Lifestyle Intermediate Unit 11 CONTENTS

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Strategic vocabulary . pg 2

2.

Present Continuous . pg 3

3.

Present Continuous or Present Simple . pg 5

4.

What do you call it? . pg 7

VOCABULARY
1. Match the vocabulary to the sentences on the right .

1) decrease 2) flight attendant 3) have a break 4) have a good time 5) have a walk 6) increase 7) jet-lagged 8) rise 9) stopover

a) When people enjoy something, they ______________ b) When fares go up, they ________ c) A ______________ looks after passengers on a plane d) When you are tired you need to _______________ e) When sales go down, they ________ f) The place where a plane stops during a journey is a ______________ g) In the evenings, I usually _______________ in the park next to my house.
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h) When indicators go up, they ____________ i) ______________ is the feeling of being tired after a long plane journey.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Structure Affirmative SUBJ + am / is / are + -ING Ex Hes waiting for his flight Negative SUBJ + am not / isnt / arent + -ING Ex He isnt waiting for his flight Questions Ex Is he waiting for his flight? Short answers Yes, SUBJ + am / is / are No, SUBJ + am not / isnt / arent Ex Is he waiting for his flight? Yes, he is or No, he isnt

Use 1. Actions happening now or around now

Im waiting for my flight Were working here in Denver for a week

2. Present trends
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The number of passengers is rising.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE?

PRESENT SIMPLE
SUBJ + base form (-s)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SUBJ + am / is / are + -ING

Ex I play tennis very well He plays tennis very well

Ex I am playing tennis these days She is playing tennis these days

Use 1 Something that is always true, habits or routines

I work from 9 to 5 every day. I dont often watch TV How often do you write reports?

Use 1 For actions happening now and around now.

Please, be quiet. I am working We arent watching TV this evening What are you writing now?

There are some verbs that we do not usually use in their continuous form: Believe Depend Forget Hate Know Like Love Mean Need Prefer Remember Understand
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Want

I need to go to the office now office now Doyou want it now?

Im needing to go to the Are you wanting it now?

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

I am looking for this thing, that contains water.

you know, this big bottle

What do you call it?

Ah!

You mean

the water dispenser.

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