Present simple vs. present continuous (Review) · Please photocopy this page for use in class. Helbling Languages 1 Unit 1 Worksheet Present simple vs. present continuous (Review)

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Present simple vs. present continuous (Review)Cut out the grammar headings and the sentences. Place the sentences under the correct heading.

Present simple – facts

Present simple – habits and routines

Present continuous – changing situations / actions happening around now

Sentences:

About 20% of the population is under the age of 16.

School-age teenagers say that they enjoy going to the cinema most.

Only one in five 15–16-year-olds have Internet access on their mobile device.

The average 11–16-year-old is spending about twelve pounds a week.

These days, teenagers are spending most of their money on clothes and music.

Two million of Britain’s schoolchildren have part-time jobs.

The most common part-time job is babysitting.

25% of young people under 19 are living with just one parent.

About 100,000 young people run away from home every year.

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Benjamin Zephaniah – Refugee Boy

Benjamin Zephaniah is a writer from London and the author of Refugee Boy. In the following text he explains his reasons for writing the book. Read the text and discuss.

“It’s a hard life being labelled ‘political’. It seems that because I’m constantly ranting about the ills of the world I’m expected to have all the answers, but I don’t, and I’ve never claimed to, besides I’m not a politician. What interests me is people. When I hear politicians saying that we are being ‘flooded’ by refugees, I always remind myself that each ‘refugee’ is a person, a person who for some reason has left everything they know and love to find safety in a strange, and sometimes hostile country.

I wrote Refugee Boy because I realised that every day I was meeting refugees, and each one of them had a unique, and usually terrifying story to tell. I have seen refugee camps in Gaza, Montenegro and other places around the world but when I met Million and Dereje Hailemariam, two teenagers who were being denied asylum in Britain, I knew that I had to write a

story that would illustrate the suffering and the struggles that many asylum seekers have to endure. Million and Dereje’s parents feared for the lives of their boys, they did not want them to grow up in an environment where they would witness war on a daily basis. I have also met children whose parents were executed in front of them, or who themselves had been kidnapped and tortured. For Refugee Boy I borrowed from the many stories that I have heard and created a story that I believe many refugees would recognise. I would like to know that anyone who reads the book would think before they accuse refugees of looking for a free ride. We all want to live in peace, we all want the best for our families. The Celts, the Angles, the Saxons, the Jamaicans are all refugees of one sort or another. What kind of a refugee are you? And what are you scared of?”

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Crossword

Do the crossword below. Read the definitions and find the correct words.

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5 more than half the number in a group

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7 to give someone the things they need for living,

such as money or food

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2 a person or company that manages and

organises workers and materials to do a job

4 to go to an event or place

9 an organisation that helps when there

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1 3UnitWorksheet

Old Shep

Put the actions and events from the story Old Shep in chronological order. Then retell the story using the past simple and the past perfect simple.

The dog disappeared.

Her face went white.

The middle part of the bridge fell.

She cooked him a wonderful dinner and his favourite dessert – apple pie.

When Hugh left, it broke the dog’s heart.

He looked up at his mother.

He sat down for supper.

Hugh and his mother hugged each other.

Hugh looked down.

Hugh told her how Shep saved his life.

He turned round to thank Shep for saving his life.

Shep died two years ago.

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Friendship - question cards

Cut out the question cards. Ask the questions.

Have you ever had to say goodbye to your best

friend? How did you feel?

Do you find it easy or difficult to make new friends when you are in a different town or

school?

What do you think are the most important

qualities you look for in a friend?

How many friends have you got on the Internet?

Do you enjoy social networking?

What was your first impression of your best

friend? Did you like them

immediately or not?

Could you ever have a boyfriend or girlfriend

that didn’t like your friends?

Do you prefer having male or female friends? Why and how are they

different?

How do you stay in touch with old friends? How often do you visit

them?

Is it more important to have a best friend or lots

of different friends? Why?

If your friend did something that made you very angry, would

you forgive them?

Could you imagine life without your best friend?

What is your best memory of your

childhood friends? Where were you and

what did you do?

If your friend was wearing some really

bad clothes or make-up, would you tell them?

If you travelled to a different country, which friend would you like to

take with you? Why?

If you had to choose between a friend and a boyfriend or girlfriend,

who would it be?

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1 4UnitWorksheet

Phrasal verb memory game

Cut out the cards. In pairs, play the memory game. If the two cards make a phrasal verb, use it in a sentence.

off away for down

drop by back stand

come take get off

off over head set

touch back up pick

out check pull go

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Word grab – Live forever (Oasis)

Cut out the cards. Play in groups. Listen to the song Live forever and pick up the cards with the words as you hear them.

bone garden

really die live things never

find out now pain cry gonna

feel forever maybe time rain

same ever believe fly grows

soaks lately wanna see just

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For example: A: Hi Anne, would you like to go out on Saturday?B: No sorry, I can’t make it. I’m getting a manicure. A: What about Friday instead?B: I’m busy on Friday. I’m having my motorbike repaired.

Arranging a date – Causatives

Look at the planner below. Try to make an arrangement with a partner using the causative get or have in your answers.

