Ex.6.Answer the questions on the text and summarize the text.

1. How can you enter university in England?

2. How long do university courses last?

3. When do students receive a degree?

4. How many degrees are there?

5. Why do 18 and 19 olds choose a college as far away from home as possible?

6.Where do often freshers live?

7.What do all the clubs and societies do to persuade the new students to join their society?

8. How often do they have seminars and tutorials?

9. What do students do at seminars?

 

Grammar: The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Ihave been working He has been working She has been working It has been working We have been working You have been working They have been working Ihave not been working He has not been working She has not been working It has not been working We have not been working You have not been working They have not been working HaveIbeen working? Hashebeen working? Hasshe been working? Hasit been working? Havewebeen working? Haveyoubeen working? Havetheybeen working?

I’ve been working He’s been working I haven’t been working He hasn’t been working

· The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

· Inclusive: denotes an action which began in the past, has been going on up to the present and still going on. It is usually used with: -since, for I have been learning English for 10 years.(It is rendered in Russian by the present.)

· Exclusive: denotes an action which was recently in progress, but is no longer going on at the present moment. There are puddles everywhere. It has been raining hard.