ee 32 1 Present Simple and inuous —O- Present Continuous” PE cg what is Circle the corect option for each sentence each tense used for? ing football inthe garden 1. The boys play / are playit at the moment 2. Water is freezing / freezes Jack visits /is visiting his sster 4 She catches Fis catching the 9 o'lock tra? at ore. ext weekend every morning 5 Bilis looking / looks very tired these days 6 She (s) alnays intemupting / interrupts me. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Mee (try) to get the TV to work. Can you help me? (do) his best at school. 2 He abvays 3. They (argue) all the time. 4 Joy can't come to the phone right now; she. (have) a shower. 5 We (notiplay) football every day. 6 (you/trust) your doctor? 7 They (leave) this time tomorrow. 8 She (notiget) to work before 9.am every day. D state verbs ~B 3 8 I can’t understand why she Grammar Reference 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous, then, explain the changes in meaning. 1 Jamie (think) about buying a new car 21 (think) the play starts at eight o'clock 3 I'm sure this yoghurt has gone off, it (nov/taste) good 4. The chef... a - - (taste) the soup to see if it needs more salt st a - (See) what you mean. I'l check my figures again 6 Andrea - (See) the bank manager at 10 o'dock tomorrow morning 7 Tina (be) a very stubborn girl; she (notlisten) to anybody's advice. (be) so stubborn; she's normally so flexible, b. Choose five verbs that are not normally used in the present continuous and make sentences using them. us 4 ed to/Be/Get used to Y Grammar Rete ne Which sentence refers to: apasthabiry a * a sale ing sin ot current situation? acurrent changing suena a We used to live in Scotland. | am used to feeling lonely. | am getting used to living in London, tused to bite my nails. ance Complete the sentences using usedto ing... be/get used to+ ing form and the verbs in vt its taken me some time, but slowly, ke up) at 6 a é +» (Wake UP) at 6 am every 2. She ssn nan tennis every Saturday before she hurt her wy 3. John and Mary (G0 out), friends every evening before they had their hy A They ovo gg fatty foods every day, but now they've cut doy, Write five sentences about things you are Used to doing. d. Look at the following situations. Think oF thing you might have to get used to in each case * the beginning of the school year © moving to a different town At the beginning ofthe school year Il have to get used getting up early in the morning + a new summer job © going on a stict diet En in Use - Part 3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Use between two and five words. 1. Noel is not usually in a bad mood. like Itis .... in a bad mood. 2 Amy would rather not go out to dinner with vs. feel AMY sosensee OUt tO dinner with 3. The movie star is always recognised wherever she goes. avoid The movie star can’t. wherever she goes 4. Mary often criticises people. tendency Matyas peopl 5. She can’t stand him playing the guitar that loud complaining She an playing the guitar that 1 He usually sleeps until noon. used He... be Chris had not expected to find learning Spanish? interesting, in Chris is moreS Word formation - Forming adjectives Fill in the correct adjectives in each case, Use: -ing, -ive ble, ¥,-ed. Verb Adjective [| Verb Adjective comfort relieve st press initate care protect scare bore satisty (English in Use- Part S STRATEGY POINT ‘© Read through the title and the whole text to understand what itis about. ‘+ Decide what part of speech you need in each gap. Remember, you may have to use the word in the plural form, or the negative form. Think of possible prefixes and suffixes ‘+ Read the text again to see whether it makes sense. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. The secret of being happy Tve spent years studying 0) happiness and HAPPY fone of the most 1)... . conclusions is SIGNIFY that there is hardly any correlation between the circumstances of people’s lives and how happy they are. A moment's 2) vom should REFLECT make this obvious. We all know people who VE 83) ann easy life, yet are RELATE always 4) and others who MISERY have suffered great hardships but remain 5) happy. ESSENTIAL ‘The first secret is gratitude. 6) GRATEFUL people cannot be happy. We have a 7) . TEND to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, Iti truer to say that finding cause for 8) wn» leads to people becoming unhappy. COMPLAIN. ‘The second secret is the 9) that REALISE happiness is a by-product of 10) ACTIVE that give our lives meaning, English in Use -Part 1 STRATEGY POINT Read the title to get a general idea of what the text is going to be about. Read the text once to get the general idea. Read again. Pay close attention to the words before and after each gap. Look at the choices you have. Choase the best one. Read again to see whether it makes sense. If | For questions 1-15, read the text below and decid which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. 8 FENG SHUI Positive feelings Chinese style Recently, the Feng Shui business has been 0) booming as more and more people 1) an interest in Asian culture and lifestyles. Whether people are 2) Feng Shui experts or simply buying books and trying it out for themselves, there is no 3) ..... that, in the West, in the last few years the idea of Feng Shui has really 4) nu Off, So what exactly is Feng Shui? Well, itis a Chinese art form that is concerned 5) .... the way you arrange the rooms and the furniture in your house. It is believed that organising these things correctly will 6) wm you happiness and good luck. In the UK there are currently about 300 Feng Shui consultants. They will 7) ..... to your house or office and sive you advice 8) ...... on your lifestyle and date of birth. According to one such expert, 19) nw install an aquarium with six black and one red goldfish in my living room in order 10) wn. absorb bad vibes. He also told me to 11) ..-..attention to one of my windows. He advised me to put plants on the window sill to 12)... the loss of positive energy. The real ‘weak spot’ in my house, however, was the cooker. He reassured me that hanging some dried vegetables above it would solve the 13). Whether you 14) ..... in the power of Feng Shui or not, it is certainly having a major impact on the 15) thousands of people organise their homes. © Astarting — B booming Copening —_D enriching 1 Atake Bdo Cmake Dive 2 Arequesting Basking Cconsulting D advising 3 Awory —B fear Cproblem —D doubt 4 Ataken —Bdriven Cade —started 5 Ain Bof Cwith D through 6 Acarry Bring Cmake give 7 Acall Become — Cvisit D look & Abased —B put Cheld Dearried 9 Aought Breed Crust have 10 Afor Bas Cthat Dto 11 Agive Bhave Cpay Dput 12. Akeep Bdelay finish prevent 43 Afault Berror Cproblem —Dmistake 14 Abelieve — Baccept Cagree «= Drely 15. Apoint Bmanner Cstle — Dway 33