Grammar

#please refer page 9 in Fullblast Form 4 textbook

Complete with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1.
A: Why are you in such a hurry? What time the train to
Brighton_____________ (leave)?
B: At 9 p.m. But I _____________ (want) to be at the train station at six
o’clock because I _____________ (meet) my friend Sally.

2.
A: Whose suitcase is this?
B: It's Timothy's. He _____________ (stay) with us for a few days.
A: Really? Where is he now?
B: He's outside with Larry. They _____________ (wash) the car. Larry
_____________ (always / wash)
the car on Sundays.

3.
A: Hey, Mary. Can you explain this text to me? I _____________ (not
understand) it.
B: Not now, Kevin. I _____________ (work).
A: Oh Mary. You _____________ (never / help) me!

4.
A: Why _____________ the children _____________ (cry)?
B: Because they can't find their cat. They _____________ (think) someone
took it.
A: Their cat is outside. It _____________ (sleep) next to the garage

#please refer page 11 in Fullblast Form 4 textbook

Complete with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Young people have many ways to communicate with each

other. Nowadays, it's much (1 )___________ (easy) to
chat and keep in touch with friends than in the past. Of
course, young people hardly ever send letters. And even
emails aren't as (2) ___________ (popular) as the
message services provided by social networking sites.
However, the (3)___________ (common) way for young
people to communicate is by text messaging which is
becoming (4) ___________ and ___________ (cheap).
Over the last few years, smartphones have become (5)
___________ (popular) because people can use them to
instantly send videos and pictures to their friends or
even share them on social media. All this communication
has its disadvantages, though. The (6) ___________
(much) young people use these ways to communicate
with their friends, the (7) ___________ (little) time they
spend seeing them face-to-face.
Vocabulary

#please refer page 10 in Fullblast textbook

a) Match the verbs with the nouns to make phrases

_____________ a battery / a mobile

_____________ the ON/OFF button / ENTER 1. turn on/shut down
2. download/upload
_____________ software / an antivirus program 3. charge
4. install
_____________ a document/ image 5. press
6. attach
_____________ a computer / laptop
_____________ information (e.g music, video)

b) Read the sentences and complete with the verbs in the box.
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1. If you want to move that paragraph further down, first you must select it.
Then cut it and _______ it at the end of your document.
2. _______ up and down the website, find the information you need and
_______ it out so that we can all read it.
3. A: Oh no! I’ve just _______ something I need.
B: no problem, just press undo.
4. To open this file, double _______on the icon.
5. The program I was using _______ a few minutes ago so I restarted
my computer. Luckily, I didn’t lose any files because I had _______ them.

C. Read the sentences below and match the phrases in bold with the definitions a-g.

1. Hello, is James there? He rang me

a. stop communicating
earlier but I was busy so I’m calling
b. send a short letter,
him back. (d)
email or note
2. I’ve lost in touch with most of my old
c. speak to someone for a
friends from school ( ) short time
3. Did you send that email to roger? ( ) d. phone someone because
4. Yes, but I haven’t received a reply he/ she phoned you
yet. ( ) e. phone someone
5. Don’t forget to drop me a line when f. continue to communicate
you moved to Budapest. ( ) g. get an answer
6. I have a lot of cousins and I try to
keep in touch with all of them. ( )
7. Jenny, can I have a word with you
after the lesson? ( )
8. Give me a call whenever you’re in
town, OK? ( )