Page 19 - American English File Student Book 3A

2 G R A M M A R present perfect + for/since 4 S P E A K IN G

, a Look at the circles, and
present perfect continuous write something in as
many as you can.
a Match the questions and answers.

1 How long has Jane been a writer?____
2 How long has Adelaide Africa had a website?____
3 How long has she been working for Adelaide Africa?

A Since 2008.
B For about 22 years.
C For four years.

b Answer with a partner.
1 Are the three questions and answers in a about... ?
a a period of time in the past
b a period of time from the past until now'
c a period of time in the present
2 What’s the difference in form between the first two
questions and question 3?

c > - p.135 Grammar Bank 2B. Learn more about the
present perfect withfo r / since and the present perfect
continuous, and practice them.

3 P R O N U N C IA T IO N sentence stress

a 1 49 >)) Listen once and try to write down the stressed
words in the large pink rectangles.
How long learning
French ?

2

3 ?

4

5 ? b Compare circles with a partner.
Ask your partner at least three
6 questions about the things he or
she has written. One question must
be How long have y ou ...?

b Look at the stressed words and try to remember what How long have you
the unstressed words are. Then listen again to check been using Twitter? For about a year.
and write them in.
Do you write things on it or do you
c Listen again and repeat the sentences. Copy the just read other people's tweets?
rhythm.

d 1 50))) Listen and make questions. Why did you buy Because it's small,
a Nissan Juke? and it’s very “green/'

It's snowing. How long has it been snowing? How long have you had it?

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