Unit 1: Home Life
Lesson E: Language Focus
Check the correct column pronunciation of each of the letter S
purposes, smiles, teaches, misses, advantages, sees, maps, cats, glasses, boxes, cups, robs, lives, reads, books, laughs, wishes, beds, digs, lengths, calculates, washes, rises, stages, learns, comes, goes, days, wears, churches, pages, attacks, pens, potatoes, matches, cats, tigers, graphs, eats, fills, brings, loves, suggests, stamps, moves, cries, songs, faces, girls, oranges, keeps, troops.

Check the correct column pronunciation of each of the letter S
purposes, smiles, teaches, misses, advantages, sees, maps, cats, glasses, boxes, cups, robs, lives, reads, books, laughs, wishes, beds, digs, lengths, calculates, washes, rises, stages, learns, comes, goes, days, wears, churches, pages, attacks, pens, potatoes, matches, cats, tigers, graphs, eats, fills, brings, loves, suggests, stamps, moves, cries, songs, faces, girls, oranges, keeps, troops.

Grammar
Exercise1: Underline the most suitable tense form in each sentence.
1) Did you see/ Have you seen my bag anywhere? I can’t find it.
2) Hello Peter, are you back from the match? Did you enjoy/ Have you enjoyed it?
3) This is the photo of my great grandfather. He was/has been married six times.
4) Have you given/ Did you give Helen my message when you have seen/ saw her?
5) Sorry, could you say that again? I didn’t listen/ haven’t listened to you.
6) Did you two meet/ Have you two met before? Laura, this is Peter.
7) Did you meet/ Have you met anyone interesting at the party?
Grammar
Exercise2: Decide which answer (A, B or C) best fits each space.
Dear Linda,
I’m sorry I (1)_______ (write) to you for so long, but I (2)_______(be) very busy lately. All last month I (3)________(have) exams, and I (4)_______(do) anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I (5)___________(stop) studying now, and I (6)__________(wait) for my exam results.
As you can see from this letter, I (7)_________(change) my address and (8)________(live) in Corydon now. I (9)________ (decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10)______(become) so expensive. A friend (11)________me about this flat, and I (12)______(move) here about two months ago.
When you (13)_________(come) to England this summer, please visit me. I (14)_______(stay) here until the middle of August. Then I (15)________( go) on holiday to Scotland.
Please write soon,
Margaret.
Answer key
Exercise2: Decide which answer (A, B or C) best fits each space.
Dear Linda,
I’m sorry I (1)_______________(write) to you for so long, but I (2)____________(be) very busy lately. All last month I (3)________(have) exams, and I (4)______________(do) anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I (5)______________(stop) studying now, and I (6)__________(wait) for my exam results.
As you can see from this letter, I (7)_____________(change) my address and (8)____________(live) in Corydon now. I (9)_____________ (decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10)_____________(become) so expensive. A friend (11)______(tell) me about this flat, and I (12)______ (move) here about two months ago.
When you (13)_______(come) to England this summer, please visit me. I (14)____________(stay) here until the middle of August. Then I (15)__________ ( go) on holiday to Scotland.
Please write soon,
Margaret.
haven’t written
am waiting
had
haven’t done
have stopped
have been
have changed
have lived
have decided
told
moved
come
am staying
am going
has become
Further Practice
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other:
1. A. talks B. laughs C. weighs D. misses
2. A. robs B. studies C. learns D. invites
3. A. rents B. lends C. borrows D. calls
II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years

Answer: Further Practice
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other:
1. A. talks B. laughs C. weighs D. misses
2. A. robs B. studies C. learns D. invites
3. A. rents B. lends C. borrows D. calls
II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years