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Exercises

17.1 Fill the gaps with a preposition from A opposite.
ee the past, Rosa worked in many different countries. Rosa worked in Hong Kong
Daan three years, °)........ 1993 (4... 1996, °)........ the moment she is working in
Tokyo. She will stay there '9........ two more years.

17.2 Draw lines to match the centuries to their time.
1 the 19th century
2 the 22nd century the past
3 the 18th century the present
4 the 21st century the future
5 the 20th century

17.3 Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1 Peter will get his exam results very soon.
Do you think Peter will get them next year, next month or tomorrow?
2 Harriet and Rupert met for the first time recently.
Do you think they first met last year, six months ago or a week ago?
3 Pll help you in a moment.
Do you think Pll help you next week, in two hours or in a few minutes?

17.4 Are these sentences true about you? If not, write them out correctly. Use other frequency
adverbs from B on the opposite page. .
1 Lalways go swimming on Fridays. | Sometimes 2 swimming. on Fridays. | often ge
Simon. on Saturdays.
2 Inormally 6 Loften wear a hat.
1 go to school/work by bus.
3 I hardly ever play football. 7 I rarely eat chocolate.
4 LT occasionally watch TV. 8 I always go to bed at 10.
5 rarely drink milk. 9 I never go to the theatre.

17.5 Look at the table and make sentences using expressions like once a week, three times a
month, etc.

| play tennis practise the piano have a business meeting
| in Germany

. John ' Mondays and _ Saturdays the first Friday
| | | Thursdays every month

Sally and Amy Tuesdays, every morning once in January, March,
_ Fridays and and every | May, July, August and
| Saturdays | evening ' December every year.

17.6 Write a paragraph about your own life using as many as possible of the words and
expressions from the opposite page.

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