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Grammar practice – standard. Unit 3

Present perfect
1 Write sentences using the present perfect and the prompts given.
1 She / pass / the exam / ?
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2 They / live / in Paris / for seven years / .
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3 We / never / be / to France / .
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4 She / not see / that film / .
___________________________________________________________________
5 What / he / eat / today / ?
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6 Her mum / travelled / to three countries / this month / .
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7 Where / you / be / today / ?
___________________________________________________________________

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I ________________________________________ (not use) my phone at all today.
2 He _________________________________________ (give) me a box of chocolates
this morning.
3 Where _______________________________________ (you, go) to primary school?
4 They _______________________________ (save) enough money to buy a car now.
5 My cousins ____________________________(ride) an elephant in Thailand in 2014.
6 My parents ______________________________________________(drive) 190 km
so far today.
7 Where _________________________________ (you, leave) your laptop? I need it.

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Present perfect and time words

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
already ever for just since yet
1 Has he finished talking on the phone __________ ?
2 You’ll never guess who I have __________ seen! Brad Pitt!
3 We have lived in this house __________ I was two.
4 My father has had this job __________ two years now.
5 Has he __________ travelled abroad?
6 Great! Classes have __________ finished for today.
7 She hasn’t finished telling her story __________.
8 My grandparents have had that computer __________ 2008.

Past perfect
4 Complete the text with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
When I arrived home yesterday, my father 1 _________________________________
(already cook) dinner. I told him I wasn’t hungry because I 2 ___________________
__________________ (eat) a burger after class. He was very angry with me
because he 3 ________________________________(spend) the afternoon shopping
and preparing food for the family. Unfortunately, I 4 ___________________________
(not take) my mobile phone to school so I couldn’t phone him. He was really
annoyed because I didn’t remember what he 5 _______________________________
(organise) at home. Later when I told him I 6 ________________________________
(fail) the maths test I wasn’t allowed to use my mobile phone for two weeks!
I 7________________________________________ (never see) him like that before.
I can’t stop asking myself ‘what 8 __________________________________(happen)
to my father before I got home?’

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I _____________________________________________ (feel) very tired because I
____________________________________________ (not sleep) the night before.
2 She ______________________________________________(go) to bed as soon as
she _____________________________________________ (finish) her homework.
3 I ______________________________________________ (not know) her because I
_________________________________________________ (not meet) her before.
4 They _____________________________________________(not want) to go to the
cinema because they_______________________________ (already, see) that film.
5 Paul ________________________________________________ (not come) to class
because he _____________________________________________ (break) his leg.
6 I _______________________________________________(live) there for ten years
when I _______________________________________________ (decide) to move.

6 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Mike and I 1 ______________________________________________(be) best friends
until we 2 ________________________________________ (go) to secondary school.
Our parents 3 ________________________________(send) us to different schools. At
first, we 4 ___________________________________(see) each other every weekend,
but soon we 5 _________________________________(lose) contact with each other.
We 6 __________________________________________(not speak) to each other in
two years when he 7 ________________________________ (call) me the other night.
Since then we 8 __________________________________________ (text) each other
and 9 _____________________________________(make) plans to go to the cinema.
I can’t wait to see him again!

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