UNIT 1

Georgaphy/landforms vocabulary

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Unit 1

Meeting the newcomers

Text 1

Hometown                                                      

flow across

split into

nuclear power plants

I cause

serious environmental problems

water supplies

outgoing and brave

Text 2

Ancient                                                                               

shares borders with

dry

temperature

natural disasters

earthquakes

humanitarian

origin

Text 3

mild temperature

mountainous

They grow vines

citrus fruit

The temperature drops below zero

coal mines

wells

peninsula

island

bay

plain

lake

gulf


Worksheet 1
SONG LISTEN TO THE SONG FIRST

Date:

Present Progressive - Listening Exercise

1.       Listen to the song and read the lyrics.

2.       Listen to the song again and fill-in the blanks using the verbs in the box in the present progressive

ê Not all the verbs in the box appear in the song.

to turn / to miss / to hang around / to sit / to wait / to step around / to waste / to see / to want / to feel / to drive /       to tell /to take

LEMON TREE
by Fool's Garden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0PG2RXj3I

I ________________________ here in the boring room.
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon.
I_____________________ my time, I got nothing to do.
I______________________________________ around,
I______________________________________  for you.
But nothing ever happens, and I wonder....
I_____________________________ around, in my car.
I_____________________________________ too fast,
I______________________________________ too far.
I'd like to change my point of view.
I feel so lonely, I ________________________for you.
But nothing ever happens, and I wonder....
I wonder how, I wonder why,
yesterday you told me about the blue, blue sky.
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree.

I________________________  my head up and down.
I____________________, ________________________, _____________________, _______________________,

_____________________________ around.
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree.

Sing! Dah…DaRaRaRaDiRapDa

DaRaRaRaDiRapDa

DapDimDiRa

I___________________________________  here.
I miss the power.
I'd like to go out, __________________ a shower.
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head.
I feel so tired, put myself into bed.
Well, nothing ever happens, and I wonder...
Isolation is not good for me.
Isolation, I don’t want to sit on the lemon tree.
I_____________________________ in the desert of joy.
Baby, anyhow I'll get another toy.
And everything will happen and you wonder.
I wonder how, I wonder why,
yesterday you told me about the blue, blue sky.
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree.

I________________________  my head up and down.
I____________________, ________________________, _____________________, _______________________,

_____________________________ around.
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree.

… And I wonder, I wonder…
I wonder how, I wonder why
yesterday you told me about the blue, blue sky.
And all that I can see and all that I can see, and all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree.

Worksheet 2

Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

Directions: For each sentence below, fill in the blank with the correct verb tense.

Cook        shop           buy            attach                  break                build         create   lose  acknowledge Disappoint            admire        reflect        improve             direct      chuckle    investigate  watch

•        Mario believes that Lisa __________________ Miguel because she is always giving him complements.

•        Yoki is ____________________ as we speak. In fact, she spends most of her time at the mall.

•        Muhammad _________________ often when he ________________ comedy movies.

•        Those students ___________________ the instructor when they talk throughout the entire class.

•        I am ____________________ those shoes tomorrow when I get my paycheck.

•        Phillip is always ______________________ the rules of the classroom guidelines.

•        The light ___________________________ blue when you place it under the water.

•        Our school is _______________________ lots of new housing for the new students.

•        They ____________________ on Friday’s, but I usually eat fast food.

•        Eriko________________________ the fact that she needs help with English.

•        The bad weather __________________ problems for unexperienced drivers.

•        The rival team is _______________________the game against my school.

•        The policeman __________________ traffic on the weekends because he needs extra cash.

•        I am __________________________ the cause of the problem.

•        Aahliah _______________________ her English each week by practicing her listening and speaking skills every day.

•        The blue piece ________________ to the red piece, and then you insert it in the box in order for the game to work properly.

Worksheet 3

Present simple or present continuous???

1.Look! He …………………………………………… (leave)  the house.

2.Quiet please! I………………………………………. (write)  a test.

3.She usually………………………………………….. (walk)  to school.

4.But look! Today she ……………………………………………..(go)  by bike.

5.Every Sunday we ………………………………………….(go)  to see my grandparents.

6.He often………………………………………. (go)  to the cinema.

7. I……………………………………………….. (not / do)  anything at the moment.

8.  ……………………………………………………….(watch / he)  the news regularly?

9.Look! They ………………………………………………..(leave)  the house.

10.Brian ……………………………………………(cycle)  30 km every day.

11.My parents …………………………………………….(shop)  right now.

12.He usually ………………………………………..(get up)  early in the morning.

13.We …………………………………….help)  in the kitchen this week.

14.Martin usually …………………………………………(drive)  to work.

15.But today, he …………………………………………..(take)  the bus.

16.Listen! She ………………………………………………….(practise)  the piano.

17.My friend …………………………………………………… (play)  the guitar every evening.

18.Maria ………………………………………… (want)  to improve her English.

19.Therefore, she …………………………………… (do)  a language course in London at the moment.

20.She ……………………………………. (stay)  with a host family and ……………………………………. (must)  take the tube to get to her language school.

21.It………………………………………………. (be)  only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.

22.The tube ………………………………………. (leave)  at half past eight.

23.The first lesson ………………………………………………… (begin)  at 9 o'clock.

24In the afternoons, the school ………………………………………….. (offer)  sightseeing tours in and around London.

25.Tomorrow, the students of the language school ………………………………………………… (go)  to Windsor.

Worksheet 4

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

A – Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1.    Mark usually goes / is going home on foot.

2.    Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano.

3.    My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent.

4.    Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone.

5.    They often watch / are watching TV in the evening.

6.    Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car.

7.    The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now.

8.    Water boils / is boiling at 100º Celsius.

            B- Fill in the blanks with either the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1.    Jason _______________(not / listen) to the radio very often.

2.    Turn off the TV. You ______________(not / watch) it.

3.    Where ______________ Sally usually ______________(spend) her summer holidays?

4.    Mr. Watson ______________(take) very good photos. Look! He ______________(take) a photo of you right now.

5.    It always ______________(rain) at the weekend. But today the sun ______________(shine).

6.    My friends ______________(leave) for Budapest tomorrow.

7.    Carol ______________ (phone) her grandmother every day. She ______________(phone) her now.

8.    Bob and Tom’s parents usually ______________(drive) them to school, but today they ______________(go) by bus.

Answer key

A

1.    goes

2.    is playing

3.    cooks

4.    is answering

5.    watch

6.    is going

7.    is sleeping

8.    boils

B

1.    doesn’t listen

2.    aren’t watching

3.    does…spend

4.    takes…is taking

5.    rains… is shining

6.    are living

7.    phones… is phoning

8.    drive… are going

Worksheet 5

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