tailieunhanh - A complete English language course part 16

Turn the full forms into short forms in these sentences. Be careful - one of them can't be changed to a short form! The first one has been done for you. | 134 other ways. Yes it s all rather mysterious and sounds very complicated to the uninitiated but like most things in life it s easy when you know how. There are plenty of books in the shops that ll explain the rules of cricket in detail sometimes far too much detail - and there are plenty of people around who ll save you the money by doing the job themselves. Cricket is a summer game in the UK but it s played all year round now because during the football season the national cricket team goes to play the national teams of the other countries in warmer parts of the world. So being a professional cricketer for your country has now become a full-time year-round job Glossary regarded as - thought of as considered professionally - in return for payment amateur - without being paid spectator - someone who watches a game ground - the field or stadium where a game is played action - what s happening on the field match - a game between two teams live - at the time that it happens not recorded and shown later fan - supporter strip - the uniform that a team wears when they are playing Commonwealth - a federation of countries with historical and cultural links to the UK West Indies - the island nations of the Caribbean bats - uses a bat a wooden thing for hitting a ball at a time - simultaneously wicket - three sticks in the ground don t ask - just buy a book on cricket out - out of the game mysterious - hard to understand uninitiated - someone who hasn t been told the rules 9 I ve lost my passport In this unit you will learn how to talk about things that have happened recently talk about a a sequence of events ask people about events that have already happened form and use the past simple form and use the present perfect use some time adverbs Dialogue 1 Shamira and Liz are at the supermarket checkout. Liz Have we bought everything we need Shamira I think so - I ve crossed everything off the shopping list and I don t think we ve forgotten anything. The checkout assistant .