Grammar
1.
Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Perfect Simple.
not see • sail • not rain • feed • survive 1. The ground is dry because it ………………… . 2. Hal ………………… already ………………… around the world in his boat. 3. Mother ………………… just ………………… the dogs. They aren’t hungry now. 4. Tasmanian tigers are extinct. People ………………… them for more than 70 years. 5. Many people ………………… shark attacks.
2.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets and the correct time expression. Use the Present Perfect Simple. 1. We can eat now. I ……………………… (prepare) dinner. already / since 2. Look at the information board. The aeroplane ……………………… (land). just / ever 3. We ……………………… (study) chemistry ……………………… two years. for / since 4. We ……………………… (not finish). just / yet
3.
Complete the letter with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple. Dear Oliver, How’s your summer holiday? 1. ………………… you ………………… (do) anything exciting yet? 2. ………………… your brother ………………… (have) a nice birthday last week? 3.………………… the two of you ………………… (enjoy) the U2 concert? Well, I 4.………………… just ………………… (return) from Guatemala! I 5.………………… (go) there two weeks ago with my mother as part of a special volunteer project. We
6.
………………… (help) schoolchildren to build a greenhouse. It 7.………………… (be) a fantastic experience, and I 8.………………… already ………………… (decide) to go back next year. Maybe your parents will let you come with me! You 9.………………… (never be) to Central America, so why not? Lynn
1
4.
Read the Did you know? box. Then complete the sentences with for or since and the words in bold.
The last time astronauts were on the moon was in 1972. Dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago. In 1999, people saw Nessie, the strange creature of Loch Ness. They never saw it again after that. Many people started driving cars about 100 years ago. People flew in a plane for the first time in 1912.
since 1972 . 1. Astronauts haven’t been on the moon …………………. 2. Dinosaurs haven’t lived on our planet …………………. . 3. People haven’t seen the creature of Loch Ness …………………. . 4. People have driven cars …………………. . 5. People have flown in planes ………………… .
2
5.
What has happened in the pictures? Write sentences with the words below and the Present Perfect Simple. 1
2
3
5
6
Jill
Tom
4
Joe
Fred and Kate
Tom The cars Jill Fred and Kate Joe A helicopter
win the race save a woman’s life land on the beach crash climb a mountain fall off her bike
Tom has saved a woman’s life. ................................................................................................................................ 1. ................................................................................................................................ 2. ................................................................................................................................ 3. ................................................................................................................................ 4. ................................................................................................................................ 5. ................................................................................................................................ 6.
5.
Write questions with the words below. Use the Present Perfect Simple. 1. you / swim / in the ocean / this year ................................................................................................................................................ 2. your friend / ever / sail / on a ship ................................................................................................................................................ 3. your mother / just / fly / on an aeroplane ................................................................................................................................................ 4. the students in your class / have / their exams / yet ................................................................................................................................................ 5. you / already / have / lunch ................................................................................................................................................
6.
Answer the questions in Exercise 5. 1. ………………… 2. ………………… 3. ………………… 4. ………………… 5. …………………
3