III YEAR ASSIGNMENTS

During the break you will be given assignments and background reading to complete before the beginning of the second semester. Please consult blog on a regular basis.

Here’s your first assignment:

C1 – This is the C5 Mid-Module Test. Complete the test, referring to your grammar text and dictionary to help you.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD.

a) She is both a talented and hard-working student. NOT

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b) It was stupid of me to buy that second hand car, it keeps breaking down. WISH

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c) They believe the suspect killed at least six people before he was captured. BELIEVED


d) You were supposed to be here an hour ago! SHOULD

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e) She said that she had never been to a Chinese restaurant before. FIRST

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f) The painters are coming to decorate Mark’s house today. HAVING

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g) The president of the company died three years ago. DEAD

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h) Did you remember to tell Mark to bring his camera? REMIND

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i) You cannot smoke in the office. ALLOWED.

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j) It’s ages since I saw Anne. FOR


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Complete the text below by filling each gap with ONE WORD ONLY


Salvatore Montagna, (1)........... alleged Mafia Boss has been (2) ............. dead in

Canada. Montagna (3) ……….. born in Montreal but grew (4)........ in Sicily and,(5) ……….. he moved

(6)........ the United States at 15, he never obtained US citizenship. The married father of

three was deported to Canada(7) ………….. the United States in 2009 because of a conviction for

refusing (8).......... testify before a grand jury on illegal gambling. He pleaded guilty to the minor

charge, but it(9) …………. him ineligible to stay in the US. Montagna had no criminal record in

Canada (10).......... re-entered without trouble


Put the following texts into good and fluent English .Remember that this is a grammar test and you are not expected to write perfect or word for word translations but are expected to render the concepts of the Italian in correct English so that it can be understood by native speakers of English

“Il professore Scattone ha preso il posto dell'ex insegnante di Storia e Filosofia che fu arrestato per stalking la scorsa estate”. A rivelarlo sono alcuni studenti del liceo scientifico di Roma Cavour, dove da settembre Giovanni Scattone, condannato a 5 anni e 4 mesi per l'omicidio di Marta Russo, ha 9 ore di insegnamento. La notizia circolava ma è stata confermata solo lunedì.

Ha 51 anni ed ha avuto sinora 28 figli. Si tratta di una donna nepalese, sposatasi all'età di 12 anni, e che dai 17 in poi, quasi ogni anno ha avuto un figlio continuando però a lavorare nei campi. "Ho dato alla luce uno dei miei figli" racconta la donna al quotidiano nepalese 'Samacharpatrà "mentre stavo piantando le patate in un campo e un altro è nato mentre tagliavo l'erba in una foresta."

Lui ha 92 anni, lei 82 e si sposeranno giovedì prossimo nella chiesa parrocchiale di Valmacca in provincia di Alessandria. Rimasto vedovo quattro anni fa lo sposo ha deciso di portare all'altare la cognata.
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C5 - – This is the C5 Mid-Module Test. Complete the test, referring to your grammar text and dictionary to help you.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD.

a) He just didn’t realise that he had made such a serious mistake. LITTLE

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b) It’s been raining for a week and I’m sick of it! WISH

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c) People say he has gone abroad to avoid imprisonment. SAID

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d) He should do that work but he doesn’t want to. SUPPOSED

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e) It seems that the kidnappers have hidden the hostage in the outskirts. REPORTEDLY

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f) They are investigating the allegations. BEING

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g) He has not stopped complaining since he got up this morning. BEEN

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h) He thinks it would be a good idea we went to the theatre together . SUGGESTED

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i) I wish I had told the truth and not been such a coward. REGRET

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j) Although the sun is shining, it still feels very cold. DESPITE

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Complete the text below by filling each gap with ONE WORD ONLY



The body of an alleged mafia boss,(1) ………….. once led New York's notorious Bonanno crime

family, has (2) ……………. found by the side of (3)…………. river in Canada. Reports identified the

body(4) …………. Salvatore Montagna.(5) .......... death is the latest in a series of mafia-related

killings (6)............ disappearances which began years ago. He (7)……….... considered a

contender (8) .......... take over the decimated Rizzuto family. A provincial police spokesman

(9)………….. that a private citizen called after (10) ................. gunshots.



Put the following texts into good and fluent English. Remember that this is a grammar test and you are not expected to write perfect or word for word translations but are expected to render the concepts of the Italian in correct English so that it can be understood by native speakers of English.

L'abracadabra non è bastato, e un mago è rimasto ucciso mentre cercava di fermare un treno con i suoi poteri para-normali. Il giovane, di nome Wei, ventidue anni, era convinto di essere un maestro nell'arte occulta cinese «Qi gong». Si è sdraiato sulle rotaie e ha atteso che giungesse un treno: il convoglio avrebbe dovuto fermarsi grazie alla sola forza del suo pensiero. Che però non è bastata, e la locomotiva ha tragicamente smentito le convinzioni del mago, travolgendolo e uccidendolo sul colpo.

L'inchiesta sulla morte dell'attrice Natalie Wood, deceduta in circostanze misteriose durante una gita in barca nel 1981, sarà riaperta.La Wood, 43 anni, venne ritrovata annegata il 29 novembre 1981 durante una gita al largo della California.La Wood e il marito, Robert Wagner, erano partiti con la loro barca 'splendour' in compagnia dell'attore Christopher Walken. Le circostanze della morte di Natalie Wood non sono mai state chiarite completamente e anche se molti hanno parlato di un triangolo amoroso dalle conseguenze fatali, le versioni dei due unici testimoni, Walken e Wagner, sono state perfettamente coincidenti.