Unit 3 /
Recupero

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/cut
a headache

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