Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: [CPE] Esercizi 2

Esercizio 3
The following sentences are from a different letter of complaint.
Rewrite each of them in such a way that the new sentence is as similar
as possible in meaning to the original. In this exercise, you have
been given both the beginning and the ending of the new sentence, and
your changes should make the register more formal.
a) I visited your shop because I wanted to return a faulty mini CD
player.
My purpose ... a faulty mini CD player.
b) I was offended more by the attitude of the young man than by what
was said.
I was not so ... of the young man.
c) I would have asked from the start to see the manager, if I had
known I would be treated like this.
Had ... to see the manager.
d) I'm writing to complain about the way the staff behaved in your
shop
I'm writing ... of the staff in your shop.
e) I asked whether they could give me a cash refund.
I asked ... be possible.
f)  If inadequate action is taken, I shall be forced to publish this
letter.
Unless ... option but to publish this letter.
Esercizio 4
Complete the sentences below with the correct form of set up or set
off.
a) It was six o'clock in the morning when we ... for the monastery in
the mountains.
b) One of the most memorable things which happened was when someone
... a fire alarm.
c) The police have ... road blocks everywhere in an attempt to catch
the thieves.
d) She wore a black evening dress that ... her pale complexion
beautifully.
e) Could you come and help me ... the video - I can't make head or
tail of these instructions.
f) My wife and I are thinking of ... a small business together.
g) The police were asking me lots of questions about something I knew
nothing about. I think I've been ... .
h) The officer in charge of the operation said that even someone
slamming a door could ... the bomb.
Esercizio 5
Rewrite each of the following sentence using an expression with set
and the word in brackets. The sentences have been started for you.
a)	I've never seen him before.
	I've ...				(eyes)
b)	'I'll never enter this house again!' she screamed.
	'Never ...				(foot)
c)	She desperately wants to win the competition.
	She's ...				(heart)
d)	His ideas and habits are too fixed for him to cope with the
changes.
	He's too ...				(ways)
e)	When I go to a restaurant I see the attentiveness of the
waiters as being of prime importance.
	When I go to a restaurant I ...		(store)
Sebastiano
-- 
Aisle bee ware yew wont mi two b;
Isle b yore ayes;
Aisle pleas u;
Yew no u knead mi, deer.

 slamming a door could ... the bomb.
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Preso dallo sconforto, mi fermo qui, per ora!
-- 
Enrico C

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set off
Phrasal verbs are a mess, aren't they? Pattern recognition is probably
the ideal way to do these. Explicit reading of books about phrasal
verbs may or may not be necessary: I'm not the best person to
express an opinion on this, I fear. I do have a couple of books of
phrasal verbs, mostly because off the top of my head I can never
remember a scary enough range of phrasal verbs all starting with
"come" or "look" or whatever when trying to scare someone.
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
I'm sure they'll listen to Reason. (H. Protagonist)

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Set off
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