Ciao ragazzi!
In questo post impariamo a fare domande su avvenimenti passati e conclusi e a rispondere
Did you go to the cinema yesterday?
No, I didn't! It was closed!
Vai a p. 48 del libro e guarda il video
Se puoi, prendi qualche appunto e cerca di formulare la regola. E' molto chiaro, vero?
Ora commentiamo insieme gli schemi di p. 48-49
Guarda questo video ora e scopri la regola: le tue ipotesi erano giuste?
Nel video troverai anche come fare domande usando le question words:
πWHAT ? COSA?
πWHERE ? DOVE?
πWHEN ? QUANDO?
πWHAT TIME ? A CHE ORA?
πHOW ? COME? IN CHE MODO?
Ti ricordi cosa significano...
πWHO?
πWHY?
Ora fai gli ex 9-10 p. 48. Se vuoi, puoi svolgerli in formato elettronico e inviarli all'indirizzo email che conosci.
Non esitare a scrivermi se ci sono cose che non sono chiare e fammi sapere cosa pensi dei video, magari lasciando un commento!
πFinally... I have a question for you: secondo te qual Γ¨ l'errore piΓΉ frequente quando facciamo le domande al simple past?
Have a nice day! ππ
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Showing posts with label Book Twenty-One 2 Unit 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Twenty-One 2 Unit 3. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Monday, 24 February 2020
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
What's your favourite film?
1. My favourite film is When Harry met Sally
2. Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal and Carrie Fisher starred in it. Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal played the lead roles (= hanno interpretato i personaggi principali)
3. It was a romantic comedy.
4. I saw it on TV a lot of times and I know almost all the lines (= le battute) by heart
5. I loved the plot (= trama): it's the story of two friends who fall in love ten years after their first meeting. I also adored the locations: the film is set (= ambientato) in New York and a lot of scenes are shot (= girate) in famous places such as Central Park, the Giants Stadium and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
6. I loved everything! The film is never boring and is definitely at the top of my list of good movies. I thought the film was exciting and hilarious!
Monday, 27 January 2020
Who's your favourite character?
1. My favourite character is Rachel Green.
3. The American actress Jennifer Aniston played the part of Rachel
4. Rachel is very attractive. She is tall and slim. She has got long, blond straight hair and green eyes. She has got an oval face and a small nose. She doesn't wear glasses but she has a small tattoo on her hip.
In the sitcom she has different hairstyles.
5. She is a good character.
6. I like Rachel because she has changed a lot throughout the different episodes season after season.
In the first episode she was spoilt (= viziata), self-centred, a bit selfish and she was too into her looks (= troppo attenta al suo aspetto fisico). She was jobless and relied on her parents for money.
At the beginning of the series she started her career as a waitress and and shop assistant.
With the time she got an important job in the fashion industry and she became independent and successful.
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
My favourite TV programme
Watching TV shows and movies in their original version is a great way to improve your English!
Have you ever watched Friends? It's hilarious! π
1. My favourite TV programme is "Friends".
2. It's a sitcom, a "situation comedy": a TV show set in an apartment and in a cafΓ© about a group of friends.
3. It is on Italia 1
4. It is on every day.
5. It's on at 6 o'clock.
6. I like it because it's funny and is about friendship, relationships and love.
Monday, 25 February 2019
And the Oscar goes to...
The Academy Awards (= la Cerimonia degli Oscar) take place in February at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.
The Academy Awards are also known as the Oscars. Oscar is the name of the statuette (a small statue) that is given to each winner.
They celebrate not only actors and specific movies but also the people who do all the behind-the-scenes work (the work that you don’t see!): directors, producers, writers, composers, costume designers, lighting (= luci) and sound (= suoni) technicians...
Each award, however, is handed out (= consegnato) by a presenter (= ospite). The presenter is usually another actor or actress. The presenter announces the category and then usually says, “And the nominees are . . .” The presenter will then read the names of the nominees. (Presenters read their lines from a teleprompter (= gobbo) – an electronic device that shows the words to read.
Once the presenter has finished announcing the nominees, he/she then says, “And the Oscar goes to . . .” or “And the Academy Award goes to . . .” and opens the envelope (= busta) to read the name of the winner. The envelope is sealed (= sigillata) so that no one knows the winner until that moment!
The winner then comes to the stage to accept his/her award and make a short acceptance speech (= discorso di ringraziamento)
The Academy Awards are also known as the Oscars. Oscar is the name of the statuette (a small statue) that is given to each winner.
They celebrate not only actors and specific movies but also the people who do all the behind-the-scenes work (the work that you don’t see!): directors, producers, writers, composers, costume designers, lighting (= luci) and sound (= suoni) technicians...
Marie Antoinette won the Oscar for Best Costume Design in 2007
Each award, however, is handed out (= consegnato) by a presenter (= ospite). The presenter is usually another actor or actress. The presenter announces the category and then usually says, “And the nominees are . . .” The presenter will then read the names of the nominees. (Presenters read their lines from a teleprompter (= gobbo) – an electronic device that shows the words to read.
Once the presenter has finished announcing the nominees, he/she then says, “And the Oscar goes to . . .” or “And the Academy Award goes to . . .” and opens the envelope (= busta) to read the name of the winner. The envelope is sealed (= sigillata) so that no one knows the winner until that moment!
The winner then comes to the stage to accept his/her award and make a short acceptance speech (= discorso di ringraziamento)
Lady Gaga's acceptance speech in 2019
"Ho lavorato duramente per molto tempo e non si tratta di vincere.
Si tratta di non mollare.
Se avete un sogno, lottate.
Se avete DISCIPLINA PER UNA PASSIONE, non si tratta di quante volte sarete rifiutati, cadrete o sarete maltrattati.
