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Listening and speaking

1 You are going to listen to four people describing how they learn vocabulary. Find out what they do to remember new words better.

Speaker 1 ________________________

Speaker 2 ________________________

Speaker 3 ________________________

Speaker 4 ________________________

GRAMMAR The Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

1 Tick the correct sentence

1. a) It's raining heavily today. b) It rains heavily today.

2. a)I'm going to Bath next week. b) I go to Bath next week.

3. a)How many languages do you speak? b) How many languages are you speaking?

4. a) Jane works eight hours a day. b) Jane is working eight hours a day.

5. a) It's often snowing in Canada. b) It often snows in Canada.

6. a)Millions of tourists visit London every year. b) Millions of tourists are visiting London every year.

2 Underline the right verb-form.

  1. Jeff lives / is living in an expensive part of London.

  2. The river Thames is flowing / flows through London.

  3. Sarah will get an exam soon, so she is working / works very hard at the moment.

  4. He isn’t smoking / doesn’t smoke as a rule.

  5. Your children are growing up/ grow up very quickly.

  6. I never drink / am drinking whisky.

  7. This firm is selling / sells its goods overseas.

  8. Computers are becoming / become more and more important in our lives.

FUNCTION

HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CALL

1 Read the dialogue and study how it is organized.

carol: Hello, seven one three, four double seven.

emma: Hello. Is that Carol? This is Emma.

carol: Hi there. Do you want to speak to Simon?

emma: Is he in?

carol: I think so. Hang on a minute.

simon: Hi, Emma.

emma: Hi, Simon. How are you? Listen. I think I can get a tennis court for Wednesday afternoon. Would you like to play?

simon: Yeah, I'd love to. I've got a meeting that afternoon, but it should be over by five.

emma: Shall I book it for five thirty then?

simon: That would be fine.