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This document contains a unit on vocabulary and grammar exercises focusing on present tenses (simple and continuous) and vocabulary related to feelings, personality traits, and actions. It includes exercises where students must identify correct verbs, form sentences in the present tenses, answer questions, and fill in blanks in passages. It also contains a reading comprehension section about Felix Baumgartner's record-setting skydive from space.

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Unit 2

This document contains a unit on vocabulary and grammar exercises focusing on present tenses (simple and continuous) and vocabulary related to feelings, personality traits, and actions. It includes exercises where students must identify correct verbs, form sentences in the present tenses, answer questions, and fill in blanks in passages. It also contains a reading comprehension section about Felix Baumgartner's record-setting skydive from space.

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UNIT 2

VOCABULARY

Become
Cry
Enjoy
Fall
Feel
Hold
Hug
Kiss
Know
Laugh
Shout
Show
Sing
Smile
Think
Touch
Worry

Adventurous
Brave
Careful
Clever
Foolish
Hard-working
Kind
Lazy
Messy
Neat
Shy

What else can you see?


What else can you say?
VOCABULARY EXERCISES

1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

a. How does Ted feel - show - sing today?


b. Do you want to shout - hold - smile the baby?
c. What do you fall - think - kiss of this film?
d. Don´t enjoy - know - touch that! It´s very hot!
e. When you love a person, you become - hug - cry them
f. Do you know - worry - laugh at the answer to this question?
g. Can you hold - show - know me your new laptop?

2. COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE WITH THE QUESTIONS BELOW

is he crying? - What are they doing? - Why is he lying on the sofa? -


What´s happening? - What else can you see?

a. ............?
b. A child is lying on the sofa
c. ............?
d. Because he´s ill
e. ............?
f. No, he isn´t
g. ............?
h. The child´s parents
i. ............?
j. The father is talking on his mobile phone. The mother is holding her son

3. MATCH THE QUESTIONS WITH THE ANSWERS

1. What´s happening? a. She´s holding the boy´s hand


2. What´s the woman doing? b. The boy´s bicycle
3. Is he crying? c. A woman is trying to help a
4. Why is he crying? small boy
5. Are people laughing? d. No, they aren´t
6. What else can you see? e. Because he can´t find his
mother
f. Yes, he is
GRAMMAR

1. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE Present Continuous

a. A man and a woman ..... (CLIMB) a mountain. The man ..... (HOLD) the
woman´s hand. He ..... (TRY) to help her.
b. A man and a woman ..... (FIX) a bike. The man ..... (HOLD) the bike.
c. Some people ..... (STAND) on a beach. They ..... (GIVE) food to birds.
d. A boy ..... (DO) homework. A girl ..... (CHECK) his work.
e. An old man ..... (START) to go up some stairs. A young man ..... (HELP) him.

2. WRITE SENTENCES USING THE Present Continuous Negative

a. The man on the mountain - WEAR - a hat


b. The girl - HOLD - a pencil
c. The birds - FLY - in the sky
d. The young man - HUG - the old man
e. The bike mechanics - WEAR - green work clothes

3. WRITE questions WITH THESE WORDS AND THEN ANSWER THEM.

a. the music group - PERFORM - at a hospital? No,


b. Louise and Claire - PLAY football - with some small children? Yes,
c. Tim and Mike - PREPARE dinner - for some old people? No,
d. Sandra - FEED - dogs at the animal home? Yes,
e. Janice - CLEAN - the classroom? No,

4. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE Present Simple AND Present Continuous.

"Imagine this scene. You ..... (WALK) down the street and you see a homeless man.
The man ..... (not/WEAR) shoes and a police officer ..... (TALK) to the man. Now, the
police officer ..... (GO) into a shop and he ..... (BUY) new socks and boots. Why .....
he ..... (DO) that?.
Many people ..... (not/CARE) about heomeless people, but New York police officer,
Larry DePrimo, really ..... (WANT) to help them. The description above isn´t just a
story. On the internet, you can find pictures of Larry DePrimo giving socks and
boots to a homeless man. Now people all over the world ..... (TALK) about Larry and
his amazing actions. What ..... you ..... (THINK)? Is Larry a hero?"

