1. Good company
3.1 Can you describe things that are happening?
Unit3
1Identify the items of clothing and 3 Add -ing to these verbs.
accessories they are wearing.
a sing _________
singing e run _________
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b dance _________ f swim _________
1 c shout _________ g snow _________
7 d study _________ h chat _________
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4 Write the sentences and questions.
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Use the present continuous.
a She / dance. I / not shout. They / talk?
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5 11 ___________ I'm not shouting. Are they talking?
She's dancing. _____________ _____________
b She / sing opera? ___________________
c We / not run. ___________________
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3 d They / skip. ___________________
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e You / swim? ___________________
Annie Ray Mr Green Ms Brown f It / snow? ___________________
g I / not chat on line. ___________________
a skirt 11 g baseball cap
h He / study German? ___________________
b jacket h sweater
c boots i belt
d jeans j trainers
5 Unscramble these suggestions and
match them with suitable excuses.
e headband k shorts
1 about / going / to / What / a / cybercafé / ?
f T-shirt l trousers ______________________________________
What about going to a cybercafé?
2 shopping / Let’s / this / go / afternoon / !
2 Now write true (T) or false (F). ______________________________________
3 order / Let’s / pizza / a / !
Correct the false sentences.
______________________________________
a Annie’s wearing a T-shirt. _____
T 4 the / having / about / barbecue / What /
b Annie’s wearing a baseball cap. _____ a / garden / in / ? ______________________
_____________________________________
She isn't wearing a baseball cap.
______________________________________
c Ray isn’t wearing trainers or shorts. _____
5 do / Let’s / English project / the /
_____________________________________
d Ray’s wearing a baseball cap. _____ together / ! ___________________________
_____________________________________ ______________________________________
e Mr Green’s wearing a coat. _____ a I’m sorry, I’m saving some money for my
_____________________________________ holidays. 2
f Mr Green’s wearing a necklace. _____ b I can’t. I’m sorry, I’m doing it with John.
_____________________________________ c I’m sorry, I’m having problems with my
g Ms Brown’s wearing a mini-skirt. _____ stomach!
_____________________________________
d We can’t, it’s raining outside!
h Ms Brown’s wearing shoes. _____
e Sorry, I’m busy. I’m having my piano lesson
_____________________________________
i Ms Brown’s wearing a sweater. _____ at the moment.
_____________________________________
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2. Good company
3.2 Vocabulary
Unit3
1 Write the correct -ing forms of the 4 Complete these sentences with the
following verbs. correct words. Then match them to
a bark _________________
barking the pictures.
b practise _________________
c tidy _________________ green barking whispering
d run _________________ tidying belt gorgeous envy
e text _________________
f play _________________ 1
g say _________________
h skip _________________
i communicate _________________
2 Match the following words with their c
opposites. 2
a whisper 4 1 walk
b run 2 mess up
c tidy 3 sensible
d cheap 4 shout
e silly 5 girlfriend 3
f laugh 6 expensive
g boyfriend 7 cry
3 Complete the crossword.
1 to talk, especially on the computer 4
2 the opposite of ugly
3 blue + red = ...
4 the opposite of dangerous
5 the opposite of difficult
6 a sausage in a bun
7 feeling of jealousy 5
8 the national sport of the USA
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2
6 H O T D O G
3
a The dog was _________ all night.
barking
b That new student is absolutely _________.
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c Look at my signed football! Tom is _________
4 with _________.
5 d I’m _________ my room, it’s a real mess.
8 e She’s _________ because she has a sore
throat.
f I need a _________ to keep my trousers up.
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3. Good company
3.3 Can you invite people to do something?
Unit3
1 Write the -ing forms of these verbs. 3 Write true sentences.
a talk __________
talking e cycle __________
Make them all negative.
b chat __________ f study __________
Use some of the verbs in Activity 1.
c swim __________ g have __________ a I _____________ now.
'm not talking
d cry __________ h snow __________ b My friends ______________________________
at the moment.
c My English teacher ______________________
2 Use the verbs in Activity 1 to write right now.
d My mum __________________________ now.
what is happening.
e My neighbour ___________________________
at the moment.
4 Use the pictures to write suggestions
a b and excuses.
a
c d
b
e f
c
g h d
a This girl is chatting on line.
_____________________________________
b _____________________________________ a _________ table tennis!
Let's play
c _____________________________________ ________________________
I'm sorry. I'm doing the washing up.
d _____________________________________ b ________________________ an ice cream.
e _____________________________________ ________________________ my homework.
f _____________________________________ c ________________________ shopping.
g _____________________________________ ________________________ my bedroom.
h _____________________________________ d ________________________ to music.
