Grammar: Expressing Movement
Grammar: Expressing Movement
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1 A police helicopter flew over the houses. 7 The road goes the village.
2 The rock star threw a TV 8 The boy is climbing the
the window. tree.
3 A bird flew the bridge. 9 He jumped the swimming
4 They danced the fire. pool.
5 The sheriff walked the 10 The dog swam the river.
saloon. 11 The police officers fell
6 The cat ran the wall. the stairs.
12 The skiers are skiing the
mountain.
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b Test your memory. Cover the sentences. Look at the pictures and remember the sentences.
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b Circle the right answer. Check (✓) if both are correct.
1 Can I try on this jacket / try this jacket on, please? ✓
2 I can’t hear the music. Can you turn it up / turn up it?
3 They’re my sister’s children. I’m looking after them / looking them after.
4 Jane called when you were out. Can you call her back / call back her?
5 Turn off your cell phones / Turn your cell phones off before the exam begins.
6 Your clothes are all over the floor. Please pick up them / pick them up.
7 I can’t find my car keys. Can you help me look for them / look them for?
8 If I lend you the money, when will you pay me back / pay back me?
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c Cover the sentences in a. Look at the pictures and say what’s happening.
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1 A I don’t like that new building much. 11 A I don’t get along with Lydia very well.
B Neither do I. It looks like a spaceship. B . We don’t really have much
in common.
2 A I passed the exam!
B So did I! I got 92%. 12 A I got married in 2005.
B . But I got divorced a year
3 A I can’t swim. later!
B . Maybe we should take
lessons. 13 A I was working in San Francisco last year.
B . What a coincidence!
4 A I’m not very hungry.
B . I’ll just have a sandwich. 14 A I haven’t been to South America.
B , but I’d love to go.
5 A I’ve finished college.
15 A I want to go to the beach today.
B . I’m looking for a job now!
B . It’s a beautiful day.
6 A I didn’t like the movie.
16 A I won’t go to that restaurant again.
B . It was too slow.
B . The food was awful.
7 A I was born in 1989.
17 A I’m going to stop using Facebook.
B Really? .
B . I spend too much time on it.
8 A I don’t have any brothers or sisters.
18 A I’d like to go to New Zealand.
B . But I have a lot of cousins.
B . They say it’s beautiful.
9 A I’m going to stay at home this evening.
19 A I’ll do my homework on the bus.
B . I’m very tired.
B . It’s very easy.
10 A I have to go to work on Saturday.
20 A I have a twin sister.
B . I hate working on the
weekends. B . That’s amazing!
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c Write a two-line dialogue with So + auxiliary + I, and another with Neither + auxiliary + I.
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