- •1 How do you feel?
- •In or weekends
- •18 Love it or hate it
- •10 At a barbecue )
- •0 Write question tags for these sentences.
- •Interested
- •28 Ready, steady, eat
- •2C It's a nightmare
- •20 What's the matter? )
- •3 The tourist trade
- •I} a) Make questions with these words.
- •4 Born to be wild
- •48 Adventurers
- •4C Natural medicines
- •0 Softening opinions and making generalisations mD
- •5 Home truths
- •58 A load of old ju nk
- •9 Have you .......
- •Verb patterns (1) ml
- •0 Oooooooooooooooooh00000000 .. 00
- •10 ................. Liquid.
- •6 Decisions and choices
- •68 Protective parents
- •60 What's your opinio
- •7 Technology
- •Icons/hard disk/documents
- •78 Want it, need it!
- •Virus alert!
- •88 Recycle your rubbish
- •7 He k nows ................ . ....... Words of
- •In fact, the name 'killer whale' is a li ttle
- •80 Be careful! )
- •9 Look after yourself
- •10 •••••••...•..•.••••• .....••......•••••••••••••••..•.... From severe
- •10 Happy ever after?
- •108 Who's that?
- •10C The party's over
- •100 Do you mind?
- •11 All part of the job
- •12 Real or imaginary
- •I vvish!
- •Important moments
- •12C Superheroes
- •Instructions
- •Intermediate Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio
- •1A Be happy!
- •1B Love it or hate it
- •1C The best medicine
- •1D At a barbecue
- •2A Slow down!
- •28 Ready, steady, eat
- •2C It's a nightmare
- •38 Lonely Planet
- •20 What's the matter?
- •3A Your holiday, my job
- •3C Call that a holiday?
- •30 A trip to India
- •48 Adventures
- •4C Natural medicines
- •40 It's just a game!
- •7A Save, copy, delete
- •7B Want it, need it!
- •7C Virus alert!
- •7D What's the password?
- •9A Get healthy!
- •98 Good news, bad news
- •9C Faking it
- •90 At the doctor's
- •10A The anniversary
- •108 Who's that?
- •10C The party's over
- •100 Do you mind?
- •11A Any messages?
- •11C Undercover
- •110 It's my first day
- •12A I wish!
- •128 Important moments
- •12C Superheroes
100 Do you mind?
Asking
for,
giving
and
refusing
permission ·
"Read t he sit uations . Then choose the correct questions and sentences.
Your teacher has forgoucn her pen. She asks:
ls i t OK if you use a pen?
b) Wou ld you mind if I used my pen?
@ Do yo u th i nk I cou ld use you r pen ?
2 You give her permission. You say :
Yes , I'd rather you did n't.
b) Yes , of cou rse you can . Go ahead .
c) Yes , of cou rse i t is.
3 You want to borrow some money from a friend. You ask:
\Voulcl )'OU mi nd if I borrowed some money from you?
b) I s i t OK if I lend )'OU some money?
c) Would you like to borrow some money?
4 You r friend gives you permission. You r friend says:
Yes , I'd rather you d id n't.
b) No, not at all.
c) Yes, of cou rse.
Read the short conversations and choose the correct words . Somet i mes more than one answer is correct.
A Doyou think I do the washing-u p later?
B Yes, go ahead./ No, do whatever you like.
A May/Can I borrow your bi ke ?
B No, take whatever you like.!Yes. helpyoursel f
6 A Do you think/Do you mind I cou Id u e your bat hroom?
B Yes, of course./No, not at all.
f) a) You are staying at a friend's house. Write questions with these words to ask for permission .
M ay I borrow I a towel?
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Py.!..l?.P.rt.9.w.a
tpwe.l
?.....
Do you t hi nk I have I a glass?
Is i t OK I ma ke I some coffee?
4 Ca n I look rou nd I you r ga rden?
s Wou ld I mind I check I m y email?
6 Do I mind I have I a shower?
b) Use one of these ph rases to complete the replies to the questions in 3a).
¥es, ef eow se- Yes, of course it is Sorry, you can't No, not at all Go ahead Yes, of course you can
.Y. s,.of.cqurse . I'll just get one.
. I'll just wash
one u p.
. Hel p you rself
to a nyt h ing you wan l.
. I t's a bi t of a
mess, t hough .
5 .
.................
.
There's
somet hing wrong wit h t he laptop at the moment.
A /s it OK if/Doyou think Ichange the chan nel?
B Of course.I I'm afraid I'm watching this.
6
if
you
want.
. Use my hair d rye r
A ls it OK/Would you mind if M i ke stayed here this eveni ng?
B I'd rather he didn't./Go ahead!
s A Could/May I pu t our meeting off for a week?
B I'd rather you didn't./Yes, sure.
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