uNlT 2

Nounl;i;;;'-' Arricrei_il;il,"
To have (simple present)
Simon has a small bedroom. lt has one
bed, one chair and one table.
a music centre
t
on the
2
bedroom.
Simon has
floor of his
Simon has a big
and tapes.
collection of records Simon has some pictures
on the wall.
music centre
['senta*] =
impianto stereo. 2. his
[hiz] =
suo. . aggettivo possessiyo. 1.
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fi--
Ir
t'
i;
stfvloN's BDRooft'l
I
Simon has a small bedroom. It has one bed, one chair and one table. Simon's
parents
2
have a big bedroom. It has three beds, two chairs and two tables.
One of the beds is actually a cot because Simon has a baby sister,
3
Sara. He also
has another sister, Lizzie. Simon andLizzie have a bedroom each. They are lucky.
Simon has a music centre on the floor of his bedroom. The music centre has a
radio, a tape-deck and a record-player. Simon has a big collection of records and
tapes.
Ech record and tape has a
place in the rack next to
4
the music centre. Simon has
a mania for tidiness.
Simon has some
pictures on the wall. There is
5
a picture
of his parents, his baby
sister, Sara, and Lizzie. And he has a very big
picture
of his girl-friend,

Jane.
Ouestions
l. What has Simon?
2. What have Simon's
parents?
3. What actually is one of the beds?
4. Why is there a cot in the bedroom?
5 What have Simon and Lizzie each?
6. What has Simon's bedroom on the floor?
7 . What has the music centre?
8. What has Simon?
9. What has Simon a mania for?
10. What has Simon on the wall?
Uocabulary
cot
[ket]
culla, lettino tidiness ordine
radio
['reidieu]
radio
['taidinis]
tape-deck impianto
['teipdek]
registrazione another
[a'nne*]
un altro
record-player giradischi lucky
['lzrki]
fortunato
['rekc:d'pleia*]
each
[i:c]
ciascuno
collection collezione
[ke'lekJan]
actually effettivamente
place
[pleis]
posto, luogo
['rekcuali]
rack
[rrek]
rastrelliera also
['c:lsau]
anche
mania
['meinja]
mania for
[fc:*]
per
1. Simon's bedroom
=
la camera (stanza) di Simon. Esempio di genitivo
sassone. L'oggetto posseduto
segue il nome del
possessore (singolare) corredato da apostrofo + s. 2. Simon's parents
l'pearents]
=
i
genitori di Simon. 3. baby sister
=
sorellina (di et non superiore all'anno). 4. next to
=
accanto a.
5. There is
=
C'. There
[ee*] =
l, l. 6. girl-friend
=
tagazza. E usato con valore sentimentale.
L'equivalente maschile boy-friend. Friend
[frend]
=
amico.
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Three British breeds of dogs: Gordon setter, English bulldog and basset hound.
COWATION
Mr Bates Hello, George!
George Good morning, Mr Bates. How are you?
Mr Bates Well, thank you, George, and you?
George Not so bad, Mr Bates. And how is Mrs Bates?
Mr Bates She is fine, George. Oh, here is Miss Fox. Good morning, Miss Fox. How are
you?
Not very well, Mr Bates. I am tired, very tired. You have a nice dog with you,
Mr Bates.
Miss Fox
Mr Bates
Miss Fox
Mr Botes
Miss Fox
Mr Bates
George
Mr Bates
Yes, he is my dog. His name is Ball.
No, I haven't, but I have a cat, his
white spot between his eyes. One eye
A very nice cat, Miss Fox.
Yes, very nice. Good-bye, Mr Bates.
Good-bye, Miss Fox.
Good mornitrg, Mr Bates.
Bye-bye, George.
Have you
a dog, Miss Fox?
name is Pussy. He is all black, with a
is blue, the other is green.
Uocabulary
morning
['mc:ni4]
afternoon
['a:fta'nu:n]
evening
['i:vnig]
night
[nait]
thank you
['Orepkju]
mattino, mattina
pomeriggio
sera
notte
grazie
so
[seu]
bad
lbredl
how
[hau]
well
[uel]
fine
lfain]
good
[eud]
tired
['raied]
other
['ne*]
COS
male
come
bene
benone
(colloqu iale)
buono
stanco
altro
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ft,IY PTS
I have a dog, a cat and a parrot. They are my pets.
The name of my dog is Ball.
It is a funny name,
put
he is"so fat that there is
t
little difference between Ball and
a ball. He is all white, with a black spot on his
2
nose. The spot or his nose is
very funny.
Then there is Pussy, the cat. She is all grey, with pink eyes and a long, soft tail.
She has long whiskers, too.
