Present tenses 3 Fillin the correct tenseof the verb in bracie

bracket
Grammar Reference
1 A:A.n n
1 Identify the tenses in bold, then match them to
their use. B:
(Jane/stil/think) of renting the house
Yes, why?
A:
1 The Earth revolves round the Sun. Well,some people.NAK*************
2 The train leaves at 5:30. (think) that it is haunted.
3 John is looking for a new 2 Mark
4 She can't play. She has
house.
broken her leg. .
A:

see if
need to add any
we
0hg(taste) the cu
5 He is always more spices
biting his nails. B: I don't think we do. It
2
6 Ihave been trying to call
you for an hour. (taste) delicious as it is.
7 He is flying to Madrid
tomorrow.
8 It's getting colder and
colder.
3 A Why Ya AMalin. (you/sm
the milk?I only
B: Well, t
bought this morning!
it
a
action which started in the past and ...(smell) off to
to the continues up
m

present with emphasis on duration

b law of nature a. Talk abo
nes, using adverbs of
expressing irritation frequien ample.
.d action happening
around the time of
e
result/consequence of a past activity inspeaking
the present
f fixed
arrangement in the future
g timetable
h gradual development 100%
always
unning water
75%
uSuaily à
50%
garden or yard
State verbs often.
We do not a garage
normally use
believe, forget, hate, 25%
like, love, need,
prefer, realise, remember, know, sometimes. ********** a cellar or basement
understand, want, appear in continuous suppose, 10%
rarely *************** a swimming pool
tenses.
Ibelieve you. NOT
Hmbelievingyeu. 0%
never...... ..
The verbs think, a storm cellar
taste, see, look, smell, feel and have
can have
continuous tenses, but there is British homes
meaning
a
difference in always have running
There is water
I think he is
desperate. (= I
believe) You can
always running water in British
about moving house. (=
I'm
BUT l'm: thinking always find running water in homes.
considering) b. In British homes
pairs draw a similar
your chart about homes
2 Put the verbs in
brackets into the correct country, then present it in
in
tense, then identify their use. present 5 In dass.
pairs, talk about:
1
SheM moln. (move) house next week. what you
do/don't do in your free
2 Carl and what you are
Mary
lqoking forare time
what you havedoing this weekend
a new
house. The
Ypa ah landlordh)
A Nkevict) them from their flat. done so far
today
4
a (youlwait) long a
time? How much
have you
They eC
mill into
a peautiful
Ima.. (convert) the old years old? Make changed since you were five
up sentences, as
new home at the
moment. in the
5 Water Ive
9 6 (freeze) at 0 C
grown my hair lon9 example.
Her
flhght a
onn (ar_ive) tonight at 7prm 7 In
pairs, act out
7 Yo%
-nad dialogues,
the as in
the contract for the house next
(you/sign) sleep outdoors example.
week? stay at à vsit a castle be in
8 The
Earth lm (become) warmer stay campsite redecorate
in a
tree house a

and warrner
house with its own your own
swimming pooibedroom
9 The bus COm
.
have power a
ome) every ten minutes cut at
your home
10 Jack and MaggiAleR Aenl2. A Have you ever move house
(still/search) for the pertect house B No,I haven't slept outdoors
Have
11 Bob Can't nove house now because he
A Yes, I have you ever visited a
e (sign) a two-year (Ontract
B
Really? When castle?
was
10 A Iwo years that
ago Have you
ever
etc
3 Use the prompts to act out 11 Circle the correct tense.
dialogues, as in the example.
the estate agent at 7
1 I'm afraid I can't make it tonight.
1 exhausted work/garden
o'clock
plan/flowers () A see (8 am seeing C have seen
D have been seeing

prune/bushes () 2 The film.........

