- •Unit 1. Personality
- •Read the text about Walt Disney’s personality.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Look at the highlighted words from the text. What part of speech are they? Match them with their corresponding definitions.
- •Complete the following sentences using words from exercise e. Change the form of the words where necessary.
- •Skim the text about Walt Disney again, paying attention tounderlined words:about, among, at, for, from, in, on, out, to. What part of speech are they? Choose the correct word in each sentence.
- •If you like Disney, you can see which Disney characters share your personality type. This will give you quite a bit of insight into who you are. Translate using the words in brackets.
- •Rearrange the letters in words to discover the meaning.(Look for keys in the grammar pre-reading task). Tell your life motto.
- •Do you want to be somebody famous or just anybody? Listen and learn the poem of Emily Dickinson by heart.
- •Present simple and present continuous
- •Read the theory material about the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Make questions from the words below.
- •Complete the conversation with the verbs (appear, cheer, go, like, be, go well, see, enjoy, have, visit, feel, know) in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
- •Choose the correct words in italics.
- •Complete the dialogue with necessary of the verbs in brackets.
Answer the questions:
How many tense forms are there in English? Give examples.
How many aspect forms are there in English? Give examples.
How do we also name the continuous aspect?
When do we use the Present Simple? Give example sentences.
How do we form the Present Continuous?
When do we use the Present Continuous? Give example sentences.
What adjuncts and verbs are typical for the Present continuous?
When do we use the construction with ‘being’ in the Present Continuous?
Can we use the verb ‘have’ in the Present Continuous?
What state verbs do you know? Are they used in the Present Continuous?
What do sense verbs denote in the Present? And in the Continuous?
Why do we use some state verbs in the Present Continuous?
Make questions from the words below.
Horses / eat / meat?
Water / boil / 100°C?
the Sun / always / rise / the west?
Switzerland / have / a coastline?
Shops near you / usually open / Sundays?
Complete the conversation with the verbs (appear, cheer, go, like, be, go well, see, enjoy, have, visit, feel, know) in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
Juliet: I ________exhausted after all that shopping!
Karen: So do I usually ________ a coffee after shopping. This café looks nice.
Juliet: Mmm. I (not often) _______ shopping, but I really _______ it when I do!
Karen: Let’s sit here. Show me your new dress again. That’s really nice. ____it for a special occasion?
Juliet: No, I just need to __________ myself up!
Karen: Oh, why? Everything ___________ well with your job, isn’t it?
Juliet: Well, not really.
Karen: Why’s that? You usually __________ to be so happy in your work.
Juliet: Well, I was at first but as you know, I ___________ my family in Scotland whenever I can, and these days, now that dad’s quite ill, I __________ them every weekend, so I’m leaving work early every Friday to get to Scotland. My boss (not) ____________ that, although I work longer on other days, so we’re always arguing at the moment.
Karen: That’s a shame. What are you going to do?
Juliet: Honestly, Karen, I (not) ________ . I really like the job, but I need to be with my family at the moment, too.
Choose the correct words in italics.
Fatima’s really a good friend. She never forgets / is forgetting my birthday.
Selinadoesn’t work / isn’t working in her office at the moment because the builders are there.
Mmm. Those roses smell / are smelling lovely. Are they from your garden?
I can’t believe how difficult my new course is. I find / I’m finding it really hard to keep up with all the reading at the moment.
These are difficult times because food and fuel prices go up / are going up quickly.
Do you believe / Are you believing anything that child says?
Harry isn’t at work because he feels / he’s feeling unwell.
In the film ‘Australia’ two young people meet / are meeting and become friends during World war II.
Some of the students don’t understand / aren’t understanding basic mathematic ideas.