Grammar Starter unit
Present simple 2 The teenagers are playing rugby.
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1 Rewrite the sentences in the affirmative (),
negative () or question (?) form. 3 You and Rachel are eating pizza.
Sarah always wears boots in the winter. ?
Sarah doesn't always wear boots in winter.
? Does Sarah always wear boots in winter? 4 Victoria is climbing that hill.
1 ? Do John and Kayla go to the gym every day? ?
2 He chats online every evening. 4 Complete the text with the correct present
simple or present continuous form of the
verbs.
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3 ? Do you usually watch a film at 7 p.m.? eat go have live love not have got not learn
rain sit teach you / have
4 We don't have barbecues on sunny days.
house in fantastic Sydney, Australia! Zac's family (1) a house in the city; no, they (2) in a big house on the beach – it's so cool! At the m
d time here at my friend's
g. He ?
I
e time at your cousin's
Adverbshouseof
in frequency
London? Is it raining there now? It usually
;-) What's your news?
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2 Rewrite the sentences in the text correctly.
Hi all! I know I talk always about things like books
and music, but today I want to talk about someone
in my family – my dad! (1) My dad works at the
weekends often. (2) He gets always up before 6
a.m. (3) He isn't never late for work. (4) He drives
sometimes to work. (5) However, he takes usually
the bus. Dad works really hard, but he always finds
time for me when I need him.
Collective nouns, plurals and like + noun
I know I always talk about things like…
/ verb + -ing
1
2 5 Choose the best option and write the correct
3 plural forms of the nouns.
4
5
Free-time activities
What do your free-time activities say about you and your friends? Let’s find out!
Present continuous
Are / Is a lot of your friends crazy about
(1) (sport) like football? Do they love football? Do they play (2) it / them in the park at weeke
3 Read the sentences. Write questions and short
Does a group of your friends (3) meet / meets every Saturday to hang out or do they like
answers as indicated.
(4) going / go to (5) (party)? Do they love meeting new (6) (person)?
It is snowing.
? Is it snowing?
Yes, it is.
1 We are horse riding.
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2
Vocabulary Unit 1
Free-time activities Clothes
1 Complete the sentences with do, go, have or
3 Complete the table with the words.
play.
Emma and Tim go cycling in the park every boots cap dress hat
jacket sandals trainers T-shirt
evening.
1 It's a warm sunny day – let's a barbecue!
Things we Things we wear Other things
2 The waves are huge, so we want to
wear on our feet we wear
surfing. on our head
3 I know people like to cricket in England. boots
4 Do you want to an outdoor activity this
afternoon?
5 Do people rugby in Australia?
4 What is the person wearing? Complete
the words.
Likes and dislikes
2 Complete what the people say with the
correct form of the words and phrases in the
box. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible. 1 shoes
2 s
be crazy about can't stand hate like love
3 l
not like not mind prefer
4 s
metimes go to restaurants. They like restaurant food, but they (1) cooking and eating at home to eating in restaurants.
5 t
6 h
7 j
etables. Yuck! I never have them in my house. In fact, I (2) fruit and vegetables! But I (3) pizza – I want to eat that every day!
Making suggestions and giving opinions
5 Complete the words in the dialogue.
A Hi, Bea. What are you doing? You don't
ay cricket in the school team every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When I'm not playing cricket, I'm watching it! I (4) cricket!
look very happy.
B Hi, James. I'm not happy. I want to
do something!
A Well, it's a nice sunny day. Let's hang out
in the park with Mandy and Ewan.
B No, I don't
n the summer. In the winter I sometimes go skiing with the school. I (5) sport, but I generally (6)staying (1) and watching
home to do that – it's
it on TV (2) .
to doing it!
(3) (4) going to the beach and
surfing?
A I'm not (5) . I (6) swimming to
surfing. Surfing is scary!
B OK. (7) you want to go swimming at the
sports centre?
I'm making chips. I know, you won't eat them because you (7) them. I know you A That's a (8) (9) .
(8) eating healthy things to eating chips! B Great! (10) S I call Mandy and Ewan,
then?
A Sure!
