Prime Time 5, Transition, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

Present forms  Page 13 Present simple Marco goes to school in Peterborough. He sometimes works in his parents’ coffee bar. • Use the present simple when you talk about things that happen regularly , o en or never . • It is oŒen used to talk about hobbies or jobs. • Sentences in the present simple oŒen contain adverbials like every day, always, oŒen, sometimes, never, regularly, etc. Kangaroos live in Australia and in Tasmania. Wet wood doesn’t burn well. • Use the present simple when you talk about facts like natural laws or typical qualities. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo meets Juliet at a party. They fall in love at once but find it difficult to meet because their families are enemies. • Also use the present simple for summaries . Present progressive Smile, please. I’m taking your picture! My sister is watching something on TV at the moment . • Use the present progressive to describe something that is happening at the moment . Sentences in the present progressive oŒen contain adverbials like at the moment, just/right now, etc. Our school team is doing very well this year . Marco is training a lot these days . • You can also use the present progressive to talk about activities that last for a longer period of time ( this year, these days , etc.). Future forms  Page 22 ere are four di„erent forms you can use when talking about the future in English. “Will” future By the time Naomi has finished school she will be 18. • Use the “will” future to talk about events in the future that you cannot in¬uence. I expect she’ll go on to university. She’ll probably do very well. • Use the “will” future aŒer certain verbs (e. g. to think, to expect, to be sure ) and adverbs (e. g. probably, perhaps ) to express assumptions . Hey, Zach, this is hard. – OK. I’ll help you with the exercise. The books are terribly heavy. Will you carry some of them, please? • Use the “will” future when you spontaneously o ‚er help or ask for help . If Pete wants to be a vet, he’ll have to do well in his A-levels. • In conditional sentences (type 1) the “will” future is used to express a result in the future . “Going to” future Marco has decided what he wants to do after GCSEs. He is going to stay on at school. And he’s going to take some A-levels. • Use the “going to” future when you have a plan to do something in the future. Lucy hasn’t seen that bag on the floor. She’s going to fall over it. It’s raining heavily. We’re going to get really wet. • Use the “going to” future when you have evidence that something is sure to happen. G1 G2 155 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv