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Grammar1Present simple andpresentcontinuous

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1 Circlethe correct words.l'mplayingtennis every day the momen WffiWff

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reffiffiscar reads a magazine at the moment. X

Oscar rc readinq a maqaztne at the woment.

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1 Oscar is going to school at 8.30 every day. X

4 Correct the sentences about Oscar.

2 Oscar listens to a CD now. ,{

3 Oscar is having lunch at school everyday. X

4 At themoment Oscar eats a sandwich. X

5 Everyday Oscar is wearing a school uniform. ,(

6 Today Oscar wears jeans and trainers. /

7 Oscar is doing his homeworkevery evening.X

5 Complete the email withthe present simple orpresent continuous formof these verbs.

h¿ve go not workwear get up writeuse workplay

r}É\c.tHiMumand Dad,

Here i am inGuatemala. It's greatl t (fi 'm harínqa wonderfultíme. Every daywe (2)

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early, about six o'clock.we (3)

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towork bybus. I (4) today because it'sa fiesta. I (5)

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some emails - this oneto you and another one to loe.

I(6)

my boss's computer.

I'mtired.Every day we (7) for eightor ten hours. In the evenings we (8)board games. It's fun!Oh, thanks for thetrainers.I (9) them now. They're greatl

1 He goes to the cinema today / twicea week.2 Are you playingcomputer games now / every

weekend?3 They go to workby train every morning / at

the moment.4 We're studyingat the moment / every day.5 Does she go to workevery day / today?

2 Rewrite thesentences using the adverbs offrequencyin brackets.Myparents eat dinner in a restaurant. (often)

2 I am on time. (always)

3 We go to the beach. (hardlyever)

4 He is late. (sometimes)

5 I do my homeworkon the bus. (never)

Complete the sentences withthe present simpleorpresent continuous form of theverbs in brackets.We usually eat at home but todaywe

are eatlnq in a restaurant. (eat)

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NormallyI

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a suit and tie but today|

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jeans. (wear)She hardly ever _ televisionbut atthe moment she

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a documentary.(watch)

You

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Paul right now?You never me. (help)We often the bus when wego to visitmy grandmother, but todaywe

the train. (take)

5 Why you

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yourhomework now? You usually

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it onSundays. (do)

1 We go shopping onSaturdays. (usually)



Vocabulary2Personal qualities:opposiüe

adjectives1 Complete the adjectives withvowels.Q e n e r 0 u<1 m__n2 c_nf_d_nt3 h_rd-w_rk_ng4 l_zy5 __sy-g__ng6 c_r_ng7 s_ c __bl.8 s_lf_sh9 q---t

10 str_ss_dWrite the adjectives fromexercise 1 in the correctcolumn.positiveadjectives negative adjectives

tener0us

Do the crossword. Complete the clues withthesewords.

mean generous confidenthard-workingselfish easy-going qt*ietcaring sociable ,

stressed shy lazy

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1 The oppositeof sociable. quíet2 The opposite of lazy.4 The opposite of hard-working.5 The opposite of caring.6 The opposite of generous.

Across3 The opposite of quiet.5 The opposite of easy-going.7 The opposite of mean.8 The opposite of selfish.

9 The oppositeof shy.10 The opposite of confident.11 The opposite of stressed.

4 Match the adjectives withtheir definitions.

1 mean2 sociable3 lazy4 quiet5 hard-working6 stressed7 generous8 shy

a) A person who workshard.b) A person who likesgivingpresents.c) A person who likesgoing to parties.d) A person who never workshard.e) Aperson who doesn't likemeeting new people.f) A person whodoesn,t share things.g) A person whodoesn,t say very much.h) A person who isn,t relaxed.

Complete the sentences withadjectives ofcharacter.

1 I am usually and sometimes l,m

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Mybest friend is oftenhardly ever _.Myneighbour isMymaths teacher is hardlyeverHe / She is usually

He / She is

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-GVocabulary1É*jFEe.¡i:-*'u;lr:Complete the wordpuzzle. What,s themysteryword?

The mysteryword is

Achievements1 Match the verbs withthe phrases.

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2 Myjob isn't boring,it's lntereshn! .

A person who makes scientificdiscoveries is a

3 Ken Follet,Zoé Valdés and CamiloJosé Cela are

4 Captain Robert Falcon Scott went to Antarcticain 191 '1. He was an

5 A person who wins a prize is a6 People who do athletics are called

7 Maradonna was probablythe greatestof all time.

8 Ethan Hawkeand VinDiesel are my favourite

Complete the sentences withthese words.

gea} certificateexam scientificdiscoveriesprize expeditionnovel voluntarywork

Torres scored another !oa/ . lt,s now 2-1toSpain.

1 I didn't study very much so I didn,tpass mymaths

2 Myuncle is a novelist.At the moment he,swritinghis third

3 The BilbaoMetrowona forbeingthe cleanest

underground in Europe.4 This is an officialexam. lfyou pass you get a

5 Atthe CERN laboratories in Geneva scientistsmake important .____---.

6 Charles Darwinwent on an .-__-..-- to theSouth Sea lslands.

7 Last summer my sister went to South Americato do _ forOxfam.

Circlethe correct words.vy ,ncle6o"idñ/makes an expeditiononce ayea r.

1 I need to win/ get that certificatebefore thesummer.

2 Mybrother scores / makes a lot of goals whenhe plays football.

3 I always pass / get my maths exams!4 Some actors and actresses make / do voluntary

workto help the poor.

