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1. Why is Christine writing to Alison?
                 2. What activity has she recently taken up?           C. Read and use the prompts 1 5 to make sentences.
                 3. How often does she practise?
                 4. Who does she practise with?                          Using tenses
                 5. How does she feel about this activity?               When you write, make sure you use the
                 6. What does the coach think about her?                 appropriate tense to refer to past, present
                 7. Has she ever won anything? If yes, what?             and future actions or events.
                 8. What’s Christine going to do in the near future?     PRESENT SIMPLE
                                                                         We play basketball every afternoon.
                 B. Think about an activity you’ve recently taken up. Look   PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
                 at the questions in the speech bubble and make some     I’ve always liked playing chess so I’ve
                 notes. Then talk in pairs.
                                                                         decided to join a chess club.

                                                                         PAST SIMPLE
                                                                                                     Two weeks ago we played against
                                                                         Middleton and won the trophy!

                                                                         FUTURE BE GOING TO
                                                                                                     We’re going to continue practising
                                                                                                     because we want to get better.


                                                                       1.  Adam / buy / tennis racket / tomorrow

                                                                                                     2. I / take up / swimming / last year

                                                                       3. Diane / lose / three kilos / since March

                 What activity have you recently taken up?
                                   …                                   4. coach / usually / give / us / good advice
                 How often do you do it?
                                   …                                   5. we / already / become / members / of the
                 Who do you practise with? Are you in a team?            sports club
                                  …
                 How do you feel about this activity?
                                  …                                    D. Write an email to Christine telling her about an
                 Have you /Has your team ever won anything? What? When?  activity you’ve recently taken up. Use your notes
                                                                       from activity B.
                                   …
                 Are you going to take part in a competition/championship,        Start and finish your email in an
                 etc. in the near future?                                         appropriate way. Don’t forget to
                                   ...
                                   ...                                            use greetings and set phrases.

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