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UNIT 1
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NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES

COUNTRY ADJECTIVE AND LANGUAGE(S) CAPITAL CITY

NATIONALITY
CANADA
FRENCH
THE USA
WARSAW
JAPANESE
BERN
CHINA
CAIRO
MEXICAN
PORTUGAL
BUENOS AIRES
DANISH
MADRID
GERMANY
VIENNA
DUTCH
SWEDISH
ITALY
RUSSIAN
GREEK
LONDON
IRELAND
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PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

STATE VERBS:
THESE VERBS ALMOST ALWAYS USE SIMPLE TENSES NOT CONTINUOUS TENSES. THEY ARE VERBS THAT DESCRIBE
STATES, NOT ACTIONS. THEY DESCRIBE:
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 THOUGHTS: BELIEVE KNOW REMEMBER FORGET THINK (=BELIEVE)

FEEL (=BELIEVE) GUESS (=BELIEVE) SUPPOSE UNDERSTAND ETC
 FEELINGS: HATE LIKE WANT NEED PREFER WISH ETC
 SENSES: SMELL TASTE HEAR SEE FEEL
 POSSESSIONS: HAVE BELONG OWN CONTAIN INCLUDE ETC
 EXISTENCE: EXIST REMAIN CONSIST SEEM MEAN MATTER ETC
 TO BE

BUT BE CAREFUL! WHEN SOME OF THESE VERBS REFER TO AN ACTION , THEY CAN BE USED IN CONTINUOUS TENSES.
THESE VERBS ARE THINK, FEEL, TASTE, SEE, SMELL, BE, AND SOME OTHERS

E.G. I AM THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID

E.G. THE CHEF IS TASTING THE SOUP

REMEMBER!!!

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS IS ALSO USED FOR FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS.

E.G. WE ARE MEETING AT THE NEW CAFÉ TOMORROW

Fill in the Simple Present or the Present Continuous Tense:

1. THINK
1) I ______________ about my history test tomorrow
2) _________ you _____________ the film is good?
2. WEAR
1) What _______ you ____________ for Sue’s party?
2) Frank often _________________ a suit for work
3. BUY
1) Carol always _________________ her clothes in that shop
2) Ann ________________ some postcards at the moment. She’s in that shop
4. HAVE
1) I ___________________ dinner at the moment
2) _________ you ______________ a shower every morning?
5. LEAVE
1) Steve ______________ his flat at eight o’clock in the morning.
2) Hurry up! The train ____________________________ !
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SPEAKING

PART 2 DESCRIBE THE PICTURE

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