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Now fill in your plans for the week, but leave a day free. Walk around the class and arrange a date with a friend.

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From a different perspective: Using the computer

Work in groups. Do the role play.

You are a teenager.

You love the Internet, social networking and playing computer games. Think of reasons why spending a lot of time on your computer is a good thing.

You are a parent.

Your teenage son / daughter hardly ever speaks to you anymore and he / she is always on social networks on the Internet. Think of your opinion about teenagers spending so much time using computers.

You are a teacher.

You have mixed feelings about computers. You understand the advantages and disadvantages. Think of your opinion about teenagers spending so much time using computers.

You are an older person.

You don’t really understand why teenagers sit at home playing games and surfing the Internet. Think of your opinion about teenagers spending so much time using computers.

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You are a teenager.

You love the Internet, social networking and playing computer games. Think of reasons why spending a lot of time on your computer is a good thing.

You are a parent.

Your teenage son / daughter hardly ever speaks to you anymore and he / she is always on social networks on the Internet. Think of your opinion about teenagers spending so much time using computers.

You are a teacher.

You have mixed feelings about computers. You understand the advantages and disadvantages. Think of your opinion about teenagers spending so much time using computers.

You are an older person.

You don’t really understand why teenagers sit at home playing games and surfing the Internet. Think of your opinion about teenagers spending so much time using computers.


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Word association

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Vocabulary – Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Read the introduction to the film in the Coursebook on page 115. Match the words to the definitions.

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honest and responsible

changes from a book to a film

extremely excited and active

strange and cruel

famous for something bad

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Vocabulary – Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Read the introduction to the film in the Coursebook on page 115. Match the words to the definitions.

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If … cards

Cut out the cards. Ask your classmates the questions.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

If you could cheat in a test and no one would ever know, would you do it?

If you knew that your friend’s boyfriend or girlfriend had cheated on them, would you tell them?

If you broke your friend’s tablet, but no one saw you do it, would you tell them?

If you could be a superhero and have a special power, what would you choose?

If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?

If you could win $10,000 by not washing for three months, would you do it?

If you were told you only had six months to live, what would you do in that time?

If you could find out everything about your future, would you want to know?

If you were on a desert island and could choose three people to be there with you, who would you choose?

If you found the wallet or purse of someone you didn’t like, and it was full of money, would you give it back?

If someone stole all your clothes while you were swimming, what would you do?

If someone offered you $10,000 to hide them from the police, would you do it?

If you could go on a date with anyone in the world, who would it be?

If a genie suddenly gave you three wishes, what things would you ask for?

If you could change anything about your past, what would it be?

If you could commit any crime and get away with it, what would you do?

If you could travel back in time and change something in history, what would it be?

If you were hungry but had no money for food, would you eat at a restaurant and run away without paying?

If you had to leave your home forever, what three things would you take with you?

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Justify yourself!

You are in court for a crime that you have committed. Justify your actions in front of the jury (your classmates). Think of some imaginative excuses and a justification for your actions.

Role cards:

You were a bank manager and you robbed your own bank by hacking

into the computer.

You used public transport for years without ever buying a ticket.

You cheated at a casino and won huge amounts of money.

You attacked your husband / wife after an argument.

You were a politician and cheated the country of its wealth.

You cheated in your medical exams to become a doctor. Many of your

patients are even more ill now because of your actions.

You became extremely rich by selling weapons to other countries.

You found an illegal way to avoid paying tax on your savings.

You cheated old people out of their life savings by selling

them worthless property.

You deliberately sank an oil tanker in the sea so you could claim the insurance money. The pollution

destroyed miles of coastline.

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Vocabulary – Nicholas Dane

Read the text in the Coursebook on page 126 again. Match the words to the definitions.

Vocabulary – Nicholas Dane

Read the text in the Coursebook on page 126 again. Match the words to the definitions.

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1 11UnitWorksheet

Machu Picchu dictogloss

Listen and fill in the gaps. Then take turns reading to each other and fill in the information you missed first time round.

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Journalist – Reporting incidents

Hold an interview. Write down the answers.

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Journalist

You are a journalist and just got a call about a car chase and some shooting downtown. You are going to interview an eye-witness. Think of questions you can ask. Then interview the witness and write down his / her answers.

Eye-witness

You have just seen the most unbelievable thing. You were walking down the street when there was a lot of noise and commotion. Watch the movie clip and write down all of the things you see and hear. Then talk to the journalist.

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What did Elvis say?

Listen to Are You Lonesome Tonight? and write down questions you hear in the song. Then change them into reported questions.

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They said what?!

Match the quotes to the names. Then say who said what using reported speech.

I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don’t know into what

religion yet.Britney Spears

So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

Brooke Shields

I’ve never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don’t like eating fish. And I know that’s very popular out there in Africa.

Jessica Simpson

The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word

for entrepreneur.Dan Quayle

Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says

“Chicken by the Sea”.David Beckham

I feel my best when I’m happy. Christina Aguilera

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. George W. Bush

If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life. Winona Rider

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