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better now.
Why ... (so many of us still - eat) so poorly these
days?
Partly, of course, it's about money: healthy food, in general, .(cost)
more than unhealthy food .
Scientists found out after a special survey that even people who ..
.(do) well financially and socially (eat)
ever greater quantities of junk, fast and processed food too.
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II Make questions with these words. Choose the correct tense of the verb: present simple or present
continuous? Then, answer the questions with short answers. Read the model.
MODEL: practical/ ready meals/ be/ but/ help / they people/ to eat/ healthily?
Ready Meals are practical, but do they help people to eat healthily?
No, they dont.
2.
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.
2. the Spanish and Italians/ cook/ home-made meals/ the British/ more often/ than/?
b. This cake tastes so good!
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5. a. Shes being too stubborn! She insists that she did nothing wrong.
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b.
Shes too stubborn! She insists that she did nothing wrong.
Grammar Notes
Present Simple or Present Continuous?
THE PRESENT SIMPLE describes
Do
Do you
you do
do your
your homework
homework before
before dinner?
dinner?
Habits
Habits // Routine
Routine
c.
a changing situation
Oil
Oil floats
floats on
on water.
water.
Permanent
Permanent Truths
Truths
Explanations
Explanations
Digital
Digital cameras
cameras display
display images
images on
on aa screen
screen
immediately
immediately after
after they
they are
are recorded;
recorded; they
they store
store thousands
thousands of
of
images
images on
on aa single
single small
small memory
memory device.
device.
an
an action
action taking
taking place
place at
at the
the moment
moment of
of speaking
speaking
around
around
aa changing
changing situation
situation
Can
Can you
you turn
turn off
off the
the kettle,
kettle, please?
please?
The
water
is
boiling.
The water is boiling.
How
How are
are you
you getting
getting on
on in
in your
your new
new job?
job?
Shes
Shes living
living with
with us
us until
until she
she finds
finds aa flat.
flat.
Your
Your English
English is
is improving
improving..
Action/Dynamic
Action/Dynamic verbs
verbs express
express actions
actions you
you can
can see.
see. They
They can
can be
be
conjugated
conjugated both
both in
in simple
simple and
and continuous
continuous tenses.
tenses.
22 Turn
Turn off
off the
the kettle!
kettle! The
The water
water is
is boiling.
boiling.
o
Water
Water boils
boils at
at 100
100oCC..
55 Other
Other state
state verbs
verbs
77 Verbs
Verbs that
that can
can be
be both
both state
state or
or action
action verbs.
verbs.
They
They change
change their
their form
form according
according to
to their
their meaning
meaning
..
44 thought/opinion:
thought/opinion: be,
be, believe,
believe, think,
think, feel,
feel, know
know,,
understand,
understand, forget,
forget, remember,
remember,
recognise,
recognise, agree,
agree, disagree
disagree
emotion:
emotion: like,
like, love,
love, hate,
hate, prefer,
prefer, want,
want, need,
need, mind
mind
possession:
possession: have,
have, belong,
belong, own,
own, possess
possess
6 seem,
seem, cost,
cost, weigh,
weigh, contain,
contain, equal
equal
88 Have
Have as
as in
in :: Shes
Shes having
having aa bath
bath at
at the
the moment
moment..
Be
Be as
as in:
in: Youre
Youre being
being nave
nave ((youre
youre behaving
behaving as
as if
if you
you were
were)
)
Verbs
Verbs of
of senses
senses:: see,
see, taste,
taste, smell,
smell, feel
feel as
as in
in
This
This soup
soup tastes
tastes good
good .. (state)
(state)
Mum
Mum is
is tasting
tasting the
the soup.
soup. (action)
(action)
Think
Think (consider)
(consider) as
as in:
in: Im
Im thinking
thinking about
about my
my next
next holiday.
holiday.
99 Use
Use CAN
CAN with
with verbs
verbs which
which describe
describe the
the senses
senses to
to talk
talk about
about whats
whats happening
happening now:
now:
II can
can smell
smell something
something burning
burning in
in the
the kitchen.
kitchen.
Can
Can you
you hear
hear aa strange
strange noise
noise outside?
outside?
Key
Task 1
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
is cooking
is
is constantly reading-says
looks is feeling
are so many of us still eating
costs
think-is
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
gets by
is preparing-buys-
14.
needs
works tends
TASK II
1.
spare time?
Yes, I am/No, Im not.
2.
Do the Spanish and Italians cook home-made
meals more often than the British?
Yes, they do.
3.
Is your mother doing an evening course in
traditional British cooking at the moment?
Yes, she is./ No, she isnt.
4.
Do you sometimes cook your own dinner?
Yes, I do
5.
Do health experts believe ready meals are
TASK III
III Tick the correct sentence:
1a Shes thinking about buying a
new cooker.
2b I can hear strange noises in the
backyard, cant you?
3b This cake tastes so good!
4a Why is she smelling the fish?
5a Shes being too stubborn! She insists
that she did nothing wrong
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9a
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