TEENS I VERBS

EMPOWER A1 SB
p 33 (PDF)

Hello! My name ______________ (be) Lorna. I ______________ (be) from London. Flats
______________ (be) very expensive there. In Barcelona, in Spain, flats
______________ (not be) very expensive and they're nice and big. So, I work in
London, but I ______________ (not live) there! I fly from Barcelona to London on
Monday. I work there for three days and I ______________ (stay) with my sister. She
______________ (live) near the Big Ben. Her flat ______________ (not be) big, but
it's really nice. Then I fly to Barcelona again. I ______________ (not work) on
Thursdays and Fridays, but I ______________ (read; usually) for university. I
______________ (not speak) Spanish very well, so I ______________ (study) Spanish
at a language school and I ______________ (go) to classes on Saturday. I
______________ (love) Barcelona - it ______________ (be) a beautiful city.

Is this his / he's pen?

Your / You're not 18 years old.
Do you have a / an umbrella?
I don't want to go / go to the cinema
My uncle lives in / from Per�.

TEENS I READING
EMPOWER A1 WB
p 26 (PDF)

Hi Eileen,
Thanks for your email. I love the photos of your family. You have a big family! My
family is small. Here's a new photo of us on holiday.
I'm with my husband, Greg, our daughter Lind, and our son Jeff. My parents Tom and
Elizabetta, are in the photo, too. My dad is American. He's from San Francisco, but
my mother comes from Warsaw in Poland. Greg and I live in Washington with our
children. Greg workds in an office and I'm a teacher. Greg's parents live in
Washington, too, so we see them one or two days a week, but my mum and dad are in
California. We usually have holidays with them.
I have two brothers, Daniel and Jon. They aren't in the photo. Daniel is an English
teacher in Mexico City and Jon lives in Moscow. Jon's wife, Anna, is Russian and
they have a daughter. Her name's Olga. We sometimes see them in the holidays. Olga
is five and she speaks Russian and English very well.
Write soon and tell me more about your life in Edinburgh.
Maria.

a. Maria lives in Washington. T

b. Maria�s mum is from the USA. F
c. Tom and Elizabetta don�t live in Washington. T
d. One of Maria�s brothers is married. T
e. One of Maria�s brothers has a son. F
f. The girl in the picture isn�t Olga. T

2nd YEAR VERBS

EMPOWER A1 WB
p 25 62 (PDF)

2nd year reading

EMPOWER A2 WB
p 28

We all know that it�s good for us to eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. But
it can be expensive, especially if you have a big family.
Why not grow your own? It�s cheap, it�s easy and it�s fun! You don�t even need much
space � a box in the window is enough to grow some salad.
Rob Green has a vegetable garden at his house in Cambridge. He says, �It can be
hard work sometimes, but I love it. I grow lots of different vegetables, for
example carrots, onions and beans. It saves me a lot of money, and the vegetables I
grow are better than anything you can but in the shops.�
His garden has an apple tree and a pear tree. The apples aren�t very sweet, but he
bakes them with brown sugar, and the family eat them for dessert with ice cream.
Rob also grows strawberries, and usually makes a few jars of jam each summer. �I�d
like to make more,� he says. �The only problem is that after the children see the
strawberries, there aren�t many left!�
Rob often cooks with his children, and he says that it�s good for them to see there
their food comes from too. �Children need to know that it doesn�t just arrive in
packets in the supermarket.�

like + ing
adverb
Position of freq adv
Aux for questions simple or contin
go do play

I don't like _____ magazines.

read, reading, to reading

I can't hear her. She's speaking too _____.

quietly quiet slowly

____ listening to me?

Does he He is Is he

My cousin loves doing ____.

