Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

UNIT 1

People and Relationship

Present Tenses

Ex.1. Choose the correct verb in every sentence.

1. You donot know/ are not knowing why your friend is so moody.

2. What are you thinking/ do you thinkabout?

3. My friend talks/ is talking all the time.

4. Do/ are you get/getting on well with your friends?

5. What is/ does the monitor responsible for?

6. We are having/ have a lot in common with my sister.

7. Do/are you ever argue/arguing with your parents?

Ex.2.Ask your partner 8 questions about his/ her parents. Start your questions with the words given below.

1. What…?

2. Is…?

3. Do…?

4. Does…?

5. How often…?

6. Who…?

7. Where…?

8. Are…?

Ex.3Open the brackets. Use Present Simple or Present Continuous.

My driving course (to go) well and to my surprise, I (to enjoy) it very much. Harry and Liz, who run driving school in my area, (to seem) very professional. But what I like most about them is that they (to feel) like friends rather than teachers. I know I am making a lot of stupid mistakes but they (to keep) saying:” Don’ t worry. You (to learn). Everybody (to need) to go through this stage.” They always (to concentrate) on positive and (to support) me in every way.

It’s great that Ann from my school (to do) the course with me. At the moment we (to practise) different driving manoeuvres. Anna (to find) them really difficult but she (to get) better and better.

I (to think) we will both pass our driving test in March.

 

Past Tenses. Used to.

Ex.1Choose the right option which has a similar meaning to the original sentence.

1. The girl used to ask many questions when she was young.

a) She doesn’t ask many questions now.

b) She asks many questions now.

2. Tom used to be very lazy in his childhood.

a) Tom is lazy now.

b) Tom is hard working now.

3. When we got acquainted Ann used to be very sensitive.

a) Ann noticed other people’s feelings.

b) Ann was indifferent to other people.

4. When I came in, Ed was arguing with his friend.

a) Ed was arguing with his friend at the moment I came.

b) Ed was arguing with his friend before I came.

5. Ed had argued with his friend before I came.

a) Ed was arguing with his friend at the moment I came.

b) Ed was not arguing with his friend at the moment I came.

 

Ex.2.Read the letter and use the verbs in brackets in the correct Past tense or use the structure used to

 

Dear Janet,

I promised to tell you all about Adam, so here is our story.

One night I (to try) to finish my project when I (to receive) a message from some guy. He (to claim) that we (to meet) at a party. I ( not remember) that. But he was the funniest person I (ever/ encounter) on the Net. So we just ( to keep) talking and at the end (to exchange) our phone numbers.

At that time I (to live) in Prague and Adam (to study) in Budapest. We (only/ know) each other for two weeks when he (to invite) me to spend the weekend in his city. I (to know) Budapest quite well because I (to go) there on school trips as a child.

When I (to arrive) in Budapest, Adam (to wait) for me at the station. By Sunday evening I (to know) that I (to bump) into Mr. Right on the Internet.

From then on we (to speak) on Skype every day. Only three months (to pass) before I (to decide) to move to Budapest.

How are things with you?

Lots of love.

Eva.

 

Ex.3.Your friend worked as a photographer for a popular magazine. Ask him 8 questions about his former job. Start with the words given below. Use the words and expressions from the box to help you.

(gain valuable experience, enjoy, feel disappointed, face challenges, friendly, salary, meet celebrities, essential, have sound IT skills)

1. Did…?

2. Did… or…?

3. Was it desirable to…?

4. What was…?

5. How much/ many…?

6.Were the staff…?

7. How often…?

8. Why…?

UNIT 2

Choose the Career!

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

Ex.1.Match the beginning of the sentences with proper endings

1. She has been baking a) three cakes so far

2. She has baked b) for two hours

 

1. They have been working in a fashion magazine. a) since October

2. They have worked in a fashion magazine b) all their life

 

1. I have been writing a Letter of Application a) since 2 o’clock

2. I have written b) a half of my letter

 

1. How long a) have you learnt by now?

2. How much b) have you been learning English?

 

Ex.2.Open the brackets using Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. How many driving lessons (you/ have)?

2. How long (you / work) with tourists?

3. Rob (be) always good at languages at school.

4. Ann looks tired. She (work) on the project all the day.

5. Since then he (specialize) in law.

6. She (dream) of becoming a lawyer since childhood.

7. Rob (do) the same job for years.

8. He (never/ be) satisfied with his job.

Ex.3. Open the brackets using the correct tense form.

Dennis Cooper is a journalist. He (to write) a lot of articles. He (to start) writing when he (to be) at University. He (to live) in many parts of the world including Russia and China. He (to spend) his childhood in India and (to come) to the USA in 2001. He (to meet) a lot of interesting people. He (to interview) sportsmen, pop- singers, film- stars and even presidents. He (to win) many awards. He (to win) his last award in 2010. Since 2012 he (to live) in Germany. Now he (to be) engaged in writing his first book. By now he (to finish) the concluding chapter. He (to plan) to finish the book by the end of the year. So next year we (to be able) to read his book.

 

Ex.4.Ask questions to these answers.

1.___________________________?

Dennis Cooper is a journalist.

2.___________________________?

He began writing when he was at University.

3.____________________________?

When he was a boy he lived in China.

4._____________________________?

Cooper arrived in the USA in 2001.

5.______________________________?

Yes, he has got some awards.

6.______________________________?

In 2010.

7._______________________________?

He is writing a book.

8.________________________________?

The next year.

Different Tenses.

Ex.1.Write the missing forms of the verbs.

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle	Translation
to learn
	knew
	got
			купувати
to make
		taught
		been
to write
	lost
		kept
	wore
to spend
	became
			мати
		left
to seek
	thought
			перемагати
		taken

 

Ex.2.Use the appropriate tense for the verbs in brackets.

1. John is in my English class. He (study) English this semester. He (also/ take) some other classes. His classes (begin) at 9:00 every day.

2. John is in class every morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Two days ago I (call) him at 11:30 but I could not reach him because he (attend) class at that time.

3. Don’t (try) to call John at 11:30 tomorrow because he (attend) class at that time.

4. Yesterday John (write) an article from 3:00 to 5:00. When I (come) at 4:00 he (write) an article. He (write) it for an hour.

5. Since the beginning of the semester John (read) three novels. Right now he (read) “A Farewell to Arms”. He (read) this novel for the past three days. He (want) to finish it the next week. In his lifetime he (read) many novels but this is the first Hemingway novel he (read).

6. John said that he (never/ read) anything more interesting before.

 

Ex.3.Transform the sentence in other tenses. Mind the time-makers given for each sentence.

Tom writes articles for a fashion magazine.

1. … two years ago.

2. … now.

3. … since 2005.

4. … all the day yesterday.

5. … just.

6. … before he left Kyiv.

7. … next year.

8. … at this time tomorrow.

9. … by the end of the following month.

 

UNIT 3

Why Go to School?