FCE Gr & Vb Handout #1 Spotlight on FCE, Unit 1A) Choose the correct form of the verb depending on whether in this meaning it is an action or a state verb. a) Why are you smelling the soup?

b) Why do you smell the soup?

a) She was feeling his arm on her shoulder.

b) She felt his arm on her shoulder.

a) Are you having an English dictionary?

b) Do you have an English dictionary?

a) What are you thinking about?

b) What do you think about?

a) I am feeling much better today.

b) I feel much better today.

a) What are you looking at?

b) What do you look at?

a) I am not hearing you.

b) I can't hear you.

a) What are you thinking of me?

b) What do you think of me?

a) I am feeling we should go home now.

b) I feel we should go home now.

a) This bread is tasting funny.

b) This bread tastes funny.

B) Action or State Verbs. Choose the right option in every case.

1. Which answer is the best?

Can you go downtown with me right now?a) No, I'm waiting for a phone call.

b) No, I eat lunch.

c) No, I take care of my son.

2. Which answer is the best? How often do you drive to school?a) I'm often driving to school every morning.

b) I'm never driving to school.

c) I drive to school every morning.

3. Which question is the best?

a) Is he waiting for the bus on the corner every day?

b) Does he usually brush his teeth after breakfast?

c) Is he often going to the park on Sunday?

4. Which sentence is the best?

a) I'm usually brushing my teeth every morning.

b) He's learning how to drive this month.

c) I don't eat breakfast this morning.

5. Which sentence is the best?

a) Is she liking to go shopping?

b) I'm hating to drink coffee.

c) They hate to get to school late.

6. Which sentence is the best?

a) I'm smelling the milk now, and it doesn't smell bad.

b) The soup is tasting good.

c) The house is smelling very good when the cake is baking.

7. Which answer is the best?

What are you doing now?

a) I'm tasting the soup to see if it needs more salt.

b) I taste the spaghetti to see if it needs more salt.

c) The spaghetti is tasting good.

8. Which sentence is the best?

a) I'm knowing that he came yesterday.

b) I'm thinking of taking a vacation.

c) "Enormous" is meaning "big."

9. Which sentence is the best?

a) They are having a nice house.

b) She usually isn't having a good time shopping.

c) We don't have a lot of fun going to the dentist.

10. Which sentence is the best?

a) This coat is seeming really expensive.

b) I don't think it's very expensive. It is only costing twenty dollars.

c) I think it costs two hundred dollars.C) Phrasal Verbs. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the corresponding phrasal verbs: run into, put up with, look after, go along with, fall out, take after, get on with, make up with, look up to, break up.a) The car went out of control and ______ _____ a tree.

b) He has _____ it ____ _____ his parents after years of not talking to each other.

c) I can ______ _____ ______ the rain its the cold I dont like.

d) He has always been shy He ________ ________ his father.

e) She is getting old and her hair is starting to ______ _____.

f) I cant _____ ____ _____ you on that point, Im afraid. g) There are rumors that the band is _______ ____.

h) His parents are ________ ______ the children for the weekend.

i) I dont agree with her, but I _____ ____ ____ her for sticking to her principles.

j) (on the phone) Im sorry What did you say? You are ________ ____.

k) Fortunately, I _____ _____ _____ my boss.3