Revision exercises. 1. Change the underlined parts of the sentences so that they are grammatically correct.

1. Change the underlined parts of the sentences so that they are grammatically correct.

1) He 's lived here until he got married.

____ lived ______________________

2) I don't see him since Monday.

______________________________

3) A Sorry I'm late. Are you waiting long?

______________________________

В No, I 've arrived ten minutes ago.

______________________________

4) I haven't seen James yesterday.

______________________________

5) She 's been working here until 1993.

______________________________

6) Your hands are filthy! What did you do?

______________________________

7) I didn't go to the bank recently.

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2. Fill in with Present S., Present Cont., Present Perfect or Present Perfect Cont.

Tom: 1) Have you seen (you/see) the state of this kitchen? Someone 2) _______________ (wash) clothes in the sink and they're still there!

Fred: Yes, I know. I usually 3) _____________ (use) the bath, but it 4) _____________ (be) too dirty at the moment.

Tom: Why didn't you clean it? You 5) ________________ (live) here for two months now, and I 6) __________________ (never/see) you do any housework.

Fred: What do you mean? I 7) _________________ (wash) the dishes at least three times and I always 8) _______________ (make) my bed.

Tom: Rubbish! You 9) _________________ (always/make) a mess and not cleaning up afterwards.

Fred: What about you? You 10) ________________ (always/drink) my milk!

Tom: Don't be ridiculous! Where 11) _____________(you/go)?

Fred: Out! I 12)..................... (see) my girlfriend this evening.

Tom: What about the kitchen?

Fred: Bye!

3. Translate into English

1) Этот пиджак знавал лучшие дни.

2) Сколько вы мне дали? Извините, я неправильно дала вам сдачу.

3) Яникогда не видел ничего более прекрасного.

4) Вы ничего не забыли?

5) Он сейчас работает?

6) Он обычно ходит на работу пешком.

7) Стив любит китайскую кухню.

8) Занятия начинаются рано утром? Да.

9) Она любит делать покупки? Да.

10)Смиты не любят путешествовать.

11)Генри не обедает в ресторане.

12)Он выключил радио и пошел спать.

13)Прошлой весной часто шел дождь.

14)Дэвид наконец продал свою старую машину.

15)Джо вернулся очень поздно вчера вечером?

16)Когда Колумб открыл Америку? Колумб открыл Америку в 1492.

17)Сколько стоило кольцо? Оно стоило 600 долларов.

18)Алиса не пришла на вечеринку.

19)Вы невнимательно читали статью.

20)В пятницу утром я работал в саду.

21)Они живут здесь с июля.

22)Вы когда-нибудь были в Лувре? Нет, я никогда там не был.

23)Боюсь, что я потерял ключи от автомобиля.

24)Как долго вы тут живете? Я тут живу 9 лет.

4. Complete the interview. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous tense. In some cases more than one tense is possible.

Reporter Today, West Side Radio, the area's first local radio station, has been broadcasting (broadcast) for ten years. I ___________ (come) down to the radio station to interview one of the people who _____________ (make) the station a success – DJ, Frank Frankham. How long ___________ you ___________ (work) for West Side Radio?

DJ I __________ (be) with West Side ever since it __________ (start), but I _____________ (not be) a DJ all that time. I __________ (be) an assistant producer at first. Then one day about five years ago the normal DJ __________ (not come) in, so I ___________ (stand in) for him. Well, I obviously ___________ (do) a good job, because they _________ (ask) me to be a DJ and I ___________ (present) my own show ever since.

Reporter Why do you think West Side Radio _________ (be) successful?

DJ Well, I think it's because it ____________ (become) part of the local community. Last week, for instance, there was a big traffic jam in the city centre and we ____________ (report) that, and I'm sure that ______________ (help) a lot of people. And one of my colleagues ____________ just ___________ (talk) about a local music festival that's happening next week.

Reporter And you ___________ (also run) several campaigns about local issues.

DJ Yes, that's right. Earlier this year we _____________ (have) a campaign about traffic-in the city. Our current campaign is about the plans for the new market. We ___________ (run) it for about two weeks now. People ___________ (phone) us with their views and we ______________ (pass) these ideas on to the local council.

5. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

a) It's a long time since I last went to a football match.

I haven't been to a football match for a long time.

b) This is my second visit to Hungary.

This is the second time _________________________________

c) I paid this bill earlier, actually.

Actually I've _________________________________________

d) We haven't been swimming for ages.

It's ages _____________________________________________

e) Mary started learning French five years ago.

Mary has ____________________________________________

f) I am on the tenth page of the letter I am writing.

So far I ______________________________________________

g) After I arrived here, I started to feel better.

Since arriving here, ____________________________________

h) It's over twenty years since we got married.

We have _____________________________________________

i) The last time I saw Dick was in 1985.

I haven't _____________________________________________

j) There is a definite improvement in your work.

Lately your work ______________________________________

6. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same.

a) You have missed the beginning of the film. HAS

The film has already started.

b) I can't seem to stop sneezing lately. BEEN

_______________________________________

c) Paul is different from what he used to be. HAS

________________________________________

d) This has been my home for thirty years. HAVE

________________________________________

e) Eating Chinese food is new to me. BEFORE

________________________________________

f) Is there any news? HAPPENED

________________________________________

g) I bought my car in 1985 and I'm still driving it. BEEN

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h) I don't know where my keys are. HAVE

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i) Sue doesn't have her dictionary with her; it's at home. HAS

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j) Tony hasn't been to Paris before. FIRST

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