A. In the sentences below, decide if the verb underlined refers to the present (P), the future (F), or to something habitual (H).

 

1. Joe wants to be a pilot, when he grows up. F

2. He always go abroad for our holidays.

3. I am sorry, but I feel tired.

4. I just want to go to sleep.

5. Washington is the capital of the USA.

6. When do you start at the university next year?

7. Oh dear, this milk tastes awful.

8. You look really funny in that hat.

9. Give my love to Norman if you see him.

10. Do your children help about the house?

11. It’s amazing how many people eat far too much.

 

B. Choose the right form of the verb to complete the following sentences

1. I … (usually go/ am usually going/ have usually gone) to work by car, but I … (go/ am going/ have gone) on the bus this week while my car … (is/ is being/has been mended).

2. A: … (Do you know/ Are you knowing/Can you know) where Brian is? B: I don’t see/am not seeing/haven’t seen) him since lunch. I … (think/am thinking/can think) he is in the kitchen. He … (probably do/probably does/is probably doing) the washing up.

3. My daughter is a vegetarian. She … (doesn’t eat/isn’t eating/hasn’t eaten) meat. It is sometimes difficult in a restaurant when she … (finds/is finding/will find) that they … (don’t have/aren’t having/ won’t have) any vegetarian dishes. That’s why she … (usually telephones/is usually telephoning/ will usually telephone) before to find out what’s on the menu.

4. A: How long … (do you live/are you living/have you been living) in Liverpool?

B: Only three weeks. We … (stay/ are staying/have been staying) in a hotel until we … (are finding/will find/have found) a house to buy.

5. A: I … (met/ was meeting/have meeting) George while I … (waited/ was waiting/have waited) for the bus tonight.

B: How is he? I …(am not seeing/haven’t seen/didn’t see) him for months.

A: He … (was seeming/seemed/ has seemed) to do very well.

B: I … (think/am thinking) he … (was just getting/just got/has just got) a new job, (wasn’t he/didn’t he/ hasn’t he)?

A: Well he … (is just leaving/has just left/just left) his old job about a month ago, but he doesn’t find/hasn’t found/didn’t find) anything else yet. He … (still looks/is still looking) for something.

 

C. Look carefully at the words in bold. Underline those which refer to the future.

 

1. A: Are you doing anything tomorrow?

B: Not really. We are just staying at home.

2. A: Is Peter living at home now?

B: No, he is still at university at Sheffield.

3. A: How about your exams? Have you passed?

B: I don’t know. I’ll let you know as soon as I’ ve heard the results.

4. A: Is Jack the boy who is coming to stay next week?

B: No. Jack lives just near us. It’s Dan who’ s coming to stay

5. A: Have you seen Jenny recently?

B: No, but we’ll probably see her when we go to Leeds.

6. A: Will you come home after you’ ve finished work?

B: No. I ’m meeting Joe in town and we ’re going to the theatre.

 

II. Write E-mail to your friend telling all about yourself and your students’ life. Use the questions in present tenses:

How are things with you?

How is all your family?

Does your sister go to school?

What are you doing?

What are your parents doing these days?

Where are you going to stay on holidays?

Have you visited any interesting places recently?

 

UNIT 2. LANGUAGE PRACTICE AND WRITING

I. Review Past tenses

 

Main points: There are four past tenses – past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. All the past tenses are used to refer to past time. The

Past tenses are used as polite forms. The past tenses have special meanings in conditional clauses and when referring to imaginary situations.

 

A. Make past tense questions and answers using the words given.

 

1. Who / you / see / at the meeting? – Who did you see at the meeting?

2. I see/ Jack/ not Amy. – I saw Jack, but I didn’t see Army.

3. Where/ you go/in England? –

4. We/go to /London/ not Oxford. –

5. What plays/ they see / at Stratford? –

6. They see/Hamlet/not Julius Caesar. –

7. Angelo/ buy some records /in London? –

8. He buy /some clothes /not any records. –

9. You enjoy /your holiday? –

10. I enjoy /the holiday /not the food. –