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| ISBN-13: | 9781490785240 |
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| Publisher: | Trafford Publishing |
| Publication date: | 10/20/2017 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 254 |
| File size: | 349 KB |
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CHAPTER 1
The present simple tense
TASK 1
Each student must come to the front of the class and give a presentation on their daily routines. Try to talk for at least three minutes. As well as affirmative statements, the students should also use negative and interrogative forms. For the interrogative, use both 'yes/no' and 'wh' type questions.
TASK 2
Write a short paragraph of between 50 and 80 words which describe your daily routine. Make use of negative and interrogative forms. For the interrogative, use both 'yes/no' and 'wh' type questions.
An Amazing Discovery
Episode 1
Dr. Abhilash Dwivedi is a famous scientist in India. He works at the Calcutta Research Laboratories in the city of Calcutta in the east of India. He is a specialist in Virology and Bacteriology. His name is well-known not only in India but throughout the world.
Abhilash's job is interesting and varied, but there are a number of routine tasks he performs on a daily basis. He gets up every morning at 6 o'clock. "I eat a small breakfast," he says. "I then drive to the laboratory and have a meeting with my staff. We always begin the day with a meeting. They tell me about any problems they have in the laboratory."
People get sick from viruses and bacteria. Abhilash's job is to study these micro-organisms. He and his fellow research scientists want to find out how they behave when they get inside a human being.
Now, there is a plague in Calcutta. People die from the plague every day. No one knows its origins. However, the government says that the bacteria are from Dr. Abhilash Dwivedi's laboratory. Abilash denies this. The Ministry of Health in Delhi tells Abhilash that he cannot work as a research scientist anymore because he was careless with his experiments.
Abilash believes that these pathogens come from outer space. He reads the books by two famous scientists, Sir Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe. They strongly assert in their writings that many diseases come from beyond the Earth. Many of Abhilash's fellow scientists laugh at him – but he says, "I can prove that the theory of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe is correct."
TASK 3 Answer the following questions.
1.) Is Dr. Dwivedi a famous scientist?
2.) Does he work at the Calcutta Research Laboratories?
3.) Does he work in Bombay?
4.) Do you know a famous scientist?
5.) What time does Abhilash get up?
6.) How does he get to work?
7.) Where does Abhilesh work now?
8.) Who are the two famous scientists Abhilesh reads about?
9.) Where do they say many diseases come from?
10.) What can Abhilesh prove?
TASK 4 Choose a, b, c or d
1.) Abhilash is a specialist in _______.
a.) laboratories b.) Virology and Bacteriology c.) research d.) routine
2.) ) Abhilash eats ________.
a.) a big breakfast b.) a small breakfast c.) a big dinner d.) a small dinner
3.) The researchers at the laboratory want to find out how micro-organisms behave when they get inside ____________.
a.) a laboratory b.) outer space c.) Calcutta d.) a human being
4.) There is a ________ in Calcutta.
a.) play b.) plague c.) research d.) routine
5.) Many of Abhilash's fellow scientists _________ at him.
a.) agree b.) read c.) research d.) laugh
TASK 5 Say if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
1.) Abhilash does not believe that diseases come from space. ________
2.) Abhilash reads the books of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe. ________
3.) Abhilash still works at the Calcutta Research Laboratories. ________
4.) Hoyle and Wickramasinge believe many diseases are extraterrestrial. ________
5.) Abhilash's fellow scientists take him seriously. ________
TASK 6 Match 1 – 6 with a – f
1.) Dr. Abhilash is a famous ________. a.) performs
2.) He works in ________. b.) scientist
3.) His name is famous in ________. c.) meeting
4.) He gets up at ________. d.) six o'clock
5.) He has ________ a with his colleagues. e.) Calcutta
6.) He ________ routine tasks every day. f.) India and the world
TASK 7 Use your dictionary to find out the meanings of all the new words you have encountered in this unit.
HOMEWORK
Go to the internet and try to find out what kind of routines people do in these places. Also say what they do not do. Ask questions about their routines. Ask 'yes/no' type questions and 'wh' questions.
