Have you heard the latest? Focus on form: Present perfect a) Read the articles and circle a), b) or c). Info Tabloids are popular newspapers which have many pictures and small pages. The articles in a tabloid are usually quite short and very shocking. i CB, p. 21 5 always be • be • choose • have (2x) • hear • not be • start • want • cast 1 glamorous – glamourös, glitzernd 1. a) have been b) has been c) is 2. a) has not had b) doesn’t have c) has done 3. a) has seen b) didn’t see c) haven’t seen 4. a) have found b) are finding c) will find 5. a) didn’t have b) has had c) have loved 6. a) is b) haven’t been c) has been b) Complete the two dialogues with the correct forms of the words from the green box. A: 1 anything about Tom? B: No, why? A: Well, 2 to be an actor for years. You know that, right? B: Oh, yes. I often told him he shouldn’t give up2 a job that 3 since he was 16. A: And he’s always been 4 so good at this job! B: Well, what happened? A: Nothing, actually. But 5 really disappointed for a long time. Nobody 6 him for a role yet. C: Is Holly still dreaming about becoming a star? D: 7 to take dance classes, so I think so, yes. C: Poor Holly, 8 able to sleep at night for years! She’s just always dreaming about Hollywood. D: Yes. But working in a bar doesn’t help. She cannot get any sleep! C: When did her sleeping problems start? D: Well, 9 her job at the bar for five years. I think it all started back then. 2 to give up – aufgeben Marilyn Magnificent 1 one of the most exciting stars in all Hollywood since 1977! However, she 2 a role for years. Is she too old to play in one of those glamorous1 shows? We 3 her in public since February last year. Marilyn, if you read this: You’re still our favourite star! We miss you! The police 4 her dead in her house in Malibu. Fran 5 a huge fan for years. The police think that he killed her last night. The 55-year-old man 6 in love with the actress since he saw her in “Love is in the Air”. Detective Blacksmith told us Fran never answered the man’s letters. Is that why she had to die such a horrible death? Where has she been? Shocking murder of Fran Fabulous! 24 Revision twenty-four Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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