a) Mine, side, bride, like, kite, while, white, Friday, write, nice, crime, mile, tie, exercise, slide, surprise, precise, title, silence, microchip;
b) bit, pit, picture, sincere, resist, cubic, width, fix, mixture, ill, still, different, difficult, since, simple, middle, tilt, timber, signify;
c) knight, fight, bright, tonight, mind, find, wild, sign, might, right, sight, blind, child, kind, tights;
d) third, birth, sir, bird, fir, virtual, virgin, shirt, skirt, mirth, irk, girl, firm, firth, dirty, circus, circulate, birch;
e) retire, require, shire, admire, wire, tire, sire, mire, ire, hire, dire, tiresome, entire, desire;
f) believe, brief, chief, field, grief, grievance, grieve, mischief, niece, piece, priest, siege, yield, achieve, diesel.
GRAMMAR
Continuous Tense
( Continuous)
| Active be+Present Participle(-ing) | Passive be+being+Past Participle(-ed) | |
| Present | I am discussinga new plan now. He isstilldiscussing a new plan. They are discussing a new plan. | A new plan is being discussed. New plans are being discussed. |
| Past | Hewas discussing a new plan when the manager came. Theywere discussing a new plan during the meeting. | A new plan was being discussed whenwe came. New plans were being discussedduring the meeting. |
| Future | Wewill be discussing a new plan tomorrow at 5. | - |
Spelling:
1. argu e arguing, hat e hating, lov e loving (: ag e ag e ing, dy e - dy e ing, agr ee agr ee ing, s ee s ee ing)
2. hit hi tt ing, run ru nn ing, stop sto pp ing
3. ad'mit admi tt ing, be'gin begi nn ing, pre'fer prefe rr ing ( : 'budget budgeting, 'enter entering)
4. signa l signa ll ing, trave l travelling (AmE.: signaling, traveling)
5. carr y carr y ing, enjo y enjo y ing, hurr y hurr y ing
6. d ie d y ing, l ie l y ing
Present Continuous Tense
1. 䳿, (still, now, at 11 oclock, from 5 to 9 oclock), (today, this week, this season).
Please, dont make so much noise. I am studying. ( not I study)
Tom and Ann are talking and drinking in a café. Tom says, I mreading an interesting book at the moment.
You are working hard today. Yes, I have a lot to do.
2. , :
The population of the world is rising very fast. ( not rises).
3. 䳿, .
What are you doing tomorrow evening?
I am going to the theatre.
Present Continuous Tense :
- :
I am hoping you can lend me $100.
Im afraid we must be going;
- , , :
He is continually borrowing money from me.
