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| 1. You are always interrupting me 2. Boys at school are always bullying Sherry because of 3. My wife is always nagging me 4. Alan’s mom is always criticizing 5. It’s so strange. I’m always meeting 6. Mary says she wants to lose weight, but she is always eating 7. I don’t want to invite Helen. She is always flirting 8. Why are you always finding 9. You’re always asking me | a) fault with whatever I do? b) to buy her a red Ferrari. c) her red curly hair. She refuses to go to school. d) Alice Marshal in the supermarket. e) when I’m talking. f) with my brother. His wife doesn’t like it. g) silly questions. h) something between having meals. i) me and the way we live. |
Ex.24. In these dialogues, finish the replies using the construction ‘be always + –ing’.
Model: - I’m afraid I’ve lost my glasses again.
- Oh no, not again! You ’ re always losing your glasses,Granny.
1. - Phil, have you paid the phone bill?
- Sorry, Sue, I’ve completely forgotten.
- You ________________________________________________.
2. - Look, Nick! You’ve made the same mistake again.
- My god! I ____________________________________________.
3. - Lucy, we can’t go to Bristol today. Our car has broken down again.
- This car is absolutely useless! It ___________________________.
4. - Why are you laughing at our new manager?
- Because he ______________________________ (forget my name).
5. - I’ve no patience with Betty.
- Why?
- Because she __________________________ (talk only about herself).
6. - And I have no patience with Nick.
- You? Why?
- Because he ______________ (boast of his great sporting achievements).
7. - Pete, the teacher is angry with you.
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- Is she really? Why?
- Because you _____________________ (cheat in tests).
8. - Lucy, stop nagging!
- It’s so annoying! You ______________(grumble at me).
9.- I’m going to sell my laptop.
- Are you really? Why?
- Because something _______________ (go wrong with it).
Ex.25. Make up dialogues using the words and expressions in the box. Refer to the first dialogue as a pattern.
| DVD fridge record player mobile phone | get on my nerves get out of order make a strange noise let me down |
1. - I’m going to sell my car.
- Are you really? Why? It isn’t old.
- Because something’s always going wrong with it.
- In that case you’d better get rid of it.
2. - I’m going to sell my notebook.
- ______________________________
- Because it’s always ______________
- _______________________________
3 - I’m going to sell my ______________
- Are you really? Why?
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
4. - I’m going ______________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
5. - I’m _____________________________
