Grammar Unit 2

Present simple: affirmative and negative Present simple: questions

1 Look at the table. Write sentences about what
Luis, Ana and Miguel do on Saturdays. Use the 3 Look at the answers. Then write the questions.
present simple. Use the present simple and the question words
where, when, why and who.
you / do in summer?
Luis Ana Miguel
What do you do in summer?
Saturday watch TV chat online play We swim, sunbathe and play games.
morning football 1 they / go shopping?
Saturday work in a go go running _____________________________________ ?
afternoon shop shopping On Saturdays.
Saturday hang out go dancing go to the 2 she / go running?
evening with friends cinema _____________________________________ ?
Because it’s fun.
In the mornings … 3 he / hang out with his friends?
Luis watches TV. _____________________________________ ?
1 Ana ___________________________________ At the sports centre or in the park.
2 Miguel ________________________________ 4 she / sing in a band with?
In the afternoons … _____________________________________ ?
3 ______________________________________ With her best friend, Carla.
4 ______________________________________
4 Write five sentences about what you do and
5 ______________________________________ don’t do at the weekend. Use the present simple.
In the evenings … 1 ______________________________________
6 ______________________________________ ______________________________________
7 ______________________________________
8 ______________________________________ 2 ______________________________________
______________________________________
2 Write negative sentences.
In the morning … 3 ______________________________________
Luis / chat online. ______________________________________
Luis doesn’t chat online.
1 Ana / play football. 4 ______________________________________
______________________________________ ______________________________________
2 Miguel / watch TV.
______________________________________ 5 ______________________________________
In the afternoon … ______________________________________
3 Luis / go shopping.
______________________________________
4 Ana / go running.
______________________________________
5 Miguel / work in a shop.
______________________________________

In the evening …
6 Luis / go dancing.
______________________________________
7 Ana / go to the cinema.
______________________________________
8 Miguel / hang out with friends.
______________________________________

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Vocabulary Unit 2
Daily routine Festivals and seasons

1 Match 1–9 to A–I to make daily routines. 4 Complete the texts.

1 get up C A dressed
Diwali
2 feed ___ B breakfast
3 get ___ C early The Hindu festival of Diwali takes place in autumn.
4 go ___ D a shower It celebrates the (1) h________t of food. It’s also
5 eat ___ E the bed called the ‘festival of lights’. People decorate their
6 have ___ F to school homes with lights and at night there are fantastic
7 make ___ G the cat (2) f________s. People share food with friends and
8 clean ___ H your hair some people wear traditional (3) c________s.
9 brush ___ I the room
Kamakura snow festival
2 Complete the text about Emi’s daily routine with Kamakura is a Japanese festival in (4) w________r
the phrases from exercise 1. Use the correct – it takes place in February. Children build round
form of the verbs.
snow houses (kamakuras) and people share food
My sister and I both (1) ________ early at around and drink. It is a (5) f________n time and everybody
6.45 a.m. We go to the kitchen and we (2) _______ enjoys it.
breakfast. We usually eat fruit and cereal. Then my La Tomatina
sister usually (3) ________ the cat. Her name is
La Tomatina festival takes place in the
Kitty and she’s an old cat. Then my sister goes to
(6) s________r – at the end of August, in Buñol,
the bathroom and (4) __________ a shower and I
near Valencia. People throw tomatoes at each
(5) ________ the bed. Then I go to the bathroom
other. It’s very (7) e________g! Some people think
and my sister (6) __________ dressed into her
it’s (8) s______y because the tomatoes move very
school clothes. Then she quickly (7) __________
fast!
the room – she likes everything to be in the correct
place. After I put my school clothes on, we
(8) _________ our hair in front of the mirror. My
sister has got really long hair! At 8.00 a.m., we
(9) __________ to school. We love it because our
classes are fun!

Free time activities

3 Complete the sentences with the correct verb.
1 My parents _______ the piano.
2 I _______ shopping with my sister at the
Making arrangements
weekend.
5 Complete the dialogue.
3 Do you and Sarah _______ online?
A: What do you (1) ______on Friday afternoons?
4 We _______ to music in the evening.
5 I _______ out in the city centre with my friends B: I sing in a band.
A: What (2) ________ does it finish?
after school.
B: Four o’clock.
6 Do you want to _______ tennis?
7 My brothers _______ running. A: Are you (3) ________ on Friday evening?
B: Sorry, I’m (4) ________ on Friday. (5) ________
8 I’m tired. Can we _______ TV?
about Saturday?
9 We _______ to the beach in the summer.
10 They _______ computer games every day! A: Yes, that’s (6) ________ for me.
B: Let’s (7) ________ at lunchtime.

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