Red Line 4, Coursebook

44 for ty - four 1 Tiffany and her mom (conditional sentences with ‘will’ ➝ G7) a) When Tiffany wants something, she often promises to do something for her mom. What does she promise? Example: If you buy me a new dress for the Fall Dance, I’ll help you in the garden. b) Sometimes Tiffany doesn’t do what she promised. What does her mom say? Example: If you don’t help me in the garden soon, I won’t buy you a new dress! 2 A school project (gerund as subject ➝ G9) Jody is talking about a school project he did in Science class. Put in the gerund of the verbs. listen to find out work look for use talk write answer 1. Our Science project was cool. Finding out about water was interesting. 2. … information on the Internet took hours. But we found some good pictures. 3. … the microscope was interesting. Our water isn’t as clean as I thought! 4. … cards with notes for the presentation helped us to remember what to say. 5. … other groups’ presentations gave us some ideas. 6. … the questions at the end of the presentation wasn’t too difficult. 7. … about the presentation after you’ve done it is important. 8. … in a group was fun. I did the work and Steve made the jokes! 3 Say what you think! (gerund as subject ➝ G9) Look at what these students say about different activities. Rewrite the sentences with a gerund. Example: “Buy a Berry pencil! It will help poor people in Mesquite.” ➝ Buying a Berry pencil will help poor people in Mesquite. 1. “I joined the orchestra last semester. It was a good idea!” 2. “I sometimes go to the movies. It costs a lot of money!” 3. “Some kids laugh when a student gives the wrong answer. That’s awful!” 4. “We drew pictures of our teacher in Art class this morning. It was fun!” 5. “We went on a trip to the Space Center in Florida. It taught us a lot about Science.” 6. “My dad runs every weekend. It’s good for him!” 7. “I always listen to my MP3 player on the bus. It helps me forget about school.” 8. “A lot of the older kids smoke. That isn’t cool.” let me • go • disco drive me • school wash • my sports clothes lend me • digital camera let me • use • new laptop ➝ ➝ ➝ ➝ ➝ wash • car cook • supper do • shopping clean • windows make • family website 1 Check-in Language Talkwise Text Wordwise Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv