Share C1 unit 1 - perfect and continuous verb forms
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For years I HAD TOLD / I HAD BEEN TELLING all my friends that I wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of London
HAD BEEN TELLING
I HAD ALWAYS BEEN / I HAD ALWAYS BEEN BEING a real city person.
I had always been
By the beginning of next month, I WILL HAVE LIVED / I WILL HAVE BEEN LIVING here for exactly a year.
Both! but how does the focus change?
By the time the first year comes to an end, all my London friends WILL HAVE BEEN / HAVE BEEN here to stay
wil have been
I ______ (think) of spending a week in Ireland in early June,
I am thinking - synonym?
I _______ (love) living here right now!
love - correct form.
I am loving - used in a more informal, colloquial setting! (McDonalds.....)
Can you give us two sentences with the different meanings of the verb SEE? (one in simple, one in continuous form)
Teacher will award...
I HAVE BEEN THINKING / I HAVE THOUGHT about living abroad, but I´m still undecided...
Both but slight difference in meaning ! (explain in class)
A lot of the _______-produced gods we buy today used to take weeks of careful work to make
mass-produced
She has a lot of far-f_________ ideas and no one takes them seriously!
far-fetched
This area of the city has become so ____-up, you can´t find any parking spaces!
built-up
What can you tell us about compound words?
Teacher will award...
Living in the inner city does not mean you are completely cut off from nature, nor/as yet does it mean you will be less active than if you live in the country
nor
_________as people continue to find living in large houses with gardens desirable, it will be difficult to persuade them to move to the inner city
as long as
Cordoba is a small y____ busy city.
yet
Create an inversion with this sentence: Cordoba is providing more and more bike lanes and increasing the number of bus services.
Not only is cordoba providing more and more bike lanes, but also......
