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2. Ago: back in time from now (used with Past Simple). Jane mov ed to Canada two weeks ago. (two weeks back in time from now)
3. Before: back in time from then. Last week I met Paul and he told me that Jane had moved to Canada two weeks before. (two weeks back in time from last week). It can also be used with present or past forms to show that one action preceded another. I'll leave before he comes, (not: before he will come). He (had) finished his homework before he had dinner.
4. Since is usually used with Perfect tenses to express a starting point. The Perfect tense is used in the main clause. He has been here since July. I' ve known him since we were at school.
5. For is used to express the duration of an action. She has been in Lisbon for ten days. She had been working there for two years before she applied for a new post.
6. Already is used with Perfect tenses in mid or end position in statements or questions. She had already dressed when Tim arrived. Has she cooked dinner already?
7. Yet is used with Perfect tenses in negative sentences after a contracted auxiliary or at the end of the sentence. She hasn't yet passed her exams. She hasn't passed her exams yet. In questions yet comes only at the end. Has he come yet?
8. Still is used in statements and questions after the auxiliary or before the main verb. I can still walk long distances. Can she still play the piano well? Are you still doing your exercises? He still plays in the same band. In negative sentences, still comes before the auxiliary. She still can't walk very well. She still hasn't got married.
4. Underline the correct item
1) Brad has been studying Japanese for / since three month.
2) I'm afraid I haven't posted your application form still/yet.
3) She met her husband ten years ago/since.
4) They have lived in the same house for/since they came here.
5) I'm sure I've yet/already seen this film.
6) She has been to Belgium once before/ago.
7) I still/yet haven't read this book.
8) He hasn't driven a car for/since he had the accident.
9) He can still/already dance quite well even though he’s 90.
10)Have you already/yet done the cleaning?
5. Fill each of the blanks with a suitable word or phrase.
Example: I'm not going to go out again until the storm has blown over.
a) I'll phone him just as soon as ________ typing all these letters.
b) I looked for that book everywhere but I'm afraid ________ across it yet.
c) This isn't the first time he ________ away from home.
d) I spoke to Sylvia last night: she sounds _______ had a hard time recently.
e) I went to the new pizzeria last night: it does the _______ eaten.
f) I've never understood what ________ football so popular.
g) Since he got home from the camp, he ________ but sleep.
h) I've yet ________ over the shock of seeing her there.
6. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the sentence printed before it.
Example: Make sure you finish this book before you start on the others.
Don't start the other booksuntil you have finished this one.
a) Nobody has seen Jo for over a month.
Jo was ________________________________.
b) Bergkamp's goal was the most extraordinary one I have ever seen.
I've yet ________________________________.
c) No one has asked me that before.
This is the first time ___________________________________.
d) The journey to Paris took much longer before they built the Channel Tunnel.
Since the _____________________________________________.
e) It's almost a year since I stopped smoking.
I gave ________________________________________________.
f) This cafe used to be a lot more popular before they opened the new one next door.
Since _________________________________________________.
7. What has happened in these situations?
1) Jack had a beard. Now he hasn't got a beard. He has shaved off his beard.
2) Linda was here five minutes ago. Now she's in bed. She _________________________.
3) The temperature was 25 degrees. Now it is only 17. The temperature _____________________.
4) The light was off. Now it is on. Somebody _____________________________
5) The tree was only three metres high. Now it is four. The tree ____________________________.
6) The plane was on the runway a few minutes ago. Now it is in the air. The plane ____________________________________________.
8. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, present perfect or past simple.
