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Listening and Speaking

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• Present Perfect Simple active or passive
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a & 41 Listen to these sentences. Notice the weak forms

of have, has and been.
World le·aders have / hav/ met to discuss the global economy.
A new report on the environment has / haz/ just been / bm/
published.

b &42 Listen to eight sentences. Are the verbs in the
Present Perfect Simple active (A) or passive (P)?

&42 Listen again and practise. Copy the
stress and weak forms.

A new survey has / haz/ just been / bm/ published.
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• a Read these news stories. Put the verbs in brackets in the
Present Perfect Simple active or passive.

The government's pay offer 1 (reject) by the
Transport Union. The union leader, Alan Stone, 2
• HELP WITH GRAMMAR Uust confirm) that train drivers will go on strike at midnight.
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• Present Perfect Simple active and However, next week's postal strike 3 (call off)
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• after the union accepted a pay offer of 3.4% .
• passive for recent events
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• • Remember: we use the Present Perfect
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• Simple for giving news about something Scientists in Cambridge 4 (find) the gene that
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• that happened a short time ago, but we causes asthma. The gene is one of many allergy genes that
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• don't say exactly when . (discover) in the last few years .
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a Look at these sentences from the news

• stories. Then answer the questions . Rock singer Heidi Gee 6 Uust arrive) in the UK for
• her sell-out tour. Her second album, Serenity, -~---­
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: At least forty people have been arrested.
(already sell) over five million copies.
: The UK has failed to meet its targets .
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• 1 Which verb form in bold is in the Present
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• Perfect Simple active? Which is in the And we Uust hear) that the actor Henry
• Robson 9 ______ (take) to hospital after a car accident.
• Present Perfect Simple passive?
• His condition 10 (describe) as serious .
• 2 How do we make the Present Perfect
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• Simple active and Present Perfect Simple
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• passive?
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b Look at the words in blue in the
speech bubbles. What is the difference in Put the words in brackets in the correct places in these sentences.
meaning between these words? Where do 1 The strike has lasted three weeks. (already)
they usually go in sentences? 2 The Prime Minister has arrived. Uust)
TIP• We only use still in negative sentences 3 The relatives haven't been told. (yet)
with the Present Perfect Simple: Some of the 4 He's been questioned by the police. (already)
• items still haven't been examined. s Two men have been arrested. (just)
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• c Check in lij@&IM!;ff> p149 . 6 Has the match finished? (yet)
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7 The results haven't been published. (still)
a Look again at the verb forms in bold
in the speech bubbles. Which are in the
Present Perfect Simple active? Which are Get ready ... Get it right!
in the Present Perfect Simple passive?
• Work in groups. Group A p104. Group B p109.
b Work in pairs. Compare answers.
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