Intermediate B1 / Lesson 1

• you do EVERY DAY, or NORMALLY, or OFTEN

I eat breakfast every day before I go to work.

She plays football on Saturdays.

We go to the mountains two or three times a year.

• that STAY THE SAME

My car is red.

She owns two houses in Prague.

William lives in San Diego.

I speak English. Do you?

• that talk about STATES OF BEING, for example

FEELINGS

I like ice cream.

He cares a lot about the environment.

She really appreciates your help.

MENTAL STATES

You know that I love you.

I don't understand this exercise.

I think he is really nice.

What do you mean?

Do you recognize my voice?

THE FIVE SENSES

This soup tastes very good.

You smell like gasoline.

I hear someone at the door.

Do you see that guy in the green shirt? He is the owner.

This material feels so soft.  What is it?

OTHER EXISTING STATES

You seem unhappy. What is wrong?

He looks like Robert Redford, doesn't he?

This sounds like the Beatles to me.

A new phone costs about 100 dollars.

The price includes airfare and seven nights in a hotel.

• that are HAPPENING NOW, AT THE MOMENT

I'm working, so please call me back later.

Look! It is raining.

Are you enjoying this party?

I'm studying, can you be quiet?

The phone is ringing – can you answer it?

• that you are IN THE MIDDLE OF, but maybe NOT DOING NOW

I'm reading War and Peace at the moment. You can borrow it when I'm finished.

Tom wants to go to Paris, so he's learning French.

I need a new job, so I'm applying with lots of firms in town.

• that are HAPPENING AROUND NOW

Are you working this week? No, I'm sick.

You're working hard this morning. – – – I know, it is because I want to leave early today.

• that are CHANGING AROUND NOW

His English is certainly improving.

The cost of living is increasing very quickly.