Love it or hate it

Likes and dislikes

I) a) Match beginnings of sentences l-8 to endings a)-h).

1 I'm very i ntcre tcd.. L.

2 I'm quite........

3 I don't...............

4 I don't Iike going...............

s Tidying u p my house...............

6 I think lie-i ns............

7 I'm not very keen.

8 lcan't sta nd...............

9 le njoy havi ng...............

a) keen on joi ning 111y loca l gym.

b) mind going food shopping.

Positive and negative verb forms, words and phrases ED

I) Read Martins opinion of computers and fill in the gaps. Choose a), b) or c).

There aren't many t hi ngs I 1 • •Q.on.'tfik... i n life, but compu ters d rive me

c) working at weekends.

crazy. Of cou rse, everyone

•....••••••••••• they are a wonderful invention

d) a qu iet n igh t in.

e) i n working abroad.

f} to t he den t ist at al l.

and we've got one at home fo r the c h i ld ren. Both of them 3•••••••••••••••••

a com puter si nce t hey 4 •••.. •••••• ••• you ng a nd t hey hardly ever

g) d rives me crnz)'

5••....•.......•.....•.... a ny problems. But when I6

••..••.....•...•.. to send a n email

h) on takeawa y food.

i) al th e weekends a rc wonderful.

b) Match t he senten ces in 1a)

or use the I nternet, it never works properly. I7.......................... excuses -

Iknow i t"s 111)' problem ra th er tha n t h e com puter's. None of my friends

to A-C.

like compmers so maybe it

•••••..•••••..••••.•••... somet hi ng to do wit h ou r age.

A phrases to say you l i ke som et hi n g:

...1... '..... '...... '.

B phrases to say somet hing is OK:

c phrases to say you don't like somet hing:

Idon't think we'll ever u ndersta nd t hem.

1 a) 'm not liking @ don't like c) didn't like

2 a) says b) said c) is saying

3 a) a re usi ng b) USC c) have u sed

4 a) have been b) a re c) were

5 a) have b) had c) a rc ha\'i ng

6 a) tried b) 'm t ryi ng c) t ry

haven 't made b) d idn't make c) ·m n o1 ma ki ng

8 a) has been b) was c) ·s

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Now read Diane's opi nion of com puters and fill in the ga ps with the correct forrn of the verhs

in brackeK Use t he Present Simple, Present

Cont i nuous, Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple.

I think compu ters a re amazi ng. We 1 .'.v.h.Q... (have) one i n ou r family for almost 20 years - si nce I

................................ (be) about I 2. At that t ime

Make these sentences positive or negat ive hy changing the underlined words.

I hardly ever send emails from home.

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2 He t hi n ks t he com pu ter's got a vi rus.

3 I u nderstood everyt hi ng he said.

4 \Ve never used our computer to do serious things.

5 There aren't many compu ters at my school.

6 Joe's repaired my laptop.

7 None of my colleagues can type quickly.

we 3..................................... (not use) it for anyt hing serious - no one did. My sister and I usually played games on it. Then a t university l always

......................................... (wri te) my essays on i t a nd I

8 Neit her of our parents ca n use computers.

9 He works with computers all day so he doesn't need

soon realised there arc lots of t hings a computer ca n help wit h. Si nce then I 5................................ (not be able to) leave i t alone! All of my friends

6............................. (call) me wi th thei r compu ter problems. I 7........ (not get)

paid or anything - I just do i t as a favour. I

one at home.

10 We aren't using the latest softwa re.

Review: verb forms

............................. (hel p) two of my friends with

t heir com pu ters at t he momelll - t hey're broken. Neither of t hem know a nythi ng abom com puters, but they k now how to take me out for a meal!

Match these phrases i n bold in 2 with their opposi tes in bold in 3.

1 There aren't many .Jhere..a.r._/QJ$..9/..

2 everyone

3 Bot h of t hem

4 hard ly ever

5 never

6 None of

(1' Correct the mistake in each sentence.

drive

1 My paren ts drWes me crazy at times.

2 I'm goi ng swimming about t hree ti mes a week.

3 Who does works wi t h you?

4 How many cou n t ries have you gone to? s I n the past I walk to school.

6 l am t hink you are correct.

7 I'm playing a lot of tennis in my free t ime.

8 I live in London for three years and I love it.

9 I've been to Brazil last yea r.

10 Who does they work wit h?

7 I don't t hink •

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