2nd ONLINE LESSON -Perfect Tenses

2nd  ONLINE   LESSON  -  Look   at   the  examples    and     answer   the    questions:

1.-Are    both   the     following    sentences   grammatically   correct?

  *a.- I´ ve  worked  in  Programme   Development   for    about    five   years    now.
  *b.- I´ ve   been    working   in   Programme    Development  for  about    five    years     now.

2.- Does    the    different   tense    change    the    meaning  in    the   previous     sentences?

3.-In    which  of    the    following    sentences   is    Charlie  talking     about   completed    events?

  *a.-I´ ve   been    working  for   a  university    channel  called   Yoonie  TV
  *b.-I´ve    worked  for   a   university   channel   called   Yoonie  TV 

 Which    sentences    are   grammatically   correct,   which   ones   are   not    so   and  which   ones described   completed    events:

1.-Why    have    you    applied    for    the   job?
2.-He  has   been  starting    a   new    job.
3.-We´ve   been     expecting    them    to    arrive     since    last    Wednesday.
4.-You´d  better  put  on   your  boots.  It   has   been   snowing  all  week  and   it is  very 
 muddy.
5.- Where    has      she    been?

Complete  the   following     sentences   using  "a   distance   effect"   and   the    correct    form  of  the   verbs  in  the  second   part  of   the    sentence:

1- It........................., the   members   of   the  gang.......................(not to leave-yet)   the    country.
2.-Is ............................nobody.........................( turn  off ) the  lights  before   the    storm?  
3.-It ........................., the   outstanding  writer...................(already-finish) her  third   book. 
  
   

WELCOME

WELCOME  TO   THE   2014  ADVANCED  COURSE   BLOG:

This   is    a   new     and   fascinating  outside   classroom   meeting   place .  Everybody    is   kindly  invited  to  join  it. It   is    designed  to  meet    advanced    students´  needs .Updated   topics    and    vocabulary,  with   renewed  excercises   and   challenging  reading   comprehension  texts  will   make    the    most   of    it.

Ist.  ONLINE   Class:(Distancing   idea)
1.-Complete  the  second   sentence  so that  it  means  the   same  as the first  one,  using  the  word  in   red.Use  between  two  and     five words. 
 a.- They   believe   that   skin   cancer  will   cause  more    deaths  in   the    coming    years. said.
.........................................................................................................
b.-People   think   that   he   is   living  in   South   America.be.
 He.........................................................................................................
c.-Experts   believe  that    the   house   was   built  in  1735.been. 
    The   house.................................................................................. 

2.- RE-write    the     sentences    in   two     ways. Put    the    underlined  parts   in   the   passive:
 a.-They  say  that  a  fire  has   completely   destroyed   the    Royal  Hotel.
    * It.......................................................................................
    * The   Royal    Hotel..........................................................
b.- They   believe  that    ambulances   have taken  fifteen   people  to  hospital.
    *It........................................................................................
    *Fifteen   people.................................................................
c.-They   believe   that  a   cigarette   started    the    blaze.
   *It........................................................................................
    *The    fire..........................................................................

3.- Read   the    following   newspaper   headlines    and   complete   the     exercises    below:

      Earthquake  devastates Los  Angeles 
Sudan  suffers drought           Famine results in  starving
                                      Woman  rescued from drowning in floods 

         Reforestation   policy   on    agenda



a.-Find    words    which   mean  the    following:

    1.-destroys  ,2.-dying   of   hunger  , 3.-dying because   they   were  underwater  and   could  not   breath .
 b.- Find    nouns     which   mean    the    following:
     1.- there  is    no    rain   so   food  cannot   grow.
     2.- recovering   green    areas.
     3.-  extreme   lack   of   food.