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PRESENT PERFECT
A. You are writing a letter to a friend and giving news about people you both know. Use the words
given to make sentences and put the verb into the correct form.
Example: Phil/find a new job. Phil has found a new job.
Dear Chris,
Lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you.
1. Fred/go/Brazil .................................................................................................
2. Jack and Jill/decide/to get married .................................................................
3. Suzanne/have/a baby ....................................................................................
4. Liz/give up/smoking .......................................................................................
5. George/pass/his driving test ..........................................................................
B. Read the stuation and then write an appropriate sentence. Use the verb given.
Example: Tom is looking for his key. He can´t find it. (lose). He has lost his key.
1. Sue´s hair was dirty. Now it is clean. (wash) .................................................
2. Tom weighed 190 pounds. Now he weighs 170. (lose weight).......................
3. The car has just stopped because there isn´t any more gas in the tank. (run out of
gas).......................................................................................................
4. This morning Bill was playing football. Now he can´t walk and his leg is in a cast. (break)
...................................................................................................
C. Use just. Answer the questions using the words given.
Example: Would you like something to eat? (no thank you/I/just/have/dinner)
No, thank you. I´ve just had dinner.
1. Have you seen John anywhere? (yes/I/just/see/him).......................................
2. Has Ann called yet? (yes/she/just/call)............................................................
3. Would you like a cigarette? (no thanks/I/just/put/one out)...............................
D. Write sentences with already.
Example: Don´t forget to mail the letter. I´ve already mailed it.
1. Don´t forget to call Eric ....................................................................................
2. Why don´t you read the paper? .......................................................................
3. Shall I pay the waiter? .....................................................................................
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E. Fill in been or gone.
1. Hello! I´ve just ..........................to the store. Look at all the things I´ve bought.
2. Jim isn´t here at the moment. He´s ................................to the store.
3. “Are you going to the bank?” “No,I´ve already......................to the bank.
PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE
A. Choose the correct tense.
1. I (haven´t seen/didn´t see) much of Al lately.
2. “Who is she?” “I(´ve never seen/never saw) her before”
3. I (´ve done/did) a lot of stupid things in my life.
4. She (has left/left) school last year.
5. When (have you got/did you get) married?
6. I´m sorry. I(haven´t finished/didn´t finish)yet.
7. I (´ve often wondered/often wondered)what he does for a living.
8. He (has caught/caught) the plane at eight this morning.
9. I (´ve read/read) a lot of her books when I was at school.
10. (Have you seen/Did you see) any good films recently?
B. Complete the sentences with the present perfect or the simple past.
1. I (play) ............................a lot of tennis this year.
2. She (have) .................................six different jobs since she left school.
3. He (run) ............................away from school three times when he was 14.
4. How many cups of coffee (you drink)..........................................today?
5. In those days, Andrew (come) ................................to stay with us most weekends.
6. Shakespeare (write) ................................poems as well as plays.
7. Since my brother lost his job he (write) ...............................two books.
8. I´m not cooking today – I (cook)............................all the meals yesterday. In fact, I (cook)
..............................most of the meals this week.
9. Would you believe I (make) ...................................23 phone calls today?
10. Our team are rubbish. They (just lose) ..................................eight games one after the other.
C. Write sentences about these situations with SINCE and FOR.
Example: Jake runs a small business. He started doing this five years ago.
Jake has run a small business for five years.
1. Andy lives in Dublin. He moved there last year.
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2. Helen plays the piano. She started two years ago.
3. Rob has a Mercedes. He bought it five years ago.
4. Jan is living with Pete. This started in 1994.
5. Sammy is learning Turkish. He started four years ago.
D. Choose the right tenses.
1. It (is/was/has been) snowing since I (have got up/got up)
2. Things (have been/were) difficult since Carol (has lost/lost) her job.
3. Since Jake (has taken up/took up) the trumpet, nobody (has/has had) any peace.
4. He (has been/was) quite different since he (has got/got) married.
5. Since she (has gone/went) to live in France we (haven´t heard/didn´t hear) anything from her.
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