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**FINAL GRAMMAR TEST. Take these exercises:**
MIXED TENSES

MODALS

==**DIAGNOSTIC TEST: Diagnostic quiz Number 1 pinpoints errors and takes you to the quizzes and pages that can help you understand and correct them** []==

MARCH 2011

 * Tsunami in Japan **


 * Watch this [|CNN video] and try to understand as much as you can about this tragedy. Then watch the video again and read the transcript below. **


 * Finally, download and print this Word file. Read the text and do the exercises. [[file:JAPAN EARTHQUAKE-EXERCISES.doc]]**


 * Then see and read [|how a reactor shuts down]and what happens in a meltdown (fusione).**

** After watching the film "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas", download these files and do the activities required. **

[|THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS-QUESTIONS.doc]

** If you missed the film at school, these are the links on YouTube: **

** [|PART 1] ** ** [|PART 2] ** ** [|PART 3] ** ** [|PART 4] ** ** [|PART 5] ** ** [|PART 6] ** ** [|PART 7] ** ** [|PART 8] ** ** [|PART 9] ** ** [|PART 10] **

[] (can/can’t/could/couldn’t)
[] (have to/don’t have to) [] (should) [] (vari) [] (vari) [] (vari) [] (vari) [] (vari) [] (modali composti)

NOVEMBER 2010

 * Before reading the article 'Drilling for Oil', open and read this PowerPoint Presentation about the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig in the Gulf of Mexico.**

[[file:OILSPILL DEEPWATER.pps]]

 * Look up in your dictionary and write down all the words you don't know. Then, as it's said in the last slide, watch this video and try to understand as much as you can:** http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid1842760475?bctid=86097427001


 * Watch another video here:** http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4645010/the_bp_disaster_in_the_gulf_of_mexico/

OCTOBER 2010
===**DIAGNOSTIC TEST: Diagnostic quiz Number 1 pinpoints errors and takes you to the quizzes and pages that can help you understand and correct them** []===

SEPTEMBER 2010

 * Following the results of your placement tests, it seems that each of you needs some remedial work. Look at the mistakes in your test. For each wrong sentence, please take these exercises.**


 * If your sentences 2 and/or 6 and/or 26 are wrong, do these:**

**[|Possessive case]. ** Per svolgere questo esercizio, clicca su **Start** e leggi le regole relative al genitivo sassone. Clicca più volte su **Next** fino ad arrivare alla videata ‘**Now it’s your go’** (Ora tocca a te). Clicca su **1** e leggi le istruzioni. Poi clicca su **Click here to start**. Componi ora frasi con il genitivo sassone, usando le parole date. Scrivile nel campo e clicca su **Enter**. Al termine dell’esercizio ti appariranno tutte le risposte da te date, con la relativa correzione.


 * [|Possessive case (with 'whose')] **


 * If your sentences 8 and/or 12 are wrong, do these:**


 * [|Have or Has?]**
 * [|'s = is or has]**


 * If your sentences 9 and/or 11 and/or 17 and/or 24 and/or 33 are wrong, first watch this video:**

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 * Then do these exercises:**


 * [|Prepositions of place (at, on, in)]**
 * [|Time prepositions]**

** [|Some/any (1)] ** ** [|Some/any (2)] **
 * If you made one or two mistakes in sentence 13, do this exercise:**
 * [|A/an, some (1)]**


 * If your sentences 14 and/or 16 and/or 18 and/or 19 and/or 53 are wrong, do these:**


 * [|Simple present 1.]**
 * [|Simple present 2.]**


 * If your sentences 26 and/or 27 and/or 28 are wrong, do these:**


 * [|Possessive pronouns]**
 * [|Object pronouns]**
 * [|Possessive adjectives and pronouns]**


 * If you made mistakes in sentences 32 and/or 34, it seems you have problems with the present simple and present continuous. First watch this explanatory video and then do the [|exercise]**.

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 * Try these ones, too:**
 * [|Present simple/continuous 1].**
 * [|Present simple/continuous 2].**
 * [|Present simple/continuous 3].**

** SECOND PART (sentences 35-64) **

 * If your sentences 35 and/or 36 are wrong, do these:**

[|Was/were (1)] [|Was/were (2)] [|Was/were (Questions)]


 * If your sentences 37 and/or 38 and/or** ** 39 and/or** ** 40 and/or** ** 41 and/or** ** 42 and/or** ** 43 and/or** ** 44 and/or** ** 45 and/or** **are wrong, do these:**


 * [] (regular/irregular forms)**
 * [] (write positive sentences)**
 * [] (answer questions)**
 * [] (rewrite in the negative)**
 * [] (write questions)**
 * [] (paradigmi 0)**
 * [] (paradigmi 1)**
 * [] (paradigmi 2)**
 * []**
 * [|http://www.roadtogrammar.com] (click on Quizzes and do these exercises: 210, 211, 213, 214)**
 * []**


 * If you still have problems with the past simple, watch and listen to this video. Then take the exercise:**


 * []**


 * If your sentences** ** 36 and/or**** 46 and/or** ** 52 ** **are wrong, do these:**


 * http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-24600.php**
 * http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-10785.php**

EXERCISES WITH AUDIO **(for everybody)**

 * [|Where is the station?]**
 * [|Arriving at a hotel]**
 * [|Asking for directions]**
 * [|Describing a house]**