Language Focus Unit 2: Present Continuous: Affirmative and Negative

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Language Focus Unit 2

3 Underline and correct five mistakes in the


Present continuous: affirmative and
message.
negative
Hi. How are you? I are having lunch in a
1 Complete the blog with the present continuous café and there’s free WiFi! We is having a
form of the verbs. fantastic time on holiday. The weather is
great and it isn’t rain! Right now, my
brother and sister playing on the beach.
They not swimming because the water is
very cold. Mum and Dad is cycling to the
next town. See you soon!

’m having
1 ____________ 4 ____________
2 ____________ 5 ____________
3 ____________

Present continuous: questions

All my cousins are at my house this weekend and 4 Write present continuous questions.
we are having (have) a great time. Judy and Daniel are watching TV.
What are they watching?
Jim and Eva (1) __________________ (sing) songs 1 Look! Tom is running past the class.
and George (2) __________________ (play) the Why _________________________________ ?
guitar. 2 Simon is talking on the phone.
Who _______________________________ to?
Julia (3) __________________ (make) some pizza 3 Dad is cooking dinner in the kitchen.
and Rick (4) _____________________ (look) at What ________________________________ ?
some instructions for baking cakes on the internet. 4 I’m writing an email.
Who _______________________________ to?
Nick and Susie (5) __________________ (watch) a
5 Carol and Jack are singing.
DVD. Lucy (6) __________________ (sit) next to
What song ____________________________ ?
them on the sofa. She (7) __________________
6 We’re going on holiday.
(read) her book.
Where _______________________________ ?

Me? I (8) __________________ (write) my blog!


Present simple and present continuous

5 Complete the sentences with the correct present


2 Write negative present continuous sentences. simple or present continuous form of the verbs.
you / not eat your dinner My grandmother sends (send) me a birthday
You aren’t eating your dinner. card every year.
1 Yasmin / not watch TV 1 They _____________________ (have) breakfast
_______________________________________ now.
2 we / not run to school 2 He _____________________ (study) every day.
_______________________________________ 3 Look! Mum _____________________ (carry) a
3 they / not sit in the garden lot of bags.
_______________________________________ 4 We often _____________________ (have)
4 Jim / not play volleyball dinner in the garden in the summer.
_______________________________________ 5 Fiona usually _____________________ (sing) in
5 I / not do my homework the morning.
_______________________________________ 6 I _____________________ (make) dinner at the
moment.

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Vocabulary Unit 2
Communication On the phone

1 Read the clues and complete the crossword. 3 Order the words to make sentences and
questions.
This word comes from 'electronic' and 'mail'.
1 You send this from your mobile phone. number / the / got / You’ve / wrong
2 Examples of this are Facebook and Twitter. You’ve got the wrong number.
3 Examples of these are: :), :(, <3, :’( and ;(.
4 You send this on someone's birthday.
5 You send this in the post. 1 speak / you / Can / please / up / ?
1 2
____________________________________ ?

2 up / don’t / hang / Please


______________________________________

top / needs / phone / to / He / up / his


E M A I L 3
______________________________________

4 4 me / Send / text / message / a


______________________________________

5 back / Can / call / later / you / ?


____________________________________ ?
2 Complete the dialogue.
Ali Why doesn’t Lucy like meeting people?
Pip She says she doesn’t like face-to-face 4 Write the bold words in the correct sentences.
conversations because she’s really shy and I always leave a hang up if no one answers.
doesn’t like talking. And she never uses voicemail
(1) v_________ c_________ like Skype. 1 She’s putting him on credit so that everyone can
Ali Does she use (2) s_________ m_________ a hear him. ___________
lot? 2 I don’t like it when people call and then text
Pip No. She doesn’t spend much time on message. ___________
Facebook but she sometimes uses 3 I’m downloading a new voicemail because I
(3) i_________ messaging to send messages don’t like the other one. ___________
to her friends. She also spends a lot of time 4 He doesn’t like speaking on the phone. Why
on her (4) m_________ p_________ . She don’t you send him a dial? ___________
always puts lots of (5) e_________ in her text 5 How often do you speakerphone your phone?
messages ___________
Ali Does she ever talk on the phone? 6 She can’t call because she hasn’t got any top
Pip I don’t know. Her family don’t have a up on her mobile phone. ___________
(6) l_________ though. 7 What number do you engaged to call the police?
___________
8 The number is ringtone. Let’s call again in five
minutes. ___________

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