ArturoPérez-Reverte gets / writeshistoricalnovels.Every year my sister wins / does a prize forsinging.

1 make2 write3do4 score5go6 pass7 ',,,'in

a) voluntarywork

b) a prizec) a noveld) an exame) a goalf) on an expedition

\ nl a scientif ic discovery

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Test yourself,basic points

Here are some of the basic grammarpoints liomHorvEnglishworks.Doyouknowthem all? Check your answers on pagc 1 1.

(.-hoose the t:orrect answer(s). One or more ¿tnst4/srs mty be correct.

1 She 's ... universityteacher.Aa Ban Cthe Done

2 I like... small animals.A the B - (= nothing)C cvery D all

3 Is this coat ... ?

A yours B your

4 Is Diana ... ?

C thc yours

A a fiiendof yours B et your liiend C your friend5 Who are ... people over there?

A that B the C these D those

6 ... is your phone number?AWhich B What C How

7 CouldI h¿ive ... drink?Aother B an other C another

8 There aren't ... for everybody.Achairsenough B enoughchairs C enoughofchairs

9 They'rc ... young to get marricd.A too much B too C very too

Io Mosl ... lil<erravclling.AofpeopleB ofthepeopleC people

11 Annand Peter phone ... every day.A them B themselfC themselves D each other

12 It's... n¡eather.A terrible B a terrible C the terrible

13 The pltn'al of'car ts cars. I4/hiclroJ'tlrcse are correct ¡tlttrals?A journeys B ladys C minuts D sandwichs E babies14 WhiL:hoJ'tlrcse isf arc coruer:t?

Ahappier B more happier C unhappier D beautifuller15 This is ... r,r¡inter for 20 years.

A the more bad B worsc C_' theworse Il worstE the r¡r¡orst



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She's much taller ... me.A than B as C that

He lives in the same street ..' me'A that B like C as D than

Her eyes ... a very lightblue.

AareB have C has

... help me?A Canyouto B DoYoucanC CanYou

You ... worrYabout it.A not must B don't must C must not D mustn't

It ... again. It ... all the time here in the winter'A 's raining,'s raining B rains, rainsC rains, 's raining D 's raining, rains

L.. she...you.A think,likes B am thinhing, is likingC think,is liking D am thinking,Iikes

Who... the window?A open B oPened C dicl oPencd

whv... ?

A those men arc laughingB are laughing those menC are those men laughing

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A does she want B does she wants C she wants

I didn't ... he was at home.A to thinh B think C thinking

... a hole in my sock.

D thought

AThere's B There is C lt's D It is

I'llsee you ... 1'uesdaly afternoon.Aat Bon CinWhat time did you arrive ... the station?Aat Bto (- -

We're going ... the opera tomorrownight.Aat B- Cin Dto

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articles:revisionI A,an, the or - (nothing)?1

-diplomatis

-person who can tellyou to go to hell in such a way

that you actuallylooh forwardto _ trip. Caskie Stinnett2-

dog is

-onlythingon earth that loves you more than you love

yourself. loshBillings3-

Americans like

-fat books and _ thin women. Russell Bak¿r4

-accountant is

-m¿in who is hireiito explain that you didn't

make

-money youdid. Anonutnous

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actor's

-guy who, ifyou ain't talkingabout him, ain't listening.

Attributeclto Marlontsrando6

-optimistis someone who thinks

-future is uncertain.

Anonymous7

-death is _ nature 's way of tellingyou to slow down.

Anonymous8

-diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie!'untilyou c¿rn find_stone. Wynn Ctúlin

-equality

is _ lie _ womenare better. Anontlmous

-birds do it:_ bees do it;even _ educated fleas clo it. Let's do it.

Let's fallin

-love. CoIe porter

I always pass on

-good advice. It is

-onlything to clo with it. It is

never any use to oneself. Oscar WiLIeI love acting. It is so much more real than life.Oscar WildeNever put anything on

-paper, my boy, antl never trust _ man

with

-small black moustache. p G Wodehouse

Nothing'sillegal if

-hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's

true anywhere in _ world.AndrewyoungRemember that as

-teenager you are at

-last stage in your iife

when you willbe happy to hear that _ phone is for you.Fran Lebov,itzSave

-water, shower with_ friend.Anon¡1mous

-happiest timeof anyone's lifeis just after _ firstdivorce.

J ohn I{enne th G alb r aithTreat

-workof art like_ prince: let it speak to you first.

Attributedto ArthurSchopenhauerwhen I was

-boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could

hardly stand to have

-old man around. Butwhen I got to be twenty-

one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven vears.MarkTrainwhen I was born, I was so surprised that I courdn'ttalk for _ yearand

-half. Gracie Allen

A banker is

-man who lends you

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is fair, and takes it away fromyou when it rains. Anonymous22 californiais

-great place - ifyou happen to be _ orange. F Allen23 writingabout

-art is like dancingabout

-architecture.

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Complete the captions witha, ant, the or -, and say whichcartoonsthey go with.'One nightyou'lIget me out of

-bed and it reallywillbe burglar.'

'I don't thinkmuch of wedding photographer.''For heaven's sake, HarrylCan't you just relaxand enjo¡,

-art,

music,

-religion.

-literature, drama and histor:y,

without tryingto tie it all together?''Good morning, MrDolby!It's 5.15 a.m., and this is radio station W]RM.Ifyouname next lune you willwin

-ride on elephant and

two tickets to

-rock concertl'

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