EVOLVE 3 Unit 8, Getting there

UNFINISHED OR RESULT? I've been posting my videos on YouTube.

A: _________you __________ (look) for a new job recently? B: Yes, I have. I ________ (see) three jobs I'm very interested in already.

a piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly: I have a lot of __________ to do this weekend. I need to clean the kitchen, and then do some laundry and tidy my room.

to relax and not use too much energy:   I have a lot of work to do for the event tomorrow. So today I just want to __________ and read a book and relax.

a piece of work that you have to do: We're organizing our garage this weekend. It's going to be a big _____________.

a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result

The _____________ lets you talk about an unfinished activity that started in the past. For example, "I've been traveling around Europe for several weeks."

something that is difficult and that tests someone’s ability: I recently ran 30 miles across a mountain trail. I wasn't sure I could do it; I had to train very hard. It was a real ______________

an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do: My university has a program in London. It’s a great __________to spend a year in another country.

to use most of your time and effort to do something : I came to the library so that I can ____________ studying. It's too noisy at home.

a situation in which something becomes different, or the result of something becoming different: Moving to Paris has been a big ________. The culture and language are very different from my country.

your brother/ drive/ has/ to/ learn/ have/ been ? (Some words are not used)

UNFINISHED OR RESULT? But I haven't saved enough money to get a real video camera yet.

success in doing something well, usually by working hard: Graduating from college was my greatest _________.

UNFINISHED OR RESULT? I've been spending a lot of time asking people for help.

a carefully planned piece of work that has a particular purpose: We were given a school _______last week. For homework, we had to try to make a robot.

Daniel's band ___________________ a lot of concerts recently. They're becoming really popular.

a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result: Replacing the CPU in my laptop was a complicated _________. But I watched some videos on YouTube, and I learned how to do it.

You can use the _______________ with the adverbs lately and recently: Have you been doing anything exciting lately?

UNFINISHED OR RESULT? A lot of you have said really nice things about them.

to have the opportunity or the time to do something: I'm sorry, I have nobody to take care of the baby today, so I haven't ___________ to finish the report yet.

to have enough time to do something: We _______lots of ________to check in and go through security. The flight doesn't leave for another two hours.

UNFINISHED OR RESULT? I've been making good progress on a personal project.

to have difficulty with something:   I'm ___________________ this website. I am trying to register for an online course, but it's not showing me the options that I need to choose.

the achievement of results that were wanted or hoped for: Our café opening was a big ________! We had a lot of customers on our first day, and we made a lot of money.

Mark and I _____________ taking Japanese lessons recently. We still don't know much, but I'm sure we'll be able to order coffee when we go to Tokyo next year.

to try as hard as you can to do something: A: Where are you? Are you going to make it for the meeting? B: I'm D__________, but the weather is terrible. I'm trying to find a cab now.

Use the words to make a question with the present perfect continuous. you / follow / the news

"Raj has been trying to call Katie for an hour, but the line is busy." Is Raj still trying to talk to Katie?

you can use the ___________ to focus on the results of a finished activity. For example, "I've been to Europe."

Marion: Hey, Mateo! DOING/ RECENTLY/ YOU/ WHAT/ BEEN/ HAVE?