1.) At the clinic
2.) At the supermarket
3.) At the airport
4.) At the school
5.) At the office
6.) At home
7.) At the dentist
8.) On the street
9.) In the park
10.) At the farm
CHAPTER 2
The present continuous tense
TASK 1
Each student comes to the front of the class and performs actions either actual or mime and uses the present continuous to say what they are doing and what they are not doing. For example: 'I am playing football. I am not playing basketball.' The students should be encouraged to ask questions using this tense. For the interrogative, use both 'yes/no' and 'wh' type questions.
TASK 2
Write a short paragraph of between 50 and 80 words describing what is happening in the class now. If you can see what is happening in the playground or in the street, you can also describe that. Use negative and interrogative sentences as well as affirmatives. For the interrogative, use both 'yes/no' and 'wh' type questions.
An Amazing Discovery
Episode 2
Today is the last day at the Calcutta Research Laboratories for Dr. Abhilash Dwivedi. Now he is saying goodbye to all his staff. They are very sad to see him leave. He needs another job now.
"Do you have another job?" one of his staff is asking.
"I am currently searching for one," Abhilash answers.
Because the Ministry of Health blames Abhilash for the plague, it is difficult for him to find alternative employment.
"Are you leaving Calcutta or are you staying here?" one of his friends asks.
Abhilash does not know what to do. He knows it is very difficult for him. However, he is trying his best to find a suitable job.
Abhilesh is knocking at the door of a friend's house in New Delhi. "Hello Abhilash, I was expecting you." Dr. Dipka Kaur is a scientist like Abhilash. She is about 25 years old – just three years younger than Abhilash.
"I understand that you are an astronomer and not a virologist or bacteriologist," says Abhilash, "but since you are the only one I know who supports my theory that diseases come from outer space, I am asking you for your help to clear my name of blame for the plague in Calcutta."
"I am not a biologist but I am convinced of the veracity of astrobiology," says Dipka. "Currently, my team of observers at the New Delhi Observatory is analysing data from various nebulae and interstellar space dust. My observers state they are clearly seeing biological activity in these phenomena when they are examining the spectrographs of them."
"You have a very busy schedule, Dipka," says Abhilash, "but could you conduct observations on comets – the ones near the outer planets. These comets are now moving back to near the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud after orbiting the sun a few years ago and so passing through Earth's orbit. Perhaps this strain of influenza comes from one of these comets."
"I think this is very possible," says Dipka. "Abhilash, I am giving priority to tracking down the source of this plague in an extraterrestrial dimension. As I am the Director of the New Delhi Observatory, I am changing research efforts from extra-galactic focus to an analysis of comet and cometary debris in the solar system."
"I cannot thank you enough, Dipka," says Abhilash. "It is so kind of you to do this."
TASK 3 Answer the following questions
1.) What is today?
2.) What is Abhilash currently doing?
3.) Whose door is Abhilesh knocking at?
4.) Who is Dipka?
5.) Where are the comets moving back to?
6.) Where might the strain of influenza come from?
7.) What is Dipka giving priority to?
8.) What is Dipka changing?
9.) Is Dipka a biologist?
10.) What can Dipka's observers clearly see?
TASK 4 Choose a, b, c or d
1.) The staff at the Calcutta Research Laboratories are ________ to see Dr. Dwivedi leave.
a.) happy b.) glad c.) sad d.) pleased
2.) Dr. Dwivedi ________ another job.
a.) is looking for b.) has c.) gets d.) is getting
3.) Dipka is ________ 25 years old.
a.) exactly b.) almost c.) past d.) around
4.) Dipka is sure that the subject of astrobiology is ________.
a.) false b.) invalid c.) true d.) unscientific
5.) Abhilash thinks that the comets may bring ________.
a.) data b.) the Oort Cloud c.) the solar system d.) diseases
TASK 5 Say if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
1.) Abhilash will definitely leave Calcutta. ________
2.) Abhilash is visiting a friend in Madras. ________
3.) Dipka is not a virologist. ________
4.) Dipka has a light schedule. ________
5.) Abhilash is grateful to Dipka for her help. ________
TASK 6 Match 1 – 6 with a – f
1.) Dr. Dipka Kaur is ________. a.) debris
2.) She works at the New Delhi ________. b.) an astronomer
3.) Dipka has a busy ________. c.) activity
4.) Her observers think they see d.) Observatory biological ________.
