Excercises:

1.
The prime Minister doesn't play football in his free time.
Their children don"t watch CN before going to bed.
My neighbours don't often give parties in their flat often. I am often at home.
Jack and Jill never play hide and seek after school. /Jack and Jill don't play hide and seek after
school. - dont always
Jack doesn't learn English at his place of work.
He never/rarely asks stupid questions.
2.
Do the members of the band get home late?
Do they usually have a cup of coffe before they go to work?
Does the singer have to eat woo eggs before singing?
Does the show start at 10 o'clock?
Do the stars meet people from all over the world?
3.
What time does he get up?/What time gets he up?
Who do you go to school with?
How often do you meet with your friends?
Why does she go home late?Why goes she home late? get home
Do your children learn well at school? do well
Does your son learn a language?
4.
Pat doesn't like getting up early.
Do you learn languages at school?
Does Peter have a flat of his own?
She doesn't earn much money.
We don't spend too much time watching tv.
Why don't you see the doctor if you don't feel (yourself ??) well?
Who does he share the flat with?
5.
Whey doesn't she want to buy a new flat?
How much does this tv cost?
When does your plane take off?
Why don't you marry that beautiful girl?
What sort of music does Fiona listen to?
Mr. Nicholson, what time starts your lecture?/ does your lecture start?
6.
Who hates getting up early at the weekends?
When do you hate getting up at the weekend?
Who make the dinner when she gets home from work?

What does her husband do when she gets home from work?
3/3 ??? Who do you go to school with?
Who does never talk about her private life? Who talks never about her private life?
What does Sheila never talk about?
What does your grandmother listen to when she is tired?
When does my grandmother listen to the radio?
What does Peter always bring for his girlfriend?
Whom brings Peter presents? Who does Peter bring presents for?
Who does he go to work with?
Who eats out once a month?
HOw otften do the Browns eat out?
Who does his friends speak to twice a week?
How often do his friend speak to him?
6/10/1-?????? What kind of girls does Tom always go out with? :) No idea..
6/10/2 Who does Tom always go out with?
7 (I think there are more words than senctences)
The sun sets in the west.
Winnie-the-Pooh likes/eats honey.
Chimney sweapers clean chimneys.
Dogs don't like /eats cats.
Hunters shoot animals.
The earth goes round the sun
Hatred breed hatred.
Waiters serve people food.
8.a
He doesn't have breakfast in the mornings.
It takes him an hour to get to work by bus.
He isn't wide-awake on the bus.
The workers don't like the manager of the company.
He doesnt use his car very often. (not true)
He never has lunch in the canteen.
He rarely goes home by bus.
b,
What kind of car does he have?
How does he go to work?
How long does he travel to work? How long does it take (him) to travel to work?
How long does it take to get to the airport?
Where does he eat his homemade sandwiches?
Why does he never eat in the canteen?

What does he hate spending money on?

8/b/8 ??
Who does he (him??) take home? Who takes him home?
Who does he go home with?

2. Present Continuous (Page 15-17)

1.
Are they planning to go on holiday in winter?
They aren't planning to to go on holiday in winter.
Are Tom and Jerry chasing the bulldog?
Tom and Jerry aren't chasing the bulldog.
Is the manager opening the new plant at the and of the next week?
The manager isn't opening the new plant at the and of the next week.
Am I looking for a job now?
I'm not looking for a job now.
Is the number of refugees increasing dramatically?
The number of refugees isn't increasing dramatically.
2.
Who are looking forward to their honeymoon?
What are the Beans looking forward to?
Where are we flying next week?
When are we flying to Rome?
What is the neighbour's son always telling to my children?
Who is the neighbour's son always telling rude stories to?
2/5 ???
3.
3/1Temporary action
3/2 Action at the time of speaking
3/3 Future action
3/4 Frequent negative actions
3/5 Changing situation
3/6 Unusual action
3/7 Temporary action / Future action
3/8 Changing situation/ Action around the time of the speaking
4.

Sheila and Dave lost weight. They are dieting.

