Transcript UNIT 1: An international project

UNIT 1: An international project
Grammar:
Present simple and
present continuous
Action and state verbs
Present simple and present
continuous
• Here are a few more details on the International
food and drink project .
• At the moment, we want to look at Spain, Italy,
France, India, China, Japan, Lebanon, Thailand,
Mexico, and the USA.
• He’s very interested in the food of different
countries and fortunately, he loves travelling,
because the project will involve a lot of travel.
Match the sentences in A with the
categories in B
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2)
3)
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6)
A
We usually meet
at least once a
day.
She is leaving the
office now.
You’re meeting
her this afternoon.
She knows the
market very well.
She’s working on
two big launches
at this moment.
He deals with all
a)
b)
c)
d)
B
an action
happening at the
moment of
speaking
a regular or
habitual activity
a temporary
activity happening
around now
a future
arrangement
Action and state verbs
Action verbs
• Eric at the moment. Louise
works
on
promotion.
She’s
Read the examples and complete the rules.
on two big
Write working
simple or continuous
launches at the moment.
• Rosa and Piet travel a lot.
At present, Rosa is
travelling even more than
usual.
• Piet often has business
lunches. He’s having lunch
Action verbs
open
Drive
polish
State verbs
Action and state verbs
• Rosa understands what the customers
want. Rosa is understanding what the
customers are wanting.
• Louise
has
a
lot
of
work
at
the
moment.
Read the examples and complete the rules.
Louise
is
having
a
lot
of
work
at
the
Write simple or continuous
moment.
• Verbs which express an action or activity,
e.g. bring, arrive, manage, travel, work are
used in both simple and
………………tenses. They are called
action verbs
• Verbs which express a state, e.g.
understand, believe, know, want, be, like
Practice 1
Complete the sentences. Use the Present
Simple or Present continuous form of the verb
in the brackets
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2.
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7.
I …………………… to work by train this week-my
car’s broken down. ( travel)
He’s Swedish. He ……. from the town just
outside Stockholm (come)
They ………..German, but they …… actually
French (look)/(be)
This wine…… awful. Let’s speak to the waiter. (
taste)
Sorry, I …….. a film on Friday. How about
Saturday? (see)
I …… a word of Japanese-it’s so embarrassing!
(not understand)
She………of changing cities because she
……………happy here. (think)/(not be)
Practice 1
Complete the sentences. Use the Present Simple
or Present continuous form of the verb in the
brackets
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10.
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12.
13.
14.
Why …………… the sauce? Is it too spicy?
(you/taste)
He ………… eight weeks’ holiday a year. Lucky
thing! (have)
I…………… his point, but I don’t agree. (see)
………… For the newspaper? I …… it’s in the
kitchen. (you, look)/(think)
I………… abroad quite a lot. Almost every month , in
fact .( travel)
I’m afraid they ……… a meeting. Can I take the
massage? (have)
…………… lunch to work on Friday, too? ( you,
Work in pair
Interview your partner to find out about
his/her background, studies, past and
present work, interests, and future
plans. Then, tell the class about your
partner.
Work in group
Read the question and discuss your ideas.
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2)
3)
Eric Carlin speaks three languages
and enjoys learning other
languages. How many languages do
you speak? Do you enjoy learning
other languages?
What makes a good language
learner?
How can you become a better
language learner?