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Ex.1

Complete the sentenced with the correct forms of be or do. Use short forms if possible. 

0 I don't (not) like my job. I work at night and I can never sleep during the day. 

1 Are you working at the moment? If not, can you help me in the kitchen?

2 Where does your mum teach ? Are you happy she doesn’t teach in our school? 

3 Mr Brown doesn’t (not) work here. He works in our office in London.

4 Do you work every weekend? Yes, I do but only on Saturdays. 

5 What, is your brother dojng at the moment? 

6 What do you want to do when you finish university? 

7 'Are you phoning the plumber?' 'Yes, I am. I can’t stop this water.'

 

Ex.2 

Complete the sentences with the verbs in capitals in the correct forms. Use short forms if possible. 

0 PLAY 

Dan usually plays tennis on a Saturday but today he's playing golf. 

1 MEET 

We usually meet outside the cinema but it's raining so we’re meeting in a café. 

2 HAVE 

My mum’s having a bath at the moment. She usually has shower but she wants to relax today. 

3 DO 

It's seven o'clock in the morning and my brother’s doing his homework.I always do my homework in the evening. 

4 HAVE 

We usually have Maths on Friday afternoon but teacher is ill so, today, we’re having en extra English lesson. 

5 SEND 

My friends usually send me texts but my 

phone isn’t working so they’re sending me emails at the moment.

 

Ex.3

Complete the questions with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Conversation 1 

Hi, Mark. What are you doing (do)? 

I'm cooking dinner. Can you help me? 

This is really difficult. 

OK. Is  your mum working (work) today? Yes, she is. She’s working late. Does your mum work(work)? 

Yes, she does. She works in a bank. That's why I know how to cook. Right. Let's start.

 

Conversation 2 

Mandy: I can't believe your mum wants you to clean the whole house. Is Tom helping (help) you? 

Theresa: No, he isn't. He says he's got lots of homework. 

Mandy: Do you believe (believe) him? 

Theresa: No, but my mum does. 

Mandy: What do you want (want) to do later, when the house is clean? 

Theresa: I'm not sure. I'll phone and tell you. 

Conversation 3 

Sam: What do you do (do)? 

Kelly: I’m a teacher. I teach Chemistry. Sam: Really? I've got a problem with my Chemistry homework. Could you help me? Kelly: OK. Let me look. Oh, right. Well. It's like this ...

Are you understanding (understand) now? 

Sam: Er ... I think so. Can you tell me again?

 

Ex.4

Complete the advert with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

 

Do you work (you/work) very hard?

Do you earn (you/earn) a low salary? 

Are you unhappy at work? 

 

Danielle works (work) hard but she isn’t unhappy. She loves (love) gel job. She is a waitress at FreshFlavourFood.

 

FreshFlavourFoods is a new business but now it’s growing (grow) very quickly. 

We open (open) new new restaurants all over the country and we’re looking (look) for friendly, hard-working people like Danielle to come and work for us. 

Are you looking (you/look) for a new job? For more details and an online application form, go to FreshFlavourFoods.abc 

 

Ex.5

Complete the email with the verbs in the box in the correct forms. There are two extra verbs. 

 

Hi Kathy, 

I'm at work. Don't worry! I I'm having a break. 

I’m sitting down with my tablet for ten minutes. 

I get up all day so I’m doing this test. 

The restaurant is very busy today but une customers are nice. They don’t complain even when I bring them the wrong food. And they often leave me quite a lot of money. I earn £30 and I often get another £20 customers. 

Oh no. The door’s opening  my manager. Time to go back to work. Only another Tour hours to go! 

See you. 

Rachel

 

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Pag.211

Ex.1 

Choose the correct words to complete the description. 

In the photo, there are two men. They are talking and looking at a piece of paper. Maybe there is a problem and they don't know what to do. In the background, we can see a road. There aren't any cars. It is a new road. The men are helping to build it. On the left of the two men is a camera or other equipment that they use in their work. Perhaps it is broken! I think the men enjoy their work. It's an interesting job.

 

Ex.2 

Look at the photo below and match the questions 1–6 job to the correct answers a-f. 

Who can you see in this photo?  g 

1 What is she doing?  d 

2 How old is she?  a 

3 What is she wearing? f 

4 How is she feeling? b 

5 Is the work difficult? e 

6 Do you think she likes her job? c 

 

a She isn't very young. I think she's about 35 years old. 

b Maybe she's a bit worried about something she's reading but I think that, generally, she isn't sad. 

c Yes, definitely. She loves it. I am sure she doesn't like working in a boring, stress-free job. She needs the excitement. 

d She is looking at a computer. Maybe she's reading a report. Or perhaps she's reading a blog. 

e I think it is very hard. She has a lot of responsibility. 

f She's wearing a smart, dark, summer dress. 

g We can see a woman. I think she is businesswoman and she is working in her office.

 

Ex.3 

Read this description of a photo and choose the correct form of the verbs. 

 

This photo shows a  meeting. In the photo, there are six people. They sit around a large desk. They are all wearing smart clothes. In the background, we can see a view of a big city through the window. 

I think that they are talking about new ideas. One woman is standing. Perhaps she is the boss. The men aren't very happy. Perhaps she is telling them that she isn't happy with their work. Maybe they don't like having a female boss.

 

Ex.4 

Complete the description of the photo below with the words in the box. 

In this photo, we can see a waitress in a restaurant. She is wearing a uniform and a  scarf in her hair. Perhaps she is a student and she works part-time.

There are two customers, a man and a woman. I think they are about 25 years old. They are happy. Maybe they work near the restaurant and go there after work. The waitress is asking the customers what they want to eat and drink. She is writing in a notebook. 

In the background we can see three musicians. Two men are playing instruments and a woman is singing. It’s a  friendly restaurant. I think the waitress like job. The customers are nice to her but maybe it's difficult to hear the customers because of the music! 

Perhaps she makes a lot of mistakes!