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2 GRAMMAR EXTRA

PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 2 3 Complete the text with the present simple or


present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
2.1 present simple and continuous Sam 1is looking for (look for) his first job. He
2 buys
(buy) the paper every day,
1 Put the words in the correct order to make a 3 is looking for
(look for) jobs and 4 writes (write)
conversation. to everyone he can think of. He generally
A: Sam / working / at / the moment / not / is 5 does
(do) well at interview because
Sam is not working at the moment. he 6 is (be) quite confident and friendly
B: looking / job / a / for / he / is? and 7 gets on (get on) well with people, but he
8 is finding
Is he looking for a job? (find) it difficult to get an interview at
A: find / to / in / trying / is / he / work / travel all. He 9 wants (want) to work in travel because
industry / the / yes, he 10 likes (like) change and variety and he
11 doesn't want
Yes, he is trying to find work in the travel industry. (not want) a desk job.
B: speaks / languages / three / he
He speaks three languages
A: likes / with / dealing / he / people / difficult
He likes dealing with people, but he can be difficult.
B: he / does / well / work / under pressure?
Does he work well under pressure?
A: great / deadlines / isn’t / he / with
He isn't great with deadlines.
B: colleagues / his / do / well / get on / him / with?
Do his colleagues get on well with him?
A: popular / is / he / very / a / his / member / of /
team / yes,
Yes, he is a very popular member of the team.
B: looking / am / I / for / assistant / him / ask / so /
call / me / to / an
I am looking for an assistant, so I'll call him and ask him.

2 Underline the correct alternative. 2.2 adverbs of frequency


1 We are hiring/hire new people at the moment.
2 The employees are choosing/choose their own
1 Match the words with the percentages.
work hours. 1 rarely a) 100%
3 We are having/have great relationships with our 2 usually b) 0%
customers. 3 never c) 50%
4 We are expanding/expand into different cities. 4 always d) 80%
5 Many companies are offering/offer low salaries. 5 sometimes e) 10%
6 The employees are working/work from home on
Fridays.
2 Choose the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a) We never go to the theatre.
7 Does the boss get on/Is the boss getting on with her
staff right now? b) Never we go to the theatre.
8 We’re taking/We take our final exams at the 2 a) I am late for usually school.
moment. b) I am usually late for school.
3 a) They call me late at night always.
b) They always call me late at night.
4 a) She rarely eats red meat.
b) She eats rarely red meat.
5 a) He never has problems with customers.
b) He has problems with customers never.

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2 GRAMMAR EXTRA

2.3 expressing likes/dislikes Consolidation


1 Complete the table with the words in the box. 1 Choose the correct answer, a), b) or c).

absolutely love can’t stand don’t like Jon hates his job. He 1 in a busy office in the
don’t mind hate keen on like love city centre. The problem is he 2 indoors and he
not very keen on 3
stand being in the city. He loves 4
outside. He 5 for long walks every day in the
Positive parks and 6 if it’s cold and raining. His friends
Keen on he should get a new job, but he 8 ever
7
absolutely love
has any time to look. Today he is on holiday and he
Love 9
at job advertisements. He 10 he would
Like like to work on a farm or maybe in the travel industry.

1 a) works
Neutral
b) is working
Don't mind c) worked
2 a) doesn’t like work
b) doesn’t like working
c) isn’t like working
3 a) isn’t
Negative
b) doesn’t
Can't stand Don't like c) can’t
4 a) be
Hate Not very keen on b) being
c) been
5 a) is going
2 Put the conversation in the correct order. b) went
c) goes
a) Hi, Bella. How are things? 1
6 a) doesn’t mind
b) Wow! Congratulations! I like fashion too, but I’m
b) not minds
not keen on the long working hours. 5
c) isn’t minding
c) Yes, let’s. 7
7 a) tell oen him
d) It is. It’s in the fashion industry, and I absolutely b) oen tell him
love fashion. 4 c) oen telling him
e) Great actually. I’ve got a new job. 2 8 a) almost
f) Yes, I’m not keen on sitting at a desk all day either. b) hard
Let’s go out and celebrate! c) hardly
g) Really? That sounds exciting! 3 9 a) looks
h) Thanks! I don’t mind doing the long hours for a b) is looking
job I love. I can’t stand office jobs. 6 c) looks
10 a) sometimes thinks
b) sometimes is thinking
c) sometimes

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