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past simple
past perfect
past continuous
past perfect continuous
future simple
future perfect
future continuous
future perfect continuous
future intention
c. Now, without looking at the text, complete the exercise on the next page. If you find this too
difficult, do the first paragraph, correct it, study the next paragraph and return to the text, and so
on.
John _________________ (always travel) a lot. In fact, he ____________ (be) only two years old
when he first _________ (fly) to the US. His mother ________ (be) Italian and his father _______
(be) American. John _______(be) born in France, but his parents __________ (meet) in Cologne,
Germany after they ___________ (live) there for five years. They _________ (meet) one day while
John's father __________ (read) a book in the library and his mother _________ (sit down) beside
him. Anyway, John ________ (travel) a lot because his parents also _________ (travel) a lot.
As a matter of fact, John _________ (visit) his parents in France at the moment. He _____ (live) in
New York now, but __________________ (visit) his parents for the past few weeks. He
really _________ (enjoy) living in New York, but he also ________ (love) coming to visit his parents
at least once a year.
This year ____________ (fly) over 50,000 miles for his job. He _____________ (work) for Jackson &
Co. for almost two years now. He ___________ (be) pretty sure that he _________________ (work)
for them next year as well. His job _____(require) a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year,
he ________________ (travel) over 120,000 miles! His next journey _________ (be) to Australia. He
really ____________ (not like) going to Australia because it is so far. This time he _____ (fly) from
Paris after a meeting with the company's French partner. He ____________ for over 18 hours by the
time he __________ (arrive)!
John __________ (talk) to his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from New
York ____________ (telephone) to let him know that Jackson & Co. ____________ (decide) to merge
with a company in Australia. The two companies ___________________ (negotiate) for the past
month, so it really _____ (not be) much of a surprise. Of course, this __________ (mean) that
John ________ _____ (have to catch) the next plane back to New York. He _______________ (meet)
his boss at this time tomorrow.
d. If this exercise was very difficult for you, this could mean that you need to revise the basic verb
tenses you were supposed to study in ESO. What can you do? In your text book and in your work
book you have revision notes on the basic verb tenses. Study, at least, the Present Simple, Present
Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous and the Present Perfect. Then, after studying each, do
the exercises in both the students book and your work book. You can find additional revision
exercises (with solutions) online to help you with verb tenses in English. Obviously, start with the
easiest level and progress to more advanced levels. Remember that you need to know all of the
most common IRREGULAR VERBS and from time to time you should test yourself (you will find a
short list on pages 158 & 159 of the students book.
If you did well in this exercise, you can do two things: first, make sure that you know the reason
for choosing each verb tense (i.e. the principal uses of each tense) and secondly use your
knowledge to help other members of the class to improve their level (please).
Put the verbs into the correct tense (past simple or past continuous).
1. The receptionist (welcome) . the guests and (ask) .. them to fill in
the form.
2. The car (break) down and we (have) . to walk home.
3. The boys (swim) while the girls (sunbath) ...
4. My father (come) in, (look) . around and
(tell) . me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) . dinner the others (collect) .. wood
for the campfire.
6. Martha (turn) off the light and (go) to bed.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (future simple or future perfect)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
it took him. How long does it take to drive from Almeria to Seville?
to achieve (v).. what is the noun?
Paragraph 2:
on his way She was on her way to the shops; they were on their way to school.
steep..antonym
fought their way through..
kill a person by sending an electric shock.. ADVERBIAL OF MANNER= by+verb-ing
.
mild.synonyms.antonyms..
Paragraph 3:
to encounter.to meet somebody (HAS NO PREPOSITION, except in AmE)
isolated (adj)= far from/near to
unpredictable.NEGATIVE PREFIX
.
TO warn the people/IN ORDER TO/IN ORDER NOT TO/SO AS NOT TO
.
nevertheless. LINKERS OF CONTRAST..
.
Paragraph 4:
to succeed in.. NOTE: VERB+PREPOSITION .. what is the
noun? and the adjective?.
to raise awareness of.to be/become aware
neither.nor.
to make somebody do something.
3. Vocabulary: Travel
Here are just a few words related to the topic of travel. Make sure you know them and know their
meaning. You should add to these basic words and expressions.
Travel general
To go by car, taxi, bus, coach, ship, plane, etc./ To go on foot, on horseback/ To set off/
To arrive at/in, to get to, to reach/ To go on a journey, a trip, an excursion, a voyage, a business trip,
a school trip, a shopping trip/ To go sightseeing/ A tour guide/ A guide book/ A guided tour/ A
travel agents/ the underground, the tube, the subway/a railway station/ the platform/
a coach station/
Travel by air
Airport/ Plane/ Arrival/ Departure/ Check-in (desk)/ Departure/ To land/ Landing/ To take off/ Fly/
Flight/ A flight attendant/ A passenger/Boarding pass/ Security/Waiting lounge/Fasten your safety
belt/
Travel holidays
To go on holiday/ to book, to reserve/ accommodation/ a hotel, a youth hostel, a bed and breakfast,
a self-catering apartment, etc/ a souvenir/ to go sightseeing/to pack/a suitcase, a rucksack, a
backpack, a bag, luggage, hand luggage/ tourism/ to go hiking, trekking/a traveller/
Travel verbs
To set off/ to arrive at, in/to get to/to reach/ to board a plane, ship/to get on a plane, bus, train/to
get in a car, taxi/ to get off a plane, bus, train/ to get out of a car, taxi/to hitch-hike/
Travel others
4. Order of Adjectives.
In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun for example, He's a silly
young fool, or She's a smart, energetic woman. When you use more than one adjective, you have
to put them in the right order, according to type.
1. The basic types of adjectives
Opinion
An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not
agree with you).
For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
Size
A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
For example: large, tiny, enormous, little
Age
An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.
For example: ancient, new, young, old
Shape
Colour
Origin
Material
Purpose
A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end
with -ing.
For example: sleeping (as in a sleeping bag), fishing (as in a fishing village)
Size
silly
Age
Shape
Colour
young
huge
small
round
B.
C.
D.
B.
C.
D.
red
C.
D.
Purpose
man
metal
Material
English
B.
Origin
bowl
sleeping
bag
C.
D.
C.
D.
C.
D.
C.
D.
C.
D.
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