EXERCISE 8 � Warm-up. (Chart 1-2) Choose the correct completions. 1. Cold air isn't I doesn't rise. 2. What is I does water consist of? 3. Is I Does the earth spinning rapidly or slowly? 1-2 Simple Present and Present Progressive: Question Forms -- Simple Present AFFIRMATIVE I help. You, We, They help. He, She, It helps. Affirmative, Negative, Presen,t Progressive - I am helping. You, We, They are helping. He, She, It is helping. 1--- -·- --- NEGATIVE I do not help. You, We, They do not help. He, She, It does not help. - QUESTION Do I help? Do you, we, they help? Does he, she, it help? When do I help? EXERCISE 9 � Looking at grammar. (Chart 1-2) Complete the sentences with Do, Does, ls, or Are. On an Airplane 1. Ar e you ready for takeoff? 8. 2. the plane taking off soon? 9. 3. you nervous? 10. 4. you have your seat belt on? 11. 5. the seats comfortable? 12. I am not helping. You, We, They are not helping. He, She, It is not helping. - Am I helping? Are you, we, they helping? Is he, she, it helping? When am I helping? they serve food on this flight? the movie beginning? you like to fly? the co-pilot flying the plane? the pilot sleep during the flight? 6. your seat comfortable? 13. the pilots sleep during the flight? 7. the seat go back more? 14. the plane on autopilot? EXERCISE 10 � Trivia game. (Chart 1-2) Work in teams. Make true sentences. The team with the most correct answers (factually and grammatically) wins. Use the simple present or present progressive. 1. Ice (melt) ----'-d..;;;..o.c.. esc...; n-'--'t;;.....;..;..m= e-'-' lt ___ at 32°F (0°C). 2. Cold weather (cause) ----------- fingernails to grow faster. 3. The average person (fall) asleep in seven minutes. 4. Salt water (freeze) at the same temperature as freshwater. Present and Past; Simple and Progressive 5 www.pardistalk.ir/library 5. Our noses (grow) __________ longer as we age. 6. Our feet (become) smaller as we age. 7. Red blood cells in our body (divide) ---------- right now. 8. On average, a person (blink) more than 20,000 times a day. 9. Honey (spoil) --------- 10. A cat (use) ---------- its whiskers for hunting. 11. The earth (re volve) around the moon right now. 12. The earth (get) warmer according to scientists. EXERCISE 11 i,, Reading and grammar. (Charts 1-1 and 1- 2) Choose the correct completions. Tornadoes Tornadoes occur I are occurring in most areas of the world. However, the plains of the 1 United States have I are having the most. (Plains are large areas of flat land with 2 few trees.) Tornado Alley, a frequent area for tornadoes, stretches I is stretching from 3 Texas to North Dakota. Because tornadoes form I are forming over flat areas of land, 4 they are not I do not so common in the mountains. Cold air meets I is meeting warm 5 6 air, usually in a thunderstorm. The winds make I are making a spiral or funnel cloud that 7 sometimes reaches 320 miles per hour. They pick up I are picking up cars, trees, and houses. 8 Sometimes this debris flies I is flying for miles. Strong tornadoes cause I are causing a lot 9 10 of damage. Surprisingly, the funnel cloud doesn't last I isn't lasting long, usually less than 11 ten minutes. Right now a tornado forms I is forming 12 over the plains. People seek I are seeking 13 shelter in underground areas such as basements. Several storm chasers get I are getting ready 14 to follow the tornado and collect data. They listen I are listening to weather radios for 15 storm updates. Are you I Do you familiar with tornadoes? 16 Are you I Do you have tornadoes in your area? 17 6 CHAPTER 1 www.pardistalk.ir/library EXERCISE 12 .,,. Warm-up. (Chart 1-3) Choose the correct completions. 1. The chef is in his kitchen right now. He __ . a. cooks b. is cooking 2. He __ some soup. a. tastes b. is tasting 3. It __ too salty. a. tastes 4. He __ it. a. doesn't like b. is tasting b. isn't liking 1-3 Verbs Not Usually Used in the Progressive (Stative Verbs) (a) I know your cousin. (b) INCORRECT: I am l
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