Under pressure

Grammar Present Continuous

INTRODUCTION 1 Work in pairs. Match pictures a-d to these events.

an awards ceremony a formal dinner a music festival a trade fair

2 e); 7.1 Listen to the first part of an interview with Claudia Oster. She is an
events organizer. Answer the questions.
1 What events does she organize?
2 Where does she work?
3 •>; 7.1 Listen again. Tick./ the things that Claudia does in her job.
1 She books hotel rooms. D 5 She speaks to journalists. D
2 She arranges taxis for guests. D 6 She books flights. D
3 She talks to politicians. D 7 She arranges trips for the guests. D
4 She organizes a formal dinner. D 8 She designs websites. D
4 •:~ 7.2 Listen to the second part of the interview. Answer the questions.
1 What is Claudia doing this week?
2 What places is she visiting this week?
5 • ~) 7.2 Work in pairs. Choose the correct option. Listen again and check.
1 This week, Claudia is planning the menu for the dinner with ...
a her boss. b the chef.
2 Claudia is looking for hotel rooms for ...
a 200 people. b 2,000 people.
3 This week, Claudia is working ...
a ten hours a day. b twelve hours a day.
4 This week, Claudia's assistant isn't working because ...
a he's ill. b he's on holiday.

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 Focus
Read the examples and complete the rules.
At the moment, I am organizing the dinner for the awards ceremony.
He isn't working this week.
What are you doing this week?
Are you planning the menu right now? Yes, I am.
Are you booking the rooms now? No, I'm not.
We make the Present Continuous with the verb __ + the -ing form of the verb.
We make short positive answers with Yes,/ _ _ __
We make short negative answers with No,/ _ _ __
Read the examples and complete the rules with Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Every year, I organize a big awards ceremony for sport.
At the moment, I'm organizing the dinner for the awards ceremony.
We use the to talk about regular activities.
We use the __ to talk about current activities.
C For more details and practice, go to the Review section on pages 86 and 87.

PRACTICE 6 Read four tweets from Claudia. Find one regular activity and one current
activity in each tweet.

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Every ¥ear, I help our celebrities choose their dresses for the Globes. TQday, l~m
working with a very, very famou's a.dtressl Her ""'me? Sorry -tqp secret!

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This year, 1'111 organizing a party after the Globes for 700 guests II normally ol'lly
manage events for about 2001

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I usually cook a Swiss meal for my team after the event to say thank you - this year,
I'm making fondue with cheese from my region, Appenzell. Delicious!

7 •>) 7.3Circle the correct form to complete the phone conversation.

Listen and check.
A Hi, Claudia. It's Karen. I'm phoning I I phone 1 about the Mobile Phone
Congress in Geneva tonight.
B Hi, Karen. We just finish I We're just finishing 2 our preparations for the
congress now. Is everything OK?
A There's a big problem, Claudia.
B What is it?
A It snows I It's snowing 3 in New York. It usually snows I is usually snowing 4 in
winter, but today it's really bad. No planes leave I are leaving 5 the airport!
B But the main speaker of the congress travels I is travelling 6 from there today!
A That's right. His flight is delayed! We have no one to open the congress!
B OK. Don't panic. Fiona is here in Geneva andshe meets I she's meeting 7 some
company directors right now, including Osamu Saito.
A Osamu Saito?
B He's very famous in the mobile phone business. He often opens I is often
opening 8 conferences in Japan. I'm sure he can do it.
A Oh, I hope so.
B Leave it with me - and don't worry. This happens I is happening 9 all the time.
A Thanks, Claudia! I'm so pleased you're on the team!

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 8 Make questions about your partner's life at the moment. Use the Present
Continuous.
1 you I work I on any projects?
2 you I work I with people from other countries?
3 you I have I a lot of meetings?
4 you I look I for a job?
5 what I you I read?
6 What classes I you I go to?
7 Which exams I you I study for?
8 you I learn I any new hobbies?

9 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in 8. Think of two more questions of
your own.
Example A Are you working on any projects at the moment?
B Yes, I am. I No, I'm not.

Watch the video for 1 0 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about holidays. Use the Present
more practice. Simple. Include some questions of your own.
Examples What kind of holiday do you like?
Where do you usually go?
What do you usually do? (e.g. swim, go sightseeing, etc.)

