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,Jri.:some of the exercises, you have to does.your fa,ther do ... isn't

use yow:o;wh ideas to write , workingl's not-worldngris not
sentences. Example-answers are gi'Ven working , '
in diekey. If possible, check YOUl; : .' . ... 'm not enjoyiJilg/
enjoy ,.',
am 'not
answers 'with somebody who speaks, ,,' eNJoymg
English welt ' ' always,Jeaves'
's always leaving fils al:way~
leaviilg (atways Je~lVe$' is also
possible)

3.2' , '", ,
~ ~s,waitin!iU iSViTajtiI1g
4; ',AIe YOl:l-listepr~~ ;
5 D() you listen, "
6,£1o\\'s .: " ',' ,
] 's flOwing / is flowing
-, 8 grow ... ar~n't growing I 're not
growing l are
not growing ,
~, :'s imp~ovingl is)mw,wving "
10 ~sstaying~lis'
,'
sta,ying ... always
.stays .,
'1 t 'm staTting / am starting :
12, ~m 'learning! am learning; ..
, is teadiing .'5.1
13 finisft ... 1m woiktng I am 2,.had
2.1
2. drink w.orkillg : ' '; 3 $Jiie walked t6work
3 live ,c.• : dO' your parents 'live 4 . It took her (about) balfan hour
4 causes,
15' is l00kiJilg . ", 'ssta ying / is 'sta ying , 5 She st~fted work " ' ,
s: live 6, She didnli have (any) lunch.! ... eat
6 .take place ' (any) lunch: '

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She finished work 8 saw .•. 'was trying' 8:2

She was tired wh,elii she got home ... ' '9 was wa'lk'Ipg 'heard .. "'. "haven't seen
She cooked ;' '.' was following startid haven't eaten
Shedidn'tgo " i wanted' , Lhaven't played (it)
She.went to bed I've had / I have had
l'hav~n't read
She slept
rV,e, never been! Ih~ven:~ been
has,bt<en late / 's been.late
,l~,ve nevertried/ih~'ve never
Jri~d(, tve pever,e'aten '
'.10 ',itis ~appeBedIit)ilas happened!
that's 4appenedl thilt has' ..
happened ,.' ,
,1"'.;e never seen her! I h~,~;n't seen
, her ,',

hi~~ been pla9Ing ,1l~nnis. I '~e 'been

pla¥iii).g t()l:fhis., . , . " • .: "
, i:-5cdmp'Ze,answers: . has been watching television,. / ?~

, .~ ,~as having,a shower; been warc,hin,g tel'evisien; . "

:3 . were waiting for the bus; has ,been iUl111ing.'i's been." '
gOl1C 'ruhning. ' '
4, was; reading the paper.
S waswatchingJt, ' gone
I;>een
6.3 ',2, Have rou been.wiiitinglo~g?
.' l' di(i).1'tsee .:. was looking .' ~: Whqt have yOJ;l been, ~oing? '
UNIT'S , 4' How long have you been living in
2 met , ... were going ... Was going .... ,
.ha,d ; .. were 'Waiting j waited" . . . .' 'Baker, Stj'eet? . ',
8.1'
,f"How lQpg'];ia've you been s~iling
3. was-cycling ... stepped .. : was 2 Have you ever beent'o citif~rnia?,
going,". managed : .• . didn:thit , ; , C!.'lII)Pl;lters? ' "
, .' '
'. . ':' .~'
3 Have you ever .run. a marathon?'.' >
" ;,' 4 Haveyea evei:spokento ati,~.ous'
person? ' have been' waiting / 've been
2' were yow'doing' 5 Have you alwayslived,in thi~
3 Oid you go . town? .' " ,." waiting
4 was. wearing '(wore is also fJO~sible)' 3 have be,en learning Spanish I've.
6. ,Whaes the most bequti:fili(p'la,ce
S were you driving : .. happened' ,been learning Spanish, .
you've eyer 'visited? "
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, ,','
'r
6. took ... wa~n'tlooking .
'J didl1.'tknow ": .
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4 Sh~ has been looking for' a job /

She'sbeel1.100king.,. f Ann has bee~tll siri~e'Sund;iY
been looking... ;.' ".. . been ill.Ior' a Jew days
,5 She has ·been working:in London / married two years ago
She's been working, .. / MacFY has had itfor ten Years / had ,this
been working, .. camera for ten-years-
. 6. have been writingro each other / to Fr.ance three weeks ago'
;v~ been,:Vritirig.\, ',' . ' been workingin a hotel' since June'
9.4
2 5 Since 8 for
6 for 9 since
,3 7 .since
4
5

6
7

r-: 1o~i"
2,

2'
has broken
brave }roil ~e~D working,
3'
4
Have, YOlLev:er worked ".
5
has she gO)l€ '
has appyareclf's ap~e:ared,
'6
haven't be6ri· waiting'
7 "
, 8
hasstopped;l's stopped
9
hqve;lost! 1ve,Jost , .. Hav,e y;ou
seen' '
10' have beenreadi.ng l"ve',beeD" wrong .-: - :did, Shakespeare Wrlt& '
reading ... hahn',t' finished. rigf!;t , '
'II have readl've:tead .wrong~was
,right ",
W1'01Jg -My grandp§lrents got
married ...
wro,ng-:-wereyou horn '

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UNIT, 15' 16.~

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10 was walking . . ,
t$·1 "had / 'H'. been running
2 Ifhad changed a lot;'
do
:3 She had arranged to something
were eating "
, had been eating (had eaten is also
, .else . .1 She'd arranged ... , possible') ,', ,
,4 The tilm Had already begun. was looking , ,
5 Ihadn't seen him for five years. WaS waiting ... had been waitingl
6 She hadjust had breakfast, /', . , 'd beer(waiting
She'd JUSt had ... " 9 'had had I/d had'
15.2 10. &aClJJ;d .Jb'een·travell:ipg,
. ') '. .

They had'beeq pl~,YiI),g fOQ~baIi.1

They' db~errplaYing: •. .. .;. ','
J SQrnebQdY JJiad peen ~n'\oking ;jn .

~the room,o,>;':·."' ,;:

·4 ,She1had,been djieaming:'1
She'd Been dreaniing.
-> He had beeri watching TV~
1:I~"d been watthlng ...
,16.'2',:;' '-. ,-;'
, 2 'h~'s'a swim'
,3, had a pa~ty
4 .haye a:};Qok'·
5 J~ havin,'g.a restI'Shlav,ing a rest
;6 hag a <;hat < "
. 7 Did Y9n ha ve a nice time,
, 8 lXada ,liiaby
9. had,a<;igare~te" "
1P. was having 'a sh6wer,
11 Did yo~"bcave a good £light

EfXample answers: c
2 1 haven't bought any~hi:Frg today.'
3 r ¢,idn:t watch tv yesterday. 2 used to have I used to,'ride
4' 'Lwent Ol;lt wi.)'h some friends 3 us-ed to live ' .
yestierdayevening. ' 4 used to liKe! used to love I used, to
$ 1 haven'tbeen to the cinema ea\:.
recently. 5 used to' be
6 I've been, swimming a: lot recently.