water/lawn (X) at 7:30.
A has been starting B has started C is starting6starts
A: You look exhausted. What have
3 He.. to find a cleaning woman for a month now.
you been doing?
D has tried
B: I've been working in the garden. has been trying B tries Cis trying
A: What have you done? Look! You coffee all over my desk!
B: Well, I've planted some flowers A have been spilling Ewere spilling
and pruned the bushes but B have spilt D spill
I haven't watered the lawn but
yet. e. . the property section of the newspaper every day,
he still hasn't found
2 tired do/homework anything
(A) has been reading C have read D read
finish/Maths () BiSreading
write/composition ()
study/test (X)
3 excited organise party Prepositions Appendix 1
send out/invitations ()
book/caterers () 12 a. Fill in the correct preposition, then explain the phrases.
book/band (X)
1 Ann has been absent o work foO twO Week
2 It has taken Mark a long tune to beroine accustomed
the Australian cimate

4Ve : A,
5HE

Make up sentences about yourselfE, d plce on

t
using present tenses and the time
7 Sone e. h. 0nicil's pian to build a
adverbs in the list.
newshopnin ceriir v
yet still already for since 8 The old man was begging \IA. food
a t the moment every day now 9 Do you believe . w agic?

10 Rob has been busy . t h e redecorating all week

next Saturday
I haven't done my homework yet.
b. Chain Story. Read the beginning of the story, then, one after the
other, continue the story using the phrases in bold from Ex. 12a.
)Use the prompts to write
sentences, as in the example. Use John Smith worked as an office
present perfect or present perfect manager. He was very
Continuous. good at his job, but
unfortunately he
1 Ann can't get into the house. wasn't able to go to
(lose/her key) work becouse he
Ann can't get into the house. She Was very ill. He was
has lost her key absent from
2 Tom's sunburnt. (sit/in the work for three
sun/all morning) weeks.
3 My eyes hurt. (watch TV/hours)
4 John passed his Maths exam.
(study/hard)
5 Nick has lost a lot of weight. (be/
on a diet)
6 Amy looks so happy! (buy/new
house)

11
 Key word transformations ldioms& Fixed Phrases

6 Complete the sentences, using the word in bold.

17 Fill in the correct colour(s). Then explain the phrases
similar
You must use between two and five
words, formed with the words in bold. Are there
including the word given. Do not change the word phrases in your language?
in bold.

black
green
Read the whole sentence, then look at the
key word. Try to work out what the question is
testing (passive, indirect speech, part of speech,
etc). Complete the sentences without changing the blue white
word given. Check that
you have written two to
five words. Also check for
spelling.
1 Sophie goes to the cinema once in a

0 Mildred said it
moon She doesn't like it much. ( hone)
was the best film she had ever seen fell down the stairs and he is K and
good Mildred said she had never seen such a
good film before
) all over.(unaol)
3 Angela definitely has 9 . fjngers everything
1 've never seen such a tiny house.
in her gardern growsreally well S0a
ever It's the
seen.
4 He is a bit W he hasn't got much
-

experience in this kind of work. wOA ANAhceo

2 It's long 5 They knew that if she found out the tyith it would
He timesince
a

for Afhe lagt

m Sufon hurt e feelings sgn they told her a little
à long time. ********************** *** . lie.
6 She doesn't
3 It's a year since he started workinghere/, want to say anythmg until she has seen
been He. e n thefacts in oek and.k (hn nmko
a year now.
18 Underline the correct word, then explain the
4 His new book will be on
themarkét nex n ld phrases
out His new book W
next March neAlgh ry aciive. Ho avay andchoitarOung
5 Two forced i ebotr
y did their oest to
men
their wayinto Sals fiah
broke Two men
last night. 1 hey seem to nave
6 John has a really good relationshipwitr ert
7 u te cotage He won't
parents-in-law ol
gets John algn
*******
veny
... . V:tn
Tey wanted t build a hoiday resort here, but the
his parents-in-law.
OWherS those beachfront Cottages
7 A private secretary deals with Dr
Williamsh refused denied to play ball

correspondence
has Dr Williams
he CoROAodAcl ***************:********* Dy
6 They knew they would
difficult/hard bargain if they wanted to buy the
have to drive a

a private secretary. house at a price they could

afford
8 It didn't rain for six months, so there was a
water
shortage.
lack The water shortage was
rain

