Spotlight 9 1c

1. Spotlight 9 1c

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5. Match the verb forms to their uses.

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I’ve been
I am having
I love
I’ve been dancing
I’ve taken
I’m lying
I’m having (later)
I’m going back (later)
a) A temporary situation
b) A fixed arrangement in the
near future (2)
c) An expression of feeling
d) An action happening now
e) An action which started in
the past and continues to
the present with emphasis
on duration
f) An action which started in
the past and continues to
the present
g) An action completed
recently

6. What tense is it and what is its use?

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I like travelling around my country.
I’ve been doing my homework for 2 hours.
The bus leaves at 5 o’clock.
I am meeting my friend tomorrow morning.
I study English at school.
We are working on Present tenses right now.
I’ve learnt some English words.
I’ve been here for ten minutes.
It often rains in autumn.

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• 1 A: does the parade start?
• B: starts _ are meeting
• 2 A: looks. Is he having
• B: ’s thinking
• 3 A: Have you ever attended
• B: am going
• 4 A: have you been doing
• B: have been digging
• 5 A: are you smelling
• B: smells

9. Ex.3 p.14

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a) looks b) is looking
a) tastes b) is tasting
a) feels b) is feeling
a) thinks B) is thinking
a) has B) is having

10. Ex.6, p.15

• 2 I’ve been listening to loud music all afternoon.
• 3 She’s been lying in the sun all day.
• 4 He’s lost his key.
• 5 She’s just broken a mirror.
• 6 He’s seen the film before.

11. Ex.7, p.15

• 1 haven’t been, since
• 2 has been raining, for
• 3 has known, for
• 4 have been, since
• 5 haven’t seen, for
• 6 has been reading, since

12. Ex.9, p.15

• 1 ’ve been
• 2 is
• 3 Have you ever heard
• 4 have
• 5 have just finished
• 6 dresses up
• 7 dance
• 8 ’ve been looking
forward to
• 9 ’ve found
• 10 starts
• 11 is picking me up
• 12 ’m feeling