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eng789
Israel

Grammar check
 
Hi there,
Again I would like some help with some grammar exercises.  Could you please do the exercise so that I can see if i need to accept more than one answer.
 
Thanking you in advance.
Barbara
 

A.  Use Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Simple.

                                                                     

1.  David has been waiting (wait) for the doctor to arrive for 3 hours but the doctor      hasn �t come (not/come) yet.

 

2.  Although many people have been talking  (talk) about saving the environment lately,  not too many have done (do)  something about it.    

 

B.  Write the correct form of the verb in Active or Passive.

 

1.  I have been teaching (teach) for many years. My methods of teaching  have changed (change) a great deal over the years. 

 

2.  Breakfast is eaten  (eat) in the mornings by most people. Doctors    

     claim (claim) that it is  (be) the most important meal of

     the day.     Unfortunately, it is often skipped (often/skip) because 

     people   don �t have   (not/have) enough time in the morning sit 
     down and eat.

3.  met (meet) Sandra the other day, she _told  (tell) 

     me that she had changed (change) her job. She

     had worked     (work)   for Castro for three years and but now she
     has moved (move) to Golf because she was offered (offer)
     more money.
     
* Golf and Castro are name of clothing companies in Israel.
    

    

    

22 Apr 2013      





cunliffe
United Kingdom

These answers are all fine. I would accept, on No 3 - she worked for Castro. It would only be she had worked if it follows on from �she told me �. If it �s the speaker making the comment, then she worked is fine. 

22 Apr 2013     



alex1968
Greece

In the last one I would also accept:

...she has moved to Golf because she has been offered / was offered more money.

22 Apr 2013     



MoodyMoody
United States

The verbs look fine, as Lynne and Alex already confirmed. However, I would like to suggest a change of pronoun in A.2. I think you should use "anything" instead of "something." We usually use "some"in affirmative clauses, but "any" for negative and interrogative clauses.

22 Apr 2013     



eng789
Israel

Thank you sooooooo much. 
 
HugBarbara

22 Apr 2013