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Read and complete the sentences with words below: household / movements / devices / communicate / cloud / infiltrated / emotions / public / gathering / smart / sentiment / explores / developed / same / behind / encouraging / private / social / reality 1) In his book Picnic Comma Lightning, Laurence Scott ____ […]

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Dopo aver letto la storia tratta da The Guardian fai questo esercizio. Read the article and choose the correct option. 1) The last Blockbuster manager watched her first rental movie / movie when she was six years old. 2) Her family borrowed a DVD / VHS copy of Poltergeist from her aunt’s video store. 3) […]

Il British Museum è uno dei più prestigiosi musei al mondo. Leggi l’articolo e completa le frasi con l’alternativa corretta. Read the text before the interview and complete the sentences choosing the correct alternative. 1) The British Museum opened to the public in a. 1759. b. 1753. c. 1953. 2) Every year it is visited […]

Greta Thunberg è la ragazzina svedese simbolo della lotta contro il cambio climatico. Read and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1) Greta Thunberg is a young climate activist from Norway. 2) She demands that carbon emissions be reduced. 3) The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. 4) When was […]

Un esercizio sugli aggettivi che trovi nell’articolo dedicato alla rivoluzionaria congressista Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Find in the article the adjectives that correspond to the definitions. 1) ____ not costing anything 2) ____ not excluding any particular section of society 3) ____ having an unofficial style, relaxed 4) ____ not having a physical or concrete existence 5) […]

Find the adjective that doesn’t belong to the group. 1) obsolete / dusty / out-of-date / superseded 2) suitable / extraordinary / remarkable / unique 3) precise / exact / specific / distinguished 4) safe / crooked / secure / harmless 5) lucky / brilliant / gifted / clever 6) short / brief / unrestricted […]

Il mitico gruppo di Liverpool rivoluzionò la musica, la moda e il fenomeno dei fan. Dopo aver letto l’articolo sui Beatles raccontati dal loro parrucchiere, fai questo esercizio. Locate the words hidden in the star (horizontally) that mean: • a record of events written from personal knowledge • an event occurring as part of a […]

Ecco un esercizio ispirato all’articolo de The Guardian di questo mese che parla dell’esperienza di una donna affetta da sinestesia. Match the following adjectives used in the article (1-9) to an adjective below with the opposite meaning. 1) obvious 2) vague 3) unusual 4) damp 5) thick 6) similar 7) predictable 8) glad 9) important […]

Il Classic Book di questo mese è Alice nel paese delle meraviglie di Lewis Carroll, nato come un romanzo per ragazzi che con il tempo è diventato un classico delle letteratura in lingua inglese. Listen and complete the sentences pronounced by some book characters. 1) The White Rabbit: “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be […]