Listening English A1

A Visit to the Zoo

Una gita scolastica allo zoo. Guarda il video, leggi il testo e allena il past simple e there was/were a livello A1.

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Last spring, my school class went to the zoo. We went by coach. It took about forty minutes to get there.

The zoo was very big. There were animals from all over the world. First, we saw the lions. There were two lions, a male and a female. The male had a big golden mane. He was sleeping.

Then we saw the giraffes. They were very tall. Their necks were longer than I expected. A keeper was feeding them leaves from a bucket.

My favourite animals were the penguins. They waddled around in a funny way and made loud noises. Some of them jumped into the water and swam very fast.

We had lunch on the grass near the café. I had a sandwich and an apple. My friend Tom had crisps and a chocolate bar.

On the way home, everyone was tired but happy. I drew pictures of the animals in my notebook.

Traduzione del testo

La primavera scorsa la mia classe è andata allo zoo. Siamo andati in pullman. Ci sono voluti circa quaranta minuti per arrivarci.

Lo zoo era molto grande. C'erano animali da tutto il mondo. Prima abbiamo visto i leoni. C'erano due leoni, un maschio e una femmina. Il maschio aveva una grande criniera dorata. Stava dormendo.

Poi abbiamo visto le giraffe. Erano altissime. I loro colli erano più lunghi di quanto mi aspettassi. Un guardiano le stava nutrendo con foglie prese da un secchio.

I miei animali preferiti erano i pinguini. Camminavano ondeggiando in modo buffo e facevano versi rumorosi. Alcuni saltavano in acqua e nuotavano velocissimi.

Abbiamo pranzato sull'erba vicino al bar. Io avevo un panino e una mela. Il mio amico Tom aveva le patatine e una barretta di cioccolato.

Sulla via del ritorno, erano tutti stanchi ma contenti. Io ho disegnato gli animali sul mio quaderno.

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2 Vocabulary
coach /kəʊtʃ/
il pullmana bus for long journeys
mane /meɪn/
la crinierathe long hair on a lion or horse
keeper /ˈkiːpə/
il guardianoa person who looks after zoo animals
waddle /ˈwɒdl/
camminare ondeggiandoto walk with short steps side to side
crisps /krɪsps/
le patatine (in busta)thin fried potato snacks
notebook /ˈnəʊtbʊk/
il quadernoa book for writing notes
tall /tɔːl/
altohaving a great height
3 Grammar — rules from the text
Past Simple — irregular verbs
Verbi irregolari al passato: go→went, take→took, see→saw, have→had, make→made, draw→drew.
go → went   see → saw   have → had   draw → drew
My class went to the zoo.First, we saw the lions.I drew pictures of the animals.
There was / There were
Per dire che qualcosa c'era: there was (singolare), there were (plurale).
There was + singular  ·  There were + plural
There were animals from all over the world.There were two lions.There was a big golden mane.
Comparatives (-er than)
Per confrontare: aggettivo corto + -er + than (più … di).
short adjective + -er + than
Their necks were longer than I expected.The giraffes were taller than the lions.
Past Continuous (was + -ing)
Per un'azione in corso nel passato: was/were + verbo in -ing.
was / were + verb-ing
The male lion was sleeping.A keeper was feeding the giraffes.
4 Quiz — check your understanding
0 / 7
Multiple choice
1 How did the class travel to the zoo?
2 What was the male lion doing?
3 What were the writer's favourite animals?
4 What did the writer do on the way home?
True or False
5 There were animals from all over the world at the zoo.
6 The giraffes' necks were shorter than the writer expected.
7 Everyone was tired but happy on the way home.

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