Class 1 General Revision

A Grammar

Exercise 1

 Where you can see yellows tasis in New York?

 Red colour symbolises “luck” in China?
 What italian city is famous for its canals?
 What colour means mourning in Mexico? Blue?
 How do you speak French?

Exercise 2

 It’s impossible to get tickets for the concert . It’s been sold out in the past February
 Adele has a new CD out but I haven’t heard it yet.
 The film was released last weekend and it has ever made 80 million dollars.
 A Fleetwood Mac have ____ announced they are going to tour
 Really? They haven’t performed together this years

Exercise 3

News reports last week said that the Hawaiian surfer Garret McNanamara has broken the world
surfing record. He was surfing in Portugal near the town of Nazaré. The beach is famous for its
huge waves and dangerous rocks. McNamara managed to ride a 100-foot wave while he was
trieding to avoid chashing tinto the rocks. McNamara was spending the previous week monitoring
the weather conditions. He has flown to Portugal from Hawaii especially for the world record
attempt.

Exercise 4 – past simple; present perfect simple; present perfect continuos

 How long was you a tour guide for?

 How long have you came here on holiday?
 How long did they knew each other.
 How long have you stayed in that hotel?
 How long have you had been this headache?

B VOCABULARY

Complete the time expressions in the sentences using five of these words
(always, at, every, month, right, this)

1. What are you reading __at_____₋ the moment?

2. Do you go swimming __every______ day?
3. I don’t know why he ____always____ wears black?
4. Sorry, she can’t talk____right____ now, she’s driving.

C FUNCTIONS

Good afternoon. Allow me to INTRODUCE myself. My name’s Andrew Bailey.

How DO you do? I’m Mark Ho.
It’s a PLEASURE to meet you. Mark, I’m the new manager here.
Oh, are you?
I see you WORK in web design. I’m thinking about changing our website.
That’s interesting. Why don’t I give you my card? Here you are.
Thanks. Let’s in_____