TASK 11 Imagine you're on holiday at the moment. Complete the table with your ideas.
Use the pictures to help you.

2 Where are you staying?

Where I you? Where are you?

Where I you I stay (e.g. in a hotel, on a campsite)?

What I you I do there? What are you doing there

Who I travel with you? Who is travelling with you?

What I the weather like? What is the weather like?
What I you I wear? What are you wearing

How I you I get around (by bus, taxi, etc.)?

How are you getting around?

12 Work in pairs. Student A, you call Student B. Have a conversation about your
holidays. Ask questions and complete the table with your partner's ideas
from 11 .
A Hey, Peter! What are you doing? Where are you?
B I'm on holiday. I'm in ...
A Where are you staying? What's the weather like? etc.

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 Vocabulary Working life; word partners
1 Work in groups. Look at this advice for people who are stressed at work. Which
things do you do? What other advice do you have?
1 Take a rest regularly during the day. Talk to friends or have a tea or coffee. D
2 Make an effort to stay calm . Deep breathing helps you to relax. D
3 Do some sport. It reduces stress and you get healthy. D
4 Don't take the bus to work. Walk or cycle. D
5 Make a 'to-do' list. This helps you to organize your work. 0
6 Have a bath each evening before you go to bed. It helps you to sleep. 0
7 If you don't do all your work, don't worry. You can finish it tomorrow. 0
8 Have a big breakfast. It's important to begin the day well. 0
2 • )) 7.4 Listen to an interview. Tick./ the ideas f rom 1 that you hear. What other
advice does Koen give?

3 Work in pairs. Find other words in the advice in 1 that go with make, do, have,
and take. Add them to the word maps below. Can you think of any other nouns
that go with these verbs?

Texan effort. a list a breakfast a tea a coffee

Texte your sleep a bus

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4 Work in pairs. Do the quiz. Check your partner's answers on page 128.

Are you stressed 1 Do you take regular breaks at

work?
4 After you make a decision, do you
worry about it?
at work? Take our a Not really. I'm too busy.
b I have a quick coffee in the
a Always! I think 'Was I right?'.
b Sometimes. I change my mind
quiz to find out! morning. occasionally.
c All the time! I have a long c Never. I make the best of the
lunch too. situation.
2 What do you do when you have 5 You have a bad cold. What do
a lot of work? you do?
a I sometimes work all night. a I go to work as normal.
b I work a bit later in the office. b I go to work but I go home early.
c I work my normal hours. c I take sick leave until I am better.
3 When do you take a holiday? 6 How do you relax during the week?
a I don't have time for holidays. a I do the shopping or I do the
I'm always at work. housework.
b I go on holiday about once a b I watch TV every night.
year in summer. c I meet my friends or I do some
c Very often. I have a lot of sport every day.
holidays.

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 5 Read Claudia's blog and answer the questions below.

No time for a break!

I'm doing a lot of overtime at the moment. I'm organizing
a sports award ceremony at a five-star hotel in Geneva.
Today, I'm talking to six companies about their celebrity
guests. They all need special arrangements: cars, clothes,
hairdressing, etc. I'm having a lot of meetings about that.
I'm working all the time. My assistant, Danny, is taking
messages for me and helping with the planning. When
we make big decisions, I always discuss them with him.
I'm under pressure, but I always take a ten-minute break
at lunchtime. I also do some exercise when I get up - I
use the hotel swimming pool. it's the only time I relax.
Even at night, I sleep with my diary next to my bed. it's
essential. For example, I made a mistake last week- I
forgot to send a celebrity his flight tickets. So last night,
he called me at 4 a.m. to ask for them. We have problems
like that all the time. I'm working 24/7!
Date of entry: 14 June

organizing a sports award ceremony at a five-star hotel in Geneva.

1 Why is she doing a lot of overtime?
but she need special arrangements:2 What is she having a lot of meetings about?
cars, clothes, hairdressing, etc.
3 How is Danny helping her with her work? Danny is the Claudia’s assistant
4 When does she do some exercise? when she’s get up
5 What mistake did she make? I forgot to send a celebrity his flight tickets
6 Claudia uses a lot of expressions with do, have, make, and take. Add these to
the word maps in 3 .

