LISTENING (@ Look at the picture and caption. Answer the questions. 11 What do you think DJ Spooky means by "We're all nature?” ‘a Weare made oftrees. b Weare partofthe planet. ¢ We are animals. 2. What type of music do you think DJ Spooky makes? a hip-hop. classical © rock 3 What types of music do you enjoy? Hip-hop? Rock? Pop? Jazz? Some other kind? © Listen to the conversation between two students meeting for the first time ata party. Complete the chart. (@)NE3 Who... Bruno Anna 1 listens to the school radio station? 2 listens to DJ Spooky? 3. plays an instrument? 4 plays sports? 55 is looking for new music? © Are the sentences true or false or is the information not given? Listen again to check you answers. [\NE3 11 Bruno and Anna like the music at the party. 2 Bruno and Anna both like hip-hop and rock. 3. Anna likes a lot of famous, popular music. 4 DJ Spooky mixes many styles of music. 5 DJ Spooky uses his art to make people think about the environment. 6 DJ Spooky has an easygoing personality. 7 Anna interviewed DJ Spooky. GRAMMAR Simple present and present continuous Sen “Ae youinto (musi /spors/art/ tos)? Simple present Yes am /No nce They play really good music. What kindof rst /spons/ar/ Present continuous oe 1m nto rock/ baseball / dance / b They're playing really good music. science fiction).@ Look at the Grammar box. Underline the verb in each sentence. Then answer the questions. 11 Which tense describes an activity happening right now? 2. Which tense describes something that happens all the time or is true right now? © Complete the information about DJ Spooky using the simple present of the verbs in parentheses. DJ Spooky’s real name (1) ____ (be) Paul D. Miller. He (2) _____ (live) in New York, but he (3) _________ (have) fans all over the world. They (4) ______ (love) his shows—especially the way he (5) ____ (use) music and pictures together. "| (6) _______ (like) to think of music not just as music, but as information,” he says. “Art and music and science and technology (7) _____ (not be) separate things.” At his concerts, people (8) ____ (hear) music, (9)_______ (see) pictures of the natural world, and most of all, (10) ________ (learn). © Complete the sentences with the simple present or present continuous of the verbs in parentheses. 1 Mysister usually __ (watch) TV at night. 2 David _______ (be) from Mexico City. 3 Marta isn’t here because she______(study) in the library. 4 Our football team _________ (practice) on Saturdays. 5 Be quiet, please.|________(try) to use the phone.© Complete the conversation with the simple present or present continuous of the verbs. Some words are used more than once. be do go play wait = want ~=— work A What (1) ____ you (2) _____ right now? B | (3) ______ to Ella's house. ‘A Who (4) ___Ella? B She (5) ______a friend from my basketball team. We (6) _________ basketball after school on Tuesdays. (7) ______ you (8) ________ to come? A Sorry, | can't. | (9) ____ for Tony because we (10) ______ together on a science project. © PRONUNCIATION -s verb endings Read the Pronunciation box. Then listen and write each word in the correct list. Listen again to check your answers. [0) NEM There are three ways to pronounce -s at the end of a verb: /s/ as in gets, /2/ as in sings, or /z/ as in washes. goes likes plays practices studies uses wants watches writes /s/ works, /zf sings, Az/ dances,‘SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS The simple presents used to talk about permanent states and regular habit inthe present and things that are always tue. {im 13 years old ive in stanbul. have two sister ‘My school day starts at 8:00 | play soccer every Saturday. Affirmative Negative 1/You/ We/ They drink milk |1/ You /We /They don't drink il He/She/Itdrinks mik | He/She /It doesn't drink mil Question Short answer Do you /we//they drink milk? | Yes,1/ we / they do. No,1/we / they don't, Yes, he /she /it does. No, he/she /it doesn't. Does he/she /it/ drink ik? The third person singular formed by adding ~sto the vet. Helives in Rome. When verbs end in ~,-s,-sh, ch, x and-z, add es She watches soccer every Saturday When vetbs end ina consonant +-y, replace the -y ith + and add -es He studies English Negatives and questions are formed with do / dont/ does / doesn'tand the main verb, Affirmative Negative Tm studying. Fm not studying, You/We/They are studying. | You/ We / They aren't studying. He /She is studying, He / She isn’t studying. Itis raining. Itisn'training, Question Short answer ‘Am playing? Yes, lam No, tm not. ‘Are you /we//they playing? | Yes, you / we / they are. No, you / we / they aren't, Ishe/she//it playing? Yes, he/she /itis No, he/she /itisn't Present continuous The present continuous s used to talk about things that are happening at the moment of speaking. {mnot playing soccer today because t's raining, The present continuousis aso used to tak about things that are happening around the time of speaking tm reading a good book ght now. When avetb has one sylable and ends in a consonant, ngs added: work —> working. When verb has one syllable and ends in a vowel followed by b,-4 £1, -m,-n, -p, 08+ the final letter is usually doubled. stop —> stopping, sit» siting, plan —» planning Exceptions fing, teeing, seeming sleeping waiting \When a verb endsin-2, itis usually deleted when ingisadded. make—» making VERB PATTERNS: VERB + -ING OR INFINITIVE WITH TO Verb + infinitive ‘agree, decide, expect, hope, leam, need, offer, plan, promise, seem, want, ike Verb +-ing ‘can'thelp, consider, enjoy, finish, not mind, sugges tell Verb +-ing ORto + infinitive | begin, continue, hate, ike, love, prefer, start Verb + infinitive ‘After some vetbs, the infinitive form of another verb is used. want to be more active. The second verb is made negative by putting nor before it ‘he tells her parents not to wonry about her.‘After some verbs, the -ing form of another verb is used. ‘enjoy being sociable, (CES TLIces o ‘Aftersome vetbs, ether can be used with no change in meaning. They like sharing lke to share information. Form questions like thi ‘What do you want to do? What does he enjoy doing? ‘Does sheneed to talk to someone? @ Complete the exchanges. Use the notes to write simple present questions and answers. 1 A you /live in Argentina? Do you live in Argentina? B yes _Yes Ido. 2 A he/play soccer? B no. 3 A they / know Beatriz? B yes 4 A we teady? 6 A you /like school? B yes © Complete the sentences using the present continuous forms of the verbs. expect get have stay study take talk try 11 for my final exams. 2 Mybrother_____tofinda part-time job. 3 They___inahotel. 4 We______alotof fun! 5 You_____a German class, right? 6 She an email from her teacher. 7 Ithinkhe tothe new student. He's very ‘outgoing. 8 It's pretty loud in here. a headache.© Are the underlined present continuous verbs and phrases used correctly? If not, re-write the sentences using the simple present. 1 I'm knowing his first name but not his last name. 2 Are you owning a bicycle? 3 We're staying with friends this week. 4 They‘te preferring soccer to basketball. 5 You're learning the guitar very quickly. 6 |sshe learning Spanish? 7 She's thinking about the test. 8 He's thinking about the answer to the question. © Choose the two options that can complete each sentence. 1 She _____totell mea secret. a didn't mind b started ¢ promised 2 They ___ talking to each other. a enjoy b like © want 3 |___ toleam to talk about my feelings. a can'thelp b want ¢ need 4 We ___ asking our mother for advice. a were b suggest © agree 5 Canyou ____ to write about your experience? a consider b begin © manage 6 He to believe his brother is telling the truth, a seems b enjoys wants© Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 sister /1/ my /to / hope / talk/ to 2 wants / to / my / explain / feelings / me / She 3 We/emotions/ mind / don’t / about / talking 4 hate / You/ your / sharing / feelings 5 know/would/He/to /it/Ike /about/more 6 My/stil/get/ easygoing /she /seems/t0/ good /is/ friend / grades / but @ Complete the sentences with the verb in parentheses. Use one gerund and one infinitive form. 1 (read) | really enjoy__. | want. anew book every week. 2 (meet) | suggest ___ some new people. You can expect_____ new people by joining a club. 3 (enjoy) They seem ____ painting. Even when they're in a bad mood, they can’t help ____it. 4 (go) He agreed___ to the movies with us. He didn’t consider out for dinner afterwards, though. 5 (wait) Do you mind for Ella? We need about ten minutes.