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lunes, 8 de marzo de 2010

Present Perfect

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Complete the sentences with the present perfect of the verbs below.

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1 I (never) ……................. to another country.
2 She (never) ……................. a person from a fire, but she ……................. a lot of people.
3 Chris ……................. a mountain.
4 We ……................. a lot of horror films.
5 We ……................. any scary strangers in the village.
6 He ……................. with sharks three times.
7 He’s in a band but he ……................. on TV.
8 I ……................ in a cemetery – they’re scary!
9 She ……................. in Italy for a year.

Complete the interview with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect.

I: Today I’m talking to the professional diver, Daniel Green. Welcome, Daniel.
D: Thank you.
I: You’ve been a diver for many years, but (1) ……....................................... (you / ever swim) with sharks?
D: Yes, I (2) ……................ – three or four times.
I: Was it scary?
D: No, not really. It was fascinating.
I: Well, (3) ……....................................... (you / ever feel) scared in the water?
D: Oh, yes. The sea can be very dangerous, but I enjoy the fear.
I: And (4) ……................................... (you / ever rescue) a person in the sea?
D: No, I (5) ……................. but my father (6) ……................ . He’s a rescue diver and he (7) ……................. (help) a lot of people in danger.
I: That’s great. (8) ……....................................... (you and your dad / ever climb) a mountain or (9) ……....................................... (you / ever fly) a plane?
D: No, we (10) …….................................. . We’re both scared of heights and of flying!

Going to vs Will

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Complete the sentences with will or the correct form of going to.

1 My favourite band is in concert on Friday. I …… ask for their autographs.
2 I don’t think I ……..................................... be a singer when I leave school.
3 I can’t play the keyboards very well, so I ……....................................... find a teacher.
4 She never plays her guitar, so she ……....................................... sell it to her friend.
5 People love music and so musicians ……....................................... always be popular.

Future WILL

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Complete the sentences about the future with will or won’t and the verbs below.

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1 Cars are changing, so they ….................… pollution in the future.
2 Space travel is very expensive, so many people ….................… to other planets.
3 We ….................… to people all over the world by video.
4 The Earth is our home, so people ….................… it.
5 The Earth is very far from other planets, so we ….................… intelligent life.

Past Continuous

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Complete the text with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets.

I had a great time at my party last weekend. The DJ (1) ….................… (play) great music and lots of people (2) ….................… (dance).
I (3) ….................… (wear) my favourite clothes and I (4) ….................… (chat) to my friends. My parents were at the party, but they
(5) ….................… (not sit) with us.

Write questions and answers. Use the past continuous.

1 A: What / you / do / yesterday evening?
B: I / do / my homework
…….............................................................…
…….............................................................…
2 A: it / rain / yesterday? B: No
…….............................................................…
…….............................................................…
3 A: Who / you / talk to?
B: We / talk to / a new student
…….............................................................…
…….............................................................…
4 A: they / watch TV / at 7 p.m.? B: Yes
…….............................................................…
…….............................................................…
5 A: Where / they / go / yesterday evening?
B: They / go / to the gym
…..................................................…………...
……..............................................…………...
6 A: you / study / when I phoned? B: No
……..............................................…………...
……..............................................…………...
7 A: Why / they / argue?
B: They / argue / because he was late
…….............................................................…
…….............................................................…
8 A: she / travel / by car? B: Yes
…….............................................................…
…….............................................................…
9 A: What time / you / walk / in the park?
B: We / walk / in the park / at 11 o’clock
……............................................………….....
…….........................................…………........
10 A: gas / come from / the volcano? B: No
…….............................................…………
…….............................................…………

Past Simple

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Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs below.

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Last year my friends and I (1) ….................… a magazine. It (2) ….................… a competition about the cinema in it. We (3) ….................… the questions and I (4) ….................… our letter to the film company in London. The first prize was tickets to the Oscar ceremony. We (5) ….................… the tickets, but the film company (6) ….................… us to their offices in London as second prize. We (7) ….................… our favourite stars, but we enjoyed our visit. We (8) ….................… the Oscar ceremony on TV but we (9) ….................… anyone from the company.