Kinky is the parrot:
he has feathers of all colours: red,
green,
brown, blue, orange
and violet. Kinky has a big,
yellow
beak. He is very talkative. His favourite
remark is
"Whisky and peace
are
good
things". Kinky is a pacifist.
Questions
l. What's the name of the dog?
2. Is the dog fat?
3. What's the dog like?
3
4. What has the dog on his nose?
5. What's the cat like?
Uocabulary
dog
[dce]
cat
[kret]
parrot
['prerat]
pet
[pet]
ball
[bc:l]
dif ference
['difrans]
spot
lspct]
nose
[neuz]
eye
[ai]
tail
[teil]
whiskers
['uiskaz]
f eather
['fee*]
colour
['knla*]
beak
[bi:k]
remark
[ri'ma:kJ
peace
[pi:fi]
thing
[eirr]
pacif ist
['presifistl
funny
['fnni]
fat
[fret]
6. Has Pussy long whiskers?
7. Who is Kinky?
8. What colour are his feathers?
g.
What's his beak like?
10. What's his favourite remark?
cane
gatto
pappagallo
bestiola
domestica
palla
diffe renza
macchia
naso
occhio
coda
baffi (di gatto)
piuma
colore
becco
osservazione
pace
cosa
pacif ista
buffo, strano
g rasso
little
['litl]
soft
lscft]
talkative
['tc:ketiv]
f avourite
['feiverit]
long
[cn]
all
[c:ll
yellow
['jelau]
orange
['cring]
while
[uait]
bla'k
[blrek]
brown
lbraun]
grey
lgrei]
red
'[red]
green
[gri:n]
pink
[pirrk]
blue
[blu:]
violet
['vaialit]
that
lret]
then
[en]
between
[bi'tui:n]
like
[aik]
poco, piccolo
soff ice
ciarliero
favorito
lungo
tutto
g iallo
arancione
bianco
nero
bruno
grigio
rOSSO
verde
rosa
blu
violetto
che
poi
fra
come
1. there is
=
c'. seguito da nome singotare. Ci sono there are, seguito da nome pturate.
Nelle forme
interrogative /s e are precedono
there.2. His aggettivo possessl)o
riferito a persona (od animale) di sesso
maschile. invariabile. Rifiuta I'arficolo. Her il possesslvo
corrispondente a persona (od animale) di sesso
femminile. Hls favourite remark
=
La sua osservazione favorita (di lui). Her favourite remark
=
La sua
osservazione favorita (di lei). 3. What's the dog like?
=
Com' il cane?
-
Si osservi la posposZrbne
della
preposizione like. La frase assume maggior scorrevolezza.
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THE lET A\ID THE CAT
Mr Stamp
Mrs Brown
Mr Stamp
Mrs Brown
Mr Stamp
Mrs Brown
Mr Stamp
Mrs Brown
Mr Stamp
Mrs Brown
Mr Stamp
Mrs Brown
Mr Stomp
Is this your cat, madam?
I
Yes, it is. And he is so
pretty and clever.
-
What's wrong with
your cat, Mrs Brown?
2
He has a dull coat; it's usually very shiny.
Perhaps it is dirty.
Of course not! I've got
3
many pets and they are all very clean.
The eyes are bright and the nose is dry.
My eyes and nose?
The cat's eyes and nose, of course.
He has a uty fat stomach, but he only has
a
a tin of food every day, with'a
little milk.5
The
problem is not the food that he has every day.
Oh dear!
6
Has he got a serious illness?
No, Mrs Brown. .FIe is pregnant.
Uocabulary
vet
[vet]
coat
[kaut]
stomach
['stnmek]
tin
ltinl
food
[fu:d]
milk
[milk]
problem
['prcblam]
day
[dei]
illness
['ilnis]
usually
['ju:5ueli]
perhaps
[pa'hreps]
of course
[ev'kc:
s]
only
['eunli]
veterinario
mantello
stomaco
scatoletta
cibo
latte
problema
giorno
malattia
solitamente
f orse
natu ralmente
solo, solamente
a little
['litl]
clever
[kleva*]
wrong
[rcr:]
dull
[dnl]
shiny
['Jainil
dirty
['da:ti]
clean
['kli:n]
bright
[braitl
dry
ldrai]
serious
['sieries]
dear
ldia*l
pregnant
['pregnant]
every
['evri]
many
['meni]
un
Po"
un poco
(di)
bravo, abile
sbag liato
opaco
lucente
sporco
pulito
brillante
asciutto, secco
se rio
caro
incinta, gravida
ogni
molti (-e)
_
Members of the feline family.
1. Madam
['madem]
(signora) usato vocativamente. 2- What's wrong with your
cat, Mrs Brown?
=
Che
cosa ha che non va il suo gatto, Mrs Brown? 3. I've got torma colloquiale per I have. 4. To have qui
usato nel significatodi consumare, mangiare.5. a little milk
=
un poco di latte.6. Oh dear!
