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Grammar Present simple and present continuous
(a)(Orcle) the correct words.

Vocabulary Guessing meaning from context

(V) Write the parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb or preposition) for each of the underlined words. 1 2 Dr Ballard yyentto the Black Sea. The ocean is fascinating. verb rrxXI :~. ..

This is Mark Barns. He is a student at St Georges High

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3 We can put cameras on that ship. 4 5 It takes hours t o get down. The submarine moves slowly.

in Sromsgrove.

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studies /(^fstudyi^)for bis likes / is liking listening

Geography test today. Mark

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6 The cameras send Uve pictures. (b) Complete the TV guide. Use the words in the box. settlement oncient explore live remains He {pioyi/
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to music and playing football. is playing football most evenings, and

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he usually ^pena s / is spending all his money on CDs. But at the moment, Mark doesn't sperich/ isn't spending any money. He saves / is saving everything
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because he is also a serious mountain climber and

Pyramids and Pharaohs BBC1 9pm

he has / is having a great ambition. He wants / is

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wanting to climb Mount Everest next July. He ..knows /

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is knowing it will be difficult and so he training really hard at the moment.

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trains / is

Put the words in order to make questions. 1 Mark / is / what / today / doing What is Mark doing today 2 does / money / Mark / on books/ spend / all / usually / his f>*51 KatVr usti \y ftfrnd o l Vnfc ir0r#& on boote' ? ?

3 football / does / Mark / when / play Don't miss the final part of this documentary about
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tjUhan Anm Matk ptoy io.crl.bali. ?

4 at the moment / money / Mark / is / spending / a lot o f

andent Egypt. The BBC is showing pictures of Dr Ross Smith and his
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team as they <e*plce. inside the Great Pyramid at the Egyptian .elcrcer;of Giza.
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ambition / what / great / Mark's / is tjjtnolis HQ*kH,

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Will they find gold and the .crnD:.c5. of an

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Egyptian pharaoh?

at the moment / Mark / training hard / why / is

(c^ Write the answers to the questions in Exercise 2b.

1 He's studying for a Geography test.

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5 ...Bi...v3mUic^....>^ 6 65.c^^....te....u^ ( d ) Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs.
1 2 My brother C f o . doesn't like (not like) onions. you ...UJJLJ.GV.. (want) something t o eat?

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Claire's in the bathroom. She i f i u A: Q your friends often

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(wash) her hair. (listen to) classical music? B: No, they

My sister and I >-io- -'~ A: Can you help me? Be quiet! The baby iS>

w Q f c f o (not watch) TV very often. We No, sorry. I qnry W^ifk^

d i o o ' - f hO^C; (not have) time!

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(do) my homework at the moment

(sleep).

Grammar
Past simple
(T) Find and (arele) the past simple forms of the verbs in the box. ( - o r \)
come make speak drink eat find put run sing sink write be

ib) Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs.
1 2 Most of the European emigrants New York. F found . (find) work in

The settlers _UQ-U2lteD(travel) east t o find farmland. Many of the settlers California. JX_

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b^litwed

(believe) there was gold in

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The biggest problem for the settlers .SJQI___ (be) the Native American Indians.

The Oregon Trail ..u.iv2

(be) more than 3,000 km long.

Many of the settlers JUCAL. (be) so poor that they ..did-oAi

...faQ.S/C. (not have) any

shoes.

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Many of the settlers

(die) in accidents.

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s c ) Mark the statements in Exercise 3b T (True) or F (False). Then look again at the text on page 8 to check your answers.