5.) She will help Abhilash in tracking the e.) plague source of the ________.
6.) She and her team will analyse f.) schedule cometary ________.
TASK 7 Use your dictionary to find out the meanings of new words you have encountered in this unit.
HOMEWORK
Look at Youtube videos of activities in these places and describe what is happening. Also say what is not happening. What questions can you ask about the videos? Ask 'yes/no' type questions and 'wh' questions.
1.) At a football match
2.) On a street
3.) In a classroom
4.) At a funfair
5.) At a supermarket
6.) On a ship
7.) In a factory
8.) In a park
9.) In a hospital
10.) At a railway station.
CHAPTER 3
Simple past tense – regular verbs & past of 'to be'
TASK 1
Each student should come to the front of the class and give a presentation on what they did and didn't do yesterday, last week, last month etc. Use negative and interrogative forms also and not only affirmatives. For the interrogative, use both 'yes/no' and 'wh' type questions.
TASK 2
Write a short paragraph of between 50 to 80 words about some things you did and didn't do in the past. Make use of negative and interrogative forms also. For the interrogative, use 'yes/no' and 'wh' question types.
An Amazing Discovery, Episode 3
In another part of New Delhi, two men are talking in a very plush office; it is the office of Jagit Hakesh, Chief Executive Officer of the pharmaceutical company, New Delhi Pharmaceuticals. With Jagit Hakesh is the Assistant CEO, Maneesh Zaiden.
"Well, it seems things worked out well," said Jagit to his assistant. Jagit Hakesh was a man in his middle forties. Although short and stout, he exuded an air of power and superiority. He was proud of his accomplishments. Over the past ten years, he worked his way upwards through the hierarchy of New Delhi Pharmaceuticals to end up in the top job. However, Jagit was a highly ambitious man; being CEO of this prestigious pharmaceutical company did not satisfy his lust for power. His ambition was to take over all the major pharmaceutical companies in India.
"But, you know," said Maneesh Zaiden, "Abhilash Dwivedi is not the kind of man who just gives up." Maneesh Zaiden shared his boss' ambitions; however, he was a more cautious type of individual who preferred to weigh up matters before he embarked on any course of action.
"You and Dwivedi were at university together, weren't you?" asked Hakesh. "What kind of a student was he?"
"We studied at the University of Hyderabad? He was a couple of years ahead of me, so I never had much contact with him. Also, he studied Bacteriology and Virology, not Pharmacy. But he was the top student in his stream with straight As in every assignment he completed."
"Did he show any signs of being ambitious? I mean what kind of tendencies did he display in that area?
"I remember I chatted to him once in the canteen. He showed interest only in scientific research. He was not really interested in power or wealth."
"Did you imagine that he was the kind of man that someone could bribe?
"Never! He exercised the highest standards of ethics and integrity."
"Then it is important that we get rid of him!"
TASK 3 Answer the following questions
1.) Who are Jagit Hakesh and Maneesh Zaiden?
2.) How old was Jagit?
3.) What did Abhilesh study at university?
4.) Did Maneesh Zaiden attend the same university as Abhilesh did?
5.) What is the name of the pharmaceutical company that Jagit and Maneesh work for?
6.) Did Abhilesh Dwivedi study Pharmacy at university?
7.) How many years ahead of Maneesh was Abhilesh at university?
8.) Who exercised the highest standards in ethics and integrity?
9.) Which university did Abhilash and Maneesh study at?
10.) Where did Abhilesh and Maneesh chat?
