Key 11.11A-11.13EWrite 2:
1 ... for five years ...
2 ... here since 1984.
3 ... him for six years.
4 ... a letter for weeks.
5 ... a letter since last week.
6 ... jazz since I was a boy.7.3B Till' (or 'until') and 'by'
1 till 2 till 3 by 4 till 5 by 6 by 7 till
7.3C 'During', 'in' and 'for'
1 during /in 2 during 3 during/in 4 during/in
5 during/in 6 for 7 during 8 during 9 during
10 during/in 11 during/in 12 for
7.3D Context
1 ago 2 For 3 since 4 during (or in) 5 since
6 till 7 by 8 till 9 by 10 during 11 for 12 till
7.4 Adverbs of frequency
7.4A Position of adverbs of frequency ('often') in
affirmatives and questions
Possible answers
1 I am generally late.
2 I was usually late for work.
3 I can always tell the difference between the two.
4 I would never have been able to find a job like
yours.
5 You seldom tried hard enough.
6 You sometimes got good marks at school.
7 Are you often late?
8 Have you always lived in this town?
9 Did you ever get good marks at school?
7.4B The position of adverbs of frequency in
negative statements
1 Public transport isn't always reliable.
2 He wasn't often late when he worked here./He
often wasn't...
3 She doesn't usually arrive on time./She usually
doesn't ...
4 She sometimes doesn't arrive on time.
5 We don't normally worry if the children are late. Or
We normally don't...
6 You hardly ever phone.
7 We don't generally complain./We generally
don't...
8 You're sometimes not at home when I phone./You
sometimes aren't...
7.4C Adverbs of frequency at the beginning of a
sentence
1a) I often bring work home from the office,
b Often, I bring work home from the office.
2a) John normally leaves home before his wife does,
b) Normally, John leaves home before his wife does.
За) I have frequently forgotten to lock the back door,
b) Frequently, I have forgotten to lock the back door.
4a) I usually know when to wake up.
b) Usually, I know when to wake up.
5a) I'm generally the one who pays the bills,
b) Generally, I'm the one who pays the bills.
6a) The traffic is often heavy in the mornings,
b) Often, the traffic is heavy in the mornings.
7a) We sometimes have power cuts,
b) Sometimes, we have power cuts.
8a) There are often complaints about the service,
b) Often, there are complaints about the service.7.4D Context
1 Have you ever forgotten...?
2 Don't say you never have!
3 We can't always be careful...
4 ... most of us must occasionally have left
something ...
5 ... who never forgets anything.
6 ... a year are regularly dealt with ...
7 People don't normally carry/normally don't carry
.../Normally, people don't carry...
8 The things people most often lose/lose most often
9 But sometimes there are items/there are
sometimes...
10 Can you ever imagine ... (or.... and not ever
claiming it?)
11 Prams and pushchairs are often lost ./Often, prams
and pushchairs ...
12 ... people frequently forget false teeth ...
13 Yet they often doMYet often they do!7.5 Adverbs of degree7.5A The two meanings of 'quite'
1 The film was quite good ('less than')
2 The exhibition was quite amazing, ('completely')
3 Pam's quite wonderful, ('completely')
4 The play was quite awful, ('completely')
5 I quite enjoyed my holiday, ('less than')
6 I quite like snails, ('less than')