Si tratta di quante volte sarete coraggiosi e continuerete a lottare."
Si tratta di non mollare.
Se avete un sogno, lottate.
Se avete DISCIPLINA PER UNA PASSIONE, non si tratta di quante volte sarete rifiutati, cadrete o sarete maltrattati.
Si tratta di quante volte sarete coraggiosi e continuerete a lottare."
Movie Discussion Questions
1.What is your favourite film?
2. What kind of film is it?
3. Why do you like it?
4. Who are the actors and who are they in the film?
5. What are the best parts of the film?
2. What kind of film is it?
3. Why do you like it?
4. Who are the actors and who are they in the film?
5. What are the best parts of the film?
6. What was the worst (= il peggiore) film you saw last year?
7. What kind of film was it?
8. Who were the actors?
9.Why didn't you like it?
7. What kind of film was it?
8. Who were the actors?
9.Why didn't you like it?
Monday, 18 February 2019
The SIMPLE PAST amusement arcade
Play the games and get ready!
1) Simple past: regular verbs (spelling variations).
2) Match the the infinitive to the simple past form
3) Crossword puzzle
4) Click on the simple past form
5) Drag and drop the simple past and the past participle into the correct group
Friday, 15 February 2019
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Mama said - Lukas Graham
1. Read the title of the song. In your opinion, what is the song about?
2. This video was filmed in two very different cities. Watch the video and find them out. Has the singer been successful? Why?
3. Watch the video again and complete the activities.
Then, watch the following video and check
4. In your opinion, what's the meaning of this song?
2. This video was filmed in two very different cities. Watch the video and find them out. Has the singer been successful? Why?
3. Watch the video again and complete the activities.
Then, watch the following video and check
4. In your opinion, what's the meaning of this song?
- "never listen to your mum and dad"
- "friends are important"
- "forget your origins"
- "follow your dreams no matter what people say"
- "if you come from a poor and difficult neighborhood you can't fulfill (= realizzare) your dreams"
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Friday, 4 January 2019
Irregular verb wheel
There are some things in English that can only really be learnt through practice. Irregular verbs are tricky!
Some are easy, some are difficult but how fast can you conjugate correctly?
Spin the wheel ! It's fun :)
Play the game and revise!
Can you remember the difference between simple past and present perfect?
Some are easy, some are difficult but how fast can you conjugate correctly?
Spin the wheel ! It's fun :)
Play the game and revise!
Can you remember the difference between simple past and present perfect?
Monday, 29 January 2018
Giving an oral presentation
We learned that Amelia Earthart had an extraordinary life.
Read her Biography: Amelia Earhart
Let's learn how to give first-class presentations!
If you want to learn how to use Adobe Spark, watch the tutorial
Friday, 12 January 2018
Irregular verbs rap song!
The microphone I take
took taken
I’m shake shook shaken
Wake woke woken to the
style I’m creatin’
Think thought thought
Seek sought sought
Listen to the lesson that I teach
taught taught
Don’t sleep slept slept
I creep crept crept
I sneak snuck snuck up
You leap lept lept
I keep kept kept
Havin’ fun I’m never beat
beat beaten
I win won won
Do did done
Begin began begun
Shoot shot shot
No, I don’t own a gun
I lead led led
So I can feed fed fed
The knowledge you need straight to your head.
When I bring brought brought it
You catch caught caught it
Sit back, relax
Don’t fight fought fought it
Please don’t freeze froze frozen
What I speak spoke spoken
It’s real, you can feel
I don’t steal stole stolen
I choose chose chosen
The very best rhymes
And write wrote written them into my lines
And into your minds when we meet
met met
I’ll bet bet bet
I won’t let you forget forgot forgotten
I get got gotten
Every head noddin’
Don’t think about stoppin’
Just come came come
This is hip hop
I don’t sing sang sung
I sting stung stung
I cling clung clung on each and every word
You hang hung hung
It’s not enough to dream
dreamt dreamt
You gotta spend spent spent
Time on your goals
Please lend lent lent me
Your ear come near
And I’ll lie lay lain
Down this new sound that I make
made made
I hope you don’t say that you think it’s
junk
I hope you don’t think that I stink
stank stunk
If you’re thirsty for English
Come drink drank drunk
‘Cause I sink sank sunk
All competition when they hear
heard heard
That I give gave given encouragement
I spit spat spat
Never quit quit quit
Don’t sit sat sat
Yeah, I like it like that
I’ll even kneel knelt knelt
And beg you to express
What you feel felt felt
I rise rose risen
When I drive drove driven
To the beat tap your feet
As you ride rode ridden
Those that hide hid hidden
I find found found
If you flee fled fled
Then I’ll track you down
Now you see saw seen
That I mean meant meant
Every word of the message that I send
sent sent
I show showed shown
I can fly flew flown
Now you know knew known
I shine shone shone
I throw threw thrown
You the ball it’s your turn
Grow grew grown
With the verbs that you learn
Grammar through lyrics
I draw drew drawn
Peace to ELLs
Now I go went gone
It's practice time! Would you like to sing along? Are you ready? :)
Friday, 9 December 2016
Simple past: forma interrogativa e risposte brevi
Ex 1 Completa con DID e l'infinito del verbo per formare frasi interrogative Ex 2 Scegli la risposta esatta Ex 3 Completa le frasi interrogative

Ex 4 Digita e completa le frasi interrogative Ex 5 Completa le domande e le risposte con i verbi suggeriti Ex 6 Rimetti in ordine le parole
Ex 1 Guarda la risposta breve e scegli la domanda giusta Ex 2 Leggi la domanda e scegli la short answer Ex 3
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