write the report, a superstar had come to your school and you had taken an interview of that Superstar that Superstar is graduated from your school
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Use this interview with a famous actor to practice speaking and pronunciation skills as well as review important grammar points on tense usage. Read, practice with a partner, and check your understanding of important vocabulary and grammar rules. Afterward, create your own dialogue using provided cues.
Vocabulary
take time off: to stop working in order to do something else
average day: a normal or typical day in someone's life
studio: the room(s) in which a movie is made
shoot some scenes: to record scenes being acted out on a video camera
script: the lines an actor needs to speak in a movie
career: the job you have for most of your life
future projects: the work that you will do in the future
focus on something: to try to do only one thing at a time
documentary: a type of film about something that happened in real life
retire: to stop working permanently
Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense
The first part of this interview dialogue concerns daily routines and other activities regularly/still taking place. The present simple tense is used to speak and ask about daily routines. The following sentences are examples of the present simple tense.
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I usually get up early and go to the gym.
How often do you travel for work?
She doesn't work from home.
The present continuous tense is used to speak about what is happening at a specific moment in time, usually at or around the moment that a conversation is taking place. The following sentences are examples of the present continuous tense.
I'm studying French for a test right now.
What are you working on this week?
They're getting ready to open the new store.
Part One of the Interview
Pay close attention to the use of the present simple and present continuous tense in the following interview excerpt.
Interviewer: Thank you for taking some time off from your busy schedule to answer a few questions about your life!
Tom: It's my pleasure.
Interviewer: Could you tell us about an average day in your life?
Tom: Sure. I get up early, at 7 in the morning, then I have breakfast. After breakfast, I go to the gym.
Interviewer: Are you studying anything now?
Tom: Yes, I'm learning dialogue for a new film called "The Man About Town".
Interviewer: What do you do in the afternoon?
Tom: First I have lunch, then I go to the studio and shoot some scenes.
Interviewer: Which scene are you working on today?
Tom: I'm acting out a scene about an angry lover.
Interviewer: That's very interesting. What do you do in the evening?
Tom: In the evening, I go home and have dinner and study my scripts.
Interviewer: Do you go out at night?
Tom: Not always, I like going out at weekends.