1 VOCABULARY verb phrases
a What percentage of British people....?
What percentage of British people read a newspaper every day? 70%
70% of British people read a newspaper every day.
Seventy per cent of British people read a newspaper every day.
30% of British people don't read a newspaper every day.
Thirty per cent of British people don't read a newspaper.
25% smoke.
25% of British people smoke.
75% don't smoke.
90 per cent watch TV every night. (in questo caso = ogni serrata)
10% don't watch TV every night.
10% go to the cinema every weekend.
90% don't go to the cinema every weekend.
45% have a pet.
55% don't have a pet.
60% live in a house with a garden. (Abitono in una casa con giardino)
40% don't live in a house with a garden.
c page 143 Vocabulary Bank verb phrases
1 live in a flat
2 work in an office
3 have children
4 study economics
5 speak German
6 drive a VW
7 read a newspaper
8 like animals
9 go to the cinema
10 watch television
11 listen to the radio
12 play the guitar (suonare la chitarra)
13 smoke a cigarette
14 do exercise
15 play tennis (not 'play a tennis')
16 have a sandwich for lunch
17 drink coffee
18 eat fast food
19 cook dinner (cucinare la cena)
20 do housework (fare lavori di casa)
20 do homework (fare compiti di scuola)
21 wear glasses
2 c page 17
man...... men
woman... women
child........children
person....people
3
(lui cucina) he cooks
(lui va) he goes
(lui ha) he has
(lui fa) he makes
(lui guarda) he watches
3 b page 124 Grammar bank 2A
2A
a
1 I listen to the radio. (Ascolto la radio)
She listens to the radio. (Lei ascolta...)
2 He lives in a flat. (Lui abita in un appartamento)
We live in a flat. (Noi abitiamo...)
3 They have two children. (Loro hanno due ragazzi/bambini)
He has two children. (Lui ha...)
4 She doesn't drink coffee. (Lei non beve caffe)
They don't drink coffee. (Loro non bevono caffe)
5 I don't smoke. (Io non fumo)
My father doesn't smoke. (Mio padre non fuma)
6 The shop closes at 5.00. (Il negozio chiusa alle 5.00)
The shops close at 5.00. (I negozi chiudono alle 5.00)
7 I go to the pub. (Vado al bar/pub)
He goes to the pub. (Lui va al bar/pub)
8 I do housework. (Faccio i lavori di casa)
She does housework. (Lei fa...)
b
1 My father doesn't read The Times. (The Times e' un giornale inglese).
2 Her house is big but it doesn't have a garden. (La sua casa e' grande ma non ha un giardino)
3 We speak French very well. (Parliamo francese molto bene)
4 I don't eat fast food. (Non mangio fast food)
5 She drives a BMW. (Lei guida a BMW)
6 I don't play computer games. (Non gioco...)
7 My father doesn't do housework. (Mio padre non fa lavori di casa)
8 He studies economics at university. (Lui studia...)