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B1 unit 1

correction work

Multiple Choice

§I normally live in New York, but I ____ (stay) with my aunt in Miami at the moment.

• stay

• staying

• am staying

Present Continuous

temporary

Present Simple

permanent

always think if the situation is permanent or temporary

Present Continuous

I'm staying at the moment

temporary

Present Simple

I normally live...

permanent

always think if the situation is permanent or temporary
§I normally live in New York, but I ____ (stay) with my aunt in Miami at the moment.

Multiple Choice

§Raul      (play) guitar, piano and saxophone. He      (learn) the drums too!

• plays, learns

• is playing, is learning

• plays, learning

• plays, is learning

Present Continuous

He is learning... (he is in the process of a temporary situation)

temporary

Present Simple

Raul plays - he can do it - permanent fact

permanent

always think if the situation is permanent or temporary
§Raul      (play) guitar, piano and saxophone. He      (learn) the drums too!

Multiple Choice

I      (save) to buy a Bruno Mars concert ticket because I      (like) him a lot.

• save, like

• am saving, like

• saving, like

Present Continuous

I'm saving - I'm in process of saving money temporarily (before the concert only)

temporary

Present Simple

I like him - it's a permanent fact + 'like' is a state verb (we don't use them in continuous)

permanent

always think if the situation is permanent or temporary
I      (save) to buy a Bruno Mars concert ticket because I      (like) him a lot.

Reorder

Reorder

• Tom

• usually

• goes

• to bed

• early

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Adverb of Frequency + verb


usually goes

another verb

be + Adverb of Frequency

be: am/is/are

Read the sentence and check if there is 'be' or another verb in it
Tom goes to bed early. (usually)

Reorder

Reorder

• Jamie and Rupesh

• are

• always

• so

• lazy

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Adverb of Frequency + verb

another verb

be + Adverb of Frequency

are always

be: am/is/are

Read the sentence and check if there is 'be' or another verb in it
Jamie and Rupesh are always so lazy!

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Keirah

• rarely

• finishes

• her homework

• on time

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Adverb of Frequency + verb

rarely finishes

another verb

be + Adverb of Frequency

be: am/is/are

Read the sentence and check if there is 'be' or another verb in it
Keirah rarely finishes her homework on time.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• we

• visit

• our grandparents

• now

• and then

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

all other time expressions go in the end

Subject + Verb ................................ + time expression

We visit our grandparents now and then.

Match

Match the collocations

• excited

• fed up

• interested

• brilliant

• frightened

about

with

in

at

of

• about

• with

• in

• at

• of

note the collocations down and try to memorise them

Multiple Choice

I had lots of friends from the same ___.

• behaviour

• background

I had lots of friends from the same behaviour / background.

• check the words before (or after) the gap
• in this case 'from' collocates with 'background'
• 'behaviour' collocates with 'with' ------ with the same behaviour

Multiple Choice

We like ___ things like computer games and sports.

• similar

• same

We like similar / same things like computer games and sports.

• same = identical
• similar = almost identical, but not totally

• use 'same' with article 'the' = the same