Workbook S2 Meehan

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2025/26

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WORKBOOK 2024/2026 S2

Present Simple

• Used to discuss general truths, habits, facts, things in general. It is also used with some future time expressions, such as ‘as soon as’ or ‘when’:

She always eats lunch at 1:00.

The earth goes around the sun.

Rice doesn’t grow in cold climates.

They are both 30 years old.

Please call me when you arrive.

Present Continuous

• Used for actions that are happening at the time of speaking, temporary situations, trends, something which is changing, growing or developing, something which we think is temporary, future plans or arrangements, something which is new and contrasts with a previous state

The economy is improving

I am reading a book by David Eggers.

We are going to Egypt next summer.

Fanny packs are coming back in fashion.

Jennifer is living with her sister (until she finds her own apartment).

STATIVE VERBS

HOWEVER, we normally DO NOT use the CONTINUOUS TENSE with verbs that describe states rather than actions: believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, realize, suppose, understand, hear, smell, sound, taste, belong to, have*, possess, own, dislike, hate, love, like, prefer, regret, want, wish, remember, appear, seem, contain, need, depend on, include, involve, mean, measure, weigh, require.

*except in expressions such as “have a shower, have dinner, etc.”

PAST SIMPLE

We use the PAST simple for single complete events in past time. It is often used with expressions like yesterday, at 4:00 o’clock, in 1999, etc. We also use it to talk about repeated events or habit in the past and when we tell a story that took place in the past

Example:

We left home early on Saturday morning and drove to the Scottish border. It took 6 hours to get there. After we crossed the border, we stopped in a little village and had something to eat….

Use the PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PAST SIMPLE in the following paragraph:

Manuel Gonzalez comes (come) from Spain. He usually lives (live) in Madrid and studies sociology at the university in the center of the city, but last year he decided (decide) to take a year off school and write a book about the student experience in Europe. He spent (spend) the first two months in Scandinavia and then moved(move) to Germany for a month. At present he stays (stay) in Paris, where he is renting (rent) a flat for five weeks.  His father was (be) a best-selling author and he is working (work) very hard to follow in his footsteps.

QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS

There are two main types of questions, SUBJECT QUESTIONS and OBJECT QUESTIONS .             (

Most questions are OBJECT questions. To form this type of question you follow this formula:

Question word + auxiliary verb + subject + verb ……?

If there are two verbs in a sentence the first verb is always the auxiliary verb.

If there is only one verb in the sentence you will have to add the auxiliary according to the tense. If you are not sure which auxiliary to use make the sentence negative.

With auxiliary  John is writing a letter.  -  IS and WRITING are both verbs. IS = the auxiliary.

Question word (s) + auxiliary verb + subject + verb…?

What        is   John    writing?

Bob can speak 4 languages.        CAN = auxiliary verb, thus : How many languages CAN Bob SPEAK?

Without auxiliary:

They live in Paris.            (-) They DON’T live in Paris  (auxiliary = DO)

Where DO they LIVE?

She ate an apple                (-) She DIDN’T EAT an apple (auxiliary = DID)

What DID she EAT?

SUBJECT questions are easy – you simply replace the SUBJECT with a question word:

John works at the library

WHO works at the library?

WRITE A QUESTION SO THAT THE UNDERLINED PORTION IS THE ANSWER

1. She is crying because her phone was stolen
2. She works out four times a week.
3. They went to China last summer.
4. The German tourists are travelling to Marseille.
5. I borrowed George’s computer.

FIND A WORD TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1. I’m hungry! Why is the waiter taking so long to take our _________order____________?
2. You use this to reach high areas inside or outside your house: step stool (escabeau)
3. Please put the ice cream in the ___________freezer_____________ so that it doesn’t _________melt________.
4. Every _______________gamblers_____________ dreams of hitting the jackpot on the slot machines.
5. Could you _________lend____________ me 20 euros please?
6. He is a complete __________stranger_______________ I have never seen him before.
7. Could you please ________remind__________ me to call the bank this afternoon?
8. This color doesn’t _______suit________ me.
9. Two players were __________suspended____________ from the next match because they had a fight on the field.
10. Don’t ________expect___________ him to arrive on time. He is always late.
11. You _____________peel___________- oranges before eating them.
12. They took a day _____trip________ to London on the Eurostar. They left at 6 a.m. and were home by 9 p.m.
13. Many difficult legal matters are decided in a ___________courtroom______________________.
14. The place in a factory where goods are stored is called a ________________warehouse ______________.
15. Kings and queens wear this on their head: crown
16. To open the door, you must turn the ____________handle______________.        
17. Round metal pieces of money are called: coin
18. The place on a farm where animals live is called a ____________barn____________.
19. Is it possible to ______________enroll______________ now for next semester’s classes?
20. She has decided to take a ____________roadtrip___________ around Europe next year.
21. The trouble with eating pomegranates is that there are too many ________seads________ inside.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE : (was/were + verb (ing)

We use the PAST CONTINUOUS to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a specific time in the past.

Example:  I was walking home when I saw Dave

Choose the correct tense

1. I SAW/WAS SEEING a very good program on TV last night.
2. While I SHOPPED /WAS SHOPPING I LOST /WAS LOSING my wallet.
3. Last week the police STOPPED / WERE STOPPING Alan in his car because he DROVE / WAS DRIVING over 100 km p/h
4. How DID YOU CUT / WERE YOU CUTTING your finger?
5. When I ARRIVED / WAS ARRIVING at the party everyone DANCED / WAS DANCING.
6. I SAID / WAS SAIYING hello to the children but they didn’t respond because they PLAYED / WERE PLAYING a game.
7. At 4 p.m. yesterday Ben WORKED /WAS WORKING.
8. She SLEPT / WAS SLEEPING when I CALLED / WAS CALLING her.

Use the PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS in the sentences below

1. I ___________________ (not/want) to get up this morning.; it _______________ (rain) and it was cold outside and my bed was warm and cozy.
2. Susan ____________________ (listen) to music when the phone __________________ (ring), so she (not/hear) it.
3. I ___________________ (meet) an old friend while I ______________________ (walk) to work this morning.

PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

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