Task 1. Write sentences using the Present Perfect. (5 points) 1) My younger sister / learn / to read / yet. 2) I/not/be/ to the cinema / for ages. 3) Mary / never / be / to Paris. 4) She/not/phone/me / since last week. 5) How long / you/have/ your smartphone?
Task 2. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect. Choose the correct item: since or for. (10 points) 1) Sally... (be) ill for/since last week. 2) I... (not/be) to London for/since I was a child. 3) I... (not/see) my friends for/since I left Ukraine. 4) Michael... (study) German for/since ten years. 5) My father... (work) for this company for/since several years.
Task 3. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect or the Past Simple. Pay attention to the time expressions in bold. (6 points) 1) My friend Emily ... (call) me recently. 2) She... (come back) home two days ago. 3) Amanda is free now. She ... (already/pass) her final exam. She ... (take) it last Monday. 4) David... (finish) school in 2022. 5) Jane... (not/be) at the cinema this week.
Task 4. Choose the correct variant. (10 points) 1) We talked/were talking / had talked about Kate when she suddenly came/was coming/had come in. 2) At 7 o'clock I waited /was waiting / had waited for Ann at the station. 3) Anna already cleaned / was cleaning / had cleaned the house when her husband came/was coming/had come back home from work. 4) While I went/was going/had gone to work this morning, I met / was meeting / had met my old friend. 5) Andrew already did / was doing / had done his lessons by 6 o'clock and at 6 o'clock he played / was playing/had played football in the yard. 6) Did you go / Were you going / Had you gone to the cinema yesterday? Task 5. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Perfect. (10 points) 1) The doctor... (arrive) when we... (already/help) him. 2) Everybody ... (leave) by 7 pm. 3)... (you/find) the key which you... (lose) before? 4) When he ... (leave) home he ... (remember) that he ... (forget) to take an umbrella. 5) We... (speak) to him before the meeting... (start).
Ответы
1) My younger sister hasn't learnt to read yet. 2) I hadn't been to the cinema for ages. 3) Mary had never been to Paris. 4) She had not phoned me since last week. 5) How long had you had your smartphone?
1) Sally had been ill since last week. 2) I had not been to London since I was a child. 3) I had not seen my friends since I left Ukraine. 4) Michael had been studying German for ten years. 5) My father had been working for this company for several years.
1) My friend Emily called me recently. 2) She came back home two days ago. 3) Amanda is free now. She has already passed her final exam. She took it last Monday. 4) David finished school in 2022. 5) Jane wasn't at the cinema this week.
1) We were talking about Kate when she suddenly came in. 2) At 7 o'clock I was waiting for Ann at the station. 3) Anna already had cleaned the house when her husband came back home from work. 4) While I was going to work this morning, I met my old friend. 5) Andrew already had done his lessons by 6 o'clock and at 6 o'clock he was playing football in the yard. 6) Did you go to the cinema yesterday?
1) The doctor arrived when we already had helped him. 2) Everybody had left by 7 pm. 3) Did you find the key which you had lost before? 4) When he left home he remembered that he had forgotten to take an umbrella. 5) We spoke to him before the meeting had started.