1. it’s monday morning and my students (drive) me nuts1. i (stand) in the room in the international language school in london. the motto of this school (be) “english in two years without any tears”. my students are mostly from east asia — japan, china, hong kong. now i (watch) them closely. zeng (sleep) at the back of the class. imran (stare) at the text message on his mobile phone. astrid and vanessa (chatter). witold (cry) and yumi (try) to comfort him. only gen (look) at me. he (wait) for something to happen. suddenly zeng (start) snoring. i clear my throat. “right, who’s got that homework for me? ” i ask them. but i can see that they (be) not ready with it. usually i
