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Answer for exercise 5

The solution for exercise 5 in chapter 1.2 - A life at a time of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

  1. Look at the sentences from the radio programme and identify the tense of the underlined phrases.
  2. Work in pairs and discuss the sentences (1-7) in Exercise 5A.
  3. Match the underlined verb phrases with the meanings.

Answer

a)

  1. present perfect simple
  2. present perfect simple
  3. present continuous
  4. past continuous
  5. past perfect simple
  6. past perfect simple
  7. present perfect continuous
  8. present perfect simple
  9. past perfect simple
  10. future continuous

b)

  1. continuous → 1, 2, 4, 7; perfect → 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
  2. existing tenses → past / present / future continuous, past / present / future perfect continuous. In Ex 5A → past / present / future continuous, present perfect continuous. The speaker sees the action as ongoing (in relation to the point in time referred to) and as having limited duration.
  3. existing tenses → past / present / future perfect; past / present / future perfect continuous. In Ex 5A → present / past perfect simple, present perfect continuous. The action happens before a particular point in time and is relevant to that point in time.

c)

  1. 5, 6, 9
  2. 1, 2, 7, 8
  3. 10
  4. 4
  5. 3
  6. 7
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More exercises in 1.2 - A life at a time
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 4
Exercise 6
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10