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  • Past Perfect Continuous: Have You Ever Seen This Scam? (Review)

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    • Past perfect continuous
    • Present perfect continuous
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    Past perfect continuous Present perfect continuous Scam

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    Review the conversation "Have You Ever Seen This Scam?". Do a speaking exercise, then do multiple choice questions to review the past perfect continuous tense.

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Have You Ever Seen This Scam?

(1) Lori: Listen
Hey Todd. I didn't expect to see you here. I thought you were taking a vacation.
(2) Todd: Listen
I had been on vacation until Wednesday. Then, I got a call from a large client. She wanted a new [vocab word=flyer]flyer[/vocab] [vocab word=design]design[/vocab] for her bicycle repair business.

"I had been on vacation" is in past perfect tense. "Been" is the past participle of "be".

(3) Lori: Listen
That's nice. The [vocab word=economy]economy[/vocab] is doing bad these days. You have to take any job you can.
(4) Todd: Listen
Agreed. Anyways, she was ready to pay me three thousand dollars for a flyer design. I normally get a couple of hundred dollars for a flyer design. So, I signed a [vocab word=contract]contract[/vocab] on the same day.
(5) Lori: Listen
Her company must be very large. What is it called?

"must" here means "surely". Lori believes the client's company surely very large.

(6) Todd: Listen
Actually, I don't know. She said she had been sick until this year. She [vocab word=resume]resumed[/vocab] her business in March and she really wants to succeed.

"Resume" means to start it again.

(7) Lori: Listen
She must be rich, then.

This means "I'm sure she is really rich".

(8) Todd: Listen
I guess so.
(9) Lori: Listen
So, why are you at the bank today?
(10) Todd: Listen
I'm [vocab word=deposit]depositing[/vocab] her [vocab word=cheque]cheque[/vocab]. See?

"Cheque" has different spellings. In UK and Canada, it's spelled "cheque". In US, it's spelled "check".

(11) Lori: Listen
Why does it say six thousand dollars? The job is for three thousand dollars, right?
(12) Todd: Listen
Funny story. The client said she had [vocab word=mistakenly]mistakenly[/vocab] wrote a cheque for six thousand dollars. So, she told me to buy some [vocab word=supply]supplies[/vocab] and send her back the [vocab word=extra]extra[/vocab] money.

"Supplies" can be pens, pencils, and paper.

(13) Lori: Listen
Obviously, you are not going to do that.

This is a mix of suggestion and belief. Lori means "I know you won't do that. And, you shouldn't do that."

(14) Todd: Listen
Why not? I have agreed to it already.
(15) Lori: Listen
It's a [vocab word=scam]scam[/vocab]! The cheque is obviously fake. The bank will [vocab word=cancel]cancel[/vocab] the cheque a few days later and you won't get any money in your [vocab word=account]account[/vocab]. So, don't send her any money.

"Scam" is a crime. A criminal uses a scam to deceive people and get their money.

(16) Todd: Listen
I don't think it's a scam. She has been very honest with me so far.

"Has been very honest" is in present perfect tense. It means she was honest and she is still honest today.

(17) Lori: Listen
You don't know that. She hadn't been working before March. So, where did she get all the money?
(18) Todd: Listen
She had been saving money from her disability [vocab word=benefit]benefit[/vocab] until March. Since then, she has been working hard to save money.

A "disability benefit" is when the government pays money to sick people or people with disability (because they can't work).

(19) Lori: Listen
Why would she spend thousands of dollars on a flyer? Why not just a couple of hundred dollars?
(20) Todd: Listen
She said my design is really good, so it's [vocab word=worth]worth[/vocab] the money.
(21) Lori: Listen
You are so [vocab word=gullible]gullible[/vocab].

A "gullible" person believes in anything and everything.

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Have You Ever Seen This Scam?

(1) Lori: Listen
Hey Todd. I didn't expect to see you here. I thought you were taking a vacation.
(2) Todd: Listen
I had been on vacation until Wednesday. Then, I got a call from a large client. She wanted a new [vocab word=flyer]flyer[/vocab] [vocab word=design]design[/vocab] for her bicycle repair business.

"I had been on vacation" is in past perfect tense. "Been" is the past participle of "be".

(3) Lori: Listen
That's nice. The [vocab word=economy]economy[/vocab] is doing bad these days. You have to take any job you can.
(4) Todd: Listen
Agreed. Anyways, she was ready to pay me three thousand dollars for a flyer design. I normally get a couple of hundred dollars for a flyer design. So, I signed a [vocab word=contract]contract[/vocab] on the same day.
(5) Lori: Listen
Her company must be very large. What is it called?

"must" here means "surely". Lori believes the client's company surely very large.

(6) Todd: Listen
Actually, I don't know. She said she had been sick until this year. She [vocab word=resume]resumed[/vocab] her business in March and she really wants to succeed.

"Resume" means to start it again.

(7) Lori: Listen
She must be rich, then.

This means "I'm sure she is really rich".

(8) Todd: Listen
I guess so.
(9) Lori: Listen
So, why are you at the bank today?
(10) Todd: Listen
I'm [vocab word=deposit]depositing[/vocab] her [vocab word=cheque]cheque[/vocab]. See?

"Cheque" has different spellings. In UK and Canada, it's spelled "cheque". In US, it's spelled "check".

(11) Lori: Listen
Why does it say six thousand dollars? The job is for three thousand dollars, right?
(12) Todd: Listen
Funny story. The client said she had [vocab word=mistakenly]mistakenly[/vocab] wrote a cheque for six thousand dollars. So, she told me to buy some [vocab word=supply]supplies[/vocab] and send her back the [vocab word=extra]extra[/vocab] money.

"Supplies" can be pens, pencils, and paper.

(13) Lori: Listen
Obviously, you are not going to do that.

This is a mix of suggestion and belief. Lori means "I know you won't do that. And, you shouldn't do that."

(14) Todd: Listen
Why not? I have agreed to it already.
(15) Lori: Listen
It's a [vocab word=scam]scam[/vocab]! The cheque is obviously fake. The bank will [vocab word=cancel]cancel[/vocab] the cheque a few days later and you won't get any money in your [vocab word=account]account[/vocab]. So, don't send her any money.

"Scam" is a crime. A criminal uses a scam to deceive people and get their money.

(16) Todd: Listen
I don't think it's a scam. She has been very honest with me so far.

"Has been very honest" is in present perfect tense. It means she was honest and she is still honest today.

(17) Lori: Listen
You don't know that. She hadn't been working before March. So, where did she get all the money?
(18) Todd: Listen
She had been saving money from her disability [vocab word=benefit]benefit[/vocab] until March. Since then, she has been working hard to save money.

A "disability benefit" is when the government pays money to sick people or people with disability (because they can't work).

(19) Lori: Listen
Why would she spend thousands of dollars on a flyer? Why not just a couple of hundred dollars?
(20) Todd: Listen
She said my design is really good, so it's [vocab word=worth]worth[/vocab] the money.
(21) Lori: Listen
You are so [vocab word=gullible]gullible[/vocab].

A "gullible" person believes in anything and everything.

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  • Your answer: A Suggestion

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