SPEAKING Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
1. How often do you watch films? How do you watch them: at the cinema, on DVD, on live TV, or online?
2. Are some types of film better to watch at the cinema than on TV? Why? Give examples.
SPEAKING Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
1. How often do you watch films? How do you watch them: at the cinema, on DVD, on live TV, or online?
2. Are some types of film better to watch at the cinema than on TV? Why? Give examples.
Read and listen to the dialogue. Who do you think is more enthusiastic about seeing the film: Jack or Ellie? Find evidence for your opinion.
Ellie: At last! I've been waiting for ages. Where have you been? What have you been doing?
Jack: My bus didn't come. I've been trying to phone you since 7.30...
Ellie: You're 25 minutes late! The film has started.
Jack: Sorry. Do you still want to see it?
Ellie: Yes, I do. I've been looking forward to it for weeks. It stars my favourite actor. And I've already bought the tickets!
Jack: Let's go inside then.
Ellie: OK. But why is your hair wet? It hasn't been raining.
Jack: That's sweat. I've been running for 25 minutes! And I haven't eaten. Can we see the film later?
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiEllie is more enthusiastic about seeing the film.
Thông tin: I've been looking forward to it for weeks. It stars my favourite actor. And I've already bought the tickets!
(Tôi đã mong đợi nó trong nhiều tuần. Nó có sự tham gia của diễn viên yêu thích của tôi. Và tôi đã mua vé rồi!)
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Read the Learn this! box and complete the rules. Use the dialogue to help you. How many examples of this tense are there in the dialogue?
LEARN THIS! Present perfect continuous a. We form the present perfect continuous with have/ 1________ + 2________+ -ing form. b. We use the present perfect continuous: 1. for an action that began in the past and is still in progress. You 3_________working much this term. Why not? We often use for or 4_________to say how long the action has been in progress. They 5_________living in Paris 6_________ ten years. 2. for an action that has recently been in progress and which explains the current situation. I'm hot because I 7_________ running. |
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải
Write questions about Ellie and Jack from exercise 2. Use the present perfect continuous.
1. How long/Ellie/wait?
2. How long/Ellie/look forward to the film?
3. Why/Ellie/look forward to the film?
4. How long/Jack/run?
5. Why/Jack/run?
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải1. How long has Ellie been waiting?
(Ellie đã đợi bao lâu rồi?)
2. How long has Ellie been looking forward to the film?
(Ellie đã mong chờ bộ phim bao lâu rồi?)
3. Why has Ellie been looking forward to the film?
(Tại sao Ellie mong chờ bộ phim?)
4. How long has Jack been running?
(Jack đã chạy được bao lâu rồi?)
5. Why has Jack been running?
(Tại sao Jack lại chạy?)
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Read the Leam this! box. Underline an example of the present perfect simple for a completed action in exercise 2.
LEARN THIS! Present perfect simple We use the present perfect simple a. for completed actions. I've set up a Twitter account. Will you follow me? b. when we say how often something has happened. Our team has won three times this season. c. with verbs that are not used in continuous tenses. I've owed him £50 since the summer. |
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiEllie: At last! I've been waiting for ages. Where have you been? What have you been doing?
Jack: My bus didn't come. I've been trying to phone you since 7.30...
Ellie: You're 25 minutes late! The film has started.
Jack: Sorry. Do you still want to see it?
Ellie: Yes, I do. I've been looking forward to it for weeks. It stars my favourite actor. And I've already bought the tickets!
Jack: Let's go inside then.
Ellie: OK. But why is your hair wet? It hasn't been raining.
Jack: That's sweat. I've been running for 25 minutes! And I haven't eaten. Can we see the film later?
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USE OF ENGLISH Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words in brackets. Do not change the order of the words. You can add up to three other words.
1. I'm not sure what's happening in this film because I __________(only/watch/it) for a few minutes
2. How long __________(Alex/be/member) of the film club?
3. I can't go to the cinema because __________(I /finish/my homework) yet.
4. Those two girls in the front row__________(talk/each other) since the film started!
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải1. I'm not sure what's happening in this film because I have only been watching it for a few minutes.
(Tôi không chắc chuyện gì đang xảy ra trong bộ phim này vì tôi mới chỉ xem nó được vài phút.)
2. How long has Alex been a member of the film club?
(Alex đã là thành viên của câu lạc bộ điện ảnh bao lâu rồi?)
3. I can't go to the cinema because I haven’t finished my homework yet.
(Tôi không thể đi xem phim vì tôi chưa làm xong bài tập về nhà.)
4. Those two girls in the front row have been talking to each other since the film started!
(Hai cô gái ở hàng ghế đầu đã nói chuyện với nhau từ khi bộ phim bắt đầu!)
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PEAKING Work in pairs. Take turns to be A and B.
A. Tell your partner that he or she looks
exhausted | guilty | sleepy | upset |
hot | worried | relieved |
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B. Explain why you look that way. Use the present perfect simple and continuous.
A: You look exhausted.
B: I've been getting up very early for the past few days.
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiA: She looks worried.
(Cô ấy có vẻ lo lắng.)
B: She has been thinking about her final exam since yesterday.
(Cô ấy đã suy nghĩ về bài kiểm tra cuối kỳ của cô ấy từ hôm qua.)
A: He looks sleepy.
(Anh ấy trông buồn ngủ.)
B: He has been staying up late for three nights to finish his project.
(Anh ấy đã thức khuya ba đêm để hoàn thành dự án của mình.)
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