Grammar is just a word

Grammar is just a word (Bruno Leys)

1 Present Perfect Continuous 1.1 Awareness-raising "I've been waiting for so long / For something to arrive / For love to come along" (Bryan Adams – Heaven)

"Are you the one that I've been waiting for?" (Nick Cave - Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?)

"I've been waiting for the chance to make you mine /You're so fly, but I'm too shy to ask" (Incognito - I’ve Been Waiting) "All my life I've been waiting / For you to bring a fairy tale my way" (Anastacia - Left Outside Alone)

"I've been waiting for a girl like you to come into my life / I’ve been waiting for a girl like you, and a love that will survive" (Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You) "I've been waiting (Waiting) / And I want to (Have you)" (Matthew Sweet - I’ve Been Waiting) "For a thousand years, through a million tears / With a hungry heart, every day apart / I’ve been waiting for this night, I’ve been waiting for this night / When I see your smile and your beautiful eyes / I get lost in time, now I know that I / I’ve been waiting for this night, I’ve been waiting for this night" (Donny Montell - I’ve Been Waiting for this night) "I’ve been waiting such a long time / waiting here for you girl" (Little Steven - I’ve Been Waiting)

"I've been waiting for you / And you've been coming to me / For such a long time now" (David Bowie - I've Been Waiting For You) What does the waiting feel like in the songs? something unimportant, irrelevant something which is stressed and which felt like a long time 1.2 Focussing on meaning and context Choose three of the following phrases and give a context where you can imagine yourself saying this. I've been thinking … I've been looking … I've been doing … I've been trying … I've been sitting …

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I've been coming … I've been watching … I've been meaning … I've been talking … I've been waiting …

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1.3 Lexical practice Complete the sentences with words from the box. You can use some words more than once. looking - saying - doing - talking - thinking - getting - working - waiting - trying - going 1 I've been … for this day all week. At last it's Friday. 2 Guess what I've been … today? / What have you been … today? 3 He's been … to phone them all morning. He can't get through. 4 She's been … in low cost housing, housing charities, for a very long time 5 I've been … to get some indoor fireworks and I can't get any. 6 Where have you been Ray, I've been … everywhere for you? 7 As I've been … around their website, I've noticed that the majority of their fans are girls. 8 I've been … about joining again, but I don't really know what I'm going to do. 9 The samples that he's been … about were taken here in this basin. 10 I've been … messages from someone who is not on my friends list. 11 That's exactly what I've been … to dad as well.

2 Passives 2.1 Lexical practice Complete the sentences with collocations from the box. was left behind - get involved in - was finished - shouldn't be allowed - can't be bothered was meant to be - was done - couldn't be bothered - got stuck up - were allowed 1 I … to listen to or read what they have to say any more. 2 He didn't like to leave it the way it .… 3 You don't want to … something like that. 4 A 42-year-old woman who … joining the queue at her local store walked out without paying for £16 of chocolate. 5 He … here at one o'clock, half past one. 6 All they … was a piece of fruit, a bread and water 7 It lasted for a good seven or eight years after the war … 8 This sort of thing … to happen, it's disgraceful. 9 The summer was over, everyone went home and I… 10 Santa … the chimney.

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2.2 Contextual practice Robert Falcon Scott: a biography Complete the biography with phrases from the box. A He was sent to the training ship

G he was showered with honours.

B depots of supplies were left

H they were caught in a blizzard

C He is sometimes called

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D were discovered on 12 November 1912

J When they were no longer needed

E Robert Scott was born

K Scott got married to

F is now kept in the British Museum

L A memorial service was held

Captain Scott is mainly remembered

Robert Falcon Scott was a great Antarctic explorer. (1) … Scott of the Antarctic. (2) … on 6 June 1868 in Devon. When he was 13 he enrolled in the navy. (3) … HMS Britannia. Between 1883 and 1887 he served on various ships. After that he trained to be a lieutenant at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Robert Scott set sail in The Discovery in August 1901. Scott and his crew explored part of the coast of Antarctica. The expedition was a great success, Scott became a hero and (4) … On 2 September 1908 (5) … Kathleen Bruce. (6) … for his journey to the South Pole. He set sail in June 1910. Along the way (7) … for the return journey. The captain took extra men with him to help transport the supplies. (8) … the extra men were sent back and only a small group of 5 men carried on, on foot to the South Pole. They reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912. Captain Scott and his men then set out on the 800 mile journey back to the coast of Antarctica. Unfortunately they were suffering from lack of rations. The survivors made it to a spot only 11 miles from a supply depot but (9) … and their supplies ran out. The bodies of Robert Falcon Scott and his men (10) .… They were buried where they died. (11) … in St Paul's Cathedral. Captain Scott's diary (12) … . biography inspired by localhistories.org

3 Irregular Verbs 3.1 Lexical practice Complete the sentences with collocations from the box. has made it clear - be dealt with - sought after - went wrong - drew back in alarm are being sought - what we have put forward 1 He shouted at her in anger and she .… 2 I'm confident it can … internally. 3 Alternative venues … for other arts events. 4 It is the world's most expensive and fastest production car and is hugely … 5 The Prime Minister … that the government is ready to discuss any further proposals. 6 I think that … is a balanced proposal. 7 The superstar was left gasping when a spectacular film stunt … during the making of his latest hit movie.