Complete the dialogue with the past simple of the verbs in brackets or with short answers.

J: Hi, Adam. You (1) …............................… (not be) at the computer club yesterday. (2) …............................… (you / go) straight home from school?
A: No, I (3) …............................… . I (4) …............................… (go) to the library. I (5) …............................… (want) some information for a competition about the World Cup.
J: What are the questions?
A: Who (6) …............................… (be) the winners in 1998?
J: That’s easy – France.
A: I know, but I need information for the other questions. – Where
(7) …............................… (be) the first tournament? Where (8) …............................… (the teams / come) from? And when (9) …............................… (Jules Rimet / become) president of FIFA?
J: Sorry, I don’t know. (10) …............................(you / look) for the information on the Internet yesterday?
A: Yes, I (11) …............................… , but I couldn’t find all the answers.
J: Why don’t we try the FIFA website now?
A: OK, thanks.

Complete the e-mail with the past simple of the verbs below.

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Hi Manolo
Thank you for the birthday card. I (1) ….................… a great time on my birthday. I (2) ….................… a party at home, so my friends and I (3) ….................… rollerblading in the morning. We (4) ….................… in a pizza restaurant and we (5) ….................… a film at the cinema in the afternoon.
What (6) ….................… you …… last weekend? (7) ….................… your team …… their football match? My team won but I (8) ….................… a goal. Alison (the pretty girl from school) (9) ….................… at the match, but she (10) ….................… to me!

Bye for now Gary

Present Continuous vs Present Simple

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Complete the dialogue. Use the present simple or the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

A: Hi, Kate. What (1) ….................… (you / do)?
K: I (2) ….................… (look) at the photos of
my holiday in Spain. Look at this one! My brother and I (3) ….................… (ride) horses.
A: That’s great. What (4) ….................… (your dad / do) in this photo?
K: Oh, he (5) ….................… (dance) with some people from the village. He really
(6) ….................… (enjoy) our holidays there.
A: (7) ….................… (you /go) there every year?
K: No, we sometimes (8) ….................… (stay) in England. What about you?
A: We usually (9) ….................… (spend) a week in Italy. My aunt (10) ….................… (live) there and I’ve got three Italian cousins.

Present Continuous

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Write pairs of sentences.

I / not study (write a letter)
I’m not studying. I’m writing a letter.


1 they / not talk (argue)
……............................................…………..
2 James / not use his computer (phone his friend)
……............................................…………..
3 she / not make her bed (tidy her room)
…….........................................…………..
4 we / not watch TV (chat)
…….....................................................…..
5 you / not sing (shout)
……............................................…………..
6 my friends / not study (relax)
……............................................…………..
7 it / not rain (snow)
…………………………………………
8 he / not surf the Internet (send an e–mail)
……....................................…………..

Complete the questions with the present continuous of the verbs below.

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1 ‘Who ….................……................... (you) a text message to?’ ‘My girlfriend.’
2 ‘What language ….................……................... (she) on the board?’ ‘Arabic.’
3 ‘Why ….................……................... (you) our conversation?’ ‘Because I need to speak to you.’
4 ‘I can’t understand this film. What language ….................……................. (they)?’ ‘Russian.’
5 ‘Why ….................……................... (you) that code?’ ‘Because I want to understand it.’
6 ‘What machine ….................……................... (he)?’ ‘The fax machine.’

Complete the phone call with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (Present Simple/Continuos).

L: Hi, Jane! It’s Liz. What (1) ….............… (do)?
J: I (2) ….................… (do) my homework.
L: I’m with Sue in town. We (3) ….................… (buy) clothes. Do you want to come?
J: No, thanks. I (4) ….................… (save) my money at the moment. I (5) ….................… (want) to buy some new CDs.
L: Oh, Jane! We never (6) ….................… (see) you after school. Please come!
J: I’m really sorry, I can’t.
L: OK. See you tomorrow at school.
J: OK. Bye.

Going to

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Complete the sentences with going to and a verb below.

