Language focus 1 The continuous aspect

1. Q:Tell me about your reasons for studying English.
   A: I _________ English since I was seven years old. However, now that I’m about to graduate,

   I wanted to do an intensive course to improve my spoken English.

• 0. ’ve been studying

• 0. was studying

• 0. am studying

1. Q: What are the positive aspects of your language school experience so far?
   A: I _________ more confident and I’ve connected with some great people.

• 0. ’m becoming

• 0. ’ve been becoming

• 0. ’ll be becoming

1. Q: Before this course started, how often had you been speaking English?
   A: I _______ as much speaking practice as I wanted, which is one of the reasons why I decided

   to come to England.
   

• 0. had been getting

• 0. hadn’t been getting

• 0. wasn’t getting

1. Q: How do you think the way people learn languages is changing? A: Personally, I _______ apps more recently than I used to.

• 1. ’ve been using

• 1. was using

• 1. ’d been using

1. Q: What do you think you’ll be learning today?
   A: I think in today’s class we _________ at infinitive phrases like to tell the truth and needless to say.

• 0. ’re looking

• 0. ’ll be looking

• 0. ’re going to be looking

1. Q: What do you tend to do on an average weekend?
   A: You’d usually find me chilling out with friends, or maybe going out on Saturday night,

   to a club or something. This weekend though, I ______________ to London to explore a bit.

• 0. was heading

• 0. ’m heading

• 0. ’ll be heading

1. Q: Are you more into books, films or games?
   A: I’d usually say films, but I ____________ an amazing book right now, which is set here in Hastings.

• 1. ’m actually reading

• 1. ’ve actually been reading

• 1. ’ll be reading

1. Q: What do you hope to be doing this time next year?
   A: I hope _________ in a decent job, or maybe travelling somewhere exotic!

• 1. to be working

• 1. be working

• 1. I’ll be working

1. Q: If you didn’t have class today, what would you be doing? A: I think on my sleep!

• 1. I’ll be catching

• 1. I’d be catching up

• 1. I’m catching up