Grammatica Inglese: Reported Speech, Connettivi e Vocabolario Tematico
Unità 8: Grammatica e Connettivi
Permission e imposition
let – permission; make – imposition
Also, too, as well as
as well as + noun
also – before verb or after be
too
Connettivi di aggiunta
What’s more / in addition / furthermore
Connettivi di contrasto
- although – beginning of a sentence
- despite / in spite of + noun
- However / nevertheless + ,
Reported Speech: trasformazioni dei tempi
- present simple → past simple
- present continuous → past continuous
- be going to → was/were going to
- have + verb + ed / past simple / past perfect → past perfect
- will / would → would; can / could → could
- may → might; must / have to → had to
- should → should
- yesterday → the day before
- here → there
- this / these → that / those
- now → then
- today / tonight / this week → that day, night, week
- tomorrow → the following day
Reported questions
Subj. + tell + object + (not) infinitive
Subj. + ask + object + (not) infinitive
Unità 9: Connettivi di causa, conseguenza e scopo
Causa
- so + much / many / few / little
- such + noun
- because / as / since / seeing that
- because of / on account of / owing to / due to / as a result of – before noun
Conseguenza
- Therefore / as a result / consequently / for this reason
- so – between two clauses
Scopo
- in order / so as – before infinitive
- in order that / so that – before a clause
Verbi con that e costrutti
Verb + that: admit, announce, complain, say, suggest, predict, reveal
Verb + object + that: advise, beg, convince, encourage, inform, invite, persuade, tell, warn
Verb + (not) infinitive: agree, offer, promise, refuse, threaten
Verb + ing / that + clause: deny, regret, report
Preposizione + ing: apologise for, brag about, complain about, insist on
Future in the past
- will → would
- be going to → was/were going to
- present continuous → past continuous
Unità 8: Lessico del giornalismo
Notizie e media
At the scene – sulla scena; breaking news – notizie dell’ultima ora; broadcast – trasmissione, trasmettere; caption – didascalia; cover – seguire; coverage – resoconto; edit – rivedere; footage – filmato; headline – titolo; live – dal vivo; presenter – presentatore; publish – pubblicare; record – registrare; report – servizio, fare la cronaca di; reporter – inviato; side – lato; source – fonte; the press – la stampa; witness – testimone
Manipolazione e prospettiva
angle – prospettiva; bias – pregiudizio, influenzare; fall for – farsi ingannare da; leave out – escludere; make up – inventare, consistere di, far pace; objective – imparziale; play down – minimizzare; play on – speculare su; play up – enfatizzare; prejudice – pregiudizio, pregiudicare; pressure – pressione, fare pressione; shape – forma; spin – interpretazione, travisare; trick – scherzo, ingannare; turn out – risultare; unreliable – inattendibile; viewpoint – punto di vista
Unità 9: Relazioni e comunicazione
Relazioni personali
be a pain – essere un rompiscatole; be in a relationship – essere in una relazione; be there for – esserci per; belong – appartenere; break up – lasciarsi; connect – trovarsi in sintonia; date – frequentare qualcuno; drift apart – allontanarsi; drive someone mad – far diventare matto qualcuno; fall out – bisticciare; get along – andare d’accordo; get to know – conoscersi; have a lot in common – avere tanto in comune; hit it off – piacersi subito; look after – prendersi cura di; put up with – sopportare; take someone for granted – dare qualcuno per scontato
Litigi e comunicazione
argue – litigare; argument – litigio; bang on – continuare a ripetere; bring up – parlare di; calm down – calmarsi; change mind – cambiare idea; focus – prestare attenzione; get carried away – farsi prendere la mano; hold back – trattenere; keep quiet – stare zitti; lose temper – arrabbiarsi; pay attention – prestare attenzione; point out – far notare; put someone down – denigrare; raise voice / shout – alzare la voce; shut up – stare zitti; stand up for – difendere; talk over – parlare di