Le forme del verbo
Il presente semplice
(simple present)
1. Completa la tabella con le forme
dei verbi ordinari regolari sotto
elencati.
forma base
forma in -s
forma in -ed
work
talk
play
start
listen
help
call
cook
2. Trasforma le seguenti frasi nella
forma affermativa utilizzando le
parole fra parentesi.
I don’t study English. (French)
I study French
.
1. She doesn’t listen to classical music. (jazz)
.
2. He doesn’t play with his children. (his dog)
.
3. Susan doesn’t walk to work. (the supermarket)
infinito
.
4. We don’t like our Spanish teacher. (biology teacher)
.
5. Hugo doesn’t call his mother. (his girlfriend)
.
6. They don’t buy the morning newspaper. (a weekly news magazine)
.
7. Jack doesn’t play football. (ice hockey)
.
3. Trasforma le seguenti frasi nella
forma negativa utilizzando le parole
fra parentesi.
Ken drives a Ford. (Fiat)
Ken doesn’t drive a Fiat
.
1. We like French cooking. (Spanish cooking)
.
2. Jane works for the government. (a private company)
.
3. Philip cooks dinner for his wife. (his mother)
.
4. Brenda puts milk in her coffee. (sugar)
.
5. They come from Cuba. (Puerto Rico)
.
6. The teacher smokes in the classroom. (in the canteen)
.
7. The bus stops at the corner. (here)
.
8. Bill and I watch TV in the evening. (during the day)
.
4. Trasforma le seguenti frasi in
domande come da esempio.
Susan lives near the station. (Bill)
Does Bill live near the station too
?
1. I work for an Italian company. (you)
?
2. Sam and Pat study music. (their sister)
?
3. Charles watches television every day. (his brother)
?
4. Your father speaks Italian. (your mother)
?
5. Johnny plays the electric guitar. (Philip)
?
6. Peter and Jack go to the School for the Performing Arts. (Alice)
?
7. We live in an ugly industrial city. (you)
?
5. Completa le seguenti frasi con i
verbi tra parentesi.
Mary (watch) TV in the evening.
Mary
w atches
TV in the evening.
1. My mother (cry)
at weddings.
2. Raymond (write)
detective stories.
3. My sister (play)
(play)
the piano.
the piano too?
4. John (study)
in the evening.
5. She (go)
6.
to school early in the morning.
you (go)
to school by bus?
your mother
7.
Bill (go)
on holiday with his friends?
6. Trasforma le seguenti frasi in
domande, poi rispondi usando le
risposte brevi.
Patrick loves cats. (John? / No)
Does John love cats
?
No, he doesn’t
.
1. You live in the town centre. (your boyfriend? / No)
?
.
2. Helen speaks four languages. (her brother? / Yes)
?
.
3. Janet works in a hospital. (her friend Cindy? / No)
?
.
4. Americans eat hot dogs. (Canadians? / Yes)
?
.
5. They have lunch at home. (their colleagues? / No)
?
.
6. Herbert plays professional football. (his brother? / Yes)
?
.
7. Giorgio reads the Financial Times. (Rita? / No)
?
.
8. We drink orange juice at breakfast. (Jane? / Yes)
?
.
9. Louisa plays tennis. (her husband? / No)
?
.
10. Harold and Maude wear jeans. (Bonnie and Clyde? / Yes)
?
.
11. We buy a newspaper at the station. (Mark? / No)
?
.
12. Italians love spaghetti. (Americans? / Yes)
?
.
7. Completa le seguenti frasi
utilizzando correttamente i verbi fra
parentesi.
I
speak
John
speaks
French and
German. (to speak)
1. My dogs always
never
2. I
3. My brother
all their dinner, but my cat
all its dinner. (to eat)
beer, and Gwendolen
very badly, but my sister
wine. (not to like)
very
well. (to drive)
4. I
milk with my coffee, and he
sugar with
his coffee. (not to take)
5. My mother
and I
6. I
at five o’clock in the morning, and my brother
at six. (to get up)
maths, and Herbert
Latin. (not to
understand)
7.
your room (you/clean), or
(your mother/clean)
8.
your room?
your boyfriend (you/generally call),
or
9. Boys generally
always
10. I seldom
you? (your boyfriend/call)
romantic novels (not to read), but Willy
them. (to read)
Bruno, but Bruno always
me.
(to help)
11. I
cigarettes, and Robin
cigars. (to like)
12.
this weekly (you/buy), or
(your friend/buy)
13. John, Jill and I
Richard
Japanese, and
Italian. (speak)
this weekly?
