Alumno/a Seminario/rea: Lenguas modernas.

Ingls UNIT 4 : PRESENT PERFECT TENSES GRUPOS A y B

Curso: 4 ESO Seccin: 2012-2013

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A.REPHRASE: WRITE SENTENCES WITH FOR AND SINCE. EXAMPLE: Craig and Angeles live together. They started living together five years ago. Craig and Angeles have been living together/ have lived together for five years. 1. Graham has a Porsche. He bought it two years ago.

2. Derek is studying German. He started in 1990. 3. Luis and Craig started working on this school in 2001.

4. Cathy is in Cuba. She went there three weeks ago. 5. Tom plays the saxophone. He began last March.

6. Craig teaches English. He started in 1991. B. REPHRASE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, USING THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. 1. He became a dog walker five years ago. He _______________________________________________ten years. 2. They visited their uncle two months ago. They __________________________________________ two months. 3. She has been a vet for eight years. She _______________________________ ago. 4. Alex hasnt scored a goal for 3 weeks. The last time _____________________________3 weeks ago. 5. We have never been to Athens before. Its the __________________________________ Athens.

6. I have never watched such an exciting match. Its _________________________________ever watched. 7. Roberto Carlos has never worked with such a friendly coach. Hes ___________________________________ever worked. 8. Its two years since I saw Tom. I _____________________________________ for two years. 9. He last shaved the day before yesterday. He ___________________________________________________ . 10. Its two months since he earned any money. He ________________________________________________. 11. I last drank champagne at my brothers wedding. I ___________________________________________________ . 12. The last time I was abroad was in the summer of 1978. I ___________________________________________________ . 13. I last watched TV on New Years day. I ____________________________________ New Years day. 14. Its three months since he wrote to me. He ______________________________________three months.

C. ARE THESE SENTENCES RIGHT OR WRONG? CORRECT THE WRONG ONES.

1. Do you know about Sue? She has given up her job.

2. The Chinese have invented printing. 3. How many plays has Shakespeare written?

4. Have you read any of Shakespeares plays?

5. Aristotle has been a Greek philosopher.

6. Oh, Ive cut my finger. Its bleeding. 7. My grandparents have got married in London.

8. Where have you been born? 9. Mary isnt at home. Shes gone shopping.

10. Albert Einstein has been the scientist who has developed the theory of relativity.

D. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct tense: PRESENT PERFECT or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

1. Where have you been? ______________________________ (you/play) tennis?

2. Look! Somebody____________________________________ (break) that window. 3. You look tired.________________________________________ (you/ work) hard?

4. ____________________________________ (you/ever/ work) in a factory? No, never. 5. Jane is always on holiday. Oh, is she? Where ______________________ (she/go)?

6. My brother is an actor. He ______________________________ (appear) in several films.

7. Sorry, Im late. Thats all right. I _______________________________ (not/ wait) long. 8. Is it still raining? No, it _______________________________________________ (stop).

9. I _________________ (lose) my address book. ____________ (you /see) it anywhere?

10. I ____________________ (read) the book you lent me but I _________________ (not /

finish) it yet.

E. PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE: PRESENT PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST. (SOMETIMES PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS CAN BE POSSIBLE )

1. Where is your key? I dont know. I ____________ (lose) it.

2. I ___________ (be) very tired, so I lay down on the bed and went to sleep. 3. Mary ____________________ (go) to Australia for a while but shes back again now.

4. Where is Ken? He_______________ (go) out. He will be back in about an hour. 5. I did German at school but I ________________ (forget) most of it.

6. I meant to phone Diane last night but I _________________ (forget). 7. I ______________ (have) a headache earlier but I feel fine now.

8. Look! Theres an ambulance over there. There ______________(be ) an accident.

9. Theyre still building the new road. They __________________ (not finish) it. 10. Is Helen still here? No, she ________________ (just go) out.

F. COMPLETE WITH: just, yet, already, ever, never, still.

1.I've _________seen your teacher, and he's told me that you haven't finished your assignments _________. 2. Have you ________________ travelled to Australia? 3. No, I've ____________ been there. 4. Have you called your father ________? Yes, I've __________ told him that we are leaving. 5. We are __________ living in the same place. In fact, we've ___________ changed places.

6. We've ______________ bought a new tent, so we can all sleep inside.

7.Have you finished eating that ____________? No, not yet.

8.This book has _____________ arrived. It's what you wanted.

G. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE RIGHT TENSE. 1.Sam (arrive) ________________ in San Diego a week ago. 2. My best friend and I (know) __________________each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 3. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) _______________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway. 4. I (have, not) _____________________this much fun since I (be) ________________a kid. 5. Things (change) __________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) __________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) _____________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ________________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers. 6.I (tell) __________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) ________off into the forest and (be) ________________ bitten by a snake. 7. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ______________ the bus this morning. You (be) ________________ late to work too many times. You are fired! 8. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) _______ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 9. How sad! George (dream) _____________of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) _________________the ocean. 10. In the last hundred years, travelling (become) _______________much easier and very comfortable.