EMPOWER B1

UNIT 1 “COMMUNICATING”

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Learning Outcomes

• Lesson A: Ask and answer personal questions.

• Lesson B:Talk about how people communicate.

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Lesson A: Question forms

In questions with be, the verb be goes before the subject. We don’t add an auxiliary verb.

Questions with the verb be

Question word be Subject Adjective/noun etc

How ‘s the food?
What was the weather like yesterday?
- Are you a student?
- Were the students Late?

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 Yes/No questions with be

Be Subject Complement

Are you an engineer?

Is your mother at home?

Were the students In class?

Was Helen on time?

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 Questions with other main verbs

In questions with other verbs, we add an auxiliary verb to form questions. The auxiliary
verb goes before the subject.

Wh-questions

Question word Auxiliary verb Subject Main verb

Who do you live with?

Where does Peter work?

What time did Alice finish the class?

Why did your friends arrive late?

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 Yes/No questions

Auxiliary verb Subject Main verb Complement

Do you play any sport?

Does John speak French?

Did your sister make lasagna?

Did her children have a good education?

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Questions and short answers with be

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Questions and short answers with other main verbs

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ANSWER KEY

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Lesson B: Present Simple

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Present Simple Spelling Rules

Examples

1 I go to school at eight o’clock. (She) She goes to school at eight o’clock.

2 We play football in a club. (He) He plays football in a club.

3 I watch TV in the evening. (She) She watches TV in the evening.

4 We have dinner at 2:30 pm. (He) He has dinner at 2:30 pm

5 The computers work very well. (It) It works very well.

6 They do their homework alone. (He) He does his homework alone.

7 We tidy the house every week. (She) She tidies the house every week.

8 They dry the dishes with their kids. (She) She dries the dishes with her kids.

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Lesson B: Present Continuous

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Lesson B: Present Continuous
Some verbs are not used in progressive
tenses. These verbs are called ¨non-
action or stative verbs.¨ They express a
situation that exists, not an action in
progress.

Some verbs are not

usually used in continuous
tenses:
Be, like, love, hate,
prefer, know,
understand, remember,
forget, want, own, need,
etc.

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 EXERCISES

Underline the correct answer

1 I eat/ I’m eating an apple at the moment.
2 My teachers are looking/ look their phones every 5 minutes.
3 Is your daughter liking / Does your daughter like video games?
4 Emily usually goes/ Emily’s usually going to the lab on Mondays.
5 What are you do/ doing?
6 She is loving/loves/having candies and chocolates.
7 My dad hardly ever visits /is visiting his parents.
8 I’m reading/ read an amazing novel right now.

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 ANSWER KEY

Underline the correct answer

1 I eat/ I’m eating an apple at the moment.
2 My teachers are looking/ look their phones every 5 minutes.
3 Is your daughter liking / Does your daughter like video games?
4 Emily usually goes/ Emily’s usually going to the lab on Mondays.
5 What are you do/ doing?
6 She is loving/loves/having candies and chocolates.
7 My dad hardly ever visits /is visiting his parents.
8 I’m reading/ read an amazing novel right now.

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 Simple Present vs. Present Continuous
Complete the sentences with the correct verb form of the verbs in parenthesis.

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References:

Empower – Students book with online assessment.

Empower – Teacher’s Book.

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