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+ Positive I am. I ’m not.
I ’m you you
we are. we aren’t.
You ’re
Yes, they No, they
He
he he
She ’s German.
she is. she isn’t.
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it it
We
You ’re ■ ■
Don’t use contractions in + positive short answers.
They Are you tired? Yes, I am. Yes, I’m.
Contractions ’m = am ’s = is ’re = are
Word order in questions
■ There are three forms: am, is, and are. ■
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■ There are eight personal pronouns: I, Subject Verb Verb Subject
you (singular), he, she, it, we, you (plural),
and they. You ’re Polish. Are you ● Polish?
She ’s from Tokyo. Where ’s she ● from?
■ you (s.) and you (pl.) are the same.
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– Negative ■ ■
Put the verb before the subject in ? questions.
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? Question ■ There are only two forms: positive and negative.
Am I ■ Singular and plural imperatives are the same.
5 Capital letters
I’m Spanish. Poland Wednesday Mike
2 a Questions / Short answers Write the questions. Use capital letters. b Complete the answers.
Questions Answers
1 issheegyptian? Is she Egyptian? No, she isn’t.
2 aretheyfromitaly? Yes, they .
3 isthisyourpen? No, it .
4 areyougerman? No, I .
5 isitfridaytoday? Yes, it .
6 areyoufromtokyo? No, we .
3 Word order in questions Write questions. 5 Possessive adjectives Complete with my, your,
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1 your what is name ? What’s your name? 1 He’s Chinese but passport is American.
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2 capital letter b 쎵
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3 imperative c be
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4 verb d tired
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5 question
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f Come here.
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6 negative sentence
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4 Imperatives Complete. g A
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7 positive
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쎵 앥
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book.
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1 What … like?
’s the weather It’s cold and cloudy.
Present
are the people They’re friendly.
What like?
was the weather It was freezing.
Past
were the people They were very nice.
2 it (weather)
It’s very hot today.
What was the temperature yesterday? It was 28°.
✦ Use it to talk about weather and temperature.
I’ve been to 15 countries!
3 The present perfect
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✦ Form the present perfect with have + past
I I
participle.
You You
’ve haven’t ✦ Use the present perfect to talk generally
We We
They They about past experiences in your life. You don’t
worked in France. worked in Italy.
say exactly when they happened.
He been to the USA. He been to Canada.
I’ve been to America.
She ’s She hasn’t
I’ve been to America last year.
It It
To say when it happened, use the past simple.
/ & I went to America last year.
Have you worked in Britain? Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t. Past participles
Has he been to Spain? Yes, he has. / No, he hasn’t.
✦ For regular verbs, the past participle ends in
Contractions ’ve = have ’s = has ed. It’s the same as the past simple form.
haven’t = have not hasn’t = has not I worked in Spain. / I’ve worked in Spain.
✦ For irregular verbs, the past participle is
sometimes different from the past simple.
my experiences
present perfect
1 What . . . like? Write the questions. Then b Write present perfect sentences. Use
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match them to the answers. contractions.
1 weather the like what’s? 1 you (meet) my wife ?
What’s the weather like? c Have you met my wife?
2 like Thailand what’s? 2 they (not try) Indian food S
1 It’s sunny. 2 3
4 5
a cassette.
bag.
It’s
an office.
umbrella.
Yes, do.
Do you (etc.) speak German? I (etc.)
2 Nouns No, don’t.
Contraction don’t = do not
Singular Plural Spelling
a book books ■ The verb is the same for I, you, we, and they.
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an engineer engineers ■ Use do / don’t (= the auxiliary) in short answers.
Do you like tea? Yes, I do. Yes, I like.
Also
a watch watches /Iz/
6 Adjectives (2)
+ es (after -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z)
a fax faxes quite
I’m / You’re (etc.) tired.
a country countries (not) very
consonant + y ➝ ies
a city cities
■ quite and (not) very go before the adjective.
■ Use -s, -es, and -ies to make plurals.
■ Don’t use a / an + plural nouns. 7 Age
They’re books. They’re a books.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m twenty-nine (years old).’
