EXTRA PRACTICE
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G1
1
Complete the sentences with
for
or
since
.
1
I’ve been trying to call you
hours – where
have you been?
2
the last six years he’s been living in France.
3
She’s been studying English
she left school.
4
1990, the council have been spending much
more on public transport.
5
I’ve been looking for that
weeks – where did
you find it?
2
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
you since watching been long haven’t
has for hasn’t teaching having
1
Rose
been building this house
1995.
2
I’ve
reading all day.
3
How
have
been working here?
4
They
been studying hard enough. They must
work harder.
5
We’ve been
at this school
two years.
The kids are great.
6
He
been getting enough sleep. He’s really
tired.
7
She’s been
guitar lessons for ages, but she
still can’t play a tune.
8
I don’t know what happened in the series. I haven’t
been
the TV recently.
G2
3
Choose the correct verb form.
1
We’ve
prepared / been preparing
three boxes and
they’re all ready to be sent.
2
Can you take over? I’ve
packed
/ been packing
these
all morning. I need a rest.
3
Have you
waited / been waiting
long?
4
How long have we
driven / been driving
now?
5
I’ve
written / been writing
fifty letters so far today.
6
We’ve only
seen / been seeing
the first five minutes
of the film, so sit down.
7
How long have they
been / been being
here?
8
I’ve
worked
/ been working
all morning, so I’m
really tired.
KL
4
Write the missing prepositions in
sentences 1–6.
1
I’m also interested
knowing about your
last job.
2
A question now
your long-term ambitions.
3
Moving
, can you tell me why you want
the job?
4
Let me follow that
with another question.
5
Without going
too much detail, can you tell
us why?
6
I’m afraid I don’t know the answer
that.
5
Put the words in the correct order to make
expressions.
1
one / last / question / just / .
2
I’m / you / asked / that / me / glad / .
3
question / good / that’s / a / very / .
4
just / think / for / a / let / about / that / moment / me / .
5
thought / that / really / I / about / haven’t / .
6
you / might / me / thought / ask / I / that / .
V1
6
Match the descriptions of people’s jobs with
the adjectives in the box.
flexible glamorous stressful challenging
rewarding
1
‘I’m a Hollywood actress. I’ll be at the Oscars next
month.’
2
‘We work long hours and take complaints from
members of the public. I need to see a doctor!’
3
‘As long as I work 35 hours a week my boss doesn’t
mind when I work. So some days I start at 9 a.m.
and some days at midday.’
4
‘I work with a children’s charity. It’s hard work but
I really feel I’m helping people.’
5
‘The next expedition is through the Amazon
rainforest by boat.’
V2
7
Match the sentence halves.
1
We’re looking
2
I wouldn’t depend
3
We need someone with fluency
4
Knowledge
5
My experience
6
You’ll report
7
There’s good prospects
a
in Polish.
b
to me.
c
on her to remember.
d
of management is limited.
e
for promotion.
f
of Java programming would be helpful.
g
for a candidate with a degree.
V3
8
Complete the sentences with either
work
or
time
.
1
Don’t spend too much
on this.
2
We don’t have our own offices where I work, but
I have my own
station.
3
You can improve your
management with
proper planning.
4
Nowadays more and more people are trying to get a
good
–life balance.
5
Meetings are really
-consuming and not
always useful.
