Unit 12 #96384 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions after the verb to make.
1) My new sweater is made ________ 100% wool.
2) Spaghetti, which is my favourite food, is made ________ wheat.
3) Your bag is very elegant: what company is it made ________?
4) Our chalet is really nice: it's made completely ________ wood.

Completamento aperto

Complete each sentence with the correct phrasal verb.
1) Last year the hurricane ________ devastating damage.
2) We're late! We must ________!
3) Excuse me, could you tell me when I should ________ the bus?
4) I cannot answer the phone. Could you tell him to ________?
Yesterday I ________ Peter in the library.

Posizionamento

Complete the sentences in the passive form.
1) The film This Must Be the Place________ directed by Paolo Sorrentino in 2011.
2) My wedding dress ________ being designed by my sister and I hope it will be ready for my wedding in June.
3) This work must ________ finished before tomorrow.
4) According to the police, the woman ________ murdered at five o'clock in the morning.
5) It is ________ that in December 2012 the end of the world will arrive.
6) The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was ________ by George Orwell.

Completamento aperto

Complete the expressions with the correct verb.
1) ________ a cooking lesson
2) ________ a shower
3) ________ justice
4) ________ the bed
5) ________ cold
6) ________ research

Posizionamento

Which of these sentences in the passive form is correct?

A: The house where I live was built by my grandfather.

B: The house where I live was built from my grandfather.

C: The house where I live were built by my grandfather.

D: The house where I live has been built by my grandfather.

Scelta multipla

Look at the picture and choose the correct sentences.

A: The kilt is the traditional English knee-length skirt.

B: The kilt is generally made of wool.

C: Only women wear the kilt.

D: The typical kilt pattern is the Scottish tartan.

E: The kilt was created in the 19th century.

Scelta multipla

Rewrite these sentences in the passive form.
1) I have some good news: they offered me a new job!
________
2) Thomas has invited Mary to the restaurant.
________
3) You, and not your mother, should clean your bedroom.
________

Completamento aperto

Choose the correct alternative.
1) Tomorrow I ________ examined on the Second World War.
2) The Second World War was ________ by the Allies.
3) The marathon was ________________ at least 1500 athletes.
4) New Year's Eve was ________ at Mary's home.
5) Le Quattro Stagioni________ composed by Vivaldi.

Completamento chiuso

Listen and say if the sentences are true or false.

A: 1) Akubra is an Australian hat.

B: 2) Generally it is made of fox fur.

C: 3) Men usually wear it in the cities.

D: 4) It is often worn by hunters and farmers.

E: 5) The Akubra hat is only used to protect people from the sun and rain.

F: 6) The original hat-making factory was founded by Benjamin Dunkerly.

Vero o falso

Thereisamistakeineverysentence:listenandfindthem.
1) Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1791 in the USA.
2) Basketball was first played in a gymnasium using a tennis ball and two baskets.
3) The first basketballs were yellow and then, in the late 1950s, they became orange.

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