Prime Time 5, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

Simple form and progressive form 1 Going shopping a) Read the following dialogue and underline the verb forms. A: Come on! I am getting bored now. I want to go to another shop. B: Not yet. Can’t you see I am still reading this magazine? It has lots of really good fashion tips. A : I think you should buy it. Newsagents need customers, not readers. B: But it costs £2.50. And at the moment I am saving all my money for a laptop. Anyway, I often stand here and read. And nobody minds. A: Really? Look, an assistant is coming over to us. Now it really is time to go! b) Put the verbs in a grid showing whether they are used in the simple form, the progressive form, or both forms. Verb Simple form Progressive form get x want x … c) Read the grammar box. Are the verbs in your grid dynamic or stative? • Dynamic verbs express actions. They can be used in the simple or progressive form. • Stative verbs express a state or quality. They are usually used in the simple form. Grammar For more details see  G6 d) Collect more stative verbs. 2 Dialogue: Computer games are useful Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of the present tense. Dad: Jay, I (need) your help in the garage this morning. Jay! I (talk) to you! Son: Sorry, it (be) a bit difficult to answer at the moment – I (play) computer tennis. Dad: You (spend) hours every day on those games. You (become) addicted! I (wish) you would stop. Everybody (know) it (have) a bad effect on young people. Son: Not true! Scientists (do) research now that proves games like this (train) people to react quickly. Please, Dad. I (try) to win here and you (distract) me. Oh, now my ball (go) into the crowd! It always (happen) when someone (interrupt)! 56 Media-mad 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv