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Workshop: Tenses Revision min

Present simple and present continuous

Have a look at Language reference G3 on p. 134 of your coursebook.

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Present perfect and past simple

1. I __________________ (have) these shoes since my eighteenth birthday.

2. I __________________ (tidy) my desk, but now it's in a mess again.
3. The last time I __________________ (go) to Brighton was in August.
4. I'd like to meet a ghost, but I __________________ (never / see) one.
5. I've finished my homework. I __________________ (do) it before tea.
6. Speaker: And the race is over! And Micky Simpson __________________ (win) in
a record time!
7. I __________________ (work) for a computer company for a year. That was after
college.
8. What time __________________ (you / get) to work this morning?
9. Martin __________________ (be) to Greece five times. He loves the place.
10. Reporter: The President __________________ (come) out of the building and is
going to make a speech.
11. Mike: You won't believe this, but I've got some tickets for the concert.
John: Oh, well done. How __________________ (you / get) them?
12. Of course I can ride a bike. But I __________________ (not / ride) one for years.
13. Marilyn Monroe __________________ (be) in about thirty films.
14. Janet __________________ (be) very ill three years ago.
15. Rupert has left a message for you. He __________________ (ring) last night.
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Have a look at Language reference G1 to G3 on p. 136 of your

coursebook.
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Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous

Have a look at Language reference G1 and G2 on p. 138 of your

coursebook.
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Workshop: Tenses Revision Key

Present simple and present continuous

Present perfect and past simple

have had, tidied, went, have never seen, did, has won, worked,
did you get, has been, has come, did you get, haven't ridden,
was, was, rang

Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous

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10
Workshop: Reading min

Optimists and Pessimists

Based on the information in the article, are the following statements true,
false or dont know?
1) Being an optimist always results in better outcomes.
2) Optimists are likely to blame bad results on other people.
3) Optimists can sometimes view bad events as having potentially
positive outcomes.
4) Pessimists will always view a poor exam result as their own fault.
5) Low-achieving students are always pessimistic.
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It doesnt matter if you dont understand every single word, you can always
guess meanings from the context. If you need help with an important word, look
it up in a dictionary!
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Workshop: Reading Key

Optimists and Pessimists

1) False. See paragraph 6. Being too optimistic can result in people viewing you
as abnormal if you are extremely positive in very negative situations.
2) False. See paragraph 4. Optimists usually view bad results as an indication
that they need to improve something that they are doing themselves.
3) True. See paragraph 2. Even in negative situations, optimists may think that
there will be positive outcomes.
4) False. See paragraph 3. Although pessimists will sometimes view a bad result
as their own fault, they may also blame it on an external factor.
5) Dont know. The article doesnt tell us this. In paragraph 5, one study is
mentioned where low-achieving students were helped to improve by
researchers who assisted them in being more positive. This does not imply
that all low-achieving students are pessimistic.
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Workshop: Travel Vocabulary 5 min

Hangman
Play a game of hangman with someone else from the class. Use words connected
with tourism and travelling.

If you really cant remember any travel vocabulary, use unit 2 of the
coursebook to give you some ideas or consult the wordlist.