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Irregular verb list (top 1000 frequency) be become begin bring build can come cut do fall find feel get give go have hear hold keep know lead leave let lose make mean meet pay put read run see send show sit spend stand take tell win write

was/were became began brought built could came cut did fell found felt got gave went had heard held kept knew led left let lost made meant met paid put read ran saw sent showed sat spent stood took told won wrote

been become begun brought built could come cut done fallen found felt got given gone had heard held kept known led left let lost made meant met paid put read run seen sent shown sat spent stood taken told won written

References Adolphs, S. & Carter, R. (2013) Spoken Corpus Linguistics : From monomodal to multimodal. Routledge. The British National Corpus, version 3 (BNC XML Edition). 2007. Distributed by Oxford University Computing Services on behalf of the BNC Consortium. URL: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/ Biber, D., et al.(1999) Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow: Pearson Education. Hoey, M. (2005) Lexical Priming. A new theory of words and language. Routledge. Lewis, Michael (1993), The Lexical Approach. Hove: Language Teaching Publications. Leys, B. (2016) More than words… On the Importance and Shape of Vocabulary Lists. In HLT Magazine. Year 18. Issue 1. Milton, J. (2010). The development of vocabulary breadth across the CEFR Levels: A common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, and textbooks across Europe. In I. Bartning, M. Martin and I. Vedder (Eds.), Communicative proficiency and linguistic development: Intersections between SLA and language testing research. Eurosla Monograph, 1, 211-232. Retrieved from http://eurosla.org/monographs/EM01/211-232Milton.pdf O‘Keeffe, A., M. McCarthy and R. Carter (2007) From Corpus to Classroom: Language Use and Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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Key 1.3 1 I've been waiting for this day all week. At last it's Friday. 2 Guess what I've been doing today? / What have you been doing today? 3 He's been trying to phone them all morning, he can't get through 4 She's been working in low cost housing, housing charities, for a very long time 5 I've been trying to get some indoor fireworks and I can't get any. 6 Where have you been Ray, I've been looking everywhere for you? 7 As I've been going around their website, I've noticed that the majority of their fans are girls. 8 I've been thinking about joining again, but I don't really know what I'm going to do. 9 The samples that he's been talking about were taken here in this basin. 10 I've been getting messages from someone who is not on my friends list. 11 That's exactly what I've been saying to dad as well. 2.1 I can't be bothered to listen to or read what they have to say any more. He didn't like to leave it the way it was done. You don't want to get involved in something like that. A 42-year-old woman who couldn't be bothered joining the queue at her local store walked out without paying for £16 of chocolate. He was meant to be here at one o'clock, half past one. All they were allowed was a piece of fruit, a bread and water It lasted for a good seven or eight years after the war was finished. This sort of thing shouldn't be allowed to happen, it's disgraceful. The summer was over, everyone went home and I was left behind. Santa got stuck up the chimney. 2.2 Robert Falcon Scott was a great Antarctic explorer. He is sometimes called Scott of the Antarctic. Robert Scott was born on 6 June 1868 in Devon. When he was 13 he enrolled in the navy. He was sent to the training ship HMS Britannia. Between 1883 and 1887 he served on various ships. After that he trained to be a lieutenant at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Robert Scott set sail in The Discovery in August 1901. Scott and his crew explored part of the coast of Antarctica. The expedition was a great success, Scott became a hero and he was showered with honours. On 2 September 1908 Scott got married to Kathleen Bruce. Captain Scott is mainly remembered for his journey to the South Pole. He set sail in June 1910. Along the way depots of supplies were left for the return journey. The captain took extra men with him to help transport the supplies. When they were no longer needed the extra men were sent back and only a small group of 5 men carried on, on foot to the South Pole. They reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912. Captain Scott and his men then set out on the 800 mile journey back to the coast of Antarctica. Unfortunately they were suffering from lack of rations. The survivors made it to a spot only 11 miles from a supply depot but they were caught in a blizzard and their supplies ran out. The bodies of Robert Falcon Scott and his men were discovered on 12 November 1912. They were buried where they died. A memorial service was held in St Pauls Cathedral. Captain Scott's diary is now kept in the British Museum. 3.1 1 He shouted at her in anger and she drew back in alarm. 2 I'm confident it can be dealt with internally. 3 Alternative venues are being sought for other arts events. IATEFL 2016


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4 It is the world's most expensive and fastest production car and is hugely sought after. 5 The Prime Minister has made it clear that the government is ready to discuss any further proposals. 6 I think that what we have put forward is a balanced proposal. 7 The superstar was left gasping when a spectacular film stunt went wrong during the making of his latest hit movie.

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