Language Focus Unit 2
3 Underline and correct five mistakes in the
Present continuous: affirmative and
negative
1 Complete the blog with the present continuous
form of the verbs.
All my cousins are at my house this weekend and
we are having (have) a great time.
Jim and Eva (1) __________________ (sing) songs
and George (2) __________________ (play) the
guitar.
Julia (3) __________________ (make) some pizza
and Rick (4) _____________________ (look) at
some instructions for baking cakes on the internet.
Nick and Susie (5) __________________ (watch) a
DVD. Lucy (6) __________________ (sit) next to
them on the sofa. She (7) __________________
(read) her book.
Me? I (8) __________________ (write) my blog!
2 Write negative present continuous sentences.
you / not eat your dinner
You aren’t eating your dinner.
1 Yasmin / not watch TV
_______________________________________
2 we / not run to school
_______________________________________
3 they / not sit in the garden
_______________________________________
4 Jim / not play volleyball
_______________________________________
5 I / not do my homework
_______________________________________
message.
Hi. How are you? I are having lunch in a
café and there’s free WiFi! We is having a
fantastic time on holiday. The weather is
great and it isn’t rain! Right now, my
brother and sister playing on the beach.
They not swimming because the water is
very cold. Mum and Dad is cycling to the
next town. See you soon!
’m having
1 ____________ 4 ____________
2 ____________ 5 ____________
3 ____________
Present continuous: questions
4 Write present continuous questions.
Judy and Daniel are watching TV.
What are they watching?
1 Look! Tom is running past the class.
Why _________________________________ ?
2 Simon is talking on the phone.
Who _______________________________ to?
3 Dad is cooking dinner in the kitchen.
What ________________________________ ?
4 I’m writing an email.
Who _______________________________ to?
5 Carol and Jack are singing.
What song ____________________________ ?
6 We’re going on holiday.
Where _______________________________ ?
Present simple and present continuous
5 Complete the sentences with the correct present
simple or present continuous form of the verbs.
My grandmother sends (send) me a birthday
card every year.
1 They _____________________ (have) breakfast
now.
2 He _____________________ (study) every day.
3 Look! Mum _____________________ (carry) a
lot of bags.
4 We often _____________________ (have)
dinner in the garden in the summer.
5 Fiona usually _____________________ (sing) in
the morning.
6 I _____________________ (make) dinner at the
moment.
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Vocabulary Unit 2
Communication
1 Read the clues and complete the crossword.
This word comes from 'electronic' and 'mail'.
1 You send this from your mobile phone.
2 Examples of this are Facebook and Twitter.
3 Examples of these are: :), :(, <3, :’( and ;(.
4 You send this on someone's birthday.
5 You send this in the post.
1 2
E M A I L 3
4 4
2 Complete the dialogue.
Ali Why doesn’t Lucy like meeting people?
Pip She says she doesn’t like face-to-face
conversations because she’s really shy and
doesn’t like talking. And she never uses
(1) v_________ c_________ like Skype.
Ali Does she use (2) s_________ m_________ a
lot?
Pip No. She doesn’t spend much time on
Facebook but she sometimes uses
(3) i_________ messaging to send messages
to her friends. She also spends a lot of time
on her (4) m_________ p_________ . She
always puts lots of (5) e_________ in her text
messages
Ali Does she ever talk on the phone?
Pip I don’t know. Her family don’t have a
(6) l_________ though.
On the phone
3 Order the words to make sentences and
questions.
number / the / got / You’ve / wrong
You’ve got the wrong number.
1 speak / you / Can / please / up / ?
____________________________________ ?
2 up / don’t / hang / Please
______________________________________
top / needs / phone / to / He / up / his
______________________________________
me / Send / text / message / a
______________________________________
5 back / Can / call / later / you / ?
____________________________________ ?
4 Write the bold words in the correct sentences.
I always leave a hang up if no one answers.
voicemail
1 She’s putting him on credit so that everyone can
hear him. ___________
2 I don’t like it when people call and then text
message. ___________
3 I’m downloading a new voicemail because I
don’t like the other one. ___________
4 He doesn’t like speaking on the phone. Why
don’t you send him a dial? ___________
5 How often do you speakerphone your phone?
___________
6 She can’t call because she hasn’t got any top
up on her mobile phone. ___________
7 What number do you engaged to call the police?
___________
8 The number is ringtone. Let’s call again in five
minutes. ___________