3 How much …? / How many …? ■ Use verb be + age. I have twenty-nine.
‘How many sandwiches?’ ‘Four, please.’
‘How much is that?’ ‘It’s twelve dollars.’
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1 an airport Singular Plural
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2 dog 1 That’s a fax. Those are faxes.
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3 egg 2 is good. These pizzas are good.
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4 hamburger
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3 Is this your key? your keys?
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5 snake 4 Do you like those
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6 year jacket? jackets?
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7 Italian film 5 Are those seats free?
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free?
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8 Chinese restaurant
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6 How old’s that boy? How old
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9 important phone number
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b Complete with a / an or the.
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1 Can I have a piece of paper, please? 5 Present simple Write the negatives.
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2 I know. I .
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3 We like football. We .
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5 I speak Russian. I .
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1 a bus buses
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2 a language
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4 a city
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5 a horse
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6 a sandwich
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they .
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8 a monkey
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6 he happy? Yes, he .
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9 a bird
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1 How much is fifty pounds in US dollars? 7 quite / (not) very Write the sentences. Use
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4 hot it quite is
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5 is tired very he ?
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‘Have you ever been to Paris?’ Yes, I went there in 1994.’ / &
Present perfect Do you have to work at Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Have you ever been to South Have you ever broken weekends?
America? your leg? Does he Yes, he does. / No, he
Yes, I have. Yes, I have. doesn’t.
✦ Use the present perfect to talk generally about past ✦ Use have to / don’t have to + infinitive to talk about
experiences when you don’t say / ask ‘when’. obligation.
✦ Use ever in ? for experiences at any time in your life I have to work tomorrow. It’s Monday.
until now. I don’t have to work tomorrow. It’s Sunday.
✦ Use never in *. ✦ Don’t contract have / has to.
I’ve never broken my leg. I haven’t never … She’s to wear a uniform.
Past simple
When did you go to South When did you break
3 can / can’t
America? your leg? ( He can wear jeans at work.
I went to Venezuela in 1995. I broke it last July.
' Amish women can’t have short hair.
/ Can we smoke here?
I went to Venezuela. I broke my leg. & Yes, you can. / No, you can’t.
1995 last July ✦ Use can / can’t + infinitive to say what is or isn’t allowed.
1 Present perfect or past simple? Right ✓ or 4 Impersonal you Complete with You can /
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wrong ✗? Correct the wrong sentences. can’t or You have to / don’t have to.
1 Have you ever read a James Bond novel? ✓
2 What time have you finished work
yesterday? 1 You can pay by credit card.
3 I’ve spoken to Natalia five minutes ago.
4 We went to Miami last April.
5 We’ve been to the USA three times.
6 What have you done last night?
2
leave a tip.
2 have to / don’t have to Complete the
sentences.
1 A waiter has to stand up all day.
2 Tomorrow’s a holiday. We
go to school. 3
3 What time do you start turn left.
work?
4 Does your brother work
on Saturdays?
5 A teacher wear a uniform. 4
6 I’m late. I go now. take photos.
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5 we park here? ? smoke on international
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No, we . It says No Parking. S flights.
Look. There’s a car park. We 7 R
park there.
5 Relative pronouns Complete with who,
which, or where.
1 This is the school where I study German.
2 I know a girl can play the
saxophone.
3 Hitch-hike is a word means to travel
free in somebody’s car.
4 An interpreter is a person can speak
several languages.
5 The place you can leave your car is
called a car park.
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Grammar file 3 English File 1
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Q uestion ■
A uxiliary ■
S ubject ■
I nfinitive
I Do you live here?
You Does she play tennis?
speak English.
We
Where do they work?
They
What does John study?
He What time does the bank open?
She speaks English.
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■ There are only two forms: speak and speaks. 2 can / can’t
Infinitive (= verb) + s for he, she, and it.
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She speak … / She’s speaks … ■
+ ■
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I / You / We / They
can swim. I (etc.) can’t swim.
