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C1 unit 1 - perfect and continuous verb forms

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  • This area of the city has become so ____-up, you can´t find any parking spaces!
    built-up
  • Can you give us two sentences with the different meanings of the verb SEE? (one in simple, one in continuous form)
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  • Cordoba is a small y____ busy city.
    yet
  • I HAVE BEEN THINKING / I HAVE THOUGHT about living abroad, but I´m still undecided...
    Both but slight difference in meaning ! (explain in class)
  • I _______ (love) living here right now!
    love - correct form. I am loving - used in a more informal, colloquial setting! (McDonalds.....)
  • 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
  • How many prompts are you asked to talk about in an essay at c1?
    Two from a choice of three!
  • I ______ (think) of spending a week in Ireland in early June,
    I am thinking - synonym?
  • What can you tell us about the format of an essay at c1?
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  • 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?
  • She has a lot of far-f_________ ideas and no one takes them seriously!
    far-fetched
  • 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
  • I HAD ALWAYS BEEN / I HAD ALWAYS BEEN BEING a real city person.
    I had always been
  • 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
  • A lot of the _______-produced gods we buy today used to take weeks of careful work to make
    mass-produced
  • _________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
  • What can you tell us about compound words?
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  • 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......