1. Grammar file 3 English File 2
1 Possessive pronouns 3 How long does it take? It takes …
How long does it take to fly from Paris to Lisbon?
(It takes) about three hours (by plane).
How long does it take (you) to get home?
(It takes me) about half an hour (by bus / car).
✦ Use It takes … (+ time) to talk about the duration of a
journey.
It’s my dog.
No, it’s mine. ✦ Remember: It takes … = general time
It takes me … = a specific journey
Subject Object Possessive Possessive
pronoun pronoun adjective pronoun
4 Prepositions of movement
We walked along the street past the cinema.
I me my mine Go up to the seventh floor.
you you your yours
✦ Use a verb of movement + preposition to describe
he him his his
movement.
she her her hers
it it its ✦ into and out of are always followed by a noun.
we us our ours Come in. Come into the living-room.
they them their theirs He went out last night. He went out of the house.
Whose are these keys? They’re her keys. They’re hers.
5 Past continuous
✦ Use possessive pronouns to talk about people’s
possessions.
( '
I I
✦ You can use a name + ’s with or without the noun.
He He
It’s Peter’s car.  It’s Peter’s. She
was
She
wasn’t
✦ Remember, don’t use the. It It
working. working.
This is mine.  This is the mine. You You
We were We weren’t
2 Present continuous (future) They They
( I’m meeting some friends tomorrow evening. / &
' They aren’t coming to the party on Saturday. Was he
working?
Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.
/ What are you doing tonight? Were they Yes, they were. / No, they
weren’t.
✦ Use the present continuous ( + a future time
What were you doing at six o’clock? I was watching TV.
expression) to talk about future arrangements.
It was raining, and we were driving home.
I’m going to the theatre on Friday.
✦ Form the past continuous with was / were + verb + -ing.
Friday ✦ Use the past continuous:
7.30 theatre 1 to describe an action in
progress at a specific time
in the past.
2 to describe the scene at the
✦ (be) + going to is also possible for future plans. beginning of a story.
I’m going to meet some friends tonight.
I was working as a waitress
✦ Remember, we also use the present continuous to talk when I met my boyfriend.
about things happening now / at the moment.
✦Use the past continuous for an action in progress. Use
the past simple for a short completed action.
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2. Grammar check 3 English File 2
1 Possessive pronouns Complete the gaps. 4 Prepositions of movement Complete with a
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Whose dog ‘It’s .’
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is it?
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2 Present continuous (future) Write sentences.
Use contractions.
1 Where (you go) tonight? 1 He ran up the hill.
Where are you going tonight? 2 They the forest.
2 (we fly) to Budapest this weekend 3 She the bridge.
4 They the lake.
3 (she arrive) tomorrow 5 I the world.
4 They (not leave) until 10.00 tonight
5 Past continuous
a Write sentences in the past continuous.
1 we have lunch R We were having lunch.
5 What (you do) after class?
2 I study S
3 it snow R
3 How long does it take? Write questions and 4 you work ?
answers. 5 he drive S
1 Paris – Dakar 8 days
b Write the verbs in the past or past
How long does it take to It takes eight continuous.
drive from Paris to Dakar? days. 1 I met my husband when I at
university. (meet, study)
2 London – New York 7 hours
2 When she it .
? (get up, rain)
3 Prague – Moscow 3 weeks 3 When they their friends
for them. (arrive, wait)
?
4 I dinner when
4 Berlin – Bonn 1 week
the phone . (have, ring)
?
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