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II. Vocabulary and grammar practice.

1. Choose the correct form.
A) Scientists a) have recently identified / have been identifying a new species of animal in the rainforest of Borneo. They b) have been searching / searched for this creature for several years, after reports from local villagers, and say it a type of lemur.
B) Archaeologists in Guatemala c) have found / have been finding a Mayan wall painting which they think is more than 2.000 years old. Archaeologist William Saturno d) explored / has been exploring the site since 2002.
C) Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope think they e) found / have found two new moons circling the planet Pluto. Astronomers f) have been looking / looked closely at Pluto since 1978 when they g) spotted / have spotted its first moon. The telescope h) worked / has been working for fifteen years, and i) has been producing / has produced more than 700,000 images of the universe.
D) Australian scientists j) have been discovering / have discovered a new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by using satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers k) have managed / have been managing to reach the reefs and take photographs.
2. Choose the correct form.
A) How a) do you get on / are you getting on in Paris? Sorry b) I haven’t written / I’m not writing before but c) I train / I’ve been training hard for my basketball team. We d) played / have played in a tournament last week – we e) come / came third! I really f) enjoy / enjoyed taking part, but g) I haven’t done / I wasn’t doing anything else for the past month.
B) Unfortunately, when Sarah’s big day h) arrived / was arriving, things i) have gone / went disastrously wrong at first. For a start, it j) was raining / has been raining and the traffic was so heavy, she k) arrived / was arriving nearly ten minutes late for the interview. Then while she l) was crossing / has crossed the road, a passing bus m) splashed / was splashing her with water. But inside the building her luck n) changed / has changed. ‘Mr Fortescue o) is expecting / has expected me,’ she p) was telling / told the receptionist. ‘He q) hasn’t arrived / doesn’t arrive yet,’ she was told. ‘Just take a seat.’ Perhaps everything would be all right after all!
C) An art historian r) has discovered / is discovering two missing paintings by Fra Angelico (c 1395 – 1455) in the home of a pensioner from Oxford who s) has died / died earlier this year. Jean Preston t) bought / has bought the paintings when she u) was working / has been working in America in the 1960s. Shortly before her death, a friend v) recognized / has recognized them as part of a group of six small paintings which Angelico w) painted / has painted in 1439. Miss Preston x) paid / was paying about £200 for the pair, but experts y) say / said they are now worth around £1 million.

Answer 1

A) Scientists a) have recently identified  a new species of animal in the rainforest of Borneo. They b) have been searching for this creature for several years, after reports from local villagers, and say it a type of lemur.
B) Archaeologists in Guatemala c) have found a Mayan wall painting which they think is more than 2.000 years old. Archaeologist William Saturno  has been exploring the site since 2002.
C) Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope think they have found two new moons circling the planet Pluto. Astronomers f) have been looking  closely at Pluto since 1978 when they g) spotted  its first moon. The telescope has been working for fifteen years, and i)  has produced more than 700,000 images of the universe.
D) Australian scientists j)  have discovered a new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by using satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers k) have managed to reach the reefs and take photographs.
A) How a)  are you getting on in Paris? Sorry b) I haven’t written before but c)  I’ve been training hard for my basketball team. We d) played in a tournament last week – we e)  came third! I really f)  enjoyed taking part, but g) I haven’t done  anything else for the past month.
B) Unfortunately, when Sarah’s big day h) arrived , things i)  went disastrously wrong at first. For a start, it j) was raining  and the traffic was so heavy, she k) arrived  nearly ten minutes late for the interview. Then while she l) was crossing  the road, a passing bus m) splashed  her with water. But inside the building her luck n) changed . ‘Mr Fortescue o) is expecting  me,’ she p)  told the receptionist. ‘He q) hasn’t arrived  yet,’ she was told. ‘Just take a seat.’ Perhaps everything would be all right after all!
C) An art historian r) has discovered  two missing paintings by Fra Angelico (c 1395 – 1455) in the home of a pensioner from Oxford who s)  died earlier this year. Jean Preston t) bought  the paintings when she u) was working  in America in the 1960s. Shortly before her death, a friend v) recognized them as part of a group of six small paintings which Angelico w) painted  in 1439. Miss Preston x) paid  about £200 for the pair, but experts y) say  they are now worth around £1 million.