5. WRITE questions USING THE Present Simple OR THE Present Continuous.

a. you - KNOW - any amazing people?


b. When - your school day - usually - END?
c. Where - your best friend - SIT - right now?
d. your school - ORGANISE - volunteer days?
e. you - WEAR - socks and boots - today?
6. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH and, but, because AND or.

a. She´s crying ..... she´s sad


b. He´s talking loudly, ..... he isn´t shouting
c. He often walks on the beach ..... takes pictures of the people
d. I don´t do extreme sport ..... watch it on TV
e. Jake is clever, ..... he´s very lazy
f. I don´t like hamburgers, ..... I love pizza
g. Do you prefer watching Tv ..... reading a book?
h. Mum is singing ..... she´s very happy
i. On Saturdays, Frank goes to the shopping centre ..... meets his friends
j. Jeff´s room is messy, ..... his homework is usually neat
READING COMPREHENSION TEXT

A man is sitting in a space capsule. He´s wearing a spacesuit and he isn´t moving. A
balloon the size of a tall building is taking the capsule into space. People on Earth
are controlling the balloon, and millions of people are watching the event on
YouTube. Around two and a half hours later, the capsule is 39 km above the Earth.
What´s the man doing? He´s standing in the door. Now he´s falling through space.
The temperature is -56,7 ºC, and one small mistake can kill him.
Ten minutes later, he´s back on Earth. He´s sitting on the ground and his amazing
jump is over.
The man is Felix Baumgartner. He´s a professional aeroplane pilot and extreme
athlete. People call him Fearless Felix because he does amazing things and he isn´t
frightened. But is Fearless Felix really brave and adventurous, or is he just foolish?
According to Felix, he knows what he´s doing and he prepares well. His space jump
wasn´t just for fun. Scientists are using information from the jump for medical
research and for future space travel projects.

Answer these questions


1. How big is the balloon?
2. Who is directing the balloon?
3. How high is Felix when he jumps?
4. What is the temperature when he jumps?
5. How long is the return trip to Earth?
6. Why was Felix´s space jump important for scientists?
GRAMMAR REVISION

1. MAKE THESE SENTENCES affirmative OR negative. USE THE Present


Continuous

a. Lisa ..... (RIDE) her bike


b. Jason and Ann ..... (not/STAND)
c. Katie ..... (FEED) Pepper
d. Ken ..... (not/HAVE) a science lesson
e. Laura and Matt ..... (STUDY) Maths

2. WRITE questions WITH THE Present Continuous. THEN ANSWER THEM.

a. Valerie - TELL - the children a story? Yes,..


b. Mandy and Jack - MAKE noise? No,...
c. Kevin - FEED - a child on his bed? No, ...
d. Lynn and George - WASH dishes? Yes,...
e. Hannah - WASH the floor? No, ...

3. WRITE A QUESTION TO EACH OF THE ANSWERS

a. ...............?
Yes, we are. We are reading this book.
b. What ............?
They are watching a basketball game.
c. Where ...........?
Theresa is taking Ken to school.
d. .............?
No, she isn´t. She isn´t singing in the concert.
e. Why .............?
He´s smiling because he got 100% in the test.

4. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE Present Simple OR THE Present


Continuous

a. We ..... (HAVE) dinner now


b. The baby ..... (not/SMILE) at the moment
c. We usually ..... (WALK) to school
d. Our maths teacher ..... (not/GIVE) us homework on Fridays
e. ............................................. (the students/LIKE) science lessons?

5. WRITE questions USING THE Present Simple OR THE Present Continuous.

a. you - STUDY - French - at the moment?


b. What - you - WEAR - right now?
c. you - often GET - good marks - in English?
d. the teacher - READ - to the class - right now?
e. When - you - usually DO - your homework?
6. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE Present Simple OR THE Present
Continuous

"What ..... you ..... (SEE) in this picture? There are many people on a beach in
Australia. They ..... (not/WEAR) swimsuits; they ..... (WEAR) special clothes. There
are also some whales in the picture. The whales ..... (not/SWIM). They ..... (LIE) on
the beach. But why? A whale usually ..... (SWIM) in the ocean, it ..... (not/LIVE) on
land. These whales can´t go back into the sea. They are very tired and they can´t
swim away. The people ..... (FEEL) sad because the animals are frightened. They .....
(WANT) to help the whales. What ..... they ..... (DO)? They ..... (TRY) to put the whales
back into the sea. One man ..... (TOUCH) a whale´s head. All the people ..... (WORK)
together to move the whales.
..... you ..... (THINK) they can do it?"

7. CORRECT THE MISTAKES

a. What are Paula doing now?


b. Tom often cook dinner
c. I am like swimming
d. Jack don´t have sport on Fridays
e. You are doing homework at the moment?

* fer també pag. 20 a 23 del workbook

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