[die+] -
Dio
mio! (Povera me!). E espressione di autocommiserazione.
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ORRL DRILS
Read aloud:
It
1. I have a dog.
2. We have a cat.
3. Simon has a
Parrot.
4. He has a dog, too.
5. Tom has a sister.
6. She has a
PrettY
name.
7. Lizzie has a brother.
8. You have a nice sister.
9. You have a nice brother.
10. They have two brothers.
E
1. I have three
Pets.
2. I have a black cat.
3. My cat has long whiskers.
4. Simon has a
Parrot.
5. The parrot has a big beak.
6. He has feathers of all colours.
7. Tom has a long nose.
8. Lizzie has blue eyes.
9. She has a
PrettY
nose.
10. They have a funnY name.
Filt in the blank spaces with have or has:
E
1. I ..... a black cat.
2. My cat long whiskers.
3. We a
Parrot.
4. lt feathers of all colours.
5. Susan a white dog.
6. He a funnY name.
7. They a white cat.
8. She
pink eyes.
9. They two dogs.
10. They long tails.
Ans wer the fottowing
questions.'
t
A
1. Have you
2. Have
you
3. Have you
4. Have you
5. Have
you
6. Have you
7. Have you
8. Have you
9. Have you
10. Have
you
a brother?
a sister?
a cal?
a dog?
a long nose?
a beak?
blue eyes?
a tail?
a name?
a spot on
your nose?
Put in to have or to be in the blank spaces:
E
Simon ..... a small bedroom. On the floor of Simon's bedroom there ..... a music centre: a radio,
a tape-deck and a record-PlaYer.
Simn..... a big collection of iecords and tapes. Each record and tape
'..'.
a
place. Simon.""' a
rani" iitlOinss. There ..... some
pictures n the wallof Simon's bedroom. One ..... very big' lt
...] ne
picture of Simon's
girl-friend, Jane.
E
Mrs Brown a cat, a
PrettY
and
Mrs Brown's cat dirty,
PerhaPs?
Of
clean
The cat's eyes bright and the nose dry. He a
of food every day, with a little milk. The
problem not
He
pregnant.
clever cat. He a dull coat, it usually very shiny.
course not! Mrs Brown many pets and they all very
very fat stomach. But he onlY a tin
the food. He not a serious illness.
1. A yes si faccia seguire il soggetto
parlante + avere. Esempio'.
"Have you a cal?"
"Yes, I have." Nel
"".oii
nJgprione, ad'aver seira nt (anche contratto). Esempio'. "Have you a dog?"
"No, I have not"
(oppure: "No, I haven't").
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oRRft'lft,lnR
1. In inglese esistono tre generi, il maschile, il
femminile
ed il neutro. Sono di genere
neutro i nomi di cosa, che non presentano caratteristiche n maschili n femminili.
2. Nel caso di soggetto sottinteso, si introduce il pronome personale
corrispondente al
genere del nome sottinteso.
I
He is here (nel caso di uomo, ragazzo, gatto maschio, ecc.)

qui
.{
Stre is here (nel caso di donna, ragazza, gatta, ecc.)
(- It is here (nel caso di cosa)
3. ll plurole dei nomi
(maschili, femminili e neutri) si ottiene mediante I'aggiunta di s alla
forma singolare.
ARTICOLO DETERMINATIVO
NOME
L'articolo determinativo inglese the . invariabile e
The viene pronunciato e dinanzi a consonsnte e i
ARTICOLO IN DETERMINATIVO
traduce quindi
il, Io, la, i, gli
e le.
dinanzi a vocole.
L.
2.
L' articolo indeterminotivo inglese possiede
consonante, e an (pronunciato en), usato
VERBO AVERE
(rO HAVEI
Presente ndcatvo
I have
[hrev]
ho
you have hai
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due
forme:
a (pronunciato
o), usato dinanzi a
dinanzi a vocale.
ho?
hai?
have I?
have you?
dog
cat
parrot
cane
gatto
pappagallo
dogs
cats
parrots
canl
gatti
pappagaui
the orange I'arancia the oranges le arance
the dog
the cat
the eye
il cane
il gatto
I'occhio
the dogs
the cats
the eyes
I Canl
i gatti
gli
occhi
^
dog
act
un cane
un gatto
an
an
eye
orange
un occhio
un'arancia
ORRL RND URITTN DRILS
Reword the following sentences as
suggesfed;
I
It
1. I have a funny dog.
I've got a funny dog.
2. He has a spot on his nose.
3. He has a short tail.
4. He has a brother.
5. His brother has
2
a funny name.
