
Exercise 6
Giorgio has been telling you about himself. Tell someone else what
he said, i.e. rewrite his words so that you are talking about him,
changing the endings of the verbs from the ‘I’ form to the ‘he’
form.
Example: Giorgio è pilota.
Sono (1) pilota. Abito (2) a Verona e lavoro (3) per una compagnia
privata. Spesso devo (4) portare gente a Roma o a Bruxelles.
Generalmente parto (5) da Verona presto e arrivo (6) a Roma per
le 9. La sera torno (7) a Verona e finisco (8) di lavorare alle 18 o
alle 19. Se non è possible tornare dormo (9) all’albergo, ma
preferisco (10) tornare a Verona. Ma non decido (11) io, decide il
cliente.
Saying how long something takes
Ci mette is used to say how long it takes:
Il treno ci mette due ore.
The train takes two hours.
Per fare questo, ci metto mezz’ora.
To do this, I take half an hour.
Mettere in other contexts means ‘to put’ and works like prendere
in the present tense.
Dialogue 2
Vorrei andare in Piazza Castello
In Torino Angela wants to go to Piazza Castello. It is raining as
she gets off the train so she thinks she’ll take the bus. She finds a
bus information office in the station.
1 If Angela takes the number 63, does it take her right to Piazza
Castello?
2 Where does she have to get off?
3 Which bus will take her right into Piazza Castello?
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