Use of English: The global village

 

 

 

 

 

USE OF ENGLISH

THE GLOBAL VILLAGE

7) Complete the series with a word of the same semantic group:

• Argentinian – Uruguayan – Peruvian. BRAZILIAN, CHILEAN, CUBAN.

8) Find in the text the word which has the following definition: “chief official of a city” (noun)

• MAYOR (lines 10, 11)

9) Find in the text one opposite for CARELESSLY (adverb)

• CAREFULLY (line 13)

10) Give an adjective with the same root as HISTORY (noun) (line 4)

• HISTORICAL

11) Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets:

• While I (drive) WAS DRIVING down the road, I came across a big cow.

12) Complete the following conditional sentence:

• If those foreign families hadn’t arrived at Aguaviva, THE VILLAGE WOULD HAVE DISAPPEARED

13) Turn the following sentence into the passive voice:
      You can’t expect my little sister to behave responsibly.

• My little sister CAN’T BE expected to behave responsibly.

14) Join the following sentences using an appropriate linker. Do not use AND or BUT). Make changes if necessary.
He has been attending Italian lessons. His family moved to Rome five years ago.

• HE HAS BEEN ATTENDING ITALIAN LESSONS SINCE / BECAUSE HIS FAMILY MOVED TO ROME FIVE YEARS AGO

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