A don’t work b isn’t working c doesn’t work
12 Put the verbs into the Present Continuous or Simple Present.
1 Mary ____________________________ (wash) her hair at the moment.
2 Hello Peter! What ______________________________ (you / do) now?
3 My brothers ______________________________ (play) basketball now.
4 My father ____________________________________ (work) in a bank.
5 Julia ____________________________ (paint) a picture at the moment.
6 Nancy always __________________________________ (drive) to work.
7 Michael __________________________________ (not / live) in Athens.
8 Look at them! ________________________________ (they / eat) apples?
9 Sally ______________________________________ (walk) her dog now.
10 _________________________________(you / like) jazz or rock music?
Read the conversation and put the verbs into the Simple Present or Present Continuous.
Ann: Where is John?
Sally: He (1) _______ (wash) the car. He usually (2)_________ (play) football on Saturdays, but today he (3) _________ (not / want) to play.
Ann: Is your mother in the kitchen now?
Sally: Yes, she (4) ________ (cook) dinner. I usually (5) ________ (make) the dinner on Saturdays but I (6) ________ (go out) now.
Ann: Where?
Sally: I (7) ________ (go) to my grandmother’s. I always (8) _________ (visit) her at the weekend.
14 Supply the correct form of the verb given in brackets.
Donna: Hello, David. How are you?
David: I (1) _______ (be) fine, thanks!
Donna: (2) _____ (be) your father at home?
David: No, he (3) _____ (work) at the office. There (4) _____ (be) no one at home. I (5) ____ (be) alone.
Donna: Where (6) _____ (be) everyone? What (7) ______ (they /do)?
David: My mother (8) ____ (shop) in town with my aunt. They (9) ____ (buy) Christmas presents. My brother and sister (10) ______ (play) in the park.
Donna: What (11) ______ (you /do) ?
David: I (12) _____ (watch) television.
Donna: Please ask your mother or father to phone me later.
David: Okay. Bye.
Donna: Bye.
Writing
15 Find information about your favourite band or singer. Include:
Name of band or singer
Songs
Type of music
Why you like them / him / her
Write a short article about your favourite band or singer. Use about 45 words in your article.
16 Write a letter to your pen-pal. In your letter you have to tell
how old you are;
where you study;
what your leisure activities are;
if you like listening to music;
who your favourite singer or musician is;
why you enjoy listening to his/her music or songs.
Use about 50 words in your letter.
17 Read an e-mail and write a similar letter to a pen-friend about you.
Hi! I’m Nancy and I live in Seattle. I’m a high school student and my favourite group is REM. I really like the singer. I also like volleyball, going to the theatre and skiing. How about you? Do you like sports? Who is your favourite musician? Tell me about your activities and interests.
Send a message to Nancy. Answer the questions.
Write 45 words.
WORDLIST
Abroad
Additional
Advertisement
Aerobics
Album
Already
Also
Always
Angler
Angling
Animal
Around
Art
As well
Athlete
Athletics
Author
Awful
Background
Budgie
Badminton
Band
Beach
Beak
Beware
Blood
Body
Boring
Bottle
Bowling
Boxing
Bread
Cage
Canary
Canoeing
Catchy
Caterpillar
Chart
Cheap
Chess
Choir
Church
Claw
Climbing
Craft
Crazy
Cricket
Cute
Cycling
Dancing
Dangerous
Different
Difficult
Disco
Don’t mind
Dozen
Drawing
Drum
Easy
Enough
Especially
Excellent
Exciting
Expensive
False
Fantastic
Fascinating
Fast
Fat
Favourite
Female
Fencing
Flute
Folk
Food
Foreign
Frequency
Frequently
Gardening
Goldfish
Golf
Grass
Great
Guard
Guitar
Gymnastics
Hairy
Hamster
Hang gliding
Hardcore
Hardly ever
Head-ache
Hedgehog
Hip-hop
Horse riding
Hurry
Hutch
Ice-skating
Iguana
Imperative
Indie
Jazz
Jogging
Judo
Jungle
Kitten
Lawn
Leash
Leg
Leisure
Lizard
Lot
Loud
Magazine
Male
Mello
Message
Mouse (mice)
Movies
Musical
Musician
Naughty
Necessary
Neck
Need
Net
Never
Nocturnal
Noisy
Nut
Obedient
Occasionally
Often
Once
Opportunity
Orchestra
Painting
Parachuting
Parrot
Particular
Pet
Photography
Piano
Plenty
Pond
Pop
Presenter
Pressure
Puppy
Puzzle
Quiet
Quiz
Rabbit
Ragga
Raggae
Rap
Rarely
Rave
Relax
Rhythm
Rock
Roller-blading
Rugby
Sailing
Salmon
Sand
Scuba-diving
Seed
Seem
Seldom
Sharp
Shell
Shiny
Simply
Skiing
Snake
Snowboarding
Soccer
Sole
Solo
Sometimes
Spare
Spider
Spike
Stamp
Stomach
Sumo
Sunny
Suppose
Swimming
Tail
Tarantula
Team
Techno
Tiring
To bark
To be afraid of
To be crazy about
To be fond of
To be keen on
To beat
To believe
To bow
To catch
To clap
To clean
To complain
To dig
To dislike
To download
To dye
To eat
To enjoy
To entertain
To feed
To hate
To hit
To invite
To join
To keep
To leave
To like
To look for
To look forward to
To love
To mind
To prefer
To reply
To rinse
To sale
To stew
To support
To take care of
To throw
To train
Tortoise
Tournament
Trance
Trout
True
Trumpet
Twice
Vegetables
Vet
Violin
Walking
Weigh
Wet
Wheel
Windsurfing
Wizard
Worm
Wrestler
Wrestling