7 Choose the correct verb to complete the sentences.

does has makes takes
Find someone who ...
Do you take more than …? 1 takes more than one coffee break each day
Do you do overtime…? 2 does overtime every week
Do you do meeting..? 3 does meetings using Skype Do you have meeting…?
Do you do exercise…? 4 does exercise in the morning
Do you take teh bus…? 5 take the bus to work
Do you make à lot…? 6 makes cakes in their free time
7 has lots of work in the evening
8 makes a lot of spelling mistakes
9 takes photos for a hobby
10 has problems with English pronunciation
11 makes a 'to-do' list every day
12 takes messages for their boss at work

8 Walk around the classroom. Find one student for each sentence in 7 .
Write their name.

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 Work skills Presentations: describing graphs
and charts
1 Match 1-3 with a-c.
1 bar chart c
2 graph b
3 pie chart a

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Quarter Year

2 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.

1 Which region is the biggest market for Rogue Pens?
2 Look at the graph. Are profits increasing?
3 Does the bar chart show good news or bad news? Why?
3 Look at the pie chart in 1. Write the markets.
1 50% of Rogue Pens' sales are in _ _ _ _
2 25% of Rogue Pens' sales are in _ _ _ _
3 12.5% of Rogue Pens' sales are in and 12.5% are in _ _ __
4 Look at the graph and bar chart in 1. Match the sentence halves.
1 In quarters 1-3, profit . . . a stayed the same.
2 From year 10 to year 11, factory costs . . . b went down.
3 In year 13, Rogue Pens' factory costs . . . c went up.
5 •>) 7.5 Listen and draw the next line on the graph and bar chart in 1.

6 •>) 7.5Complete the sentences with these prepositions. Listen and check
your answers.
from to to at by
1 In the last quarter, sales stayed the same at $800,000.
2 Profits went down by 7%.
3 Profits went down from $450,000 to $420,000.
4 Factory costs went up to $150,000.
7 Work in pairs. Take turns to describe your charts.
1 Student A, you are describing your company, Cool Breeze Air Conditioning.
Go to page 128.
2 Student B, you are describing your company, Mercury Paints. Go to page 132.

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 Functions Making arrangements
INTRODUCTION 1 . ,. 7.6 Listen to a conversation between two events organizers, Masud Khan
and Silvia Pascoli. Complete Silvia's notes.

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2 • -'.i 7.6 Listen again. Who says 1-8: Masud or Silvia?
Masud Silvia
1 Are you free for a meeting this week? 0 D
2 No, I'm sorry, I'm not free on Wednesday. D D
3 How about Thursday? D D
4 I'm sorry. I'm busy all day on Thursday. 0 D
5 What about Friday? D D
6 Friday morning is fine for me too. D D
7 That sounds good to me. D D
8 OK, let's meet at your office at 10 a.m. on Friday, then. D D

Focus
Complete the table with phrases from 2 .

Asking when
someone is free
Agreeing to a
suggestion
Saying you are
not free
Confirming day,
time, place

Look at the sentences and choose the correct form to complete the rule.
I'm coming to London tomorrow.
!'m visiting some clients en Friday morning.
We use the Present Continuous I Present Simple to talk about future arrangements.

C) For more details and practice, go to the Review section on page 89.

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PRACTICE 3 •>) 7.7
Complete the conversations with one word in each gap. Then listen
and check.
Kai Rita, are you free 1
for a meeting next Tuesday? I'd like to talk
about the advertising for the Organic Food Fair.
Rita No, I'm sorry 2
, Kai. I'm not free next Tuesday.

Kai OK. Well ... How about 3

Thursday? 1st June?
Rita Let me check my diary ... I'm busy 4
in the morning ... What
_about
_ _ __ _ 5 the afternoon? Two &lock?
Kai Two o'clock is 6
fine for me too. Where do you want to meet?
At head office?
Rita Sounds good 7
to me!
Kai Great. let's 8
meet at 2 p.m. at head office, then.
Rita Perfect! See you next Thursday!

