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Past Simple, Present Perfect
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect. 1. A: I 1)______ 've seen______ (see) this film before. B: Me too, but I love this actor. He 2) ______(play) a lot of good roles. A: Tom Cruise? I 3) _______________ (meet) him, you know. B: Really? When? A: When I 4) ____________ (be) in Los Angeles on holiday. 2. A: Who is that man? B: He's an artist. He 1) _______________ (paint) a lot of beautiful pictures. A: I think Van Gogh 2) ______ (paint) the most beautiful pictures ever. But his life 3) ______ (be) miserable. 3. A: I 1) ______ (just/hear from) an old friend of mine. B: Oh, really? A: Yes. Jim 2) ______ (write) to me. I 3) ______ (get) the letter this morning. B: That's nice. When 4) ______(you/first/meet) him? A: He 5) ______ (live) next door to me for three years, but he 6) ______ (move) away last June and I 7) ______ (not/see) him since.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, present perfect simple or present perfect continuous. Jake and Michael, two friends, are talking. J: Hello, I (1) _______ (not see) you for ages. M: No, it must be about two years since we last (2) ______ (meet). What (3) ______ (you/do) with yourself? J: I (4) ______ (do) all sorts of things. Life (5) ______ (be) very busy lately. I (6) ______ (start) a new job at the sailing centre. M: Really! Doing what? J: Well, I (7) ______ (teach) beginners' courses to school groups this term but when those (8) ______ (finish), I'll be teaching more advanced groups on holiday courses. M: That sounds great. What about your old job at the tourist office then? J: Well, I (9) ______ (work) there for ten years and I quite (10) ______ (enjoy) the job but I (11) ______ (want) to do something different. I (12) ______ (always/enjoy) sailing in my spare time so I (13) ______ (think) it would be nice to do it for a job. M: So how long (14) ______ (you/be) at the sailing centre? J: For about two months now. I'm sure I (15) ______ (do) the right thing. It's a really enjoyable job. And what about you? M: Well, I'm still at the Rembrandt Hotel. I (16) _______ (work) there for fifteen years now. But I (17) ______ (have) a promotion so that's good. They (18) ______ (give) me the job of head receptionist. J: Oh, that's good news. M: Yes, it (19) ______ (make) me feel much better about work. I mean, I (20) ______ (do) a lot of different jobs at the hotel but I (21) ______ (never have) a job with this much responsibility before. I (22) ______ (work) on the reception desk for four years when I (23) ______ (start) at the hotel – that was before they (24) ______ (move) me into the office – but I (25) ______ (be) only a junior receptionist then so I just (26)______ (do) what I (27) ______ (be told) to do. J: So when (28) ______ (you/get) the new job? M: A month ago, after I (29) ______ (pass) my intermediate exams in Spanish and German at the college. Did you know I (30) ______ (do) language evening classes at the college for a while now? J: No, I didn't realize. M: Yes, I (31) ______ (decide) that I (32) ______ (cannot get) any further at work without learning some languages. A: And so you did! What a good idea.
3. In your notebook, rewrite the following passages putting the verbs into the present perfect simple or past simple. News (1) _______ (just come in) that there (2) ______ (be) an air crash somewhere off the south coast of England. There (3) ______ (be) 120 passengers and crew on the plane and it is understood that no survivors (4) ______ (be found). Apparently the plane (5) ______ (go) mysteriously out of control and (6) ______ (plunge) into the sea. Relatives of most of the passengers and crew (7) ______ (now be informed) and many of them (8) ______ (set off) for the sea rescue base, but they (9) ______ (not be given) much hope. Most of the passengers (I0) ______ (be) on business. Despite the problems that the government (11) ______ (have) in the last two years, it (l2) ______ (somehow manage) to stay in power. There (13) ______ (be) a number of scandals involving government ministers, including one rumour about the Prime Minister himself. It is said that he (4) ______ (promise) gifts to certain Members of Parliament in exchange for their vote before he (15) ______ (be elected) leader. In spite of all this, the government (16) ______ (maintain) its position in Parliament and (17) ______ (claim) that this (18) ______ (be) the most successful term of office that a government (19) ______ (ever have). This is rather surprising as they (20) ______ (come) to power with only a small majority.
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