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1 We ….................... our bedroom next week.
2 John ….................... football after school.
3 You ….................... to school tomorrow.
4 I ….................... for my exam next week.
5 She ….................... her friends this afternoon.
6 They ….................... dinner tonight.

Write questions with going to.

1 Sarah / go on a school trip next week?

2 they / buy a new CD?

3 you and Jack / see Brad Pitt’s new film tomorrow?

4 your brother / help you decorate your room?

5 you / eat in a restaurant tonight?

Write short answers for the questions in the previous exercise.

1 No, ………….................................................
2 Yes, ………….................................................
3 No, ………….................................................
4 Yes, ………….................................................
5 ……………….................................................

Present Continuous

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Complete the text with the present continuous form of the verbs below.

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It’s my birthday and I (1) ….................... a party. All my friends are here, it’s great. We (2) ….................... special costumes. Jane (3) ….................... the song on the CD – she knows all the words! Peter (4) ….................... pizza – he loves Italian food. Jenny (5) ….................... to her friend, Sam, but Sam (6) ….................... to her – he (7) …................ at Tom and Liz. They (8) ….................... together – they’re very good at salsa. Simon (9) ….................... my new computer game, he thinks it’s fantastic. My parents (10) ….................... in the garden. I love birthdays!

Write questions about the text in the previous exercise.

1 they / wear / jeans and T-shirts?

2 What / Jane / sing?

3 Sam / listen to / Jenny?

4 What / Tom and Liz / do?

5 Who / play / a computer game?

Write answers for the questions in the previous exercise.

1 …………………………………………….....
2 ……………………………………………….
3 ……………………………………………….
4 ……………………………………………….
5 ……………………………………………….

Put the words in the correct order.

1 reading / He’s / a / book / marvellous

2 song / singing / fantastic / She’s / a

3 It’s / house / beautiful / a

4 dog / very / is / My / big

5 is / Leonardo DiCaprio / making / new / film / a

Present Simple

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sábado, 27 de febrero de 2010

To Be Present

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Complete the text with the correct affirmative or negative form of the verb be.

I (1) ….................... from London. My best friend, Mike, and I (2) ….................... 12 years old, but my friend Paul (3) ….................... (not) 12, he’s 13 years old. They (4) ….................... (not) interested in computers, they like sport. We like school. It (5) ….................... interesting.

Write questions with be.

1 you / English?

2 Antonio Banderas / from Spain?

3 Rivaldo and Ronaldo / famous for football?

4 Chinese / an important subject in Spain?

5 your teachers / nineteen years old?

Write short answers for the questions in the previous exercise.
1 ……………………………………...................
2 ……………………………………...................
3 ……………………………………...................
4 ……………………………………...................
5………………………………….........................

lunes, 10 de agosto de 2009

Present Continuous vs Present Simple 4º ESO

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Complete the sentences with the gerund of the verbs below.

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1 I don’t mind ……................. the dog but I hate ……................. him for a walk.
2 My sister likes ……................. pictures and I love ……................. the piano.
3 ……................. and ……................. are good forms of exercise.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the present simple or present continuous.
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1 Why ……................. you ……................. your nails? Are you nervous?
2 When we want someone to look at an object, we ……................. at it.
3 My baby sister ……................. when she is hungry.
4 In Spain, friends ……................. each other on both cheeks when they meet.
5 A: Why ……................. you ……................. at that building?
B: Because I think it’s very unusual.

Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the present simple or present continuous.

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Sue: What’s the matter, Kim? Why (1) ……................. you ……................. ?
Kim: My boyfriend (2) ……................. town soon. He’s going to live in London.
Sue: But you can visit him in London.
Kim: No, I can’t. I haven’t got time. I (3) ……................. for my exams at the moment and I (4) ……................. my homework every weekend.
Sue: Why don’t you try to make some new friends? I (5) ……................. to a party next Saturday. You can come too.
Kim: That’s my boyfriend’s last weekend here. I (6) ……................. to spend it with him. Nobody (7) ……................. my problem. I don’t know what to do.