Soluzioni Unit 8

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Text and dialogue – page 85

1. They were on the phone - 2. Because he was studying - 3. That he was not going to see her - 4. Dental metallurgy - 5. No, she didn’t - 6. In order to understand the practical utilization of metals and alloys - 7. The solidification of metals - 8. The atoms shift inside it and collide - 9. The liquid metal becomes solid - 10. When she was freezing water in her fridge

Practice – pages 93 and 94

Exercise 1 1. was writing - 2. were driving - 3. were talking - 4. were taking - 5. wasn’t speaking to me / was - 6. was raining - 7. were / doing - 8. were / watching - 9. were / wearing - 10. was studying

Exercise 2 1. was not / wasn’t sleeping - 2. were not / weren’t studying - 3. was not / wasn’t reading - 4. was not / wasn’t working - 5. were not / weren’t eating - 6. was not / wasn’t playing - 7. were not / weren’t watching - 8.

was not / wasn’t using - 9. were not / weren’t cooking - 10. were not / weren’t travelling

Exercise 3 1. were / doing - 2. were sleeping - 3. Was / walking - 4. Was / working - 5. Was / talking - 6. Were / playing - 7.

Was / reading - 8. Were / eating - 9. Was / drinking - 10. Was / cleaning

Exercise 4 1. He often listens - 2. Dave never gets - 3. Sometimes they - 4. John is usually - 5. Sometimes I - 6. Dave and Grant are often - 7. My mother always goes - 8. Mary usually helps - 9. They never watch Exercise 5 1. last month - 2. last night - 3. yesterday - 4. still - 5. last month - 6. the day before yesterday -

7. yesterday - 8. three days ago - 9. the day before yesterday

Exercise 6 1. beautifully - 2. badly - 3. carefully - 4. badly - 5. quietly - 6. loud - 7. happily

Exercise 7 1. You are the only one for me! - 2. You are always late! - 3. The students were talking about dental te- chnics - 4. I often take a bus to go to school - 5. Good luck, Peter! - 6. Weren’t you going out? - 7. He / she usually arrives at the wrong moment - 8. With such nice weather I’m going to the park - 9. If you walk so slowly, we won’t arrive punctually - 10. Did it really happen? I don’t believe it! - 11. I wasn’t sleeping while the teacher was explaining - 12. Who is wrong and who is right?

Exercise 8 Dialogue - Mary: were you sleeping when I called you last night? You didn’t answer the phone. - Robert: No, I was watching a football game with my brother. The TV was so loud that I didn’t hear my mobile. Why were you calling? - Mary: I was going to Ann’s party and I wanted to ask if you were interested. - Robert: Oh, you are right! Ann’s party! I completely forgot! I’m so sorry! Our team was losing and we were talking and yelling and I didn’t hear the phone. - Mary: Well, it was not my lucky night, I guess. I called other people too, but Dave was studying, Mary was sleeping, John and Tom were playing cards, so I went alone to the party. - Robert: I’m so sorry. - Mary: I’m sorry for you too. It was a great party.

FROM THE MUSIC WORLD – page 95

1. Red: Were competing - were feeling - 2. Blue: some - too - some - 3. Pink: Nobody - 4. For the “Boys” category - 5. The judges were feeling that they were too talented - 6. Nobody expected the tremendous success they enjoyed - 7. It speaks of love, especially unrequited love