Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - What's in a name? for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Which underlined verbs would be better in the continuous form? Why? Change them as necessary.

Answer

  1. be having (The action is still in progress.)
  2. 've been waiting (It's an unfinished action and emphasises the length of time.)
  3. ✓
  4. 'm trying (It's an action in progress at this time.)
  5. 'd been expecting (It emphasises the length of time.)
  6. ✓
  7. ✓
  8. 'Il have been living (It emphasises the length of time.)
  9. 'm working (The action is still in progress.)
  10. was making (It talks about something that was in progress when I got home.)