Your husband is a nice guy. He is always buying flowers for you.
I'm thinking about changing my flat for a bigger one.
Patsy isn't talking to him until he apologises to her.
Julie isn't working now, because she wants to take care of her children until they start school.
I'm very exhausted, so I'm not attending the evening classes now. I need to relax.
My father is getting more and more absent-minded. Perhaps he has too much work to do.
5.
Who is making such a noise? I think the Browns are redecorating their flat again.
What are you smiling at?
Why is Jack working so hard these days?
Our American collegue is in Budapest again. Oh,he is? What is he doing here? He is making a
survey of the Budapest Stock Exchange.
Why are the prises rising?
Why is he always behaving like this?
I've got a new job. And how are you getting on?Quite well,thanks.
Why is it that he is always late for work nowadays? As far as I know he is learning to play
tennis before work.
6.
6/1 It is getting dark.
6/2 She is getting fat.
6/3 It progresses. (?)
6/4 He /she is getting older.
6/5 They are falling down.
6/6 It is growing.
6/7 It s declining.
6/8 It is getting cold.
6/9 He /she is becoming thinner.
6/10 He/ she is exhausted.
7.
The population of Hungary is decreasing.
The number of students who learn Russian is increasing.
My English is getting better.
The number of English learners is rising.
The rate of exports to the Eastern markets is increasing.
The value of the Hungarian forint is falling.
The situation in the Third world is getting worse.
The Earth's climate is getting warmer.
The size of the rain forests are declining.

Oxford Word Skills-Idioms and phrasel verbs

I can talk about learning (page 28)

1
1. At school we had to learn certain poems by heart.
2. My pronounciation isn't very good, but I manage to make myself understood.
3. It'll take me a long time to become a doctor, but i'll get there eventually.
4. It's your only chance, so make the most of it.
5. I missed several lessons, so now I have to catch up with the others in the class.
6. The teacher started the lesson with a long list of dos and don'ts.
1/3 ??
2-3.
1. Can you usually make yourself understoodable in English?
Yes, but I think my vocabulary needs to expand. I think it is important to be able to express
complex ideas.
2. Have you tried to learn certain things by heart?
Yes, at the grammar school I had to learn certain poems by heart.
3. Do you say words out loud to help you to remember them?
Yes of course. I do it regulary. For me it is a perfect way how the new words sink in. -- -- of
new words sinking in
4. Do you always make the most of your time in class?
I think yes, but nowadays i need to learn alone at home.
5.Do you ever get behind with any of your studies?
Five years ago at the university I was ill for 2 weeks. At that time it was hard to cath up with
the other students.
6. Do you think trial and error is a good learning method?
Yes it is. It is one of my weaknesses, I'm usually afraid of making mistakes.
7. If you start something, do you generally stick it up?
I think it is very important to keep it up.
8. Have you ever started a course and then given it up?
Yes, it was 2 years ago. i'm not proud of it.
4.
rack your brains, keep your mind on something, go in one ear and out the other, on the tip of
my tongoue, make sense of something, keep it up.

5-6
1. I often find I have words on the tip of my tongue.-True
2. I often have to rack my brains to remember things I've learnt recenty. Frue
3. I think I'm doing really well English, but I nedd to kepp it up. True
4. I'm bad at languages. New words go in one ear and out the other. False
5. I'm good at languages. I can usually pick things up quite quickly. (Partly true)
6. I find quite hard to make sense of the Present Perfect in English. Absolutely true
7. If I don't write down new words as I learn them, they don't sink in. True
8. I need to brush up on irregular English verbs. True.
9. When I practise speaking I find that lots of words come back to me. True

Oxford Word Skills- 2 I can talk about my progress and aims

1.
Ha gave me a lot of encouragement.
I think my English is improving.
My mother speaks English very accurately.
It's frustrating when you can't understand.
He doesn't have much motivation.
I was very enthusiastic when I started.
2.
1. in progress
2. afther a while
3. progression
4. obvious
5. accurately
6. to be aware of
7. express
8.frustrating
4.
1 fluently
2 everyday
3 relevant / useful
4 expand
5 inappropriate
6 aim
5.

1 Did you explain it fully? No it was irrelevant.

2 It wasn't a suitable word to use. I agree it was unuseful?? irrelevant??
3 Is it a simple problem? No, it is quite complex / complicated
4 Is this yoghurt bad for you? No it doesn't contain any fat.
5 Is her vocabulary getting bigger? Yes it is definitely expand.
6 Do you need any special knowledge? Yes, it is very specialized.
7 Is the hotel room expensive? Yes, but the price includes dinner.
8 Were there many subjects? Yes quite a wide range of topics.
6.
I think my vocabulary needs to expand. I often find that I have words on the tip of my tongue.
Id like to be more fluent, learning new phrases and words. I need to get better as using
appropriate language when I speak. My goals are improving my language skills, learning and
using the grammar rules. All I have to do now is to keep it up.