- •I. Word order: adverbs with the verb.
- •1. These sentences are all taken from real recorded conversations.
- •2. Say how often you do some of the following things.
- •3. Rewrite each underlined sentence using the adverb in brackets.
- •4. Rewrite these sentences putting the words and phrases in brackets in the best order. Note that none of these sentences are emphatic:
- •II. Present and past habits. Repeated actions and states.
- •6. Use one of the sets of notes below to complete each dialogue. Expand the dialogues using your own ideas, act them out in class.
- •7. Here are some laws of nature. Join the beginnings and the ends. Think of other occurrences of Murphy’s Law.
- •9. Transform the statements below into negative sentences and questions making other necessary changes.
- •10. Complete the text with words from the box, using used to ...
- •11. Make sentences with used to and didn't use to about how people lived hundreds of years ago. Use your own ideas.
- •12. Write some sentences about things that you used to or didn't use to do/think/ believe when you were younger. Work with other students, find out what they used to do/think/ believe.
- •13. Rewrite these sentences, using be/ get used to (doing) smth:
- •15. In the following text, delete any examples of would that are not acceptable:
- •3. Insert the correct prepositions into the following sentences (you can find a more comprehensive list of dependent preposition patterns at the end of this book):
- •In pairs ask and answer questions about each other’s likes and dislikes using the active expressions with dependent prepositions.
- •1. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Vocab. Suggest active vocabulary units corresponding to the following definitions:
2. Say how often you do some of the following things.
Examples:
I sometimes stay in bed late. I don't often go to the doctor.
stay in bed late have bad dreams eat chocolate get headaches play tennis read poetry fall in love go to concerts play the piano forget people’s names go to the cinema cook go to the doctor write letters go skiing go swimming get depressed feel happy
Work with another student:
∙ ask him/her how often he/she does the things in Exercise 3
∙ report his/her answer.
Examples:
1 'How often do you go to concerts-' 'Never.'
2 Maria never goes to concerts.
3. Rewrite each underlined sentence using the adverb in brackets.
Andy and Jane came home from shopping on Saturday to find their house had been burgled. A police officer has come to investigate the crime.
OFFICER: You say you're not sure how the thieves got in. Before I
look round, can I ask you a few questions about the house?
ANDY: Of course.
OFFICER: (1) Do you lock the front door when you go out? (always)
ANDY: (2) Yes, and I locked it yesterday, (definitely)
OFFICER: OK. What about the windows?
ANDY: (3) Well, the downstairs ones are locked, (always)
JANE: (4) We have a lock on the little one in the hall, (even)
OFFICER: And upstairs?
JANE: (5) Well. I think most of the windows were locked, (probably)
ANDY (6) They were locked on Friday, (all)
JANE: Are you sure?
ANDY: Yes, I checked them all.
OFFICER: And you didn't open any on Friday night?
ANDY: (7) No, I didn't, (certainly)
OFFICER: Well, I can't understand it. Let's look round. Perhaps I'll notice something you've missed.
4. Rewrite these sentences putting the words and phrases in brackets in the best order. Note that none of these sentences are emphatic:
1. My parents (allowed/hardly ever) us to (late/ on weekdays/ stay up).
2. Taking advantage of the gap between the players, Owen kicked the ball (into the net/ just before half time/ skillfully).
3. David behaves quite well when he is at home but he (at school/ causes trouble/ often).
4. Foxes (often/be seen/can) scavenging (on the streets of London/ at night).
5. The post (arrive/ sometimes/ on time/ doesn’t) in this part of the city.
6. Jennifer (immediately/ didn’t/ recognise) the man waving (at the end of the show/ frantically/ from the balcony).
7. We (unable/ are/ usually) to offer refunds on the spot, but we will examine (thoroughly/ before the end of the week/ your claim).
8. These children (never/ have/ given/ been/ probably) the opportunities we all take for granted.
9. Access to the Internet (no longer/ is) available (on weekday mornings/ free of charge/ at our libraries).
10. Such losses (have/ would/ normally/ avoided/ been) by the use of back-up devices.
11. Many of the old masters had assistants who would prepare the oil pigments (each morning/ by hand/ in their studios).
II. Present and past habits. Repeated actions and states.
1. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous.
NB We can use the present continuous with an adverb such as always, forever, constantly and continually to talk about repeated actions that happen very often, perhaps too often as far as the speaker is concerned.
5. Use this structure to write sentences describing people you know who often do some of the things below:
worry about nothing lose their temper lose things complain about their health forget things cry fall in love change their job buy new clothes quarrel talk nonsense