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Gli Smith hanno trascurato la loro casa che ora ha bisogno di interventi urgenti. Formula frasi con la costruzione it’s about/high time e i verbi nel riquadro. upgrade • change • re-plaster • rewire • cut • do • replace • buy 1 The grass in the garden is extremely long. It’s about/high time they cut the grass. 2 They have had the same television for 10 years. 3 The electric plugs in the kitchen are old and quite dangerous.
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The carpets are worn and threadbare. Many of the bulbs in the lights do not work. The sheets on the bed are dirty. There are dirty plates and cups in the sink. The outside walls are full of cracks.
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I wish to speak/have spoken to the manager immediately. I wish I could/will afford to buy that beautiful jacket. We hope you got/get better very soon. If only Theresa took/had taken my advice, she wouldn’t be in such a difficult situation. It’s time we left/have left. Thank you for a wonderful party. Don’t you wish you have lived/could live in a warm climate when the weather is like this? Bella wishes her parents couldn’t/wouldn’t work so hard and start to relax more. If only my grandparents hadn’t sold/couldn’t sell their house in London ten years ago! It’s high time we had gone/went on a lovely winter holiday. If I had known you were waiting outside, I will/would have let you in. I hope we could/can get tickets for the concert next Saturday. Don’t you think it’s high time that politicians stopped/stop attacking each other?
Riscrivi le frasi usando le parole tra parentesi. 1 It’s a pity I don’t speak Spanish as I’m going on holiday to Argentina and Chile. (wish) I wish I spoke Spanish. 2 I regret not getting tickets to see the final at Wimbledon. (wish) 3 I don’t want them to be late for the meeting tomorrow morning. (hope) 4 It’s a pity we didn’t get to know our neighbours better before they moved. (wish) 5 We need to leave for the station as quickly as possible if we want to catch the train at 9.00 a.m. (time) 6 I wish I had bought that amazing flat on the seafront. (if only) 7 You really should stop worrying so much about other people. (high time) 8 I don’t like you working at the weekend. (wish) 9 It’s a pity we didn’t go to the Eden Project when we were in Cornwall. (wish) 10 I wish you wouldn’t check your phone messages when we are having lunch. (like)
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TRANSLATION Traduci le frasi in inglese. 1 Ti auguro un piacevole viaggio. 2 Spero che Jack non si perda venendo (on his way) qui. 3 Eleanor vorrebbe che suo padre non lavorasse così tanto. 4 Vorrei essere a Rio ora perché è il periodo di carnevale! 5 Vorrei saper suonare la chitarra elettrica. 6 Vorrei che tu non facessi la tua festa di compleanno sabato prossimo.
7 Vorremmo che non ti rivolgessi (speak) a noi così. 8 Vorrei aver ripassato di più la Rivoluzione francese perché all’esame c’erano domande a cui non ho risposto bene. 9 Vorrei che tu avessi visto la sua (di lei) faccia quando ha scoperto di aver vinto la gara. 10 Se solo non avessi mangiato così tanto a cena, ora non avrei un’indigestione. 11 Sono mezzanotte passate, quindi sarebbe l’ora di andare.
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