Less Intermediate 2-1

Lesson 4 Documento sin título Parrotfish to aid reef repair By Rebecca Morelle BBC News A vividly coloured fish could be the key to saving the Caribbean’s coral reefs from plummeting into terminal decline, scientists claim. Their research forecasts that reefs risk being damaged beyond repair by the influx of seaweed. But urgent action such…

Lesson 6 Documento sin título Complete these sentences with your own words. Example:     I…not…because I’ve already….. I’m not hungry because I’ve already eaten. OR I’m not going to go to the movie because I’ve already seen it. 1. I used to …. , but….anymore. 2. I can’t ….. because I haven’t….. yet. 3. Are…

Lesson 4 Documento sin título Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect progressive). 1. He (work) in this company since 1985. 2. I (wait) for you since two o’clock. 3. Mary (live) in Germany since 1992. 4. Why is he so tired? He (play) tennis for five hours. 5. How long (learn /…

Lesson 5 Documento sin título Present perfect vs. the present perfect progressive. Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect pr the present perfect progressive. In some sentences, either form is possible. 1. I’m tired. We (walk) __have been walking_ for more than an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while. 2. The post office…

Lesson 4 Documento sin título Decide whether you have to use “since” or “for”. 1. I have been waiting 4 o’clock. 2. Sue has only been waiting 20 minutes. 3. Tim and Tina have been learning English six years. 4. Fred and Frida have been learning French 1998. 5. Joe and Josephine have been going…

Lesson 5 Documento sin título Nodding off on the job: How not to pull a Cheney PATRICK WHITE From Monday’s Globe and Mail October 29, 2007 at 9:12 AM EDT Another bleak meeting about another disaster proved too tiresome for U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney last week. As his boss droned about the desperate state of…