Dear Joni, Everything is going well. I 1 (have) a lovely time here at the moment. Although I have been used to the life in Edinburgh, the beautiful city in Scotland, it was hard to understand the accent here at first. But it 2 (get) easier now, because I 3 (be) here for three weeks. And I 4 (make) a lot of friends since I came here. They often 5 (help) me. Tomorrow my friends and I 6 (see) fireworks. I believe there 7 (be) a lot of fun. I’m sorry to hear that you are sick, but I 8 (hope) you 9 (be) fine soon. Susan

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Activity 1 Lead-in Read the e-mail and fill in the blanks with the right verb forms.

hope

will be

What verb forms are there in the email?

am having

help

will be