UNIT 2 – LANGUAGE FOCUS

PRONUNCIATION:
Sounds /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/
GRAMMAR:
 Present Simple indicating past
time.
 Tense Revision: The Past
Simple, Past Progressive, Past
Perfect
 PRONUNCIATION
Activity 1: Listen and Repeat

/m/ /n/ /ŋ/

may nose wrong
make ni ne running
summer money bringing
home seven sing
small snow morning
 PRONUNCIATION
Activity 2: Practise Reading
1) Good morning. I want an apartment in
central London.
2) We have an inexpensive apartment in
Northend Avenue.
3) I remember meeting him on a nice
summer afternoon.
4) Mr. King is singing next door.
5) He’s holding a string in his fingers.
6) He loves spending his holidays in his small
summer house.
 GRAMMAR
Activity 1: Tense Revision
1) The Present Simple Tense indicating past
time: We can use Present Simple Tense to tell a
story happening in the past to make the events
more dramatic and lively.
2) The Past Simple Tense: We use Simple Past to
talk about actions and situations in the past.
3) The Past Progressive Tense: We use Past
Progressive to talk about something which was
in progress at a past time. The action or
situation had started but it had not finished at
that time.
 GRAMMAR
Activity 1: Tense Revision
4) The Past Perfect Tense: We use Past
Perfect to talk about something which had
happened before the past time we are
thinking about.

Activity 2: Doing Exercises

Exercise 1
Exercise 2 (see Textbook pages 30, 31)
Exercise 3
EXERCISES
The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding
Hood who (0. live) lives with her mother. Little
Red Riding Hood’s grandmother (1. invite)
invites
__________ her to her cottage, so one fine day
sets off to visit her. The little girl
she (2. set) ______
gets
(3. get) ______ready, waves
(4. wave) _______
goodbye to her mother and (5. promise)
promises
_________to be careful. On her arm she (6.
carries
carry) _______a basket which (7. contain)
contains
________a cake her mother (8.bake)
has baked
__________specially. is
It (9. be) ___a lovely
spring morning, the sun (10. shine)
is shining
_________and are singing
birds (11. sing)__________,
is
happy that the winter (12. be) ___over.
 broke
1) He ________his arm when he
was playing
____________football. (break, play)
wrote
2) Julia _______her first novel when she
was
_____19 years old (write, be)
was working
3) I ____________on the computer when the
broke out (work, break)
fire ______
started
4) When it ________to rain, they
were walking
___________through the forest (start, walk)
5) He _____us
told about his marriage when we
was having
____________ afternoon tea (tell, have)
didn’t listen to you. I
6) Sorry, I ___________
______________about
was thinking something else.
(not listen)
phoned
7) I _______you last night, but you
didn’t answer
____________. Whatwere
______you
doing
_______? (phone, not answer, do)
wasn’t wearing
8) Mary ________________her glasses at the
didn’t notice
time, so she _______________what kind of
was driving
car the man ______________(not wear, not
notice, drive)
1) They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive)
at the party.
had eaten arrived
____________________________________
2) When I (find) my purse, someone (take)
the money out of it.
found had taken
____________________________________
3) By the time I (get) into town, the shops
(close).
got had closed
____________________________________
4) When they (get) to the station, the train
(leave).
got had left
____________________________________
5) By the time you (get) her letter, she
(arrive) in Paris.
got had arrived
____________________________________
6) The police (pay) no attention to Clare’s
complaint because she (phone) them so
many times before.
paid had phoned
____________________________________
7) I (go) to the post office to ask about my
package, but they (say) that it (not arrive)
yet.
went said hadn’t arrived
___________________________________
8) When I (look) at the new dress for half an
hour, I (ask) how much it (cost).
had looked asked cost
___________________________________
1. Make 5 sentences with each
tense: The Present Simple
indicating past time, The Past
Progressive, The Past Perfect.
2. Prepare for the Reading of
Unit 3 in advance.