Follow that car!

Dr iv e o r r id e ? 3 Choose the verb forms words to complete the dialogue.

Karen: So, what's he do / doing at the moment.
1 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
Tracy: He leaves / is leavitig work.
1 Every day I drive / ride my motorbike. Karen: But he uever leaves / is leaving this early.
2 I go by / ta ke the car to work. Tracy: Well, he goes / is going now. And he gets /
3 Sometimes she rides / takes the bus. is getting into a taxi.
4 In London lots of people drive / tak e the underground. Karen: A taxi? But he usually takes / is taking the bus.
5 I like to ride / take my bicycle. Tracy: I follow / am following him now. He gets /
6 Mike never drives / rides his car at the weekend. is getting out of the taxi and goes / is going into
7 Sally doesn’t like riding / going by bus late at night. a house.
Karen: Do you watch / Are you watching the house?
Tracy: Yes, I wait / am waiting outside.
Pr es en t s im pl e v s pr es en t
Karen: Please tell / be telling me what you see /
CONTINU O US are seeing.
Ibacy: I can 't see / be seeing anything at the moment.
2 Tick (/) the correct answer a or b.
Oh ... !
1 What do you do? Karen: What?
a I work as a detective, Tracy: Do you live / Are you living at number S3?
b I'm working as a detective. Karen: Yes!
2 What are you doing? Tracy: Well, it’s your house!
a i watch that house.
b I’m watching that house. 4 Are the sentences correct (/) or incorrect 00? Correct
the incorrect sentences.
3 What time do you usually get up?
a 1 get up at 7 o’clock. 1 He leaves his office right now.
b I’m getting up at 7 o’clock. 2 I ’m waiting for you in the restaurant.
3 What are you do at the moment?
4 W here are you at the moment?
4 I always travelling to work by bus.
a I sit in a cafe.
5 I’m leaving work at four o’clock today.
b I’m sitting in a cafe.
6 What time do you usually leaving?
5 W ho are you meeting later today? 7 I ride my bicycle every day.
a I meet my friends.
b I’m meeting my friends.
Tr a n sl a t io n
6 How often does he drive to work?
a He drives to work every day. 5 Translate the sentences into your language.
b He’s driving to work every day.
1 What are you doing?
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2 What do you do?

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3 He usually eats at that restaurant.

4 He’s eating at that restaurant.

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1 Cover the last part of the story. 3 Read the story again and put the pictures a-e in the
Read the first four parts. What do you think happens correct order.
next? ^
A D

Tracy Dick’s new case

Tracy Dick: Hello, Mr Morris?
Mr Morris: Yes. Where are you? What are you doing?
Tracy Dick: I’m watching the house.
Mr Morris: Can you see her?
Tracy Dick: Yes, she’s putting on her coat.
Mr Morris: Right. Follow her.

Tracy Dick: Hello?

Mr Morris: W here are you now?
TVacy Dick: I’m behind her. She’s walking down the
street and she’s going into a travel
agent’s.

Tracy Dick: Mr Morris?

Mr Morris: Yes. W hat’s she doing now?
Tracy Dick: She's sitting in the Travel Agent’s.
Mr Morris: But what’s she doing in there?
Tracy Dick: She's buying a ticket.
Mr Morris: A ticket! What kind of ticket?
Tracy Dick: I don't know. It looks like a plane ticket.
Mr Morris: A plane ticket? But she hates flying!

Mr Morris: W hat’s she doing now?

Tracy Dick: She's leaving the Travel Agent’s and she's
standing in the street
Mr Morris: Standing in the street?
Tracy Dick: Yes, she’s waiting for someone. Ah!
Mr Morris: What?
TYacy Dick: She's getting into a taxi and she’s talking
to the taxi driver.

Tracy Dick: Mr Morris?

Mr Morris: Yes?
Tracy Dick: The taxi is stopping outside a house and
she’s going in. What do you want me to
do?
Mr Morris: Go in.
Tracy Dick: Go in? OK.
Crowd: Surprise!!! Happy Birthday, Tracy Dick.
We bought you a birthday present. A
plane ticket!

2 Read the final part of the story and see if you were
correct.
R ea d & l is t en

4 % .. 4 7 Listen to Reading 8 Tracy Dick’s new c a se on

the CD and read the text again.