KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY ELI Unit 13: Earning a living

Telephoning Adverbs Present perfect continuous Word formation

P102: *Homeless: ( Adjective) people who have no home. *Income: ( Noun) the money you receive regularly as payment for your work. P105: *Invention: ( Noun) a thing that has been made or designed by somebody for the first time. *To invent (verb) *Mystery (Noun) the quality of being strange and difficult to explain P106: *Salary: ( Noun ) the money you receive (usually every month) for the work you have done. *Plumber( Noun ) a person whose job is to put in or repair water pipes, baths, toilets, etc. *To fetch: (verb) to go back to a place and bring back something to somebody.

*To advertise:(verb) to announce a product, a service, etc in public media of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it. P107 *Cottage:(Noun) a very small and usually old house, especially in the countryside. *Tin: (Noun) a closed metal container in which food, paint, etc is stored and sold. *Pension: (Noun) money that is paid regularly by a government or company to somebody who has stopped working (retired) or who cannot work (ill) *Barter (verb) to exchange goods, services, property, etc, without using money. *To chase(verb) the act of following somebody / something in order to catch them or it. *Deer ( Noun) an animal with long legs, that eats grass, leaves, etc and can run fast. *Visibility (Noun) the ability to see something

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous.

Present Perfect Continuous Examples: She has been working on this project for three years. She is tired. She has been working all day. They have been studying since 5 o’clock. Form: Have/has been + v+ ing

Question : Examples: How long have you been living here? How long have you been working as an engineer? How long have you been using this book? Form: How long+ have+ subject + been+ v+ing

He Has been preparing the cake. It has been raining a lot. He has been playing all day. He has been studying for long hours.

Practice (student book, p103) Choose the correct tense 1-How long have you been living/do you live in Abu Dhabi? 2-Anna has been finding/has found a good job. 3-My brother and I have gone/have been going to Karate lessons for over six months. 4-I bought / have bought a new flat a few months ago. 5-How long have you had/have you been having your car? 6-Tom worked/has been working as a policeman for the past month. 7-I’ve written/’ve been writing an essay all day. 8-I’ve written/been writing six pages.

1-have you been living 2-has found 3-have been going 4-bought 5-have you had 6-has been working 7-’ve been writing 8-’ve written

Work indoors/outdoors Put off by age Make a living Get paid

Nounverb deathdie waste Be’liefBe’lieve Ad’vertisement‘advertise promise‘promise ‘feelingfeel ad’vicead 'vise De’scriptionDe’scribe inventionIn’vent government‘govern

NounAdjective deathdead ‘honesty‘honest Va’riety‘various ‘madnessmad mystery‘my’sterious ‘beauty‘beautiful wealth‘wealthy Suc’cesssuc’cessful ‘comfortcomfortable peace‘peaceful

In English, adverbs of manner (answering the question how?) are often formed by adding –Ly to adjectives Activity: Complete the sentences with the adverbs (Student book,p105) Mainly, possibly, really, nearly 1-Are you going out………. I don’t know yet. 2-The exam was……….difficult. I couldn’t do any of it. 3-How old are you?’. I’m……….eight. It’s my birthday next week.’ 4-I travel a lot in my job,…………..to Europe.

Activity B: Complete the sentences with the adverbs (student book,p105) fluently, carefuly, exactly, seriously 1-I used to speak French…………,but I’ve forgotten it now. 2- Please drive……….The roads are so dangerous. 3- I have……… to last until the end of the week. 4- There was an accident, but fortunately no one was ………..injured.

A- 1-possibly 2-really 3-nearly 4-mainly B- 1-Fluently 2-carefully 3-exactly 4-seriously

Telephone conversation: Who’s speaking? Is that Ewan? This is Sami./It’s Sami. (Not here is Sami,or I’m Sami) Could I speak to Shereen? I’m afraid he’s out at the moment. Can I take a message? I’ll try again later.