Modello prova recupero insufficienza 1 Liceo Linguistico 1) Read the text: A letter from an old friend 54, Market Street San Francisco – USA 4

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Modello prova recupero insufficienza 1 Liceo Linguistico

1)   Read the text:

A letter from an old friend

54, Market Street San Francisco – USA 4 ^th September 1999 Dear Janice,

This morning I was tidying the attic when I found a photo of our school days. I don't know if you still live in London, we haven't met for ages. How's your life? Have you fulfilled your dream?

Have you become a journalist? I really hope so!

My life has been quite busy since I left London. After university I travelled around the world for 2 years, using plane, train, bus, car and ….. thumb. I lived for a while in Canada, then in Australia and now I've been living in the USA since 1994. I've been working as a receptionist in a big hotel in San Francisco for 2 years. I enjoy my job very much, but I've never stopped writing. I've been writing every day since I left England. Since 1990 I've published two books of short stories and I've been working for a magazine here in San Francisco for a year.

And guess what? I'm married. Well, I've been married for four years now, that's the reason why I stopped wandering around the world. But we're coming to London in December because I want to start the new millenium with my family.

Hoping to hear from you soon, All my love,

Eve

Now mark the following sentences true (T) or false (F):

a)   a. While she was tidying the attic Eve found Janice's address. T F b)   b. Janice and Eve have met recently. T F

c)   Janice wanted to become a teacher. T F d)   Eve doesn't live in England anymore. T F e)   Eve has travelled a lot. T F

f)   Now she works as a secretary in a hotel in San Francisco. T F g)   Eve doesn't like writing. T F

h)   Eve has been working for a newspaper for a year. T F i)   Eve is single. T F

j)   Eve wants to spend New Year's Eve in London with her family. T F

2)   Complete the sentences with the PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS / PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS of the verbs in brackets:

a) - What ____________________ (Mary/do) now?

- She ________________________ (talk) to her boyfriend. She _________________ (call) him twenty times a day.

b) - Why ______________________________ (the baby/cry)?

- She _______________________ (usually/cry) when she is hungry.

c) At the moment Ginger __________________________ (write) some articles for her newspaper.

d) _____________________________ (you/ever/wake up) in the middle of the night?

e) _____________________________ (you/know) Jackie's husband? He's very nice.

f) Alice and Vera ______________________ (play) in the garden. They ____________________

(not/want) to do their homework

g) While Rachel _____________________(shop), she _________________ (see) my mother.

h) When I ________________________ (come) out of the tube station, it ______________________ (rain).

i) – Oh, dear! I completely ________________________ (forget) to send Liz a birthday card yesterday. I _____________________________ (do) it when my boss ______________ (phone) and I _________________________ (have to go) back to work.

j) I ___________________________________ (not/speak) to Matthew at lunchtime because he _________________________ (still/have) a metting with some clients.

k) A:______________________________(you/see) Peter recently?

B: Yes, I _________________________(see) him yesterday.

l) A: _______________________________(you/meet) Gill before?

B: Yes, we _______________________.(meet) at Carol’s party last year.

m) Steve ______________________(not/go) skiing last winter.

n) Can we watch another programme? I ____________________________.(already/see) this film.

o) ____________________________ (you/speak) to Jeff on Tueday morning?

p) Mr Smith ___________________________ (just/find) ten pounds in the street.

q) Ruth ____________________________ (not/call) me yet. She must be very busy.

r) __________________________ (you/not/sell) your old car yet?

5)   Write sentences using the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS and FOR/SINCE : a) I/live/this house/a long time.

b) We/work/in this shop/January.

c) How long/she/study/ French?

d) The teacher/talk/two hours.

e) John and Stell/shop/three o'clock.

f) Mark/play/the trumpet/he got it.

g) Tom/swim/long?

h) Sheila/give/tennis lessons/the beginning of the year.

i) I/paint/ 1976.

l) Pat/dance/last summer.

6)   Choose the correct alternative:

a)   Today the moon is MORE VISIBLE/THE MOST VISIBLE/VISIBLER than it was yesterday.

b)   Liz is Sheila's BETTER/GOODEST/BEST friend.

c)   Black is THE DARKER/THE DARKEST/THE MOST DARK colour of all.

d)   London is CROWDEDER/THE MOST CROWDED/MORE CROWDED than Turin.

e)   Milan is AS POLLUTED/MORE POLLUTED/THE MOST POLLUTED as Venice.

f)   Peter SHOULDN’T TO GO/MUST TO GO/ SHOULDN’T GO to bed so late.

g)   Students MUST BE/ MUST ARE / DON’T HAVE TO BE polite to the teachers.

h)   It’s a public holiday. They SHOULDN’T GO/ MUSTN’T GO/DON’T HAVE TO GO to school.

i)   Yesterday my mum MUSTED CLEAN/HAD CLEAN/HAD TO CLEAN the windows.

j)   You SHOULDN’T CHEAT/MUSTN’T CHEAT/DON’T HAVE TO CHEAT in exams.

7)   Simple Present / Simple Future / Present Continuous / Be going to: using the words in parentheses, complete the sentences

1)We (hide) ……. when Tony (arrive) ………. at his surprise party. As soon as he (open) …… the door, we (jump) …….. out and (scream) ………….., "Surprise!"

2) Mark: (you, do) ……… me a favor, Sam?

Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do?

Mark: I (change) ………. the broken light bulb in the lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am up there.

Sam: No problem, I (hold) ………… it for you.

3) Gina: Where are you going?

Ted: I (go) ………. to the store to pick up some groceries.

Gina: What (you, get)………?

Ted: I (buy) ……… some milk, some bread, and some coffee.

8)   Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous: Using the words in parentheses, complete the sentences below with the appropriate tenses:

Robin: I think the waiter (forget) ………. us. We (wait) ………….. here for over half an hour and

nobody (take) ……… our order yet.

Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) ………… by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) ……….

Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) ……….. here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.

Michele: He must realize we (order, not) ……….. yet! We (sit) ………. here for over half an hour staring at him.

Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) ………. us. He (run) ……… from table to table taking orders and serving food.

Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) ………. in our direction once.

9) Put in the verbs below in the correct tenses.

(to go) (to listen) (to write) (to have) (to be) (to clean) (to play) (to lose) (to break) (to read) 1) I ………… to the cinema yesterday.

2) Peter ……… 13 tomorrow.

3) My friend ………….to music every evening.

4) They ………..their car recently. It looks new again.

5) Listen! Mr Jones ………….the piano.

6) She …………. her left arm two weeks ago.

7) We ………….. a test now.

8) Danny ………. a book this evening.

9) Ken and Emily often ………….lunch at school.

10) He ………….. his money. So he can't buy this hamburger.