4 Complete the text conversation with the Present Continuous form of

these verbs.
come do have help meet play

( Hi, Sam! What are you -doing

-- 1
ne~nesday?)

( Hi, Jo. I`m meting 2

my brother. Why?J

We are having 3 a party at our office. Lots of our clients _ are

_ __coming
__ _
want to come too? it's a good opportunity to meet new people.

Sorry, I can't. I`m helping 5 my brother with his accounts. We need the
whole evening to do it.

No problem. How about meeting for a coffee after work today?

Sorry, I`m plying 6

in a football match tonight! What about tomorrow?

OK, sounds good. Let's meet at the cafe at 6.30 p.m.

5 Work in pairs. Practise making an arrangement. You want to meet to discuss a

trade fair in Lisbon. Use phrases from the Focus section and your own ideas.

A B

You ·c;:an'tt<:>mor'r(!)W. Having an all-da~ meetin@.

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Next week, yes - Monday a;m, or Tuesday
---'~ r (Weds-Fri }(0U are cr>n holld~.~~)..,._ _
Suggest Menday m(!)rning - .8 a.m.?

Agree.
Confinntime, day1an~ plac;e.

TASK 6 Go to page 128 and follow the instructions.

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 Review
Grammar Present Continuous

Form
Positive Negative
I'm (am) working. I'm not (am not) working.
He He
She's (is) working. She isn't (is not) working.
lt lt
We We
You're (are) working. You aren't (are not) working.
They They

Question Short answer

Am I working? Yes, I am.
No, I'm not.
he Yes, he I she I it is.
Is she working? No, he I she I it isn't.
it
we Yes, we I you I they are.
Are you working? No, we I you I they aren't.
they

We add -ing to the infinitive to make the Present Continuous. Note these spelling
changes:
If the verb ends consonant + vowel + consonant and a stressed syllable,
the final consonant usually doubles:
put - putting run - running
sit - sitting begin - beginning
If the verb ends in -e, remove the -e:
close - closing give - giving
leave - leaving move - moving
take - taking write - writing

Use
We use the Present Continuous to talk about activities happening now.
Examples A What are you doing at the moment? B I'm watching TV.
We also use the Present Continuous to talk about current activities.
Example We're working very hard this week.

PRACTICE 1 •j) 7.8 Match conversations 1-5 with the activities a-e.
a writing a text message d travelling by train
b shopping e playing sports
c having lunch
1 B. 2 D. 3 A. 4 E. 5 C

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 2 • ' 7.8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words. Then
listen again and check.
close have rain text travel
1 Come on! The shop `s closing _ _ _ . We don't have a lot of time.
2 I'm with Susannah. We `re travelling across Europe by train.
We're in Budapest now.
3 I `m TEXTING my boss. She needs to know the address of the office.
4 Wait a minute. It`s RAINING . Quick! Let's go inside!
5 I `m HAVING lunch with the marketing team. It's a really nice
restaurant, isn't it?

3 Complete the text conversation with the correct form of the Present
Continuous.

Carlos! are you working (you I work)l at the `m- siting

- - - - - - - (sitf in a cafe in town. Dan
moment? and I are having (have) 8 a coffee.

No, I `m not doing (notldo) 2 anything, You're with Dan? Fantastic! Are you both free? We need
Beatriz. Why? What`s happening
(happen)3? your help!

Simone and I are working (work) 4 on our own. OK! We`re leaving (leave) 9 right now. Dan
`s not coming
The rest of the team - - - -- -- - __ is geting
_ _ _ _ _ _ (get)l0 his car. See you in a few
(not I come) 5 to work today- they have flu I minutes.

Flu? Oh, no. Are you busy? Thanks, Carlos, you're a star!

Busy? This week, we `re preparing (prepare) 6

an enormous conference- for 600 people! Please help!
Where are you?