He / She / It
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I (etc.) don’t speak English. ■
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✓✗
He Yes, can.
Can I (etc.) drive? I (etc.)
She doesn’t speak English. No, can’t.
It Contraction can’t = cannot
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? ■
✓✗
■ Use can + infinitive. I can to swim.
Yes, do. ■ can is the same for all pronouns (I / he, etc.).
Do I (etc.) speak English? I (etc.)
No, don’t. ■ can has two meanings:
he he
Yes, does.
Does she speak English? she
No, doesn’t.
it it
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Use does / doesn’t + infinitive in – and ? . ■
He doesn’t smokes. / Does it starts at 3.00?
3 The time
Infinitive Present simple Spelling eight o’clock.
What’s the time? It’s
half past three.
read She reads Newsweek. +s
finish The film finishes /Iz/ at 10 p.m. + es (after -ch, ■ Use It’s + time.
-sh, -s, -x, -z)
study He studies biology. consonant + y
➝ ies 4 Prepositions of time (1)
■ Spelling rules are the same as nouns. 䊳 Nouns p.28 in the morning / afternoon / evening.
■ Remember: have ➝ has, go ➝ goes /g@Uz/, It opens on Saturday (morning).
do ➝ does /dVz/. at six o’clock.
1 Present simple: spelling Write the he / she / 3 Word order in questions Write the questions.
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it form. Remember Q A S I .
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1 worry worries 5 stop
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That’s my friend Marisa
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2 go 6 use
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from Colombia.
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3 say 7 have
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4 dance 8 be
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2 a Questions / Short answers Read and
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underline twelve verbs.
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1 Where / live? Where does she live?
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Thomas Okoli from I live with my family in She lives in Bogota.
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Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria. I don’t 2 What / do?
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work. I study computer
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She’s a travel agent.
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science. I want to be a
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3 What time / start work?
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computer programmer. In
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2 he work? No, .
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3 he a student?
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4 he study mathematics?
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He lives with his family in Lagos, Nigeria. He … 5 have can coffee I a white please ?
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The time
5 What’s the time? Write the answers. 6 Complete the text.
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In India, the banks open
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ten o’clock 3
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verb and a preposition.
Whose dog ‘It’s .’
1 It’s hers. drove flew ran across over round
is it?
sailed walked through up
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2 3 4 4
‘It’s .’
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1 day (beautiful) It’s a beautiful day. 1 house (his friend) It’s his friend’s house.
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2 friends (old) They’re old friends. 2 husband (Julia)? Is he ?
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3 flat (modern) It . 3 girlfriend (my brother)
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4 restaurant (expensive) She’s .
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4 cats (your aunt)?
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5 shoes (dirty)
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Are they ?
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6 town (famous)
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5 children (the president)
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1 She lives with her brother and sister.
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5 some / any Complete.
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2 We live with children.
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1 They’ve got some new books to read.
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3 Do you live with family? ○
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3 a have got Write sentences. Use contractions. 5 Has Greg got brothers or sisters?
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2 she / video 앥
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3 they / fax 앥
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4 we / new computer 쎵
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5 I / mountain bike 앥
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✘ He hates shopping.
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6 He likes cycling.
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1 Comparative adjectives Cross out the wrong 5 Superlative adjectives Complete the
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form. sentences.
1 Chicago is violenter / more violent than San 1
Francisco.
2 London isn’t as expensive as / than Paris.
3 The train is cheaper as / than the plane.
4 China is much / more bigger than Vietnam.
5 English is more easy / easier than Japanese.
6 It’s much / much more polluted here.
1 a Present simple: routines Write about 2 Articles Complete with the or nothing (–).
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Colin Willis.
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1 She usually leaves – home at eight.
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2 Gabriel likes cooking.
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‘I usually at and
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3 They work in centre of Barcelona.
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4 We usually have breakfast together.
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and for breakfast. After breakfast, I
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5 They often go to bed early.
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and then I go to work . 6 In July, I go to beach every day.
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3 Expressions of frequency Write sentences.
