Sommario:

L’alfabeto 1

Come ti chiami? 1

Saluti e presenta-

zioni

2

Domandare la

nazionalità

2

Presentare

un’altra persona

2

Quanti anni hai? 3

Numeri 3

Nazioni europee 3

Gran Bretagna e

Stati Uniti

4

Un po’ di gram-

matica e lessico

5

Inglese

English

Lezione 2

Complete the dialogues:

1. Hi Mike! _____________________? Fine thaks, and you?

2. ______________________? How do you do?

3. ______________________? I’m 37 years old.

4. ______________________? I’m from Seattle, US.

5. ______________________! Nice to meet you too!

6. ______________________? I’m Mary

Useful words

How … ? _________

What …? _________

Where …? _________

Che cosa ricordi?

Describing people

Mike

stout and

strong

slim short and

fat

tall and thin

Paul

Tom Sarah

Paul is tall and thin; Tom is short and fat;

Sarah is slim; Mike is stout and strong.

Age (età):

43 - 47 - 57 - 63 - 64 - 67

Michael ______

____________

____________

____________

____________

Luciana ______

____________

____________

____________

____________

Kathy ______

____________

____________

____________

____________

Will ________

____________

____________

____________

____________

Describe those people:

Arnold ____________

__________________

__________________

Danny _____________

__________________

__________________

Lezione 2 Pagina 2

Feelings

happy

unhappy/sad

tired

sick

in love

stressed

bored

upset

worried

shy

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)

Lezione 2 Pagina 3

What is your job? /

What do you do?

Write the correct profession

under each picture

astronaut

athlete

businessman

businesswoman

call center operator

car mechanic

chef

chemist

construction worker

detective

doctor

farmer

firefighter

lawyer

miner

nurse

paparazzo

pilot

police officer

nuclear scientist

secret agent

soldier

surgeon

unemployed

I am Brad Pitt.

I am 48 years old.

I am American.

I am married.

I am a father.

I am an actor.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

___________

___________

___________

9

___________ ___________ ___________

___________ ___________

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___________ ___________

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___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

___________ ___________ ___________

12

23 22 21

11 10

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20

Write similar sentences about you:

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

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I have blond hair.

I have blue eyes.

I have a house in L.A.

I have a wife

I have six children

I have a very good job.

Paul

Tom

Sarah

Mike

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”

I verbi “essere” e “avere” in in-

glese si usano nella maggior par-

te delle volte come in italiano:

il verbo essere descrive le

caratteristiche fisiche, psi-

cologiche, l’età e la nazionali-

tà di una persona;

il verbo avere ha il signifi-

cato di “possedere”.

“To be” - essere

I am sono

you are sei

he is è

she is è

it is è

we are siamo

you are siete

they are sono

“To have” - avere

I have ho

you have hai

he has ha

she has ha

it has ha

we have abbiamo

you have avete

they have hanno

Colors black - _______________

gray - _______________

white - _______________

yellow - _______________

orange - _______________

red - _______________

pink - _______________

purple - _______________

blue - _______________

green - _______________

brown -_______________

light - _______________

dark - _______________

Lezione 2 Pagina 5

Sandra has short _______ ________

_______ and _________ eyes

Paul has short _______ ________

_______ and _________ eyes. He has

a _________ and _________ dog

Mary has _______ ________

_______ and _________ ________.

She is 82. She is quite (abbastanza)

________ . She is __________,

because she has a

lot of money.

Kathy is a ____________ and

____________ girl. She _____

__________ ____________

__________ __________ and

__________ ___________.

She is very pretty. She loves

volleyball and basketball. She is

not lazy, she is very _________.

Complete the descriptions

1. She is ____________________________

2. She is ____________________________

3. She is ____________________________

4. She is ____________________________

5. She is ____________________________

6. She is ____________________________

7. She has ___________________________

8. She has ___________________________

9. She has ___________________________

10. She has ___________________________

Monica

2 children

a very good job

47 years old

an actress and a top

model

Italian

married

brown hair and

brown eyes

a mother

a house in Paris

Complete the sentences about Monica:

Lezione 2 Pagina 6

Rewrite the sentences using the correct personal pronouns instead of the underlined nouns :

1. Paul and Mary are twins (gemelli). ________________________

2. Robert is a good friend. ________________________

3. My wife and I are very well. ________________________

4. Are you and your family from Italy? ________________________

5. Is the motorbike new? ________________________

6. The students are in the classroom. ________________________

7. Helen is 18 years old. ________________________

8. The book is really interesting. ________________________

Personal pronouns I io you tu/Lei/voi he lui she lei it esso we noi they loro

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.

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 __________________________________________

Complete the sentences about you

Lezione 2 Pagina 7

Is he American?

Yes, he is.

Is she American?

No, she is not/

she isn’t.

Saying no..

Are they beautiful?

Yes, they are! - Are they ugly?

- No, they are not/ they aren’t.

La negazione con il

verbo essere in ingle-

se si fa:

aggiungendo not

dopo il verbo;

si può utilizzare

anche n’t attaccato

al verbo.

She is not Italian.

She isn’t Italian

1. Complete the sentences with am, are or is:

0. You are American.

1. We ______ very well.

2. My wife ______ a doctor.

3. I ______ happy today.

4. Monica and Brad _______ actors.

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) _________________________________.

2. Complete the sentences in the negative form:

0. You aren’t American.

1. We ______ very well.

2. My wife ______ a doctor.

3. I ______ happy today.

4. Monica and Brad _______ actors.

5. My name ______ Steve.

6. They ______ beautiful.

Lezione 2 Pagina 8

Some differences with Italian

Il verbo essere

He is afraid of ...

He is cold

He is hot

He is hungry

He is thirsty

He is sleepy

Il verbo “be” si usa spesso con:

hungry I’m hungry.

Ho fame.

thirsty Are you thirsty

Hai sete?

cold He isn’t cold.

Non ha freddo

hot It’s hot today!

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?

interested in I’m not interested in politics.

Non mi interesso di politica.

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