1. Grammar file 8 English File 1
1 Present continuous 3 Future plans: (be) going to …
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I ’m I ’m
You / We / They ’re studying. You (etc.) ’re going to buy a car.
He / She / It ’s He (etc.) ’s
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I ’m not I ’m not
You / We / They aren’t studying. You (etc.) aren’t going to buy a car.
He / She / It isn’t He (etc.) isn’t
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Am I Am I
Are you / we / they studying? Are you (etc.) going to buy a car?
Is he / she / it Is he (etc.)
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I am. I’m not. I am. I’m not.
Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
she is. she isn’t. we are. we aren’t.
s Spelling of -ing form.
What are you going to do next weekend?
like / love / hate + (verb)-ing GRAMMAR FILE 4
I’m going to (go to) Bucharest next year.
Word order in questions
s Use (be) going to + infinitive for future plans.
Verb be Subject -ing form s With the verb go you don’t need to say go twice.
Is he q cleaning the house?
4 Future time expressions
What are they q doing?
today / tonight.
s Put the verb be before the subject in questions. this morning / afternoon /
evening.
We’re going to get married
2 Simple or continuous? tomorrow (morning, etc.).
next week / month /
Present simple Present continuous summer / year.
My sister works in a bank. Today she’s working at s Time expressions can go at the beginning or end of a
home. sentence .
I always have breakfast at 7.00. It’s 7.00 now. I’m having Past time expressions GRAMMAR FILE 7
breakfast.
5 it
s Use the present simple for things you do every
day / week / year, etc. What time is it? It’s 11.30. It’s late.
It’s 12th January. It’s Friday. It’s my birthday.
s Use the present continuous for things you are doing It’s hot today. It rained yesterday.
now.
s Use it for times, dates, and weather.
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2. Grammar check 8 English File I
1 Present continuous What are they doing? Complete the sentences
and questions. Use the verbs.
check in fly (x 2) talk (x 3) cry (x 2) cut
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He’s checking in at the airport. on the phone. .
Where 2 to? Who 5 to? Why 8 ?
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to Hawaii. to her bank Because
manager. onions.
2 Present simple or present continuous? 4 Future time expressions Match the sentence
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Choose the correct tense. halves.
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1 a Do you read 1 Are you going to study at d
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this exercise now?
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b Are you reading
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2 He’s going to South America next
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2 a They don’t watch
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TV very often. 3 Are we going to the cinema
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b They aren’t watching
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4 She isn’t going to meet us tomorrow
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3 a I don’t look
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for a new job. 5 They aren’t going to work in
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b I’m not looking
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4 a What do you wear a the summer.
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at work?
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b evening.
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c month.
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3 a (be) going to … Complete the sentences. d the weekend?
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1 I’m going to run a marathon tomorrow. e e tonight?
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2 We get a microwave.
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5 it Complete with it + verb be (past or present).
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3 you retire soon? ?
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4 They come next summer. 1  Is it raining?
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5 he help you? ?  No, .
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2  very hot last weekend.
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6 She do her homework
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tonight. e  Yes, but
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going to be cold next week.
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3  What’s the time?
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 a quarter to seven.
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1 they going when married to are get ?
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When are they going to get married?  Oh, no! very late. Let’s go.
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2 is to what she the going wear wedding to ?
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3 what you going give to are them ?
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4 where to they going that go are after ?
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