GRAMMAR PRACTICE GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1C
1A Question
Present simple
forms and continuous; action
and state verbs 1 1 Put
Choose
the words
the correct
in the correct
optionsorder
to complete
to make the
questions.
sentences.
1.7
1 1your
Theyfriend
don’t/ work
want / aren’t
does /wanting
near here
to /go
? swimming
Do you1.2
speak German? Who told you that story?
today because it’s too cold.
Could wemy
I check sit here,
emailsplease?
every morning. HowI’m
many peopletowork
replying your in your company?
message right now. 2 2like
I prefer
/ you / ’m
do preferring
/ going / tothis
concerts
coffee /–?it tastes / ’s tasting
When does
I need the lesson
to access begin?
the internet. WhatAre
areyou talking about?
youenjoying your holiday? much better than that coffee.
My sister has a new job. My parents are having breakfast. 3 3was
I can’t
/ running
talk to/you
she right
/ whynow.
/ ? We have / ’re having
Yes/No questions lunch.
4 4can
Why
/ tell
do/you
youwait
/ a secret
/ are you
/ I /waiting
? for the bus? There
ToPresent simple
make a question with a Yes or No answer, we put the verb be or an auxiliary or
modal verb aren’t any buses after midnight!
We use thebefore thesimple
present subject. For the
to talk present
about thingssimple andalways
that are past simple,
true. we use do/
5 5come
I don’t
/ from
understand
/ which//’m
country
not understanding
/ you / do / ? this film
does and did, with the infinitive form of the main verb.
They speak Portuguese in Brazil. The sun sets in the west. because they’re speaking too fast.
We also use the present simple to talk about
statement regular routines.
question 6 6speak
We think
/ more/ ’reslowly
thinking
/ you
all/museums
could / ? should be free.
I startAmerican.
work at 8.45. My brother gets up at 6.30 every day. 7 He works / ’s working in the library this morning.
He’s Is he American?
7 8you
That
/ see
suitcase
/ did /belongs
at the party
/ is belonging
/ who / ? to me.
We oftenbeen
They’ve use the present simple with frequency
to China. adverbs
Have they beenand
to expressions.
China?
We were
neverwatching TV. on Saturdays. They
go shopping Were yougo
often watching TV? at the weekend.
to the beach 2 Complete the sentences with the present simple or
8 which / to / cinema / go / you / did / ?
She’ll win the match. Will she win the match? present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
IPresent continuous
can speak Italian. Can you speak Italian? I / where / does
9 1from (talk) /tohemy/ come
boss at/ ?the moment. Can I
We use
They likethe present continuous to talk about
tea. Doactions that
they like are happening now.
tea? call you back in five minutes?
He
He’splays tennistowell.
speaking Does heI’m
his sister on Skype right now. play tennisfor
waiting well?
you at the bus stop. They / who / she(send)
10 2looking / for / me
wasa/birthday
? card every year.
3 I (leave) the office now. I’ll call you later.
We
We went the present continuous to talkDid
to Paris.
also use youactions
about go to Paris?
that are temporary.
4 You look really tired. I (think) you
She’s living with her parents at the moment. I’m studying Economics this year. 2 Write subject questions
(need) tofor
gothe statements.
to bed now.
Object questions 1 5Which
I’m soteam
hungry! I (think)
? about dinner.
InAction and state
most wh- questions, verbs word or phrase (who, what, why, how many,
the question 6Chelsea
I can’t talk
wonnow.
the match.
I (study) in the library.
We can
what typeuse
of, the
etc.)present simpleofand
is the object thepresent
verb. Incontinuous with verbs
object questions, which
we use describe an
an auxiliary 2 7Who
I (stay) at my? best friend’s house at
action.
verb before the subject, like in Yes/No questions. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
the moment.
I play football on Wednesday evenings. 3 8How
My many
internet
students
connection (not? work) today.
question word auxiliary verb subject main verb More than 40 students study here.
I’m playing a football game on my computer at the moment. 3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in
do 4 What to the phone?
Where
We usually use the present simple, not the you live?
present continuous, with verbs which brackets.
Who
describe a state. did she meet? Something strange happened to the phone. Now it isn’t
Why have they come? working.
She doesn’t like her new haircut. NOT She isn’t liking her new haircut.
What are you doing? 5 Which film ?
I don’t understand. What do you mean? NOT I’m not understanding. What are you
The film we saw last week won the Oscar for Best Picture.
When
meaning? will you arrive?
6 Who ?
How a car. NOT I’m can
I ownlong owning a car. you stay?
A guy called Jacques lives here.
state verbs
Subject questions 3 Write questions for the underlined answers.
feelings like, love,word
hate, asks
want,about
prefer,the
need 1 I spoke to Jessica in the park.
In subject questions, the question subject. We use the positive
Enjoy is used in the continuous
form of the verb, so in present and past simple tenses, we tense:
don’tI’m enjoying
use the party.
do/does/did.
thoughts and know, believe, remember, forget, understand, think, feel, 2 He Igave
1 Mike a book.
opinionsword main consider, (not understand) why some people
question verbrealize, expect, agree, suppose, doubt, mean 2
states be, have (possess), exist, seem, (believe) that we 3 (talk) to
Who bought those flowers? NOT Whoappear,
did buybelong, own, matter
those flowers? 3 Carlo
eachand Miramuch
other wentless
to the party.
than in the past. I 4
senses
What taste, sound, look, feel, hear, smell
happened in 1999? NOT What did happen in 1999? (own) a smartphone and I 5 (use) it all
Which animal makes a noise like that? NOT Which animal does make a 4 Wethe
arrived
time.atI 64 p.m. (send) messages to my
Look! Some verbs can be both action and state verbs, with different meanings.
noise like that? friends several times a day and I often 7
I’m thinking about my holidays. (the action of thinking = action verb) The(call)
twins drank
5 them forall the orange
a chat. It’s truejuice.
that we 8
I think this website is the best. (an opinion = state verb)
Questions with prepositions (have) very busy lives nowadays and that we
He’s having fish and chips. (the action of eating = action verb) 6 She9was watchingalways a horror film. (not speak) face to
He the
When hasmain
a white
verbsports
needscar. (a possession
a preposition = state
(look verb)
for, talk to, wait for, come from, think 10
face. It (seem) to me that electronic
I’m etc.),
about, feeling
wehappy. (theput
normally action of having anatemotion
the preposition the end =ofaction verb)
the question. 7 I’mdevices
waiting11 for Toni. (make) our lives much easier.
It feels
What soft.
are you (the sense
looking for? =NOT
stateFor
verb)
what are you looking? For example, I 12 (write) this blog now
Who was she talking to? NOT To who was she talking? 8 Jenwhile
works in that building.
I 13 (sit) on the train.
Who did you go to the cinema with? NOT With who did you go to the cinema?