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I get to work at . I work until
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1 often I forget names
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I often forget names.
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and then I . I start again at
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2 come to doesn’t class he usually
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He doesn’t usually come to class.
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and finish at .I before I go 3 Sergei exercise any never does
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a mountain bike.
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We haven’t got
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2 He has a microwave.
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piece of toast for breakfast. After ... 3 Do they have Yes, they do.
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a car?
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Yes, they .
b Look at Colin’s answers. Write the questions.
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2 When / shower?
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After breakfast.
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3 How / to work?
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nothing (–).
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By bus.
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At one o’clock.
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3 6.30 9 dinner-time
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4 March 10 midnight
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I go shopping.
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3 so / because
Reason Result
It was raining. I took my umbrella.
It was raining so I took my umbrella.
I took my umbrella because it was raining.
I was tired. So I went to bed.
I’ve been up here for 431 days … ✦ Use so and because to connect reason with result.
✦ because answers the question Why …?
1 Present perfect + for / since
How long have you lived in this flat? 4 had to / didn’t have to
I’ve lived here for fifteen years.
I’ve lived here since I was eighteen.
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✦ Use the present perfect to talk about actions which I
started in the past and are still true now. You
I’ve known him for ten years. He had to get up early yesterday.
I know him for ten years. She didn’t have to leave the city.
It
✦ To answer the question How long …? use: We
for + a period of time: for three years They
since + a fixed point of time: since 1992 /April
✦ Remember the difference between the present perfect
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and the past simple. Did you have to get up early?
I’ve been a teacher for three years. = I’m a teacher now.
I was a teacher for three years. = I’m not a teacher now. &
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
2 Verb + to + infinitive
I want to go to bed early. ✦ Use had to + infinitive to talk about past obligations.
Would you like to go out tonight?
He’s hoping to buy a new car. 5 Questions with / without auxiliaries
They decided to go to France. What novel did Boris Pasternak write in 1957?
Pasternak = subject
Who wrote Dr Zhivago?
Who (question word) = subject
… but I’d really like to get down. ✦ Remember the normal order for questions (QASI). In
these questions, the question word is not the subject.
✦ Use to + infinitive after these verbs:
want need would like hope ■
Q uestion ■A uxiliary ■S ubject ■I nfinitive
try decide plan What novel did Pasternak write?
I’d like to be a doctor. ✦ If a question word (Who, etc.) is the subject of the
I like going to the cinema. verb, don’t use do / does / did.
✦ Remember the difference: Who painted Guernica?
Who did paint Guernica?
Use would like + to + infinitive to talk about what you
want to do now or in the future.
Use like + verb + -ing to talk generally about what you
like / don’t like.
1 a Present perfect + for / since Write for or 2 a Verbs + to + infinitive Complete with the
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since. correct verb.
1 for two years be change have study go out
2 I was a child
1 He’s decided to change his job.
3 September
2 I’m tired. I don’t want today.
4 half an hour
3 We’re planning a party next weekend.
5 1996
4 To pass the exam, you need harder.
6 a long time
5 Would you like a teacher?
b Write sentences for pictures 1 to 5 with for
and since. Use contractions. b Write the verb in the correct form.
1 20 years 2 1990
1 He likes cooking. (cook)
2 Would you like rich? (be)
3 I’d like abroad. (work)
4 Do you like ? (swim)
5 I don’t like in the city. (drive)
be / on the island
3 so / because Complete with the right word.
3 10 years
1 You missed the beginning of the film because
you were late.
2 She was ill she didn’t go to work.
3 We had champagne it was my birthday.
4 They needed to relax they went on
work / here live / in their house holiday.
5 He bought a book he wanted to
4 November 5 54 years
learn Arabic.
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– There isn’t an ashtray on the table.
■ Put the verb before the subject in questions.
■? Is there a vase
4 There was / were
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✓✗ Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
Singular
Plural ■
+ There was a lamp
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+ There are some photos ■
– There wasn’t an ashtray on the table.
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– There aren’t any books on the table. ■? Was there a vase
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✓✗ Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
Plural
Use a / an + a singular noun.
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+ There were some photos
■ Use some + plural nouns in + . ■ ■
– There weren’t any books on the table.
■ Use any + plural nouns in ? and■ ■
–.
■? Were there any bananas
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✓✗ Yes, there were. / No, there weren’t.
1 Pronouns Complete with object pronouns. 3 a Verb be: past simple Where were they
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yesterday? Write sentences.
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1 Bye! See you on Monday.
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2 ‘Why do you drink black tea?’ 1 2
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‘Because I like !’
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3 ‘What do you think of politicians?’
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‘I hate .’
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4 ‘We’ve got a problem. Can you help ?’ 3 4
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‘Sorry, I’m busy now. Can you come and see
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5 ‘Does Peter love Maria?’
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‘Yes. He wants to marry but she
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3 park.
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‘Yes, it .’
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‘No, I .’
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‘He in Lisbon.’
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‘No, they .’
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‘I at the dentist’s.’
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There isn’t a chair. chairs. 1 I’m sorry we’re late. There was a lot of traffic.
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night?’ ‘No, .’
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yesterday!’
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1 a Gerund and Infinitive Write the gerund. 3 Quantifiers Write questions and answers.
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1 be being (How) much / many a lot a little a few
2 hope
3 fly 1 How many potatoes are there?
4 listen A lot.
5 run
6 work
2 ?
7 study
8 write
ski instructor.
3 I know you don’t like
(do) your homework, but you have 5 ?
(do) it if you want
(pass) your exams.
4 (find) a good job is
really hard. You need 4 too, too much / many, (not) enough Correct
the mistake in each sentence.
(have) a lot of luck.
1 People drive too much fast.
5 We enjoy (travel) to
2 This room isn’t enough big.
different places. Next summer we’ve decided
3 There were too much people.
(go) to Iceland.
4 Hong Kong’s too much crowded.
2 look / look like Complete with a form of 5 There isn’t time enough.
look / look like. 6 There’s too many traffic.
1 She looks like her sister.
2 They’re very fair – they
5 one / ones Complete with an adjective +
one / ones.
Swedish.
3 He doesn’t very brown cheaper German old short
intelligent.
1 This is too expensive. I’d like a cheaper one.
4 People say I Barbara
Streisand. 2 I don’t like the black shoes. I prefer the
5 André about 40, but .
he’s only 25. 3 Do you prefer the modern flat or the
6 He’s very tall – he a ?
basketball player. 4 Which one’s your brother, the tall one or the
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5 Don’t buy the English sausages! Get the
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Grammar file 7 English File 1
1 Present to past
Present simple Past simple
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+ I / You / We / They work
worked
He / She / It works
I (etc.)
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– I (etc.) don’t work for IBM. didn’t work for IBM.
He (etc.) doesn’t
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What time does the film finish? What time did the film finish?
■ The past simple is the same for all personal pronouns (I / he, etc.). ■ Use did in ■? and didn’t in ■
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2 Past simple ■
– Regular and irregular verbs
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+ Regular verbs I (etc.) didn’t
see a film
arrive
yesterday.
Present Past Spelling
watch watched
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+ ed see a film Yes, did.
play played Did I (etc.) yesterday? I (etc.)
arrive No, didn’t.
live lived
+d Contraction didn’t = did not
I smoke I smoked
1 vowel + 1 consonant Use didn’t + infinitive in negatives.
stop stopped ■
➝ double consonant I didn’t saw a film.
study studied consonant + y ➝ ied ■ Use did + infinitive in questions.
Did you saw …?
Pronunciation
Word order in questions
voiced (e.g. play) /d/ played lived studied
unvoiced (e.g. watch) /t/ watched kissed stopped
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Q uestion ■
A uxiliary ■
S ubject ■
I nfinitive
Did you go out last night?
ending /t/ and /d/
/Id/ wanted needed painted Who did they go with?
(e.g. want / need)
What did Pam do?
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Present Past 䊳 Present simple GRAMMAR FILE 3
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Present Past 5 How long ? Four days.