6. We have a sister.
7. She has blue eyes.
8. She has a pretty nose.
9. They have a baby sister.
10, She has black eyes.
a
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Make the following sentences
interrogative:'
E
1. You've got many records.
2. He's got a nice girl-friend.
3. She's got a parrot
4. Simon's
got a picture
of Jane.
5. Jane's
got a picture
of Simon.
6. He's got a small bedroom.
7. She's got many pets.
8. You've got a big bedroom.
9. They've
got a nice house,
10. They've got many friends.
Fill in the blank spacesi
Have you a brother?
Have
you got a brother?
Have you a sister?
Has your sister a boy-friend?
Has he a music centre?
Has he a sister?
Has his sister a record-player?
Has she many records?
Have you a big collection of records?
Have you a tape-deck?
Have you many tapes?
You've a nice parrot.
Yes, he's nice. And clever,
Clever?
Yes, ..... clever. He's very talkative.
And he's a
A pacifist?
Yes . favourite remark is
"Whisky
and peace are good.....".
lncredible !
4
tr
Tom
Simon
Tom
Simon
Tom
Simon
Tom
Fill in the blank spaces:
E
Vet Good morning, Mrs Bates. What .....
you got here?
Mrs Bates Kinky, my parrot. His beak is not so ..... and his eyes are not so ..... .
Vet ls this ..... problem?
Mrs Eafes Yes, it ..... . ls it a ..... illness?
Vet No, it isn't, Mrs Bates. We ..... in winter
5
now, and ..... aren't very ..... in winter.
Mrs Bates Of course.
Vet lt's a very ..... parrot.
Mrs Bates And he's .....
,
too. Kinky!
Kinky Whisky and
peace are good
things.
1. Reword the following sentences as suggested
=
Riformula le frasi seguenti come suggerito.2. Le
forme contratte
possono essere usate anche con i nomi (His brother's). 3. Make the following sentences
interrogative
=
Rendi le frasi seguenti interrogative.4. lncredible!
[in'kredebl]
=
lncredibilel 5. wlnter
['uinta*]
=
inverno.
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Translate into English:
E
1. Ho un cane ed una gatta.
l
1. Sono una
gatta.
2. ll cane ha un nome buffo. 2. Ho un nome, Pussy.
3. Ha una macchia sul (on hls) naso. 3.
-Ho
occhi rosa.
4. La gatta ha occhi rosa. 4. Ho una coda lunga.
5. Ha una coda soffice. 5. Ho un mantello grigio.
6. Ha anche baffi molto lunghi. 6. Ho baffi molto lunghi.
7. Ho anche un pappagallo.
7. Ho un naso asciutto.
8. Ha un nome strano. 8. Ho uno stomaco
grasso.
9. Ha
piume
di tutti (i) colori. 9. Ho un
problema.
10. Ha un grosso becco giallo.
10. Sono in stato interessante.
tr
Ho alcune besiole. Un cane, un gatto ed un pappagallo. ll pappagallo ha piume di tutti (i) colori:
rosso, verde, marrone, blu, arancione e violetto.
ll becco di Kinky (questo il nome del mio pappagallo) giallo. Kinky molto ciarliero. Whisky e
pace sono buone cose per Kinky. E un
pacifista.
tr
ll gatto della signora Brown ha un mantello opaco. solitamente lucente. Forse sporco.
Naluralmente nol La signora Brown ha molte bestiole e sqno tutte molto pulite. Gli occhi sono
brillanti ed il naso asciutto.
Ha uno stomaco molto
grasso.
Ma mangia
2
solo una scatoletta di cibo al
giorno, con un po' di
latte. Ha una malattia seria? No, il problema non il cibo.
Simon ha una
piccola
stanza da letto. Sul
pavimento
della sua stanza da letto c' un impianto
stereo, con una radio, un impianto di registrazione ed un
giradischi. Simon ha una grossa colle-
zione di dischi e nastri. Ciascun disco e nastro hanno un
post nella rastrelliera. Simon ha una
rnania
per (l') ordine.
Simon ha alcuni ritratti sulla parete. C' anche un ritratto molto grande di Jane, la sua ragazza.
E
llr Brown Ciao, Simon.
&rnon Buon giorno, Mr Brown. Come sta?
lr Brown Bene, grazie, e tu?
Siimon Benone, grazie. E come sta Mrs Brown?
llr Brown Non molto bene. Siamo in inverno, Simon.
Simon Mi spiace, Mr Brown.
llr Brown Tua madre sta bene, Simon?
Srnon Non c' male, ma stanca, molto stanca.
llr Lizzie E dov' I'izzie?
Simon in citt, con un gruppo di turisti.
llr Brown Ciao, Simon.
$mon Arrivederci, Mr Brown.
1. Se I'esercizio viene fatto oralmente, introduci l'uso di got.
Gatta she-cat. 2. Mangiare pu essere
ffitto con to have.
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