1) 'Where's your key? ' 'I don't know I’ve lost it.' (lose)
2) I was very tired, so I lay down on the bed and went to sleep. (be)
3) Mary __________________________ to Australia for a while but she's back again now. (go)
4) 'Where's Ken? ' 'He _________________________ out. He'll be back in about an hour.' (go)
5) I did German at school but I _________________________ most of it. (forget)
6) I meant to phone Diane last night but I _________________________ (forget)
7) I _____________________ a headache earlier but I feel fine now. (have)
8) Look! There's an ambulance over there. There _____________________ an accident. (be)
9) They're still building the new road. They _____________________ it. (not/finish)
10)'Is Helen still here? ' 'No, she _________________ out.' (just/go)
11)The police ____________________ three people but later they let them go. (arrest)
12)Ann _____________________ me her address but I'm afraid I ________________ it. (give, lose)
13)Where's my bike? It ________________ outside the house. It ______________! (be, disappear)
14)What do you think of my English? Do you think I _______________________? (improve)
9. Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.
1) Do you know about Sue? She's given up her job. RIGHT
2) The Chinese have invented printing. WRONG: The Chinese invented.
3) How many plays has Shakespeare written? _____________________________
4) Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays? _____________________________
5) Aristotle has been a Greek philosopher. ________________________________
6) Ow! I've cut my finger. It's bleeding. __________________________________
7) My grandparents have got married in London. __________________________
8) Where have you been born? _________________________________________
9) Mary isn't at home. She's gone shopping. ______________________________
10)Albert Einstein has been the scientist who has developed the theory of relativity. _______________________________________________________
10. Put the verb into the most suitable form, present perfect or past simple.
1) A: Look! Somebody has spilt (spill) coffee on the carpet.
B: Well, it wasn’t (not/be) me. I didn’t do. (not/do) it.
2) A: Ben ____________________ (break) his leg.
B: Really? How __________________ (that/happen)?
A: He _____________________ (fall) off a ladder.
3) A: Your hair looks nice. ________________ (you/have) a haircut?
B: Yes.
A: Who __________________ (cut) it? _______________ (you/go) to the hairdresser?
B: No, a friend of mine __________________ (do) it for me.
11. Translate into English.
1. Доброе утро мама. Как, завтрак уже готов? Когда же ты встала? - Около часа назад. - А я только что проснулся. - Ты же вчера поздно лег спать. –Да, мы с папой смотрели хоккейный матч по телевизору, а потом я готовился к сегодняшнему диктанту.
2. Оля, ты уже приготовила постель? Проверь, все ли ты приготовила к завтрашнему дню, а потом иди мыться, раздевайся и ложись спать.
3. Что мне делать? Кажется, я потеряла учебник по английскому языку. Явсегда все теряю и ничего не могу с этим поделать. - Где ты могла его потерять? Где ты сегодня была? Расскажи все по порядку. - Я сегодня была во многих местах: в институтской столовой, в библиотеке, в фонетической лаборатории. - Ты его вынимала из портфеля? - Нет. - Возвращайся в институт. Может быть, кто-нибудь уже нашел его и отдал в гардероб.
4. Яне видела тебя с лета. Ты очень похудела. - Ничего удивительного! Когда я училась в школе, я ела четыре раза в день, а теперь, когда я стала студенткой, я ем 2-3 раза. Вот вчера я завтракала и ужинала. - Почему же ты не обедала? - У меня не было времени.
12. Use the proper tense forms in the sentences:
1. … you … your dinner? - Yes, I …. – When … you … it? – I … it half an hour ago. (to have)
2. We … not … much this winter. But last winter we … with her without end. (to meet, to speak)
3. Where … you … last night? (to go) I … find you anywhere (can not). – As a matter of fact my room-mates … me to the cinema (to invite). We … a French comedy (to see). It … so funny. I … till. I... (to be, laugh, cry). - I am sorry I you (not to join). I … to the cinema for a long time (not to be).
4. John … me a tine present (to make). The other day he... a look of modern poetry and … it to me (to buy, give). I … of a book of this kind … for years (to dream).
5.... you to Moscow? (to be) – Yes, I (to be). When … you there? (to be) - I (to be) there in summer and now my brother (to be) in Moscow. He (to go) to Moscow in May. And he (to live) there since. - And (to be) your brother in Moscow, when you went there. - Yes, he (to be). I (to go) to see him there.
13. Choose a verb with either the present perfect or past simple for these sentences.