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 GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1C Question forms 3 x PRACTICE SB page 113, exercise 3

1 1.7 Read through all the information about question 1 Do the exercise as normal. To check answers, read out
forms with the class, or allow sts time to read it on their each statement in turn and ask questions to elicit the
own. Play audio track 1.7 for sts to listen and repeat. See correct question form, e.g. Is it a yes/no question? What
the SB page opposite for audio script. Sts put the words in question word do we need? Is it a subject question or an
the correct order to make questions. Check answers. object question? Then elicit the full answer.
2 Students read the questions to each other in pairs and
Answers try to remember the answers without looking in their
1 Does your friend work near here? books. They can then look in their books to check.
2 Do you like going to concerts?
3 In their pairs, sts underline a different part of each
3 Why was she running?
answer and then write the corresponding question,
4 Can I tell you a secret?
e.g. I spoke to Jessica in the park. Where did you speak
5 Which country do you come from?
to Jessica? They take turns to read their questions to
6 Could you speak more slowly?
each other. The other student listens and answers the
7 Who did you see at the party?
questions without looking in their book.
8 Which cinema did you go to?
9 Where does he come from?
10 Who was she looking for? Refer sts back to page 9 if they want to revise question
forms further, or see more examples of them in context.
2 Refer students back to the information on subject
questions for reference. Sts complete the subject questions
for the statements. Check answers.

Answers
1 won the match
2 invented the telephone
3 study here
4 happened
5 won the Oscar for Best Picture
6 lives here

3 Read out the first sentence and elicit the correct question
for the underlined answer. Point out that some of the
questions are subject questions and some are object
questions. Students then write the remaining questions.
Check answers.

Answers
1 Who did you speak to in the park?
2 What did he give Mike?
3 Who went to the party?
4 When did you arrive?
5 Who drank all the orange juice?
6 What (kind of film) was she watching?
7 Who are you waiting for?
8 Who works in that building?

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