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Example: Youve been working / worked hard for months you need a holiday. 1 Hes doing / been doing yoga for three years now. !ve "een waiting for this moment since / for a long time. # !ve disliked $ been disliking "ananas since ! was a child. % &ont worry. ! havent been crying / cried !ve got a cold. ' !m writing a letter to my "est friend. !ve known / been knowing her for years. ( How long has his father been working / does his father work in )adrid*
3 7omplete the dialogues with the ver"s. Use the present perfect simple or the past simple.
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Example: !m ,ust going to ta0e out some money "efore we go to the cinema. up out with 1 ?et me pay you 111111111 the money you lent me. for with "ac0 +e were charged U15> 11111111 the "ottle of champagne2 at with for # He needs a 11111111 from the "an0 "ecause he spent more money than he has. loan tax mortgage % 9ues parents 11111111 her some money so she could "uy a car. "orrowed owed lent ' ! try to 11111111 some of my salary every month so that ! can go travelling. save afford cost ( ! am trying not to 11111111 money on clothes ! will never wear. invest waste charge 5 +hen hes twenty@one3 hes going to 11111111 money from his grandmother3 who died last year. invest inherit ta0e out
spend only about !(/ o their yearly salaries on transport costs. 0ome o the buses are able to carry !#(12#( passengers. 0chool buses are yellow, and buses or disabled people are blue. They are designed with three doors 1 two e+its and one entrance 1 so that people can get on and o 3uic%ly. Bus stations provide ree maps and acilities to help parents with young children and people carrying heavy bags to board the buses easily. 4assengers buy a tic%et at the o ice in advance and then wait or their bus, li%e in an underground station. Because o the success o Curitiba)s public transport system, Jaime Lerner now o ers advice to city councils around the world on how they can solve their cities) transport problems.
Example: 7uriti"a has one of the "est pu"lic transport systems in the world. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say 1 7uriti"a is different from other cities in the world. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say 6aime ?erner spent a lot of time playing on the streets when he was a child. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say # -he council allows people to sell things in the pedestrian streets. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say % Bll the 0ios0s sell local food. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say ' -he council chose to increase the "us service "ecause it was the least expensive type of transport. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say ( -he population of the city is a"out 1.: million. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say 5 Cther large 8raDilian cities are planning to cut the amount of fuel they use. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say ; -he "uses are different colours according to what they are used for. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say : Eassengers "uy their tic0ets as they get on the "uses. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say 1> )r ?erner en,oys "eing an expert in developing pu"lic transport systems. B -rue 8 4alse 7 &oesnt say
WRITING B newspaper is running a story@writing competition. +rite a"out a nightmare holiday youve had3 or a difficult situation youve "een in .or invent one/3 to send to the newspaper. Bnswer the following
G +hen and where did it happen* G +ho were you with* +hy* G +hat went wrong* +hat happened* G +hat happened in the end*