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GRAMMAR EXTRA ELEMENTARY UNIT 8

8.2 present simple and continuous

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8.1 present continuous

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Look at the schedules and write what the people are doing.

Make Over – the show that changes lives (be) a bank clerk from Kevin Carlton 1 Wokingham. Usually his life is very boring, but not this week. This week we gave Kevin a ‘make over’, changing him from a bank clerk to a celebrity model! (leave) home at seven and 7.45: Usually Kevin 2 catches the 7.45 train to town. Today is different; it’s ten in the morning and he 3 (try on) clothes. He’s preparing for the big show later tonight. (have) a 12.30: For lunch, Kevin oen 4 sandwich in the park, but today he 5 (not have) lunch. He’s practising for the show. (sit) 9p.m.: Time for the show. Normally Kevin 6 in front of the TV and watches fashion programmes but this evening he isn’t watching the fashion show – (star) in it! Loud music is playing and a lot he 7 of people are watching the show. Kevin 8 (walk) up and down in front of the audience and he’s wearing very expensive clothes.

Time in Pilar, Buenos May, Singapore, London Aires, lecturer student 10a.m.

have breakfast have dinner with family

2p.m.

give a webinar

watch the webinar

9p.m.

leave school

sleep

11p.m.

meet friends

get ready for work

2a.m.

go to bed

write notes on webinar

1 At ten in the morning in London, Pilar is having breakfast and May is having dinner with her family. 2 3 4 5

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Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Complete the conversation with the present continuous form of the verbs in the box. study get learn wait plan not write A: Hello, May, how are you? 1 you ready for your video lesson? B: Oh, hello, Pilar. Just one minute – I’m searching for my essay. 2 you for me? A: Yes, but it’s OK. I’m having a coffee. What 3 you ? B: I’m studying management. Here’s my essay – it’s on my desktop. A: Good. And what are you’re writing about? Business in Singapore? B: No, I 4 about business in Singapore. I’m writing about business in South America. I’m sending my essay to you now. A: Why 5 you about business in South America? B: I 6 to move to Buenos Aires to start a business. A: Very good. Come and visit me when you get here!

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Find and correct the mistakes in the interviewer’s questions. Are 1 Do you enjoying the show? 2 What have you usually do at this time? 3 What you doing now? 4 What are you normally wear at work? 5 What have you wearing now? 6 How you feeling at the moment?

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GRAMMAR EXTRA Match questions 1–6 in Exercise 2 with Kevin’s answers a)–f). a) I’m a bit nervous but it’s very exciting. b) Yes, I’m really enjoying it. c) I’m putting on the next clothes in the show. d) I usually watch TV. e) I’m wearing a very expensive shirt and a blue suit. f) Usually I wear a shirt and a tie.

8.3 recommending

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Put the words in the correct order to make sentences and questions. The first word is in the correct place. a) What / you / recommend / do? b) Do / you / like / think / I’d / film / this? c) What / you / kind / like / of / films / do? d) I / like / don’t / you’d / think / it e) There’s / called / a / good / film / Tommy f) I / that / you’d / like / one / think.

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Complete the conversation with sentences a)–f) in Exercise 1. Use sentence a) twice. A: I have a work trip to New York next week. B: That’s great. Have you got any plans? A: I’m not sure, really. 1 ? B: There are lots of things to do in New York. How about a play or a musical? A: A musical sounds good. B: Right. What else? 2 ? A: I’m not sure. There’s a musical here called The Frog Princess. 3 ? B: Are you interested in children’s musicals? A: Not really. B: Then, 4 . 5 A: ? 6 B: Look – . It’s by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 7 . A: Great. I’ll get a ticket.

Consolidation

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Complete the conversation with the correct phrase or the correct form of the verbs in the box. Do you think I’d like it I don’t think I’d like that I think you’d like it What type of music do you like be get leave not like not think think watch A: Hello, is that John? B: Yes, it is. Helena? A: Yes! John, what are you doing now? B: Nothing, really. I’m watching TV. They’re showing a romantic movie again. It’s really boring. A: Look, we 1 TV too but it’s boring. We’re thinking about going out. Why don’t you come too? B: Where 2 you about going? A: To a concert. B: Sounds interesting. 3 ? 4 A: ? B: Well, most kinds, really – but not opera. A: It’s not opera. 5 – it’s a rock concert at the City Arena. B: I’m sorry, I 6 rock concerts but I’d like to go out. A: So what kind of music do you like? B: I like quieter music – jazz, blues, soul – that kind of music. A: Mmm, there’s another concert at the Grunge Room but I 7 you’d like it. 8 B: What it? A: Death metal. B: No, 9 . What about this: Jazz at Bar One? A: Do you think I’d like it? B: It looks good, it’s free and it’s better than TV. If you don’t like it, we’ll go to see something else. A: OK – I’m putting my coat on and we 10 now. 11 B: I ready now, too. See you in thirty minutes.

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