Exercise worksheets Unit 12

Prior to starting any of your work in these Worksheets

please read carefully Unit 12 in the Course Booklet.
Complete all the tasks in the Worksheets following all the
Importante!
instructions given.

LESSON 1
Grammar Exercise 1
Completed
Go to the Grammar Course and revise the Yes No
information on the imperfetto then do
Grammar Exercise 1.

Grammar Exercise 2
Completed
Go to the Grammar Course and revise the Yes No
information on the imperfetto then do
Grammar Exercise 2.

Grammar Exercise 3
Completed
Go to the Grammar Course and revise the Yes No
information on the impersonal form then do
Grammar Exercise 3.

Grammar Exercise 4
Completed
Go to the Grammar Course and revise the Yes No
information on the impersonal form then do
Grammar Exercise 3.

Grammar Exercise 5
Completed
Go to the Grammar Course and revise the Yes No
information on the impersonal form then do
Grammar Exercise 3.

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 Exercise 1

Listen to Alla banca (parts 1-5 ), Tracks 3-7, and answer the questions
below in English.

1. What useful information does the passerby give the girl?

2. In 2000, Italy introduced the euro currency. Prior to this the lira was
used. When was this dialogue recorded?
Tick the correct response.
(a) Prior to year 2000.
(b) After the year 2000.

3. Explain why the girl needed to go to the bank.

Exercise 2
Completed
Revise the numbers in Section 3.7 of the Yes No
Grammar Course, then go to Unit 12 in
Moodle and do Exercise 2 (Track 11).

Exercise 3
Completed
Listen to the video on Webank.it in Yes No
Moodle and do Exercise 3.

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 Exercise 4

Read the text L'Euro on p.9 of the Course Booklet and answer the
questions below.

1. Outline the benefits of using the euro if you are a traveller.

2. Why is shopping easier in Europe since 1 January 2002?

3. Does Great Britain use the euro as its currency? Explain.

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 Exercise 5
Completed
Go to Moodle and do Exercise 5. Yes No

Exercise 6

Listen to Quando aprono i negozi on Tracks 17-23, then answer

the following questions in English.

1. What places does Marta enquire about?

2. Why does she go into the city?

3. Will Marta have time to go to the delicatessen after the cinema?

Explain.

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 Exercise 7
Read Marta's diary entry about her first day in Perugia in the Course
Booklet. Using Marta's diary entry as a model, write your own diary
entry about a day you and a friend have spent together in the city.
Scrivi! Write approximately 150 words in Italian.

Caro diario, Data

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 Exercise 8
Your cousin in Italy has sent you an e-mail. Read the e-mail on p. 17
of the Course Booklet and write a response. Write approximately 120
Leggi e rispondi!
words in Italian.

Now write your response.

A:
Da:
Oggetto:

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 Exercise 9

Listen to Track 34, then answer the following question in

English.
Track 34

What is the purpose of this conversation?

In your opinion, will this family achieve the goal expressed by the father
in his initial statement? Justify your response with reference to the text.

Exercise 10
Read the text Spesa 2.0, on p.20 of the Course Booklet then
answer the following question in English.

In your opinion, why could the Milanese people be described as intelligent

shoppers? Justify your response with reference to the text.

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