TASK 4 Choose a, b, c or d
1.) Jagit Hakesh ________ is of New Delhi Pharmaceuticals.
a.) OCE b.) CEO c.) COE d.) ECO
2.) Jagit Hakesh is in his ________.
a.) middle fifties b.) middle forties c.) below thirty d.) more than sixty
3.) Hakesh and Zaiden want to get ________ of Abhilash.
a.) run b.) rise c.) risk d.) rid
4.) At university, Abhilesh did not display any signs of being ________.
a.) ambitious b.) rid c.) integrity d.) a pharmacist
5.) Abhilesh and Maneesh studied at the University of ________.
a.) New Delhi b.) Calcutta c.) Hyderabad d.) India
TASK 7 Use your dictionary to find out the meanings of all the new words you have encountered in this unit.
HOMEWORK
Make a number of sentences, real or imaginary, about the things that happened in these places yesterday, last week, last month – or at any time in the past. Also say what did not happen? Ask questions using the past simple tense. Use 'yes/no' type questions and 'wh' questions.
1.) At the clinic
2.) At the supermarket
3.) At the airport
4.) At the office
5.) At home
6.) At the school
7.) At the dentist
8.) On the street
9.) In the park
10.) At the farm
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Table of Contents
Unit 1: The present simple tense, 1,
Unit 2: The present continuous tense, 5,
Unit 3: Simple past tense – regular verbs & past of 'to be', 10,
Unit 4: Simple past tense – irregular verbs/past continuous, 14,
Unit 5: How much/How many/ There is/ There are/ Have to do/ Had to do, 19,
Unit 6: Some/any/ a few/ a little, 24,
Unit 7: Past tense with 'ago', 30,
Unit 8: 'Use' as a verb/ 'use' as an adjective meaning 'worth' and 'used to' for past habit, 35,
Unit 9: 'Used to' as in 'accustomed to'(all tenses learned to date), 40,
Unit 10: Adjectives, 44,
Unit 11: Adverbs, 49,
Unit 12: Future tense will/ going to do/ future of have to, 54,
Unit 13: Requests and offers. Take/get/bring/show someone something, 58,
Unit 14: Present perfect – completed actions, 63,
Unit 15: Present perfect – incomplete actions with 'for' & 'since'., 68,
Unit 16: Present perfect with 'just'/ 'already', 72,
Unit 17: Present perfect negative form 'haven't done yet', 77,
Unit 18: Present perfect continuous, 82,
Unit 19: Had better do/have something done, 86,
Unit 20: Past continuous and past simple, 91,
Unit 21: 'Can' in simple future requests and offers, 95,
Unit 22: Present perfect and past simple, 100,
Unit 23: The gerund as a noun, 104,
Unit 24: The present participle as an adjective, 109,
Unit 25: The past participle as a noun, 113,
Unit 26: The past participle as an adjective, 120,
Unit 27: Future simple contrasting 'If' and 'when', 125,
Unit 28: Want/ let/ask/tell/make someone do something, 130,
Unit 29: Future in the past, 135,
Unit 30: Past in the future, 140,
Unit 31: Past perfect and past simple, 145,
Unit 32: Conditional Type 1, 150,
Unit 33: Conditional Type 2, 156,
Unit 34: Conditional Type 3, 161,
Unit 35: The passive voice (present simple & present continuous), 165,
Unit 36: The passive voice (past simple & past continuous), 169,
Unit 37: The passive voice (present perfect & present perfect continuous), 174,
Unit 38: The passive voice (past perfect & past perfect continuous), 179,
Unit 39: The passive voice (future simple & future continuous), 184,
Unit 40: The passive voice (future perfect, future perfect continuous & passive infinitive), 189,
Unit 41: Modal verbs, 194,
Unit 42: Semi-modal verbs, 200,
Unit 43: Reported speech (present simple & present continuous), 205,
Unit 44: Reported speech (past simple & past continuous), 210,
Unit 45: Reported speech (future simple & future continuous), 215,
Unit 46: Emphatic pronouns / Reflexive Pronouns, 220,
Unit 47: Clauses and phrases, 225,
Unit 48: Linking verbs and the complement, 232,
Unit 49: Transitive and intransitive verbs, 236,
Unit 50: The subjunctive Mood, 241,