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How to use this book Language tip
Strategies you can use to help you with your learning.
In China, you bow when you meet someone.
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Questions to help you think about how you learn.
Use the pronoun ‘you’ to mean ‘people in general’.
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Was it useful to write an account of the family member before you answered the questions? Why?
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Did anybody ask you a question you couldn’t answer? What did you say?
Summary checklist
I know about some customs of meeting and greeting and I can talk about them. I know about some famous gifts in history. I can have a conversation about giving gifts. I can describe my family members and my family history. I know about tracing ancestors. I can talk about my experiences at secondary school. I can have a conversation about giving gifts.
This is what you have learned in the unit.
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Questions that cover what you have learned in each unit. If you can answer these, you are ready to move on to the next unit.
The Remember unit contains questions and notes to help you remember some key grammar points.
Remember You can use the following notes and exercises to help you remember some key grammar points.
Verbs Words like do, go, have, live and be are verbs. We change the form of the verb to show the time we are referring to.
Present We use the present simple to talk about: •
things that are true now
I live in the city centre.
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things that are always true
Water boils at 100 °C.
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things that happen regularly.
I play football every Saturday.
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I live in the city centre.
I don’t live in a village.
Do you live in a city?
He / She lives in the city centre.
He / She doesn’t live in a village.
Does he / she live in a city?
We use the present continuous to talk about: •
things that are happening at the time we are speaking
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temporary situations. + I’m doing my homework.
– I’m not watching TV.
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I’m doing my homework.
I’m staying with my grandparents at the moment. ? Are you watching TV?
Choose present simple or present continuous to complete these sentences.
a My parents are both doctors. They work (work) at the local hospital. b Sorry, I can’t talk now. I ………… (have) dinner. c Sshh! Be quiet! We ………… (watch) a really good film. d You can borrow my laptop. I ………… (not use) it at the moment. Watch e this! He’s vegetarian so he ………… (not eat) hamburgers.
Video is available with Digital Classroom.
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