football skiing athletics

Hi Jenny,
Thanks for your email. I hope you ______________ (enjoy) your holiday in Japan. I'm
in Germany for two weeks. I ________________ (stay) with my Aunt Silvia. She
________________ (have) two sons, Karl and Ralf, but they only ________________
(speak) German and I ________________ (not understand) them.
Now, everyone ________________ (be) at home. I ________________ (write) this email
in my bedroom. Karl and Ralf ________________ (play) with the dog in the garden
and, in the kitchen, my aunt ________________ (cook). She ________________ (listen;
always) to music while she cooks.
Anyway, what are you doing? Write and let me know.
Anna

there is a carton of milk in the fridge

the chair is in front of the desk
Toby likes going roller skating with his friends.
can you buy food at the theme park?
he goes to the cinema every week

carton / the / milk / is / there / fridge / a / in / of

front / the / the / is / desk / chair / in / of
skating / Toby / his / going / likes / friends / roller / with
park / food / theme / can / buy / at / ? / the / you
week / the / every / he / to / cinema / goes
a. Rocco, Billy and Eddie live in Mexico ____
b. Rocco doesn�t like bananas ____
c. Billy can do a lot of tricks ____
d. Rocco likes doing exercise ____
e. Rocco, Billy and Eddie are playing in the garden ____

in / test / is / She / classroom / the / taking / a

bedrooms / and / there / bathrooms / my / are / In / house / two / two

The / the / the / is / bears / between / cars / football / teddy / and

corn / you / sweet / Do / like ?

a / haven't / tennis / I / racket / got

Every year between June and October, four or five typhoons hit the coast of Taiwan
with strong winds and heavy rain. Around Taiwan, typhoons usually kill between 10
and 20 people annually, with as few as three deaths in 2006 and as many as 643 in
2009. But for a growing group of surfers, the typhoons generate the perfect
conditions for their sport � typhoon surfing.
Typhoons can generate big waves, known as swells, of three to four metres along the
coast of Taiwan, but waves of up to 32.5 metres were recorded during Typhoon Kosa
in 2007. �Typhoon swells are probably the best surfable waves in Taiwan,� said
Chris Hsia, 30, who runs a small hotel for surfers. The best waves � from a
surfer�s point of view � occur just before or after a storm hits.
The sport, which was once dominated by Westerners living in Taiwan, has taken off
locally in the last few years. Some Taiwanese teenagers surf to rebel against the
older generation who disapprove of the sport. Others do it to challenge themselves
and to beat records. About 200 people go
surfing during each typhoon.
The Taiwanese authorities are keen to discourage the growing interest in this
extreme sport and have declared typhoon surfing illegal. Dramatic films of the
surfers shown by local television networks emphasise the dangers of the sport and
often get the surfers into trouble with the
authorities. But despite the extreme weather conditions, these dedicated surfers
say conditions are safe enough if you know what you�re doing.
So what is it that makes people pursue this sport with such passion? �The thing
they don�t understand is that we are living on an island, so of course people will
go in the ocean,� Hsia said. This may be true, but some of the most experienced
typhoon surfers will travel far and wide in order to find giant waves. Over 15
years ago, Australian surfer, Ross Clarke-Jones, set himself the challenge of
riding all the biggest waves on the planet. That ambition has taken him all over
the world in search of typhoons. At 45, Clarke-Jones shows no signs of slowing
down, despite suffering several near-drownings and a number of broken bones. But
the risks appear to be worth it in order to be part of the surfing community. �The
best thing out of nearly 30 years of surfing is the great people I�ve met and the
places I�ve been to along the way. It�s just incredible ... it�s priceless what
surfing has given me.�

I read it _________________ you were drying your hair.

Mike always gets __________________ school late.
Matt used to be very ___________________. Now he's really thin.
A _______________ wave is a period of excessively hot weather
Julie and her brother moved to Canada. We _______________ be seeing them every day
anymore.
Has he found himself a place to live _______________?
Where's Ann? She's __________________ to the supermarket. She'll be back in a few
minutes.
If I ___________________ you, I wouldn't go to that party.
I always tried to get __________________ of P.E. at school. I hated it.
I've already told him.

CHOICE
If anyone ____, just say I'll be back in the office at four o'clock.
call calls called

I ___ work for them if they paid me twice my current salary.

will won't would

A: The phone's ringing. B: I ____ it.

am going to answer will answer am answering

We don�t go to the movies now as often as we ______.

used to use to didn't use to

We tried to get our point ________________, but he just wouldn't listen. He does
not seem to understand what we mean.
through on across

PARAPHRASING

If I had the money, I'd buy a Ferrari. WOULD

As soon as I saw her, I knew there was something wrong SOON

I can't let you in unless you give the password.

I finished my homework a minute ago. JUST

I arrived at 10. I waited for you until 12. You arrived 12.01. FOR