I do 11 am doing and I did / I was doing Units 25-28

(present and past, simple and continuous)

Look at this information about Marco and Jill.

name: Marco Jill

age: 15 29
home town: Rome Dublin
job: student computer programmer
education/study: 12 subjects at school mathematics at university
likes: playing football, cinema travelling, swimming, chocolate
last holiday: 2 weeks in Greece last summer 1 month in Thailand last year with
with his family; hotel in the friends; hotel by the sea; lots of
mountains; lots of walking water sports

Write questions about Marco. Use verbs in the present or past.

1 jiow..oy,..ls.. Mcyxo P (old)

2 (live)
3 (do)
4 (study)
5 (like)
6 (go for his last holiday)
7 (stay)
(do on holiday)

Read the paragraph about Marco.

Marco is 15 and he lives in Rome. He's a student and he studies 12 subjects at school. He likes
playing football and going to the cinema. Last summer he went to Greece with his family for two
weeks. He stayed in a hotel in the mountains and he did lots of walking.

Write a similar paragraph about Jill.

Jill

Now write a paragraph for yourself.

I am

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I do / I am doing and I did / I was doing Units 3-14

Complete this conversation with film actor, Nicole Casey. Put the verbs in the correct past or
present form.

INTERVIEWER: When (l) (you / start) acting?

NICOLE: When I (2) (be) 12. I (3) (go) to a drama
school, and one day I (4) (sit) in the classroom and Nigel
Stewart, the famous film director, (5) (walk) in. He
(6) (see) me, and that (7) (be) the beginning.
INTERVIEWER: W h a t (8) (be) your first film?
NICOLE: 'Holiday H o m e ' with Terry Veale, who (9) (be) now my
husband! We (10) (make) the film in Spain. We
(li) (be) very y o u n g w h e n w e m e t - 1 7 a n d 13.

INTERVIEWER: I know that Terry (12) (have) an accident in that film. H o w

(13) (it / happen)?
NICOLE: Well, one day near the end of the filming we (14) (ride) horses
and Terry's horse suddenly (15) (stop) and he
(16) (fall) off. He (17) (break) his arm.
Today, Terry and I often (18) (talk) about our first meeting.
INTERVIEWER: (19) (you / ride) n o w a d a y s ?

NICOLE: N o , I (20) (stop) when I (21) (move) to Los

Angeles.
INTERVIEWER: I k n o w y o u a r e v e r y b u s y , b u t w h a t (22) ( y o u / d o ) in y o u r f r e e

time?
NICOLE: Well, Terry (23) (like) swimming - he (24)
(swim) for two hours every day. And I (25) (love) cooking. T h e
dish I (26) (make) for lunch today is a new idea of mine.
INTERVIEWER: Great! Nicole, can I ask you
some more questions, and can
I also talk to Terry?
NICOLE: Yes, of course. H e

(27) (swim)

in our pool at the moment.

Let's go outside and enjoy the
sun. Come on.

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