1. The document contains exercises to practice verb tenses and forms, including: unjumbling sentences; forming questions and negatives; using adverbs of frequency; and filling in verbs in the present simple tense.
2. The exercises involve rearranging scrambled sentences; asking questions and writing negatives about short statements involving common verbs like "work", "watch TV", and "go to school"; writing sentences using adverbs like "always", "sometimes", "never" to indicate how often an action occurs; and filling in missing verbs in sentences about people's daily routines and preferences using "do", "does" and related forms.
3. The purpose is to help practice and demonstrate mastery of verb conjug
Stories of My Life: An Integrated Skills Book for ESL/EFL LearnersNuans Publishing
Stories of My Life: An Integrated Skills Book for ESL/EFL Learners contains ten short stories written by the author of the textbook.Each short story deals with a different topic appropriate for teenage and older learners of English. The textbook is for intermediate to high-intermediate learners of ESL/EFL.
The textbook was designed in a way that there is an emphasis on the four skills and consists of ten units. Each unit is comprised of a short story with six parts. In addition to eight units, itincludes a glossary of terms, bibliography, and sources for instructors. All units are organized the same way.
Part I - Before You Read
Part II - Focus on Comprehension and Discussion
Part III - Focus on Literary Elements
Part IV - Focus on Role Play Part V - Focus on Language
Part VI - Focus on Writing
Stories of My Life: An Integrated Skills Book for ESL/EFL Learners helps students to listen to and understand their instructor and peers; participate in discussions; and practice speaking, reading, and writing the language. It will also help them to speak and write better. As far as critical thinking is concerned, our students must be trained to be critical thinkers because critical thinking is an essential skill.
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1. Put the verbs in brackets into the
1 Unjumble the sentences: 4 correct Present Simple form:
. .
a) at/ the morning/ he/ seven o’clock/ in/ gets up Her name is Mandy Taylor. She (work)
………………………………………………………… ………………….. at the Sip Café. Mandy (go)
b) car/ often/ Bob/ the/ washes ………………….. to the café every morning at six
………………………………………………………… o’clock. She (open) ………………………… the café and
c) born/ 1964/ was/ in/ Jane (set) …………………….. the tables. The other waiters
………………………………………………………… (arrive) ………………………… at seven o’clock and they
d) lunch/ we/ noon/ have/ seldom/ at (tidy) ………………………. the kitchen. The first
………………………………………………………… customers (come) ……………………… in at about 7:30.
e) leave/ what/ you/ work/ time/ do/ for? Mandy (take) ………………………… a break at 10
………………………………………………………… o’clock. She (finish) ……………………… work at 2
f) never/ bed/ John/ early/ goes/ to o’clock and sometimes she (meet) ……………………..
………………………………………………………… friends for lunch.
g) clean/ do/ room/ often/ you/ how/ your?
…………………………………………………………
h) friends/ I/ go out/ sometimes/ Saturdays/ with/ my/ on Put the verbs in brackets into the
…………………………………………………………. 5 correct Present Simple form:
i) to/ he/ swimming pool/ goes/ a week/ the/ twice .
………………………………………………………….
j) always/ for/ we/ a walk/ on/ afternoons/ go/ Sunday
…………………………………………………………. This is Michael. He ......................... (be) 10
years old. He ............................. (have got) short, dark hair,
brown eyes and a dark complexion.
Michael ............................. (live) in New York City with
Make questions and negatives:
his family. His father is a teacher and his mother is a
lawyer. Michael ....................................... (not have) any
2 brothers or sisters. He ................................. (love)
. basketball and ................................. (want) to be a
a) He works at a hospital. professional basketball player. He .................................
............................................................................................... (like) school a lot. He ................................ (go) every day
........................................................................................... from 9am till 3:30pm. In his free time,
b) They watch TV in the Michael .................................. (love) playing computer
evenings. .............................................................................. games and he ................................... (enjoy) watching TV.
...............
.............................................................................................
c) Jane goes to school every
day. ....................................................................................... Fill in – do, does, don’t, doesn’t
......
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d) You like playing with your .
computer. ............................................................................. I …………do my homework in the morning – always in
........ the evening
.............................................................................................
e) Their father is a She ………….. spend her free time with her friends. She
firefighter. ............................................................................ prefers reading books.
.................
............................................................................................. ……….. you often do the shopping?
Write the correct sentences using
adverbs of frequency:
…………..her mother work in the bank?
3
. We……….play tennis after school.
a) Jim/ play tennis/ after school.
(never) .................................................................................. My parents………….live in a flat. They have a house.
..........
b) Mary/ meet/ her friends/ at a cafe. ……….your teacher speak German?
(often) ...................................................................................
......... He …………do karate.
c) I/ be/ late/ for school.
(never) .................................................................................. Susan……………learn Spanish at school.
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d) They/ make/ their beds in the morning.
They…………eat apples. They don’t like them.
(sometimes) ..........................................................................
.................
e) Carla/ cook/ dinner/ on Sundays.
(rarely) ..................................................................................
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