________________________ to a radio
programme.
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4. Good company
3.4 Reading and writing
Unit3
1 Read the conversation and decide whether Jo or
George is doing each of the activities below.
G: Hey Jo! How’re things?
J: Hi George! Good thanks! Drinking a nice, cool cola … mmm … You?
G: Yeah, great! Do you know what I’m doing?
J: Well, you’re chatting to me on the internet! Duh!
G: Yeah, but I’m doing something else, too!
J: Well, you’re sitting at home in from of the computer, like me!
G: No! Try again!
J: Well, if you’re not sitting at home, you’re paying to
use the computer in a cybercafé …
G: Wrong again! Ha-ha-ha!
J: Library?
G: Wah-wah!
J: Well, I don’t know what you’re doing, but I AM
GETTING BORED! So tell me or I’m going to watch TV! J: But … you’re lying — it’s impossible!
G: OKAY, OKAY! WOW why are you getting stressed? I’ll G: No, it isn’t, I’m telling the truth and you’ll see
tell you … in a minute. Listen, you know that new 5th
J: Good, I’m waiting! generation PDA you’re always talking about?
G: I’m walking to your house! J: You don’t mean …?
J: What?! G: Yes, I’m holding one in my hand right now,
G: Yes, and taking photos of everything in town to prove and I’m standing outside your door RIGHT
it! Oh, I’m listening to music, too! NOW, and I’m watching the latest Beyoncé
J: But … how? I mean, HOW are you doing all those and I’m waiting for you to open the door. So
things at the same time? why don’t you come running down the stairs
G: Easy! and let me in ...?! Jo? You there? Oh, hi Jo!
a Having a drink
J or G?
____
J
2 Unscramble the words to make
sentences.
b Talking on the computer ____
a Do / doing / you / what / know / I’m / ?
c Listening to music ____
______________________________________
Do you know what I'm doing?
d Sitting at home ____
b I / nice / drinking / cola / a / cool / am / .
e Getting bored ____
______________________________________
f Taking photos ____
c How / you / are / doing / things / those /
g Walking down the street ____
all / ?
h Getting stressed ____
______________________________________
i Telling the truth ____ d Are / use / paying / to / the / cybercafé /
j Waiting outside ____ you / computer / in / a / ?
k Running downstairs ____ ______________________________________
e You / impossible / lying / — / it’s / are / .
3 Do you know these SMS words in English? ______________________________________
a L8ER _____________ e PLS
later _____________ f Why / let / you / in / me / don’t / ?
b B4 _____________ f OIC _____________ ______________________________________
c GR8 _____________ g 2NITE _____________ g I / know / you / don’t / are / what /
d LOL _____________ doing / .
______________________________________
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5. Good company
3.5 Culture
Unit3
Texting: the new kissing? 2 Match these text messages to their
meanings.
1 Write the full message, then read the a
b
2NITE
B4
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article to check.
c B/F
d CUL8R
a e G2G
b f HAND
g LO
? h TU
M8 ROT
FLM
U YHO
HR 1 hello
2 thank you
3 got to go
4 see you later
5 have a nice day
6 tonight
7 boyfriend
8 before
3 Complete the missing words.
a 2MORO _________
tomorrow
b ATM _____________ the moment
a _____________________________________
How are you mate? c M&U _____________ and you
b _____________________________________ d HRU _____________ are you
Eighty percent of young people (aged between fifteen and
e F2F face to ___________
twenty-four) in Britain can’t spend more than a day without f GL2U ___________ luck to you
sending a text message. Many teenagers now spend more g IDK I don’t ___________
time texting than kissing! h ILU I love ___________
Text messaging (or SMS = Short Messaging Service) is a new i NP ___________ problem
form of language. It consists of phonetic abbreviations which j PRW parents ___________ watching
represent the sounds of words. Some are simple and others
look like secret codes.
k TTUL talk to ___________ later
l WAM ___________ a minute
For example, the question and answer above are:
How are you mate? and Rolling on the floor laughing my head
4 Now write the final message in
off!
Here are some more: Activity 1 in standard English.
CW2CU Can’t wait to see you.
CYA See you around.
DTS Don’t think so. Psst! If you text in English your secrets
WWUC Write when you can. will be safe. Nobody will understand
YYSSW Yeah, yeah, sure, sure whatever except your friends and you!
Now, can you read this message? If not, do Activities 2 and 3
and then you will understand.
_________________________________________
Hello, at the moment
LO G2GO _________________________________________
ATM PRW CU2MORO _________________________________________
TTUL F2F ILU _________________________________________
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