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Grammar
be going to
1 Scrivi frasi usando be going to.
Finn/ask/his dad for driving lessons.
Finn is going to ask his dad for driving lessons.
1 We/visit/India next year.
2 I/be/a lawyer.
3 They/live/in the United States.
4 Leo/study Biology at university.
5 Gemma/travel/round Africa by bus.
6 You/get/married next week – wow!
7 I/take/a music exam next week.
2 Scrivi frasi affermative (ü) o negative (û) sulle intenzioni per il futuro usando be going to.
Jack/make/lots of money ü
he/work/for a charity û
Jack isn’t going to make lots of money.
He’s going to work for a charity.
1 we/spend/the holidays on the beach û
we/travel/round Europe ü
2 I/stay/with my cousins this holiday ü
I/visit/my grandparents û
3 they/live/in Rome û
they/have/a holiday in Rome ü
4 Alex/study at university ü
he/look for/a job û
5 we/make/dinner û
we/order/pizzas. ü
6 Lucy/have/children û
she and Mick/adopt/a child ü
7 Luke/live/by the sea. ü
he/buy/a flat in London û
8 I/buy/Maggie a present û
I/send/her a card ü
after, before, when, while, as soon as
3 Scegli l’espressione corretta per completare le frasi.
After/While Jake is on holiday, he’s going to do a tennis course.
1 I’m going to make dinner as soon as/while Rosa arrives.
2 While/After I get home I’m going to change my clothes.
3 When/Before Ilsa phones me I’m going to ask her about the party on Saturday.
4 When/While I’m older, I’m going to live in the mountains.
5 Jed’s going to make sandwiches after/before he leaves to go to the football match.
6 After/Before they go skiing they are going to do a lot of exercise.
7 I’m going to put your telephone number onto my phone while/before I forget.
be going to: predictions
4 Completa le frasi con la forma corretta di be going to e le parole o espressioni date.
have a baby break win
arrive finish rain burn
Does your back hurt because you are going to have a baby?
1 Look at the sky! It , so take an umbrella.
2 Sarah is first! I think she the race.
3 If you don’t turn off the cooker, you the potatoes.
4 It’s 9 o’clock now, so we late for the meeting.
5 If your mobile falls again it .
6 Mandy’s got six more pages to read, so she
the book today.
be about to
5 Abbina le frasi (1–5) alle frasi (a–f).
It’s late! Are you still using that computer? b
1 Ah, you’re here!
2 It’s very late.
3 That car is going too fast.
4 Look at that cat at the top of the tree.
5 Would you like a drink?
a It’s about to hit that wall!
b Don’t worry I’m about to switch it off.
c I’m about to go to bed.
d I was about to phone you.
e It’s about to jump.
f I’m about to make some hot chocolate.
was/were going to
6 Completa le frasi con la forma corretta di
was/were going to e le espressioni date.
watch go into run have dinner
stop buy go
We were going to watch a DVD, but my sister was doing her homework on the laptop.
1 Anna and Jo with us, but they finished work late.
2 I some apples, but they didn’t look very good.
3 Meg in the race that the rain prevented.
4 I to Ollie’s party but I felt sick.
5 The bus in the usual place but nobody was waiting.
6 Eddie the bookshop, then he saw it was closed.
7 Riscrivi le frasi correttamente.
Sam going to go to the concert next week.
Sam is going to go to the concert next week.
1 John has cut itself on a knife.
2 Sal was going about to have a shower.
3 Look at the boy, he’s going fall.
4 I thought you were going to hurt herself rock climbing.
5 My dad’s got a cold, so I think I get it, too.
Vocabulary
Life events, intentions and ambitions
8 Completa le espressioni.
get married
1 m _ k _ _ o_ _ _f fr _ _ _ ds
2 l _ _ e _ b_ _ _ d
3 s _ _ _ l_ d _ w _
4 m _ k _ a _ _ f _ _ _ _ _ c e
5 r_ _ _ r _
6 g_ _ a _ _ _d jo _
7 _ a _ _ m_ _ e y
Illnesses, injuries and accidents
9 Abbina le frasi (1–6) alle parole per piccoli malanni o incidenti (a–g).
e You’ve got a temperature, a headache and you feel terrible.
1 John’s head hurts.
2 Your skin is red and itchy.
3 You ate some old sausages.
4 You hit your leg and now it’s black and blue.
5 You touched something very, very hot.
6 You fell off a wall. You can’t move your arm.
a burn
b rash
c stomach ache
d headache
e flu
f bruise
g broken bone
10 Scrivi le parole nella colonna corretta.
your head flu ill a cough your hand an earache a headache sick a sore throat your leg a bruise a temperature
have / be / hurt/cuta headache
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