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                           AFFIRMATIVE                    NEGATIVE                        QUESTIONS
                         I                        I                                  I
                         We         He           We             He                  we                he
                                                                                Do
                         You   start   She  starts     You   don’t start  She  doesn’t start      you  start?   Does  she  start?
                        They        It          They            It                  they              it
                                            A: What does your brother do in the afternoon?
                                            B: He studies and then we play basketball together.

                                                                    Prepositions of time

                                                                               at  7 a.m. / midnight / the weekend, etc.
                 C  Find synonyms of the adjectives below in                   in  the morning / spring / March, etc.
                    the text.
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                                                                              on  Thursday / Sunday evening /
                    1.  di  icult  =                                   (Jack)       weekdays, etc.
                    2.  great   =                                   (Mike)      till/until  9 p.m. / noon / Sunday, etc.
                                                                      before/after  lunch / school / 11 p.m., etc.
                 D Find opposites of the words/phrases below in      Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in
                    the text.                                        brackets and circle the correct preposition
                                                                     in blue.
                    1.  di ferent  ≠                                   (introduction)
                    2. at the end ≠                                   (Oliver)  1.  Ned and Brian                                      (not play)
                    3. di  icult   ≠                                   (Jack)  volleyball in / on Wednesday afternoons. They
                    4. start   ≠                                   (Jack)                                       (ride) their bikes in the park.
                                                                     2. A:  When                                      you

                     TIP!    When you learn new words, it’s a                                                    (train) with the
                                                                          basketball team?
                             good idea to learn synonyms and/or
                             opposites of these words, too.            B:  Every Tuesday and Thursday, but we also
                                                                                                                (train) in / at weekends
                                                                          when there isn’t a game.
                                                                     3. At / On weekdays, James
                 Pronunciation                                         (not  inish) school until / on 3 p.m. at / in the
                                                                       afternoon.
                    A     Listen and repeat. What’s the              4. My dad                                      (come) home
                       difference between a and b?                     at / on 11.30 p.m. in / on Mondays, so he
                       a. tennis      b. easy
                                                                                                            (not go) to bed after /
                    B     Listen and tick (4) the sound you hear.      before midnight.

                                      tennis     easy
                                        //       //               Speak & Write

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                                                                        A Talk in pairs about your school.
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                         extra                                             Use the ideas below.
                         three                                          • What’s the name of your school?
                                                                        • How many students are there?
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                                                                        • What facilities are there at your school?
                         end                                            • What time do classes start and finish?
                         these                                          • What subjects do you do?
                                                                        • What are your favourite subjects?
                         professional                                   • Do you like your school? Why? / Why not?
                         people                                          B Use the ideas above to write
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                                                                            a paragraph about your school.
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