Module 13: Choosing the right person ppt

• Interview with the Manager of Vacation Express• L.F 1: Present Perfect Continuous with • How long, For, Since • L.F 2: Present Perfect Continuous and • Present Perfect Simple • 5... Th

Module 13:

Choosing the right person

• Interview with the Manager of Vacation Express

• L.F 1: Present Perfect Continuous with

• How long, For, Since

• L.F 2: Present Perfect Continuous and

• Present Perfect Simple

• 5 Wordspot: How

Period 1

1.1 What do they do?

doctor Olympic athlete carpenter

writer football coach

1.2.Which jobs are they talking about?

People come to you

with all kinds of

problems-not just

medical ones-so of

course you have to

be sympathetic and a

good listener And of

course, you need to

keep up with all the

latest treatments

It’s not enough to be naturally talented You need to be totally committed to being the best: nothing else will

do If you are lazy, then you’ll never reach the top

football coach writer

You need to be experienced

in the game: it’s your job

to make sure that players

are motivated and to do

that you have to be honest

with them

Obviously, you need to be

imaginative , but it’s not just that You need to be very

well-organized with your time, and have a lot of self- discipline Sometimes it’s hard to think of ideas…but you have to keep thinking until something comes to you

1.4 Reorder the letters to make words

which fit the definitions

1 t i m m t e d o c : ready to work hard at something

2 n e e c p i x e d e r : good at something because you have done it before

3 n o t s h e : not likely to steal or lie

4 z l a y : not ready to work hard

committed

experienced

honest

lazy

5 i v i e t m a n g a i : good at original pictures or

8 t l e a n d t e : having special ability

9 d i s e a g r o n : having a formal structure to carry out activities

10 e i n i c i s d p c : behavior following the rules

11 r e e n t i s l : person who listen to someone or

a She doesn’t study hard, she is………….

d Some singers have a lot of natural , others have

to practise and study hard

g You are……… if you tell the truth and don’t steal things.

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE

discipline

talented committed

imagination organization

disciplined talent

commitment

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE

lazy experience

honest motivated sympathetic

laziness

honesty motivate motivation

sympathize sympathy

2.2.Which of the qualities above are most important for a good:

A good teacher has to be imaginative and sympathetic because……

Period 2

1.What do they do?

Would you like to do any of these jobs? Why (not)?

•a positive attitude, the

ability to get on with

other people

•languages, especially

English

2.Listen and make notes

•mainly young people

•a lot of students

•to earn money (though the pay isn’t very good)

•to learn new skills

•to see another culture

•to meet new people

•jungle guide in Peru

•a water sports teacher on the Spanish coast

•a children’s entertainer on a cruise ship

•teaching jobs in Asia.

Examples of jobs they are offering at the moment

3 Make adjective-noun combination

positive special temporary young

new great positive big

special different

Period 3

1 Read the texts about 2 people and complete the sentences below the texts

“I left my job in January last year because I want to be a comedian I’ve been trying to get work for about a year now I can sing as well, and I play

a bit of piano, but it’s not easy to find work Basically, I need to get experience in front of a live audience.”

I ……….to get work for about a year now ‘ve been trying

I……… after children since I was about fourteen ‘ve been looking

“I think I’m very good with children When I was younger, I used to look after my two little brothers when my parents went out Then, when I was at university, I earned extra money in the evenings by babysitting…so I’ve been looking after children since I was about fourteen I’m twenty four now, and I’d really like to travel before I settle down.”

2 Present prefect continuous

EXAMPLES

I ’ve been looking after children since I was about fourteen

I ’ve been trying to get work for about a year now

FORM

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

S + HAVE / HAS + BEEN + V-ING…

S + HAVEN’T / HASN’T + BEEN + V-ING…

(HOW LONG) HAVE / HAS + S + BEEN + V-ING…?

USE

to talk about actions that started in the past and continue to the present

3.For and Since

EXAMPLES

 I’ve been looking after children since I was about fourteen

 I’ve been trying to get work for about a year now.

FOR:

SINCE:

periods of time ; answers questions with HOW LONG

points of time ; answers questions with WHEN

How long, For, or Since?

1. ……… have you been waiting here?

2. I’ve been studying English ……… three years.

3. We’ve been coming here on holiday ……… 1998.

4. Adrian has been looking for a new flat

……… October.

5. He’s been driving ……….about a year.

6. ……… have you been sitting here?

Correct () or not

()?

1. I’m waiting for her since this morning

2. I’ve been waiting for her for four hours

3. We have been driving for about six months

4. How long are Ann and Peter working here?

5. I have been sitting in this office since 9.00

6. She’s working here since 1998

7. He has been studying English since six years

1 How long has Sandra been looking after young

children? (for and since)

2 How long has Yolanda been studying Chinese? (for)

4 Answer the questions

She’s been looking after children since she was about fourteen.

She’s been looking after young children for about ten years

Yolanda’s been studying Chinese for two years.

3.How long has Sanjiv been looking for work?

(for and since)

Sanjiv’s been looking for work since January last year Sanjiv’s been looking for work for about a year.

4 How long has Marc been sailing? (since)

Marc’s been sailing since he was about eleven.

5 Make sentences

1 John started learning Chinese in February Now it’s

July (for)

John has been learning Chinese for five months.

2 It started raining on Sunday It’s still raining (since)

It’s been raining since Sunday.

3 Helen plays the piano She started two years ago (for)

Helen has been playing the piano for two years.

4 We started waiting for the bus at 8 30 (since)

We have been waiting for the bus since 8.30.

6 Write one sentence using the Present

Perfect Continuous for each pair of pictures

She has been studying for 1 hour.

It has been raining for 4 hours.

He has been playing tennis for 1 hour.

They have been walking for 2 hours.

7 Work in pairs

Make questions with “How long” and answer the questions

with “For”, “Since”, using the phrases given:

Period 4

1 Look at the following situations and make proper sentences.

It rained this early morning.

It is not raining now but the

yard is still wet.

It rained this early morning

It is still raining now

2 Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?

Present Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous

e.g.

It has rained.

e.g.

It has been raining.

To talk about actions that

started in the past (at an

uncertain time; leaving the

consequences at the present;

recently; repeated several times

to the present; life

experience )

To talk about actions that started in the past and continue

to the present.

1. I ’ve been living / ‘ve lived / live in

this house for over a year.

2. They have been knowing / have known

each other for more than fifty years.

3 Delete the incorrect verbs

PPContinuous PPSimple

PP simple

 But if a verb describes a state (like, love, hate,

be, believe, have, see, know, understand…) we

cannot use the continuous form

4 Which sentences should be correct? Find and correct them.

1 How long have you known Steve?

2 I’ve never been liking romantic films

I’ve never liked romantic films.

3 It’s rained since six o’clock this morning

It’s been raining since six o’clock this morning.

4 We’ve waited for nearly an hour

We’ve been waiting for nearly an hour.

5 I’ve been working for about three hours.

1 I’ve been having this watch for over twenty years

I’ve had this watch for over twenty years.

2 The president has been talking for nearly an hour.

3 How long have you been waiting?

4 I’ve been liking chocolates for years

I’ve liked chocolates for years.

5 Have you been knowing Sylvia for a long time?

Have you known Sylvia for a long time?

1 She’s been reading that book for weeks.

2 I haven’t been seeing Michael for years and years

I haven’t seen Michael for years and years.

3 I’ve been hating banana since I was a child

I’ve hated banana since I was a child.

4 Caroline has been staying with her grandmother

for the last two weeks.









5 Give the correct form of the verb

1. How long ………… John ………… a teacher? (be)

2. How long ………it ……… ? (rain)

3. My mother ……… a cat for about three years (have)

4. I ……… Jack for a very long time (know)

5. I ……… him since he left the office (not see)

6. How long ……… you ………? (wait)

been raining has

has had have known

haven’t seen

have been waiting

Period 5

1 Complete the questions with HOW and a

word from the list

about do are far long high much fast tall

……… is your house

from the city centre?

About 3 km.

How far

……… did those earrings cost? I don’t know I didn’t pay for them.

How much

about do are long high fast tall

about are high fast tall

……… was he driving

when he crashed his car?

Only about fifty kilometers

an hour

How fast

……… you feeling now? How are Much better, thanks.

about high tall

……… are you? How tall I’m about 1 m 80.

……… is this

How high

2 Complete the diagram

Add Your Text

to make a suggestion

How do you…

How do you do?

How big How many

How are

you feeling?

How about

How far How long How fast

How much How tall How high How wide How deep

2 Complete the questions

1 How ……… do people run in a Marathon race?

2 How ……… legs do spiders have?

3 What’s the best answer to the question “How …… you?”

far

many

are

4 ……… tall is the world’s tallest man?

5 How ………was Princess Diana when she died in 1999?

6 Sudan is the biggest country in the Africa.…… big is it?

How

old

How

1 How ……….you spell the word “height”?

2 How ………… does a room cost per night in the world’s most expensive hotel?

3 What’s the best answer to the question “How

… going out tonight?”

do

much

about

4 How ………have people used euros?

5 What’s the best answer to the question “How