Vocabulary Working life; word partners

1 Add these words to the word maps below.
a photo a problem an effort work a meeting exercise
the train a decision breakfast a message the shopping a list

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 2 Correct the verb in bold in each sentence.
1 I'm making a lot of overtime at the moment. doing
Make 2 I'd like to do an appointment to see the dentist tomorrow.
take 3 Rie, come over here. I'm going to make a photo of the sales team.
have 4 I'm really worried. We do a big problem with our website.
take 5 I'm sorry, Marie isn't here right now. Can I have a message?
do 6 When I feel stressed, I always make some sport.
Can i’m leave a message
3 •.': 7.9 Complete the conversation with the correct form of do, have, make,
or take. Use a dictionary to help you. Then listen and check.
A Hey, Bjorn. What are you doing at lunchtime today?
B Nothing. I`m having 1 a meeting this afternoon so I need to do 2
some
3
work for it. We need to make a decision about the new advertising
campaign.
4
A Oh, well, can I make a suggestion? Do you know 'Lunchtime beat'?
B Is that when you go dancing for an hour at lunchtime?
5
A Yes, I went last week and I had a lot of fun. Do you want to come
today? have past is had make past is made
B I don't know. I need to do 6
some research. I made 7
a mistake on a
8
report last week. It will take about an hour to do it.
9
A You need to have a break. 'Lunchtime beat' is only one hour and it's a
great form of exercise. Come on!
B All right, then. It sounds fun!

South America EAST ASIA Work skills Presentations: describing graphs

@] and charts
1 • ; 7.10 Listen to the sales figures and label the pie chart with these words.
East Asia Europe North America Sou th America

2 Look at the graph of sales in Japan. Match sentences 1-5 with the labels a-e
and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

EUROPE
NORTH AMERIQUE 8 500,000 - - · Japan sales
EUROPE 0

0 ~ fh
en
~400,000
=~+------------------f~----~~---------------------
(f) _ _ _ '

300,000 0
200,000

100,000

2009 2012 I 2013 I 2014 2015 1

Year

B 1 Sales fell I went up from 2010 to 2011.

E 2 From 2013 to 2014, sales stayed the same at I by $280,000.
A 3 Sales increased I stayed the same from 2009 to 2010.
D 4 From 2012 to 2013, sales went down by I to $80,000.
C 5 From 2011 to 2012, sales went up by I to $360,000.

3 e); 7.11
Listen to the sales figures for South Korea. Draw in the line to
complete the graph in 2 .

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 Functions Making arrangements

We use the Present Continuous to talk about future arrangements.

Examples Mr Yamada is arriving on Wednesday 9th April.
We're having an important meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
We use these phrases to suggest a time or a place to meet.
Examples Are you free on Tuesday?
How about (meeting on) Friday?
What about (meeting in) my office?
We use these phrases to say a time or a place is not convenient for you.
Examples No, I'm sorry. I'm not free on Tuesday.
I'm busy all day on Monday.
We use these phrases to agree a time or a place.
Examples Wednesday morning is fine for me too.
That sounds fine/good/great.
Let's meet at your office at 10 a.m.

PRACTICE 1 Complete the conversation between Soo and Xavi with these phrases.
is fine for me what about let's meet I'm busy
that sounds good are you free
Soo Xavi - are you free 1
on Monday to talk about the trade fair?
Xavi Hi, Soo - I'm sorry, i'm busy 2
all day on Monday. How
about Tuesday?
Soo I've got a meeting Tuesday morning but the afternoon is OK. 2 p.m.?
Xavi 2 p.m. is fine for me 3 • Where?
Soo what about 4
the conference centre?
Xavi that souds good5 to me.
Soo OK. let's meet 6
at the conference centre at 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, then.
Xavi Perfect! See you then!
2 •>) 7.12 Listen to five conversations. Tick,/ the people who are free for the
training day on Thursday. Cross)( the people who are not free.
1 Zoltan 0 4 Jing 0
2 Marta 0 5 Pekka 0
3 Claire 0
3 Look at the images. ThenSaisissez du texte
write Veronica's iciplans.
future

18 August
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l 'Den-t /s-t '1 a .fYI .
15 August
Marseille Gare San
Paris Gare
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Charles
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16 August
call Dora - tonight (8?) plus special guests
coffee with pA{ke
tomorrow 4 p.m. 1 She (travel) to on 15th August.
2 She (have) coffee with tomorrow.
3 She (go) to a on 161h August.
4 She (see) the on 18th August.
5 She (call) Dora tonight at p.m.

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