Unit 4

Unit 4

1. WILL

   • With have/has (´ve) +been+ -ing
     • Eg: He´s bees working from home
   • We use preset perfect continuous to talk about actions and situations that continue into the present.
     • Eg: I've been studying at Oxford University for two years (and I am still studying there). They've been talking on the phone for two hours (and they are still talking)
   • We often use the present perfect continuous with the time expressions since and for. Use since to refer to a point in time and for to indicate a period of time.
     • Eg: I've been studying at Oxford University since 2006, I've been studying at Oxford University for two years.

2. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

   • We use the present perfect simple to emphasise
     • that an action started in the past and is completed.
       • I've prepared the leaflets you asked for. They've interviewed everyone.
     • the result of the activity (for example, by selling us how much or how many
       • We've asked over five hundred people. He's done all his homework How many people have you interviewed! How much of your work have you done?
   • We use the present perfect continuous to emphasise
     • that an action started in the past and is still continuing
       • She's been working here for over three years We've been writing letters to all the candidates
     • The activity and its duration
       • Roger has been playing tennis for years. Roger has been playing tennis since he was a boy. How long have you been working here?

3. KEY LENGUAGE

   • Framing questions
     • I'd also like to know... I'm (also) interested in knowing.. A question we like to ask all our... I was wondering what/if/when... A question now about... Let me follow that up with another question. Moving on, can could you tell me... Just one last/final question...
   • Framing answers
     • I'm glad you asked me that ...That's a very good question. Without going into too much detail,... Let me just think about that for a moment.. I thought you might ask me that. I haven't really thought about that I'm not an expert, but... I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that.

4. VOCABULARY

   • Work adjectives
     • challenging exciting, flexible, glamorous monotonous, repetitive, rewarding, satisfying, stressful, stimulating tedious
   • Dependent prepositions
     • ability to, depend on, expected to, experience of fluency in, knowledge of, look for, motivated by prospects for report to, responsible for, suitable for
   • EXPRESSIONS CONNECTED WITH TIME AND WORK
     • spend time, time-consuming, time management, work-life balance, workstation