13
 True
A Dream Come transmitters.
sound transmitterS.
with sound
He
experiments with
experiments
his workshop in a most
time, and most
was working in all his free time, and
to spend all
he young professor not far from Scollay Square. It was a used to
inventions. 4 R
Boston, his
ow street in but the man did not
notice. He was of his money, on
who had lost her
hot afternoon in June, been She was a young girl
machine which he had because
because
ly absorbed in his strange an almost
ability to speak
hearing and the ability
heard
three years. Suddenly he name was
name was
king on for about childhood illness. Her
of a childhood
a
sound ever transmitted through four years later they
dible sound, the first and the young Mabel Hubbard, and thought that
the plan to
was the very first telephone many people time,
. The machine got married. Although a
a waste of
waste or ume,
was
Graham Bell. voice transmitter his
nwas Alexander old at the time, Alexander
had invent a human He continued
dream.
Although he was only 28 years Alexander refused to give up his design
and copied the
of speech, anatomy, electricity He even
en working in the fields
vibrations.
experiments with sound electrical wires too
In fact, his whole family iron rods and
egraphy for over 11 years.1 ] of speech and sounds.
of the human ear using
been involved in the study several books on how to produce the same effect. on his
written much time and energy
exander's father had also form of sign language
Alexander was spending so and soon
as well as creating a work with his students
eak correctly inventions he did less and less
when he met
lled 'visible speech'. about to give up
out of money. He was
help teach young deaf
ran and
started to the telegraph
At the age of 16 Alexander ProfessorJohn Henry, an expert on
hear or speak. He used his
utes; children who could not Eelectricty5
and achieved amazitn
had to work on the
ther's system of 'visible speech' in Londnr. A n der is survive financially Bell
his
sults. A few years later, while working rrle in
i. ut he also continued working
on
et two men who would play importantihai
an Aimost a year later, in
time ti ine ansnmitter 6|t
Unfortunately, it was around this r d s weEre heard coming through the
alled the white plague, spread through w
lexander's brothers died. |3JAlexander hday Aiexander Graham Bell registered
his
f Mohawk Indians in a small Canadian town
hen the Boston Board of Education asked t vill ttefsatent ofice and, because they had never
his invention as 'an
deaf mutes SC anyihng ike it before, they registered
work in the USA at a new school for and eilinnte the provanent in telegraphy'. The name 'telephone' came later
Alexander was very happy to move to Boston
so successfui that he
work he had started in Britain. He became
called "The Schooi of Vocai
s0on opened his own school
that he did not have Read the text through. Think of what information might
hysiology. However, he was so busy there be missing. Read the list of missing sentences. Cross out the
the time to work on his inventions.
lessons to a one used in the example. Remember there is one extra sentence.
Then, two years later, he agreed to give private
him to use their basement as Start fitting the sentences into the gaps. Match the topic of the
young boy whose family allowed the missing sentence with the topic of the sentence before and after
aworkshop. This gave Alexander opportunity to resume his
each gap. Look for clues such as reference words (he, there, it etc)
 Past tenses
7 A
yoA Wonk
(you/work) late last nit
Grammar Reference
BYes,actually Aont
a. ldentify the tenses in bold, then match them to their use. (not/le
unty pm.
1She left universty six years
ago (Ps.n
2 He was waiting for the bus whea the accidént happened Pan C
8 She
Por. Soisi ncebefore but
e
had just finished his report when. his boss asked to see him. P only ******..
4 She had been dlerk
working as a years before she got promoted
foL two P,t. to Paris last month.
a happened before another past action vwith emphasis on continuation 9 Aad Yn N
