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 Contents

1 A world of difference 7 Passions and fashions

2 The work week 8 No fear!

3 Good times, bad times 9 It depends how you look at it

4 Getting it right 10 All things high tech

5 Our changing world 11 Seeing is believing

6 What matters to me 12 Telling it like it is

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 1 A world of difference

Present Simple
The kids are at camp.

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 Present Continuous

They are enjoying the activities.

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 Present Perfect Continuous

They have been playing games.

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 Simple Present Passive

Lunch is served at noon.

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 Present Simple
The kids are at camp.
Present Continuous

They are enjoying the activities.

Present Perfect Continuous

They have been playing games.

Present Simple Passive

Lunch is served at noon.

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 Select the correct tense
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Simple Passive

Computer games are

popular with many kids.

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 Select the correct tense
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Simple Passive

Where are you?

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 Select the correct tense
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Simple Passive

We’ve been waiting for an hour!

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 Past Simple

They arrived this morning.

The bus ride took 5 hours.

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 Past Continuous

Many of the kids were sleeping when they arrived.

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 Past Simple Passive

This camp was selected by their teacher.

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 Past Simple
They arrived this morning.

Past Continuous

Many of the kids were sleeping

when they arrived.

Past Simple Passive

This camp was selected
by their teacher.

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 Select the correct tense
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Simple Passive

They were traveling in New York.

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 Select the correct tense
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Simple Passive

These tomatoes were

grown in our garden.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

be
have } form tenses

Present Continuous = be + verb + -ing

Nicholas is crawling.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

be
have } form tenses

Past Continuous = was + verb + -ing

He was crawling yesterday.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

be
have } form tenses

Present Perfect = have + past participle

That giraffe has eaten

most of that tree.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

be
have } form tenses

Present Perfect Continuous = have + been + -ing

That giraffe has been
eating that tree all day.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

be
have } form tenses

Past Perfect = had + past participle

They had lived in

Korea for ten years
before they moved to
Tokyo.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

be
have } form tenses

Past Perfect Continuous = had + been + -ing

They had been taking

pictures of this building
every month until the
restoration process was
completed.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

Present and Past Passive use the

auxiliary verb be + past participle.

These tomatoes are

very healthy.
They were grown
organically.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

}
do
be show forms
have

Positives Negatives
She’s flying to Seoul. She isn’t flying to Seoul.
He loves school. add do He doesn’t love school.
I have been to Brazil. I haven’t been to Brazil.
We make ice cream. add do We don’t make ice cream.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have
Present Simple uses auxiliary
verbs (do/does/did) in
questions.
Do you
want to
see the
menu?

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have
Present Simple uses auxiliary
verbs (do/does/did) in
questions and negatives.
Do you
want to
see the
No, I don’t. I
menu?
want a latte
and a muffin,
please.

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have
Past Simple uses auxiliary
verbs (do/does/did) in
questions.
Did you
like your
latte?

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 Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have
Past Simple uses auxiliary
verbs (do/does/did) in
questions and negatives.
Did you
like your
latte?
No, I didn’t. I
didn’t have a
latte. You
brought me
an espresso.

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 Correct or Incorrect?

1. What she wearing? incorrect

What is she wearing? correct
2. Why they no go fishing? incorrect
Why don’t they go fishing? correct
3. She not work in a bank. incorrect
She doesn’t work in a bank. correct
4. We’re in class at the moment. correct

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 11 & 12

11. Which language is spoken by the most people in the world?

12. In which country were women first given the vote?

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 Present Simple
Past Simple

1. In which country do men and women live the longest?

2. In which year did the world population reach 6 billion?

3. If you are standing on the equator, how many hours

of daylight do you have?

4. Where does most of the world’s oil come from?

6. Why didn’t dinosaurs attack humans?

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 Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Passive

5. Which of the seven wonders of the world is still standing?

7. Where was the Titanic to sailing when it sank?

11. Which language is spoken by the most people in the world?

12. In which country were women first given the vote?

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 Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous

. How long has Hawaii been a U.S. state?

. How many people have won the Nobel Peace prize since it
started in 1901?

0. How long have people been using the Internet?

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