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Grammar Test

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

My mother rarely ……………….. (cook) the meal.

I ……………………. (go) to school by bus.

We …………………… (watch) TV now.

What ………. Mick …………(do) now?

When …….. you ………………… (leave) the office?

Mrs Board …………………… (teach) the students now.

Mrs Board …………………… (teach) English.

When ……….. you …………… (get up)?

He never …………………….. (do) his homework.

They …………………… (go) to France now.

Past simple? Or present perfect?

A Postcard from Spain

I ……………………. here in Spain for two weeks now and I’m having a really good

time.When I ………………………. at the airport I ……………………… very lonely.

But I already ……………………… some friends and I’m staying with a really nicefamily. They ………………………….. me to the seaside last weekend and we…………………….. in the sea. I really ………………………… it. I…………………………….. some Spanish but I …………………………… to anylanguage classes yet – they start next week. It’s midnight now and I need to go tobed as I ……………………………… a very busy day. I …………………….shopping this morning and I ………………………… tennis this afternoon.

See you all in a month



Present Perfect

Coconut Island – Paradise Lost

Coconut Island is a beautiful, tropical island with, of course, coconut palms, golden

beaches and clear blue sea. I’m sorry, I made a mistake there. Coconut Islandwas a beautiful island. There are still coconut palms, golden beaches and clear blue sea but not like before. So, what has happened?

Well, the beach is full of people, sunbeds and umbrellas. The sea is full of speedboats, noisy jets skis and surfers. There are fewer palm trees because thereare more and more buildings. Hotels, holiday resorts, guest houses, restaurants,swimming pools… you name it, Coconut Island has it. Paradise is no longer here,but the Paradise Hotel is.

Perhaps I’m the only one who has a problem with this? The tourists seem happy:the weather is wonderful, the food is tasty and cheap, and the sea is warm. The

local people seem happy: there are many people selling things on the beach,there are lots more jobs and better roads. The developers are certainly happy,there is building work everywhere. So, why am I unhappy?

Well, I have a friend who was here five years ago. Her photo album is full of wonderful pictures of empty beaches. Also she has pictures of small, woodenbungalows on the beach. No need to book, she said, just turn up and you have theplace to yourself – very basic, very cheap, very quiet and very peaceful.

Not anymore! The beach is never empty – it’s packed all day! There is musicblaring from the cafés, children are shouting and screaming, and the hotels arevery expensive. Most of the hotels are full of holidaymakers who booked their trip

months ago. I’m lucky to have a small room at the back of one hotel, and it’s stillexpensive.

But perhaps this is progress? Not only are the roads better but there is also a newmedical clinic. The local kids now speak English ‘Mister, mister, you want t-shirt?’and there are many new businesses opening all the time.

Then I see an old woman trying to cross the road from her house to the shops. It’sno longer a small, quiet road but a large and very busy one. She looks nervousand waits for someone to walk with her. The children no longer ride bicycles butrace around the island on motorbikes. It’s not so safe either – my friend stayed ina bungalow on the beach that had no lock. Now the hotel room says it’s a good

idea to put things in the safe box.Is this progress?

What has changed? Write sentences about the changes of the last 5 years inthe island using Present Perfect.

Beach - become more crowded

Buildings – be built.

Roads – become better

Wooden bungalows – disappear Prices – increase



Local children – learn English

Little Luxuries

Fill the gaps with the words below. There are 26 gaps but 30 words, so thereare 4 words you do not need to use.

Luxury goods are usually 1……………. that are rare, exotic and expensive. People2……………. buying more and more luxury goods worldwide, but 3…………….luxury in the past the same as now? And who will buy luxury goods 4…………….the future?

In ancient Greece the typical 5……………. was fruit and cereals. For most peoplemeat was a luxury and they 6……………. only eat it at religious celebrations,7……………. it was a gift for the Gods. Fish was also a luxury and everyone knewthe price 8……………. different types, so people could show how rich they wereby the type of fish 9……………. bought. In 5th century Greece, eating a lot of fishor expensive fish meant 10……………. a person couldn’t control their desires. Athenians believed 11……………. you were out of control in one way, you wereout of control in every way, so ‘fish lover’ became an insult.

In 17th century Holland, tulips became the 12……………. important luxury. At thattime, most flowers were not 13……………. colourful, but tulips were. Oneparticular tulip, ‘Semper Augustus’, was extremely beautiful 14…………….colourful. One tulip-lover in Amsterdam offered 3,000 guilders 15……………. onetulip bulb, which was about the yearly income of a rich merchant and about16……………. the money Rembrandt received for one of his paintings. The priceof a tulip bulb 17……………. up and up and in 1633, someone sold a farmhousefor three 18……………. tulip bulbs!

After World War Two in Europe, the middle classes wanted luxury goods, but they19……………. afford large items, so smaller things 20……………. handbags,

scarves, wallets and purses became luxury items and this is 21……………. true.For example, 90% of women in Japan 22……………. a designer handbag.

The luxury goods market is growing and is expected to be about £164 billion23……………. the end of 2011. Now Chinese people buy 12% of luxury goodsworldwide and 24……………. economists say that in 2020 they will probably buy44% of all luxury goods, which means they 25……………. buy more luxuryproducts then 26……………. the whole world buys now.

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