Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 11

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9 - Show you the ropes for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss why you think the continuous form is used in each sentence above.

Answer

  1. focus on the activity happening over a period of time – as opposed to the result
  2. talk about arrangements and activities based on a previous decision
  3. show an action or event is / was unfinished at a particular point in time or at the time of another action.
  4. talk about arrangements and activities based on a previous decision
  5. talk about arrangements and activities based on a previous decision
  6. emphasise that we see an action or situation as temporary – rather than permanent
  7. talk about arrangements and activities based on a previous decision
  8. focus on the activity happening over a period of time – as opposed to the result