b happened at a specific time in the past (you/see) Jamie at the p
Chappened before another past action last night?
d was in progress at a certain time in the past B No, by the time
there he ha
b. Underline the time adverbs used with each tense. What other
adverbs can you think of which can be used with these tenses? 10 Amy on WAlnc
haeady/lea
Make up three sentences using them.
(walk) home when
* ***
(hear)
2 Match the prompts from each column to make sentences. mobile phone rin9
Underline the correct words.
hen she entered her flat s
1 They had been ad found/found that someo
,whila tihe iahts we t
looking for a house had broken/broke in.
for six months-
when He had been driving/was drivi
2 Martin has been
home when/after he crash
living in Thailand
Since into a tree.
3Janet was working thev
3 When Laura arrived/had arrive
on her computer for iookn
at the restaurant. Tony ha
4 I haven't seen Joanne
gone/ had been aro home
5 Joe was cooking before
6 Gail has been abroad 4 WhenWhile I v into
she j t
three times Oom, they had jusuyet finishe
ther dinner
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense. Justify your SAftar hey had been living/live-
3 there since/tor two years the
answers.
deciied to build an extension t
1 Paul Xne . .(break) his arm while he their house.
(paint) the wall
6 He didn't shave/hadn't bee
(pass) the exam. She
2
Sanpra finally! shaving this morning becaus
(study) really hard for months. he hadn't had/didn't hav
time
3 A: How long ********
(Mary/work) here before she W.NN J. * . . (retire)? 7 While/After he graduated trom
B: More than twenty ygars. university, he joined/was joining
4 While, Waly.ne walk)home last night, the army
****** (bump) into Sally 8 She had been watching
5 The sun (shine) and the birds V watched TV when/since Ton
came home
(sing) as we oaAn (drive)
towards the villagA 9 He was having/had a bath wher
6 We o n-n (finish) the main course and the lights had gone/went out
wait) for dessert when 10 She had never/ever been
*******
t
the fire alarm (ring) South America before/after
4
 3 When Lucy's uncle died she came a lot of money
Prepositions 4 Sue asked Rick and Claire to gome w . for dinner tonight.
Appendix1
5 Danny carried his speech perfectly
7 a. Underline the correct 6 Jason is going to carry MO the business after his father
retire
preposition, then explain the 7 The author has a new noyel coming&A.. next week
phrases in bold. 8 Liz has come d.. an excellent solution to our probie
1 Julie is capable of/for doing it
9 Doctors will carry cyh nore tests,tp find out what the problerm
10 John is ill; he has come coWm Walh chickenpox
on her own.
2 You can depend to/on Simon
He's very reliable b. Look up other meanings of come out and come (a)round in your
3 He shouldn't
comment onto dictionary. Then make up sentences using these meanings.
that when he doesn't know all of
the facts
4 It was very unfair that Paul was Word formation
dismissedfrom/of his job
9 Fill in the correct word derived from the word in CAPITALS
5 The criminal has been charged
for/with burglary
6 They're always complaining of
about something.
7 Children are very curious for/
abou the world they live in.
8 Julian is very serious and
dedicated to/at his work
She is finding it difficult to
concentrate on/to her studies
ing
0 Sally is amazing don't know
how she copes with/at her job,
and her kids at the same time
b. Fill in the correct preposition
Then choose any three phrases
and make up sentences using
them ney MAJOR
FINANCE
1 fact, 2 to be inyolved
A sth; 3 to move
Boston, 4 to spend time and
abou2 NNly RECENT
thal p actors
monpy MU.. sth; 5a waste
13ake their
time; 6 an experto. sth
to
be,
3) ha woridwi suryey of CHOOSE
students showed that alter 4) hednd-n GRADUATE
Phrasal Verbs they would be looking for jobs that allowed them
Appendix2
to balance their personal lives with their work
Fll in the correct particle and lives
8 a.
explain the phrasal verbs. lt's not just the younger generation who think
