Etivity di Lingua Inglese L7-L-9
Prof.ssa Gaia Gentile
1 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses.
“Well, you see, Officer, I ____was driving_____ (1 drive) down the dual carriageway, when this
huge lorry _____overtook_____ (2 overtake) me. I _____was travelling______ (3 travel) at 70
miles an hour, so I’ve no idea what speed the lorry_____was going_____ (4 go). I __have never
seen_____(5 never see) a lorry travelling so fast.
Two miles further down the road I ______saw______ (6 see) flames and smoke rising. The idiot
______had crashed_______ (7 crash) into the roundabout. Obviously he ______had
swerved_______ (8 swerve) to avoid this boy on his bicycle.
Have you____spoken______ (9 speak) to the boy yet? I think he’s all right. When you
_____arrived_______ (10 arrive), I _____was trying_____ (11 try) to free the lorry driver. I could
smell alcohol on his breath. I think he ______had been drinking______ (12 drink). He ____has
broken_____ (13 break) one of his legs, but apart from that he’s not too bad.”
Score _____/13
2 Combine words from the left list with words from the right to form 17 compounds.
Window cleaner oxygen mask status symbol
Dress designer bottle opener painkiller CD player
Toothbrush earphones nail polish football
Water tank boyfriend vacuum cleaner
Bedroom highschool long-suffering
