LANGUAGE FOCUS • Starter unit

Adverbs of frequency Past simple

1 Write true sentences about you, your friends or 4 Complete the text using suitable verbs in the
family using the words in the box. past simple form.

always ​normally ​often ​ Last night my friend Cathy

sometimes ​usually 1
me to her house.
We both 2 to watch
1 the film 10 Things I Hate About You on TV.
2 When I 3 at her house,
3 the TV 4
on, but there
4 5
anybody in front of it.
5 Cathy and I 6 into the
kitchen. Cathy’s sister 7
Present simple and present continuous there. She 8 an empty
bottle of ketchup in her hand. Cathy’s
2 Correct the mistakes. Two sentences are correct.
brother 9 an empty can
1 We aren’t getting up early every day.
of cola in his hand. They 10

both very angry. We 11
2 I am never listening to her when she talks.
to know what their fight was about so

we 12 the kitchen and
3 What are you thinking about Jen’s daily 13
to the living room to
routine? watch our film.

4 Who is sitting next to you today?

5 She doesn’t like him because he’s boring. Object and subject questions
5 Correct the mistake in each question.
6 I’m eating in a restaurant about twice a year.
1 What bought Alex in the grocery shop

yesterday?

3 Order the words and put the verbs in the

correct form to write present simple or present
2 How much water you drink every day?
continuous sentences or questions.

after / bed / mum / often / go / to / midnight /

my / .
3 Who are they coming to the party tomorrow?
My mum often goes to bed after midnight.

1 it / wear / a / I / because / rain / jacket / .


4 Where you usually do your homework?
2 big / we / project / this / work / on / a / week



3 tidy / once / my / his / a / week / room /
5 What time does school starts?
brother / .



4 not go / they / to / by / every / bus / day /
6 Who did give you these books?
school / .



5 book / read / what / you / now / ?

6 not know / all / the / answers / Jamie / .

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