Unit 7: René Arnaldo Condori Ticona
Unit 7: René Arnaldo Condori Ticona
Class ____________________________
UNIT
GRAMMAR
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1 Complete Emily’s email with the verbs in the box. Use the -ing form.
be dance do get go read stay
Hi Tom
My name’s Emily and I’m a student at Lehigh University. I like being a student, but I hate
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_reading_____ lots of books. I live in a dorm with a friend. We don’t like 2
__getting________ up early in the morning. In the evenings, we love 3 _dancing – we go
to lots of dance clubs. We also like 4 going in and talking. I often go home. I love 5
_staying_ home because my mom’s a great cook.
Write soon
Emily
2 Make present continuous sentences and questions (positive and negative). Use
contractions where possible.
Example: Alan / work / at home today Alan’s working at home today.
1 why / Amy and her husband / argue ?
__Why’re amy and her husband arguing?___.
2 I / not wear / a sweater today
___I ´m not wearing a sweaster tofay
3 you / use / this dictionary ?
Are you this disctionary using?
4 Christine / get dressed ?
Is Christinc dressed getting?
5 we / run / because it’s late
_We’re running because it’s late?
6 what / you / do / at the moment ?
__What’re you doing at the moment?
7 they / not wait / for a bus
They’re not waiting for a bus
3 Complete the email. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verb
in parentheses.
Hi Kate
How’re your college classes? My new job is great, but it’s Saturday and I’m at home now.
I ’m sitting (sit) on the sofa and I 1 m warching) a cooking show on TV. I usually
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____goes__ (go) shopping on Saturday, or I 3___met_______ (meet) my friends, but I’m
tired today. My brother, Terry, is upstairs. I 4 __m thinking_ (think) he 5 __is playing_____
(play) a computer game. Mom 6 __is marking_ (make) dinner. It smells very nice. I can’t
write any more now – the phone 7 __ringing_ (ring).
LISTENING
2 Listen to five conversations. What are the people doing in each conversation?
Match the conversations with the activities (A–G). There are two answers you don’t
need.
Conversation 1 E
Conversation 2 C
Conversation 3 B
Conversation 4 G
Conversation 5 D
A cooking at home
B talking about Tom’s new girlfriend
C shopping for clothes
D chatting at work
E going into the movies
F watching TV
G chatting in an English class