Answer — Exercise 2
1.1·Speakout Advanced - Workbook
Question
- Read the article. Find and correct seven mistakes with the continuous aspect.
- Read the blog again. Underline seven examples of the continuous aspect used correctly. Why is the continuous used in these examples? Match them with uses a)-e).
Answer
a)
- Recently
I'm walkingI was walking through the aisles of a bookshop ... - ... when I
was noticingnoticed ... - The title is the first thing the reader
is seeingsees ... - ... if she hadn't
been changingchanged ... - That's OK, but
I'm preferringI prefer ... I thinkI'm thinking of writing a book ...- It's something
l've plannedl've been planning ...
b)
- Paul McCartney had been working
- you've been working on your masterpiece
- it's getting harder and harder
- People in the book business are always saying, Publishers are always telling
- I was hoping to find something, I'm expecting it to make me millions