Present Simples, Present Continuous e Past Simple

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A. Read the text.

First day of school

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It was the first day of school and some friends were talkingin the playground during lunch break. They wanted to catchup on 1 holiday news. Debbie felt a bit down. Whats upDebbie? asked !am. Well" I always feel like this on thefirst day of school after the summer holidays. Its been along time without lessons" and now we#e got a stricttimetable" homework and all that$ I feel an%ious andI dont sleep well the day before. Tomorrow Ill be fineagain. Debbie e%plained. &a% said" I know what youmean" I also feel depressed the day before coming back toschool too" but then I think about the friends Ill see again"the e%tracurricular acti#ities Im really keen on and theschool atmosphere I find so cool and I feel better' . !ame%claimed" (h" I am () about going back to school. Ilo#e the smell of the new books" the new pencils" pens"rubbers" folders$ I feel so e%cited when I go shopping to

buy all those things. *ook at my new backpack' Isnt itawesome? . Debbie said" *ets change sub+ect. ,ey" &a%"what did you do last summer? I heard you spent a week in -weden. &a% e%plained" es"its true. &y parents found a weird place on the /et to spend our summer holidays. ouknow" my parents lo#e /ature but they also wanted something different and this seemed the

perfect place0 we were in the middle of a natural forest and we had a taste of sci fi holidays because we stayed in a weird hotel and our rooms looked like spaceships. It was incredible. Itlooked like we were on space0 there were constellation pillows 2 and porthole 3 windows. Ialmost felt like an astronaut . Debbie asked &a%" Tell us more. ,a#e you got pictures? &a%answered" es" in my mobile. *ook'

Vocabulary1 catch up on fnd out about2 pillow where you rest your head in bed3 porthole a small window on a ship

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Name ___________________________________ No. ____ Class ______ Date _____________________________________________

Unit 1 Summer is outPresent Simple / Present Simple and Present Continuous / Past Simple A


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$. %ind the word& or expre&&ion& in the text 'll. 3(1)* that +ean,

1. was sad and a bit depressed ___________________________________________

2. to like something very much ____________________________________________

3. really cool __________________________________________________________

-. True 'T* or %al&e '%* %ind e"idence /or the true &tate+ent&and correct the/al&e one&.

1 . The friends are having their lunch break.

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2. Debbie was excited about the first day back at school.

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3. am loves buying new stuff for school.

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4. !ax didn"t do anything special in his holidays.

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5. !ax took pictures of the hotel with his father"s camera.

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. An&wer the ue&tion&.

1. #hat were the friends talking about during lunch break$

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2. #hy did Debbie feel a bit down$

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3. #hat does !ax think to feel better about the first day at school$

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4. Did !ax have a different kind of holiday$ %xplain.

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II.

A. -o+plete with the re&ent i+ple o/ the "erb& in brac4et&.

1. #hen summer holidays are over& ' usually ___________________ (feel ) sad.

2. !y brother ___________________ (get ) bored during his summer holidays.

3. _______________________ (Pam * lo e ) going shopping$

4. +ome teens ___________________ (not sleep ) well the night before going back to school.

$. -o+plete with the re&ent -ontinuou& o/ the "erb& inbrac4et&.

1. At the moment the students ___________________ (tal! ) in the playground.

2. Charles ___________________ (not "atch ) a film now. ,e ___________________ (send ) anemail.

3. !y sister ___________________ ("rite ) the invitations for the back-to-school party.

4. ___________________ (they *stay ) at a weird hotel$

-. ut the "erb& in brac4et& in the re&ent i+ple or re&ent-ontinuou&.

1. ,e ___________________ (gi e ) a back-to-school party next +aturday.

2. +he usually _________________ (spend ) her holidays in %ngland but right now she __________________ (en#oy ) the sun in ra/il.

3. At the moment the students ___________________ (not ha e ) fun together.

4. ______________________ (she *hang out ) with her friends every +aturday$

. -o+plete with the a&t i+ple o/ the "erb& in brac4et&.

1. 0ast summer ' ___________________ (try ) to do something different. ' ___________________ (surf ) the Net and ___________________ (find ) a weird and fantastic place.

2. ___________________ ($iane * isit ) aris last August$ No& she ___________________ &because she ___________________ (not ha e ) enough money.

III.

-hoo&e # E o/ the /ollowin6 topic& to write a text.

1. #rite a post for your blog about your first day at school.

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2. 'magine you are !ax"s friend. #rite him an email about your summer holidays.


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