Cover of the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.3 - At the same time for the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Complete the Active grammar box with the headings.
  2. Look at the text from exercise 2 again. Find more examples for each heading in the Active grammar box.

Answer

a)

  1. 2
  2. 1

b)

A (temporary actions happening around now)

  • I'm working all the time ...
  • where are you having lessons?
  • I’m having lessons from someone I work with.

B (Actions happening at this moment)

  • I’m doing two things at once ...
  • I’m writing a report and trying to buy a guitar ...
  • I’m making my first bid now.
  • Someone else is bidding €70.
  • It's all happening very quickly now.
  • I'm bidding €95 now ... .
  • You don’t see what you’re buying ... how much you're paying.