Wednesday, November 28, 2012

B1-KEYS unit 2B

page 132 GRAMMAR BANK KEYS 

2A

1. How long have they been going out together?
2. I've been studying English for two years.
3. He hasn't been feeling very well recently
4. You've been reading that book for months!
5. Have you been waiting ( for ) a long time?
6. We haven't been spending much time together.
7. How long has she been living there?
8. I've been renting this flat for three years.
9. The lift hasn't been working since 10 o'clock.
10. Has she been working here ( for) a long time?

 Before doing exercise 2A b read the PowerPoint about the present perfect and present perfect continous.
b
1. Have....been crying, 've been watching
2. 's been barking
3. haven't been sleeping
4. 've been shopping
5. have...been doing, 've been playing

READING - exercise 5- page 26

5c Victoria
1 She's working at Monkey World ( which looks after aptes which have been ill-treated)
2 She was working as a manager in Next, a chain store.
3 She went on a working holiday to Borneo. She worked with apes and enjoyed it. When whe came back she found it difficult to return to her old life. She decided to go back to university to study biology.

Sally
1 She's living on the Greek island of Lipsi
2 She was living in London, working for American Express. She had a good salary and social life but she didn't enjoy getting up early on the bad weather.
3 She went on holiday to Lipsi, a Greek island, with a friend and loved it- the people, the weather, the food, the mountains. She decided to apply for a job with the travel company who organized her holiday. She got a job as a tourist guide on the island.
4 She's very happy there. She can't imagine living in London again.

5e
1 trivial   2 mad   3 keeper   4 apes  5 ill-treated   6 the tube  7 delicious  8 applied for  9  blazing  tiny


WRITING - TELLING A STORY - NIGHTMARE JOURNEYS -page 33


a. Below are in bold the right spelling and form for the verbs underlined in red from the article NIghtmare journeys.
 left
 didn't know
 find
were
we couldn't check in
 fell

b. 

1. when     2. but      3. so      4. After    5. but    6. because   7. so     8. Although     9. in the end

c. C= refers to a car journey     P= refers to a plane journey

the flight was delayed (P)
you broke down ( C)
you got lost ( C)
you missed your flight ( P)
there was a traffic jam ( C)
you got a puncture ( C)
you forgot your passport (P)
your flight was overbooked (P)

HOMEWORK
TASK- Write about a nightmare journey you've had ( or invent one)
Words 180-200  
Deadline: Monday 3 December








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