Write the terms that derive from the two words given.
1) Information + entertainment = ________
2) Education + entertainment = ________
Completamento aperto
2

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Lingua inglese

Complete the sentences with the correct word. There is one word which you do not need to use.
1) The police declared that the Internet blackout that occurred in January was caused by a________.
2) I'm going to attend a course to learn how to create my own ________.
3) I'm not used to reading ________: I prefer the real ones!
4) Why don't you ask Claudia to help you with your new computer? She's such a ________!
5) It is illegal to ________ movies or music from the Internet without paying for them.
Posizionamento
5

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Lingua inglese

Listen and say if the sentences are true or false.
A: 1) Last night Toby and Polly saw the new Matt Damon movie at the cinema.
B: 2) Paul saw the same film after reading about it in the paper.
C: 3) Paul is a supporter of Chelsea football club.
D: 4) Toby prefers to go shopping with his girlfriend Polly rather than going to watch Chelsea.
E: 5) Paul dumped Sam because she'd been getting really possessive.
F: 6) Paul does not regret leaving Sam.
Vero o falso
3

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Lingua inglese

Thereisamistakeineverysentence:listenandfindthem.
1) Peter Maxwell thinks that technology today is the most extraordinary thing; through it scientists have been able to find a cure for all kinds of cancer.
2) Sharon Pitt is against technology; she thinks that we've been working too hard on that and not enough on finding solutions to social problems.  
3) According to Sam Binder, it's not necessary to keep doing research to make technology more and more sophisticated.
Trova errore
3

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