like this either. There has even been an increase in
Out (x2)) up with into
the number of middle-aged 5) on who WORK
across round away on
are moving away irom highly,paid executive
off down with positions into less 6) mkalle STRESS
Jobs.
The fans got completely carried They are logkjng for something which is more
aAy when their team 7)AApn. and gives them more lejsure ENJOY
*****"
ime. All this has meant that 8)
SCored in the last minute mpko yeo.. EMPLOY
are realising that
2 Neil was reading the newspaper they need to do môre than just
offer good wages it they are going to keep their
when he came 0 a ) an
workers happy and motivated!
article about an old friend of
his
6
Vocabulary& Grammar 5 Jane became.... ... as she was
waiting for
Tom to turn up.
Fill in the missing word. Co
A easy-going impatient
Afire broke. 4 in the school cafeteria B exhausted D depressed 5 Col
last night
6 Listen! A siren is... A:
2 They're tired. They been painting
A barking wailing C Crashing Dsplashin B:
all morning
A:
3 Are you . a good time, Jim? 7 Ann has got frizzy hair and a. chin
B:
4 Bill is nineteen, so he's still in
hhig
y..e
A wide pointed C crooked D spiky A;
5 When he reached 65 he..ANAd...
from work. 8 Bill has got a wide and wrinkles.
6 Oh no! I haven'tfinished my homework.U B:
forehead B build C chin D face
7 He usually..m A... the lawn an A:
Sundays 9 Jim has come. the flu, so he won't be
8 Peter was washing the dishes.. On B:
phone rang. able to come.
9 . A. Janet thinking of moving to Italy? down with B up with C on with
10 We MAO... to play football every day when 10 He gives private lessons for a small
I was a
teenager fee B money C payment Dr
11 Jason was acCused... . cheating on (10 marks
the test. 1
12 Did you know that John was dismissed Use of English
2
his job?
13 I don't know how she copes w. full- 3 Complete the sentences, using the words in bol
You must use between two and five words, includin
time job and a family.
the word given. Do not change the word in bold.
14 Igo to the theatre once in a
. *** moon.
15 Sarah was cleaning the attic when she came 1 It's a month singe he started working hee,
*** achon. her grandmother's silve necklace. been He Akm Monk 4
16 Because of a childhood illness she How long is it sipce you went fo RuSSia?
her hearing. Now she can't hear at all, ago How age odah g9.. to Russi
17 My wallet has disappeared into . . air 3 h m will be on the market ne
18 Reading my old diaries always... ma
back memories of my childhood. nwtom0 W
19 I'm afraid I just don't approve. *
this ... next monti Lis
kind of behaviour! 4 he Sucte her exams.
20 The fans got really carried when managed Sne h m e 7 a.
Beckham scored a goal. ... ner exam
(10 marks) 5 They haven't been out for months.
ages It's am A AR Thay uood b.
(5 marks
Circle the correct item.
Fill in the correct word derived from the word
4
1 They couldn't find what they wanted, so they had CAPITALS.
A
tobuild it from.. 1 Jim seems to have. m a m c i k FINAN B
A begin B SCrape Oscratch D first
problems
2 Her ... leaped when she heard the news.
*******
2 Jenny is an .. wom ATTRA C
A head heart C mind D stomach in her D
early thirtiees
3 She is very pretty,
A nose B mouth
with rosy
C face
and
cheeks
big eyes.
3 They decided to have a
system installed.
Mnty SECU E
F It
4 He was M % to find a
flat has central.. SO it's really G t
new
4 My solution so
he askd for help H E
warm. 5 After .4hadaation he started GRADUA
heating B system C wardrobe D parking
lookingTor a job.
(5 mara
 Selt-ASSessment Vo
Communication Speaking (prioritising)
Complete the dialogue.
Leo has decided to go on a ten-day tour of
8 in
A: Hi Ben, it's Janet. Portugal. Look at the written prompts, then,
1).Haw Yam pairs, decide what he needs to take with
him and
B: Oh hi, Janet. I'm fine. How
2). o what he doesn't, giving reasons. You can also
A: I'm okay. Look, are
you busy on Saturday night?
B: No, matter of fact, I'm not.
asa
suggest other things he can take with him.
A: I'mhaving a party at my house. Would 3). YO.
Brd loveto 4) A Ark .

