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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.1 - Making a difference for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the text below about an organisation which helps people at a local level. Who is Kufuo?
  2. Complete the text with the present perfect simple or continuous form of the verbs in the box. Where are both forms possible?

Answer

a)

Kufuo is a friend of the writer's. He's a cocoa grower in Ghana and does work for Fairtrade.

b)

  1. 've worked / 've been working ('ve been working emphasises the length of time)
  2. 've visited
  3. 've lived / 've been living ('ve been living here slightly emphasises the idea that it's temporary)
  4. 've met
  5. 've known
  6. 's grown / 's been growing ('s been growing emphasises the length of time)
  7. has followed/has been following (has been following emphasises the length of time)
  8. 's recruited
  9. 've doubled
  10. has become