1. Present Simple or Present Continuous? Sue: Could you turn the TV down? I _________________ (try) to read my book.

Tom: OK. What _________________ (you read)? Sue: Its about a journalist. She __________________ (work) for the BBC. Im at the part in the book where she _________________ (interview) people about The Mafia. Tom: That is interesting. Who __________________________ (she interview)? Sue: She ______________________ (talk) to a man who has got lots of information about Mafia families. She _____________________ (not like) him very much. Tom: Sorry, can you smell anything? _________________________ (something burn)? Sue: No, its just the neighbours. They ________________________ (often have) a barbecue at the weekend. Oh no! I ____________________________ (cook) sausages for supper! They ___________________ (burn)! 2. Past Simple or Past Continuous? Sergeant Harris left the police station at 6 p.m. He _____________________ (not have) his car so he __________________ (walk) home. He ___________________(cross) the park when he ___________________ (see) a little girl playing near the river. She ____________________ (run) after birds. The sergeant ____________________ (sit down) to have a rest and _____________________ (open) his newspaper. He ________________________ (read) the sports page when he _____________________ (hear) screams; the girl was in the water and she ______________________ (wave) her arms; her mother ________________________ (call) for help. Sergeant Harris ran to the river and ____________________ (jump) into the water. He got to the girl quickly and pulled her out. A lot of people ________________________ (watch) the scene. When they saw that the girl was safe, they all _______________________ (clap) and _______________________ (cheer). 3. Present Perfect or Past Simple? A: Have you ever played basketball in the United States? B: Yes, I have. I _________________ (play) for the Chicago Bulls between 1999 and 2001. A: ________________ (you like) it? B: It was OK, but I __________________ (not enjoy) the climate very much. It __________________ (be) too cold in the winter. A: How many points ________________ (you score) this season?

B: Only twenty-five. But we ___________________ (not play) many games yet. Im happy because some good players _____________________ (join) the team. Last month, we __________________ (buy) a fantastic new Brazilian player. 4. Past Simple or Past Perfect?
1) After Fred 2) Jill 3) Susan 4) When she 5) After the man 6) Before he 7) She 8) After Eric 9) I 10) They

(spend) his holiday in Italy he (phone) Dad at work before she (turn on) the radio after she (arrive) the match (come) home he (sing) a song he (watch) a video after the children (make) breakfast he (be) very tired because I (ride) their bikes before they

(want) to learn Italian. (leave) for her trip. (wash) the dishes.
already

(start).

(feed) the cat. (play) the guitar. (go) to bed. (phone) his friend. (study) too much. (meet) their friends.

5. Will or going to? We have clear evidence that in the next few years the Earths climate ________________ change. With the change of climate, many species of animals such as the Bengal tiger, _________________ disappear. In my opinion, climatic changes _______________ most probably affect peoples lives, too. For example, because of global warming, the sea has already destroyed some coastal villages, and the information we have shows that this destruction _____________ become more widespread in the future. We can hope that life on Earth _____________ get better in the future but frankly, Im not optimistic. Personally, I fear that the quality of our lives ________________ get worse. 6. Modal verbs: must, mustnt, have to, dont have to, neednt, can, cant. + GGB, pg. 97 A week before the wedding, the grooms family has to/must/can take presents in red boxes to the brides house. Only the men carry them female members of the family dont have to/ neednt/

mustnt do that. One strange thing is that the brides family cant/ dont have to/ mustnt send
them back if they dont like them they have to/ can/ must to accept the presents! A few days later, the female members of the family must/ have to/ can take presents to the grooms family. On the morning of the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom have to/ can/ must serve tea to their parents. The ceremony is only for the family guests dont have to/ cant/ mustnt go to it.

But they must/ have to/ can go to the reception, where its a tradition to shake hands with the happy couple 7. much/many, some/any, a lot of, a little/a few + GGB, pg. 175 How much/many/some house have you got? I havent got much/many/some. Ive only got a few/a little/some one in Monaco, one in Paris, one in New York and a castle in Scotland. Are there some/any/much things in the world that you havent got? Actually, there are some/any/much things I havent got. I need some/any/many furniture for my Scottish castle. How much/many/a lot of money have you got exactly? I havent got that much/many/a lot of as people think. Do you think that people with a lot of/many/much money are happier than poor people?

Any/Some/Much rich people I know are pretty miserable.

Other people I know, with only a few/a little/any money are often a lot happier. Im happy because Ive got a little/a lot/much of friends. 8. Comparatives and superlatives + GGB, pg. 213

9. Articles

10. Passives

11. Conditionals

1. I dont know what the weather is going to be like this weekend. But if it __________________ (be) sunny, I ___________________ (go) swimming with you. 2. What ___________________ (you do) if you __________________ (win) the lottery? If I _________________ (do), I _________________ (buy) that motorbike. 3. If you __________________ (can) visit any planet in the solar system, which one __________________ (you like) to go to? 4. If global warming _________________ (continue), there _________________ (be) flooding in many parts of the world. 5. I _________________ (panic) if I ________________ (see) an alien. I think I _________________ (run) away as far as possible.