F4_1.2_Present and past habits

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Dad: Why can’t you two just get on with each other?

Melanie: Because he ___ (tease) me. Why can’t he just leave me alone?

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Alice: Well, it’s good to be studious, but Luke ___ (talk) about schoolwork. I don’t think he has a social life at all.

Max: Yes, I can see how annoying he is.

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Amber: Why did you split up with Richard then, Erin?

Erin: Oh, he and his friends ___ (play) computer games or talking about them. I hardly ever saw him, and when I did, the conversation was boring.

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Paul: I’ll do it tomorrow, OK?

Gemma: Oh, Paul. You ___ (put) things off until tomorrow, or next week, or whatever. Why don’t you just get it out of the way now?

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Butcher: Why ___ (hang) around here, little dog? Can you smell those sausages? I don’t know how someone so small can eat so much. Come on then, boy, come here! It’s your lucky day!

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Educate YourselfResults a mess? Try not to stress. You can still find success.

Teachers and parents (1) ​ (a)   always telling young people how important it is to work hard at school. Of course, this is good advice, but some very successful people (2) ​ (b)   very poorly as students and still went on to achieve great things.

Deep thinker Albert Einstein (3) ​ (c)   to get poor grades in French at school. Though brilliant in other subjects, he struggled to master French and failed his college entrance exams as a result. Actor Orlando Bloom (4) ​ (d)   find school easy and (5) ​ (e)  

struggle with many subjects as a result of his dyslexia. It is important to do your best at school of course, but there are clearly other routes to success.

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(a) I didn’t have a large circle of friends at school, but now that I’m at university I know lots of people. USE

(b) I ___ a large circle of friends at school, but now that I’m at university I know lots of people.

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(a) Holly bites her nails constantly. IS

(b) Holly ___ her nails.

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(a) Ms Wilson, our neighbour, was very curious – she would always ask us a lot of questions. TO

(b) Ms Wilson, our neighbour, ___ very curious – she would always ask us a lot of questions.

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(a) Stephen leaves everything until the last minute and then panics. WILL

(b) Stephen ___ everything until the last minute and then panic.