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1A GRAMMAR present simple and continuous, action and non-action verbs
a
Pavel What are
you studying?
Elvira Humanities.
Pavel I’m
doing Fine Arts. Where do you come
from?
Elvira I’m from
Madrid , in Spain .
Pavel And how
many hours of classes do you have a
week?
Elvira It depends on the week, but usually
about 20 hours.
Do you know
about the party tonight?
Pavel Do you mean the one for new students? I
can’t go, because I’m getting ready to
move into my flat tomorrow.
Elvira Where are you living at the moment?
Pavel I’m staying in a student hostel.
Elvira What do you do on Sunday afternoons? If you want, we could meet and look around
the city.
Pavel I’m busy
in the afternoon, but what about Sunday morning?
Elvira Fine.
Where shall we meet?
b
Maggie Hello
Jo, what a surprise! What are you doing
here?
Jo The
same as you probably! I’m buying a
few things for dinner.
Maggie How are
things? Are you still working at the same p[ace?
Jo Yes,
but I don’t like it very much. My
boss depends on me for everything.
The worst thing is that she always gets
the credit and I do all the work!
Maggie That sounds terrible. Do you have to go back to work this afternoon?
Jo No,
I only work until lunchtime on Fridays because I always have lunch with my friend Paula. She doesn’t work on Fridays, so we usually meet at that nice little Italian restaurant in town. Do you want to come?
Maggie I’d love
to but I need to get home. My sister
is staying with us for a few days.
Some other time!
INTRODUCTION GRAMMAR b
My name’s Roberto. I’m 32 and I’m from Chile .
I was born inSantiago and I’ve lived there all my life.
I’m married. My wife’s name’s Emilia. She’s fromSantiago
too. We don’t have any children. We live with Emilia’s
parents in their flat, and I get on with them very well, but
we’d like to have our own place. We’re looking for a flat
at the moment. I work for a pharmaceutical company
and Emilia is a translator. We both work very hard,
but luckily we don’t have to do any housework.
Emilia’s parents are retired, so they look after the house.
I don’t have much free time, but when I have the chance,
I enjoy doing sport. I used to play tennis, but now
I don’t have enough time. I’m learning English because
I need it for my job. My writing is OK, but I want to get
better at speaking. I have to speak to many clients in
English and I often make mistakes. Next summer
I’m going to go to theUK to do a business English course.
I was born in
I’m married. My wife’s name’s Emilia. She’s from
too. We don’t have any children. We live with Emilia’s
parents in their flat, and I get on with them very well, but
we’d like to have our own place. We’re looking for a flat
at the moment. I work for a pharmaceutical company
and Emilia is a translator. We both work very hard,
but luckily we don’t have to do any housework.
Emilia’s parents are retired, so they look after the house.
I don’t have much free time, but when I have the chance,
I enjoy doing sport. I used to play tennis, but now
I don’t have enough time. I’m learning English because
I need it for my job. My writing is OK, but I want to get
better at speaking. I have to speak to many clients in
English and I often make mistakes. Next summer
I’m going to go to the
INTRODUCTION GRAMMAR a
1 My sister doesn’t have a car.
2 Does Mr S Roberts live here?
3 My dad teaches at the
university.
4 I’m going to the cinema with
Katie tonight. I’ve bought the tickets.
5 I flew back from New York this morning.
6 He didn’t enjoy the holiday very
much.
7 I was having a shower when the
water stopped working.
8 A
I’m thirsty.
B Shall I get you a drink?
9 A
I have a new phone.
B I’m sure you’ll lose it,
just like your last one.
10 A Would you like something to eat?
B No, thanks, I’ve already had lunch.
11 Have you ever been to Paris ?
12 The traffic is worse than it
used to be.
13 Cycling isn’t as dangerous as
skiing.
14 What would you do if there was
a snake in your room?
15 I’ll come to your party if I
finish work early enough.
16 You drive much more slowly than
me.
17 If I were you, I’d look for a
new job.
(“If I was you, I’d look for a new job.” is accepted by many people.)
(“If I was you, I’d look for a new job.” is accepted by many people.)
18 My bike was stolen last week.
19 We were too late. When we
arrived at the station, the train had already left.
20 He said he loved her.
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