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It was Sunday. I never get up early on
Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until
lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very |li

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late. I looked out of the window. It was
5 dark outside, 'What a day!' I thought.
'It's raining again.' Just then, the tele-
phone rang, It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've
just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm ,a.
coming to see you.'
Io 'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated. l)
'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always I ner;er get up early
get up so late ? It's one o'clock !'
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Comprehension Prćcis and Cornposition
Answer these questions in not more thrłn 5o uortls.
L Does the writer alwavs get up earl1,,on Sundays, or does he alrłavs get up latel
z. Did he get up early last Sunday, or did he get up late?
3. Who telephoned then ?
4. Had she arrived bv train, or had she come on foot ?
.5. Was she coming to see him or notl
6. Did he say,'I'm still having breakfast', or did he say,'I am still in bed'?
is a line under each
7. Was his aunt very surprised or not ?
8. What was the time ?
.lt in the right order,
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Key Structures
t i c,rr, (;rłt ł)
Now, Often and Always.
Study these statements and questions
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These sentences are from the passage
It's raining. I never get up earl1,on Sundays.
I'm coming to see vou. I sometimes stav in bed until lunch time.
I'm still having breakfast. Do vou alwavs get up so late l
What are you doing l
Here are some more sentences:
He is still sleeping. He rarely gets up before ro o'clock
We are enjoying our lunch. We frequently have lunch at this
restaurant.
I am reading in becl. Do you ever read in bed ?
,. kitchen.
Exercises
A, Write out these two paragraphs again. Give the right form of the lvords in brackets :

r. I am looking out of my window. I can see some children in the street. The children
football. They always (play) football in the street. Now a little boy (kick) the
(pla_v-)
ba]l. Another boy (run) after him but he cannot catch him,

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z. I carried my bags into the hall, 3 Please l

'What you (do)?'my landlady asked,

'I (Ieave), Mrs Ly,nch,' l ans_wel9d, , postcards alltavs
'fi;|il (Ńe)i' sń asked, 'You have been here only a week,'. Summer. I ri-er
,A week too long, il ń;;h;, isaid. ,There are too many rules in this house. My
friendsnever(come)toni,it,-".oinnęrisalwaysatseveno'clock'so'Ifrequently(go) museums and sa
(listen) to the radio. The heating
to bed hungry. yo., aonli tike noise, so I rarely place for a man like me.
friendl1, waiter ta
doesn,t work, so I ińrj This is a terrible Italian. Then he
"l*;; ""ia. ( 5
Goodbye, Mrs Lynch.' a few lines, but
u,ord, Every dal
B. Note the position of the words in italics in these sentences:
cards. My holida
Mv friends neaer cotne to visit me, did not send anr,
I iequentl)J go to bed hungry, Io the last day I m;
I-raieĘ listen to the radio, up earl.v and bo
I always feel cold. I spent the whol,
! neaeł get up early on Sundays,
did not write a s
I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time,
put the words in brackets in the right place:
write these sentences again.
I. She answers my letters. (rarely)
z. We work after six o'clock, (never) Cornprehensi
afternoons, (always)
i. irr. shops close on Saturday
i. Do nou go to work by car ? (always) (frequently) Answer these que
I. Ó".'r..ńer collects Óur copybooks, r. Do postcards a
Ó. W. ,p.rrd our holidays abroad, (sometimes) z. where did he
(often)
7. I buy gramophone records, 3. What did he tl
Ó. Oo yoi buy gramophone records ? (ever) 4. Did he send ar
5. How many cat
6. Where did he
Special Difficulties 7. Did he write a

What a day! (l. 5)

Instead of saying: IĘe can sajl :

It is a terrible day! What a terrible day !

This is a beautiful picture ! What a beautiful picture! Key Structur
Or: What a beautiful picture this is !

What happened :

Exercise Read this short c

begin with What verbs tells us llł,
Write these sentęnces again, Each sentence must
I. This is a wonderful garden! pollcllłłx: Did
z. This is a surprise! lłłN:Yes, I did.
3. He is causing a lot of trouble! po1-1cn1,1łN: \\ ha
.fh.v are wonderful actors!
i. ułN: A dog ran ;
Sheis a hard-working woman!
s. towards me. It .,"
6. It is a tall building! poI-tcBlłłN: \\'h.:
7. It's a terrible film! lłłr: I ran acro,
8. You are a clever boy! pollcrnlłN: \\'hr
g. She is a pretty girl! nłłN:I wasn't ail
ro. He is a strange fellow! and began shoullr,

Exercises
A. Look at the p

tell us what hap1

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