... early?
D
AMIAN
: Oh yes.
N
EWSAGENT
: Good. And are you afraid of the dark?
D
AMIAN
: Not at all.
N
EWSAGENT
: Excellent. Are you used to riding a bike?
D
AMIAN
: I ride my bike all the time.
N
EWSAGENT
: ... Good. And are you prepared to work on Sundays as
well?
2
D
AMIAN
: Of course. I need the money.
N
EWSAGENT
: Fine. And one final question: are you good with
animals?
D
AMIAN
: Good wit...
... for actions and states:
action Is Harry looking for a newspaper?
state Does Harry want a newspaper?
action Harry isn’t looking for a newspaper.
state Harry doesn’t want a newspaper.
because the ... (a thing) or lead (a person) towards
the speaker
go means: move away from the speaker
take means: carry (a thing) or lead (a person) away from
the speaker
In Dialogue 5, Su says to Nei...
... two games that have a special place in their hearts. Football is
regarded as the national game, at least in England and Scotland,
and is played at all levels, both professionally and among amateurs,
every ... which case you probably won’t need to ask!
England (along with other English- speaking countries and
members of the Commonwealth, such as Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa, India,...
...
passport!
In this unit you will learn how to:
• talk about things that have happened recently
• talk about a a sequence of events
• ask people about events that have already happened
• form and ... customers has just handed a passport
in.
S
HAMIRA
: Oh, thank goodness for that!
B
ANK
: When exactly did you lose your passport?
S
HAMIRA
: Oh, I didn’t notice until about half an hour ago, b...
... reads Latin poetry, and so does Gary
– Diane doesn’t read junk mail, and Gary doesn’t either
.
Exercise 3
Look at the information in the box about what languages Jack
speaks, and what languages ... like Italian food
at all.
R
OSEMARY
: Neither do I.
Dialogue 2
Hannah and Natalie are trying on clothes in an expensive shop.
H
ANNAH
: What do you think of this jumper?
N
ATALIE
: You can’t affor...
... is okay in colloquial English as a question word
– see Language point 60.
At the end of the dialogue Su says:
The food we ate was delicious
The people we met were fantastic
She could have said:
The ... talk about setting up a home cinema system (for
example), we mean doing all the things necessary to make it work and
placing all the component parts (e.g. the screen, the DVD-player, th...
... you a cup of tea?
B
RENDA
: No thanks, Candace – I’ve already had three this
morning, and it’s only ten o’clock!
Language point 77 – ‘do’ and ‘make’
We’ve seen do a lot in this book as an
AUXILIARY
– ... action
make = produce or create something
Do also has many special meanings – look in a dictionary and see
how many! In the Dialogue, Justine talks about:
the restaurant that does
ve...
... can’t have + past participle (not possible)
Pronunciation
may have /`mεijəv/ can’t have /`kɑntəv/
Here are some more examples, in + and – pairs:
+ Dave may have phoned earlier
– Dave can’t have ... said (that) he’d sold his house
‘I went
abroad last She told me (that) she’d gone abroad
year’ last year
‘We’ll phone
later’ They said (that) they’d phone later
‘We can
call a taxi’ They said ....
... won’t)
254
range – choice, selection
daily – appearing every day
style – general appearance and effect
content – what something contains; the articles and reports that are in a
paper
coverage – treatment ... can use be in all tenses, and you’re happy with the past
participle (go back and look at Language point 53 again if you’re
not), then you can easily use the passive. Here are some exa...
... before
Exercise 9
Samantha: 6.45 cinema; Su and Shamira: 7.00 vegan restaurant; Stuart:
7.15 Indian restaurant; Helen: 7.45 theatre; Gerry: 6.30 football match
Unit 12
Exercise 1
2 f 3 b 4 h 5 g 6 a 7 e 8 ... 1
2 Are they able to speak English? 3 Dave can’t come 4 Are you able to
see the screen? 5 Can they walk? 6 Suzie can’t make the appointment
7 I’m not able to advise you on this 8 A...