oi
A: Anytime after 8.
B: Sounds great.
5)SR Jo4 *******'*******
on Saturday, then.
A: I'l be there.
(5 marks)
Complete the exchanges.
1 A: hen alolootb.
B: She's got short fair hair and green eyes.
2 A: Mr Smith, this is Mrs James.
B:tow do.. Yoh G.? It is apleasure to
meet you.
3 Ao u b
A: ***.the post offire
How usefuB wouid
these items be on a
flip flops
B: It's on Apple Street, five minutes from the zu
station
touring holiday?
4 A: Hello, Mr Smith. Can J
B:Yes.'ye got a problem with the foof
****
B: 21, Blueberry Street.
(5 marks)
ppers sunglasses
binoculars
Listening
a. You will hear five people talking about their
childhood homes. What do you think they will
talk about?
Useful phrases
b. Listen, and for questions 1-5, choose from the
Inviting speaker's
list (A-H) the house(s) each person mentions. Agreeing/Disagreeing:
Use the letters only once. There are three extra opinion: I couldn't agree more.
statements which you do not need to use. What do you think? I think you're wrong.
Isn't that right? Yes, you're right.
A Ihave memories of unusual homes. Speaker 1
.Don't you agree? I don't agree.
B Irememberit had hand-made Speaker 2 C
furnishings Speaker 3 LE (10 marks)
C It was large but almost empty. Speaker 4 A
D It was built for another purpose Speaker 5
E There were expensive fittings
everywhere
F It was cold and dark.
G It provided an escape from city life
H Everyone in the neighbourhood was jealous of it.
(10 marks)
 from her mother, 1Ot TUTTg di nim DaCK tO 9Oou
age. Ginger was taken away men who did
than a tarm
needed to be in a place more appropriate
and was trained to work, in a very rough manner, by sisters, who lived on a plea
master and his employees Black Beauty to two kind young
not care for horses. Although her new meadow. Here the wear
were very kind, she could not help being
suspiciouS of men. COuntry estate with a large, green
Content horse finally found
the rest and peace of mind tha
move abroad for the
Black Beauty's kind owner was forced to desired and deserved.
of a string So
sake of his wife's health. This marked the beginning
2 What do we learn about the rider in the hunting
1 Which of the following is true of the book "Black
expedition?
Beauty"? A He was sure his horse was the tastest.
to deal with people's
I t was the only novel B His horse knocked the rider to the ground.
treatment of horses
one author. He lacked the knowledge to handle horses.
B It was written by more than
D He was forced to shoot his horse.
can be marn
C It showed that horses good friends of
DIt changed the way people thought about horses.
36
 In the phrase "men wBho did not care for horses"
(line 26), the writer suggests that
Sing Along!
A they did not know how to look after horses. in. Then, listen again and sing.
they weren't careful how they treated horses 11,, Listen and fill
C horses were their least favourite animals.
D their only interest in horses was as work animals
A TURNING POINT
After one of his owners moved abroad, Black Beauty
A didn't like any of his new masters.
received nothing but cruel treatment. worked in an office
Jimmy A. four
was not always well taken care of From eight
o'clock 1)7
D was given jobs he wasn't used to doing His job was satistyiRg for something more
But he 2)
What are we told about Jerry Barker? for a sign
He was waiting
time
A He worked his animals too hard. there'd c o m e a
And he knew life
would change his
He rewarded the efforts of his animals. When a turning point
to shine
C He refused to keep greedy animals. chance for him
And bring a
D He taught his animals new tricks.
Jimmy had an old guitar
to hear him play
Why did Nicholas Skinner not have Black Beauty killed? People 3) avd
could be 4) Man.
A He decided to sell the horse to the vet instead. And he knew he
B He believed the horse would get better and return If he could only
find a 5) Woy
to work for him. He was waiting for a sign.
H e thought someone might buy the horse
h e n imny played.at a party
D He felt the horse deserved a rest after don became real
much hard work. HOduter heard hin
Writing a first-person narrative
madE reco
Use the notes to write a short story. Yos One
t Straigiit 9
to
begin with this sentence: "It was a day o t , iw
he wanted
He d tound the life
neverforget"(140-190 words). Use the notes. Yöa
He'd found his 10).u ..... in the sun
story must include: a picnic an angry anima!
He'd been waiting for a sign .
Introduction
(Para 1) one afternoon last summer -friend came to your
home invitation - a bike ride Progress Update
How do you rate your progress? Tick () the box
Main Body that applies to you.
(Para 2) made sandwiches -
set off -
carly morning -
weather
Excellent | Good OK Could do better
country lanes open fields nice
-
***
field- stop for lunch - picnic - bull an at us - lef
(Para 3)
Vocabulary&
-bull ate sandwiches we
-
ran awuy
picnic-
distance
Grammar
watched from a
Communication
Conclusion Listening
(Para 4) hours later -
buck home -Jelt happy tired -
Speaking
very hungy Reading
(24 marks)
Writing
(Total= 100 marks)
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