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7 any photos? Yes, I took a
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앥 c They don’t need it. They need it. lot of photos.
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d She doesn’t speak She speak 8 a good time? Yes, I had a
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French. French. great time!
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? e you have you have
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lunch? lunch?
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the verbs in the past.
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f What she do? What she do?
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(not) be cannot drive see get
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(not) have play read stay watch look
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work worry
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expensive.
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halves.
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3 We travelled to China in
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5 leave didn’t
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6 didn’t meet
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7 read didn’t
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8 didn’t say
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10 take didn’t
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c fifteen years.
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d night.
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g ago.
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1 Present perfect + yet / already Write 4 should / shouldn’t (advice / opinion) Give
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sentences with already or yet. advice for pictures 1 to 5 using should /
1 she / post the letters shouldn’t and an expression from the list.
She’s already posted the letters. go to bed late tell the police
2 Jim / arrive? look for another one
send her some flowers smoke
3 I / do my homework
I hate my job. I’ve lost my passport.
7 Michelle / leave
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You / We / They aren’t studying. You (etc.) aren’t going to buy a car.
He / She / It isn’t He (etc.) isn’t
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Am I Am I
Are you / we / they studying? Are you (etc.) going to buy a car?
Is he / she / it Is he (etc.)
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I am. I’m not. I am. I’m not.
Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
she is. she isn’t. we are. we aren’t.
My sister works in a bank. Today she’s working at ■ Time expressions can go at the beginning or end of a
home. sentence .
䊳 Past time expressions GRAMMAR FILE 7
I always have breakfast at 7.00. It’s 7.00 now. I’m having
breakfast.
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■ Use the present simple for things you do every
day / week / year, etc. What time is it? It’s 11.30. It’s late.
It’s 12th January. It’s Friday. It’s my birthday.
■ Use the present continuous for things you are doing It’s hot today. It rained yesterday.
now.
■ Use it for times, dates, and weather.
1 2 3
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He’s checking in at the airport. on the phone. .
Where 2 to? Who 5 to? Why 8 ?
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to Hawaii. to her bank Because
manager. onions.
2 Present simple or present continuous? 4 Future time expressions Match the sentence
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b What are you wearing
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b evening.
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c month.
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tonight. 쎵
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a quarter to seven.
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When are they going to get married? Oh, no! very late. Let’s go.
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✦ Make echo questions with the auxiliary verb + the subject pronoun.
✦ Use echo questions to show interest and surprise.
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1 My brother’s a pilot. Is he? A
2 They’ve got a lot of money.
3 I don’t like horror films.
4 He lives with his parents.
5 I can’t use a computer.
6 I wouldn’t like to be famous.
7 They got married last week.
8 I’ll help you. B C
1 old older
1 syllable + er
cheap cheaper
2 big bigger 1 vowel + 1 consonant ■ There are two kinds of noun in English:
hot hotter ➝ double consonant countable (C) and uncountable (U).
■ C = things you can count, U = things you can’t count.
3 happy happier
consonant + y ➝ ier a rice / two butters
easy easier
rice?
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? Have you got any
oranges?
He eats quickly.
a lot of
I speak French well. I eat a lot of bananas.
She drinks a lot of coffee.
■ Adverbs describe verbs.
■ Adverbs usually go after the verb / verb + noun ■ Use a lot of with C and U nouns.
I speak well French.
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comparatives in the right group. Use the same adjective to make the adverb.
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1 It was a really bad game.
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bad difficult easy sad good hungry
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important near small thin Both teams played really badly.
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2 He’s happy. He’s smiling .
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They worked .
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smaller sadder
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4 Their English is very good.
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They speak English very .
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more / less irregular
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4 Countable / Uncountable nouns Write C or U.
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1 cup C 4 hand 7 salt
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2 petrol 5 hat 8 toothbrush
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3 rain 6 man 9 money
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happen? Complete with the verbs. 7 Would you like more coffee?
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How drink?
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How spend?
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2 We’ 3 She’
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How like?
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an accident. late.
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