Diognostik Test

1. Match each characteristic with its description:

Use the verbs in Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous:

1. She                  [has been writing, has writing] (to write) the test for ten minutes.

2. 4. We                  [have seen, have been seeing] (to see) this film before.

3. 5. It                  [has rained, has been raining] (to rain) for two hours.

4. 6. He                      [hasn`t been meetitng, hasn`t met] (not to meet) his parents.

5. 7. They                   [have been waiting, have waited]( to wait) for us since 7 o' clock.

6. 8. She                  [has been hearing, has heard] (to hear) this music before.

7. 9. He                   [has taught, has been teaching] (to teach) English since 1991.

8. 10. I                   [have written, have been writing]( to write) a new book this month.

Read the text and do the task.

Career Profile

Hello, I’m Pat Irwin and I’m glad to speak about my career with my future colleagues. Well, I like my job and I’m lucky that it is both useful and successful.

I wanted to work in the sphere of nature conservation when I was a child. There was a zoo in a few streets from our house and I could spend hours watching animals. Soon the owner of the zoo, Mr. Harper, involved me in daily animal feeding and care. I fall in love with nature and decided to do wildlife and its conservation my future job. After finishing school I studied biology at California University. Soon I found that I could get more experience and knowledge not sitting in the dusty library, but travelling the world and working as a wildlife rehabilitator. So, I spent a year in North Africa, then I went for a year to Australia. The month I spent as a volunteer at Australia Zoo turned up to be the most interesting from the point of view of gaining true experience.

In 2005 I came back to my native town and suggested Mr. Harper a plan of reconstructing his zoo. He agreed and we got to work.

Next year we opened our new zoo. Mr. Harper offered me a partnership in his business, so now I’m a co-owner of the zoo. Now Mr. Harper is retired and I run the zoo myself.

In 2007 we launched a series of special about wildlife on TV. Our programme became hot not only in the USA but in Europe as well.

So the recipe of success, in my opinion, is to do what you love, to work hard and be brave. That’s easy!

Decide whether the statement True or False .

1. Mr. Harper was a wildlife rehabilitator.