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Work in pairs. Name the verb forms in bold in
these pairs of sentences. Discuss the difference
in meaning between a and bin each pair.

1 a They studied Portuguese for three years.
b They've studied Portuguese for three years.
EJ a Read the article again. What does it say about these
numbers, people and things? 2 a Kemal often watches DVDs.
b Kemal's watching a DVD at the moment.
350 million 3.5 billion Dr Beneke 75% 3 a Jo did her homework when I got home.
Toyota immersion schools Jean Paul Nerriere b Jo was doing her homework when I
got home.
b Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
4 a She teaches English.
1 Do you think Globish will become more important than standard b She's teaching English while she's in Berlin.
English? Why?/Why not?
5 a When we got there, the class started.
2 How important is English for employment opportunities in your
b When we got there, the class had started.
country? Give examples.
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6 a Antonio repaired his car last week.
: HELP WITH GRAMMAR b Antonio's car was repaired last week.
• Review of the English verb system
• a Choose the correct verb forms.
a Look at the article again. Match the words/phrases in blue
I started studying Spanish
to these verb forms.
after I went/was going to Argentina on holiday last
Present Simple speak Present Continuous year. I 'd never been/never went to South America
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Past Simple Past Continuous before and I couldn't speak a word of Spanish.
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Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous While I had travelled/was travelling around the
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country, I picked up/was picking up enough words
Past Perfect Simple Present Simple Passive
and phrases to get by.
Past Simple Passive
• I toldl was told that my pronunciation
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b Fill in the gaps in these rules with continuous, perfect, 7 was!was being quite good, so when I got home
simple or passive. I decided/was deciding to learn Spanish properly.
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• We usually use verb forms to talk about things that A friend recommended/was recommended a
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are repeated, permanent or completed. school and I go/'ve been going there for about
six months.
• We usually use verb forms to talk about things that
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are in progress, temporary or unfinished. I always enjoy!'m always enjoying the
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• We usually use verb forms to talk about things that lessons and the language teaches!is taught
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in an interesting way. I think!thought that I
connect two different time periods (the past and the present, etc.).
14 'm learning!'ve learned a lot since I started.
• We usually use verb forms when we focus on what
It's not all fun, though - at the moment I
happens to someone or something rather than who or what 15 study!'m studying for my first exam!
• does the action .
• b &
• 1 Listen and check .
• c Look at the verb forms in pink in the article. Which are
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• activity verbs? Which are state verbs? Then choose the
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• correct word in this rule .
• Get ready ... Get it right!
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• • We don't usually use activity/state verbs in continuous verb forms .
• Turn to p110 .
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• d Check in lff;OW,fii;llt p128 .