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- Greg Malivuk
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- Homework: p. 59 part 10 (make the sentences true for you), p. 162 practice 1
- p. 162 practice 1
- 1 I haven’t seen (James just returned, so this is the first time Paolo is seeing him)
- 2 Have you been
- 3 I just got back / I’ve just gotten back
- 4 were you (the trip is finished)
- 5 I spent (during the finished trip)
- 6 did you get to (during the finished trip)
- 7 I went (during the finished trip)
- 8 I have heard (during his whole life)
- 9 I didn’t have (during the finished trip)
- 10 It was too far (during the finished trip)
- How long have you been ____? = You are ____ now, and I want to know when this started.
- How long were you ____? = You are not ____ now, but you were for some period of time in the past.
- (The “____” can be anything that is grammatically correct.)
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- p. 59 part 10
- 1 month / year (length of time)
- 2 Boston, two years (length of time)
- 3 been to Hong Kong / been to Mars
- 4 bought a train ticket
- 5 three years
- 6 fashion company, two years
- 7 ate a hamburger / will go out / always studied (during a specific finished past time)
- 8 applied to university
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- p. 59 part 11 - Two Truths and a Lie
- Write three sentences about unusual travel experiences you have had. Two must be true and one must be a lie. Then tell your group and they have to guess which one is the lie. (Ask follow-up questions after everyone has guessed about your sentences.)
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- p. 60 part 1 - Where are these pictures from? Which pictures go with which descriptions?
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- BREAK
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- A - Hong Kong
- B - Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
- C - India
- D - Bali, Indonesia
- pronunciation: Ireland and Iceland are islands.
- p. 60 - read the article about “Geography” and complete the table of types of vacation
- 1 cruises
- 2 safaris
- 3 bush camps
- 4 cultural tours
- “the bush” = the wilderness / wild areas, especially in Africa and Australia (it comes from British English)
- (“tents” and “tense” are homophones)
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- New Tense: Present Perfect Continuous
- perfect = [have] + past participle
- continuous = [be] + verb(ing)
- perfect continuous = [have] + been + verb(ing)
- present perfect continuous = have/has + been + verb(ing)
- I have studied Spanish. = I studied some time in the past, but I don’t any more.
- I have been studying Spanish. = I started in the past and am still studying Spanish now.
- I am studying Spanish. = I’m studying right now, but it could have started recently or long ago.
- I’ve studied Spanish for three years. = I’ve been studying Spanish for three years.
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- Verbs like “live”, and “work” are long actions: there usually isn’t much difference between simple and continuous
- I live in Boston. = I am living in Boston., I work at BAE. = I’m working at BAE.
- I have worked here for almost three years. = I have been working here for almost three years.
- Most action verbs are medium actions: There is an important difference between simple and continuous.
- I am reading. NOT= I read., I am speaking Spanish. NOT= I speak Spanish.
- I have watched this movie. NOT= I have been watching this movie.
- I have read 200 books. = I finished them in the past, but not at a specific time.
- I have been reading 200 books. = I am currently in the middle of all 200 of them.
- Some actions are short actions: They take very little time, so it’s uncommon to use continuous.
- I have turned on the light. = I did this in the past, but not at a specific time.
- I have been turning on the light. = I’m in the middle of this action right now. (strange)
- You are hitting your brother. = You are repeating this (short) action continuously.
- Other verbs are non-actions (or stative): they don’t take any time, so they are never continuous.
- I know many things. (NOT: I am knowing many things.)
- I have known him for 10 years. (NOT: I have been knowing him for 10 years.)
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- p. 61 part 8 - match activities (which continue) and results (which happened and are finished), then write complete sentences.
- 1 e - We’ve been tracking elephants all week. We have taken some amazing photos.
- 2 a - We’ve been lying by the pool all day. I have finished my book.
- 3 b - She’s been looking for a cheap deal, but she hasn’t found one.
- 4 c - We have been touring European cities, so we have seen dozens of churches.
- 5 f - He has been following the coastal path. He has walked ten miles.
- 6 d - I’ve been visiting local markets and I’ve spent a fortune.
- a dozen, a few dozen, four dozen, dozens
- a hundred, a few hundred, four hundred, hundreds
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- Homework: read p. 63 and do parts 3, 4, and 5 on p. 62 (also circle words you don’t understand)
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