PRACTICE WITH PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Exercise 1 Choose the right tenses and put the sentences in pairs to make news items.
1. A light passenger plane to crashin Surrey.
2. 5,000 fans to beat the airport.
3. According to eyewitnesses, the aircraft to hita tree while coming in to land.
4. Anna Gomez, of Peru , to seta new record for the marathon.
5. He to say I was just the person he needed.
6. Novelist Maria Santiago to marryactor Tony Delaney.
7. Peter just to offerme a new job!
8. Police to findmissing girl.
9. She to coverthe 42 km in just over 2 hours and 16 minutes.
10. She to beat a friend's house in Birmingham.
11. The World Cup team to arrivehome.
12. They to falljust before reaching the summit of Mont Blanc.
13. They to meetwhile working on the screenplay for the film Sun in the Morning.
14. They to stealdustmen's uniforms and walked out through the main gate.
15. Three climbers to diein the Alps .
16. Two prisoners to escapefrom Caernarvon high security prison.
Exercise 2 Complete these sentences. Use a verb in the Present Perfect to explain why the present situation has occurred.
1. Mr. Martin's secretary is off work because (to fall ill).
2. Mr. Martin has a much bigger emergency to cope with because thirty desks (to fail) to arrive in Holland.
3. The firm use forwarding agents to clear the goods through customs, transport them and deliver them but something (to go wrong) somewhere along the line.
4. We can rate this agent as sound because I (to check up) with the Abracan National Bank. I think he will handle our business well.
5. I can't say exactly if they (to recieve)our bills of lading and all the other documents.
6. Fenella! These letters are full of spelling mistakes. I don't think you (to do)splendidly.
7. Our sales are improving because we (to introduce)some new product line.
8. It is now much easier for us to export because we (to cut)our overheads by reducing the workforce and we (to pay off)most of our debts.
9. The office isn't the same as it was when you were here, because the new manager (to reconstruct)the building completely.
Exercise 3 Some of the following sentences are right and some are wrong. Put a tick (v) next to the ones that are right, and correct the ones that are wrong.
1. I has always liked sport.
2. How long has Anna lived in Spain?
3. I know Mr. Smith since we did an MBA together.
4. All last week I've had trouble sleeping.
5. We have had an office in Jemsa for several years.
6. She has an account with the Bank of England since 1995.
7. How long has the office in Jemsa been vacant?
Exercise 4 Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the Present Perfect Continuous.
1. That man (stand)outside for hours.
2. Ann (garden) all afternoon. She (plant)a lot of rose bushes.
3. She (only farm)for two years, but she is doing very well.
4. The price of cigarettes fell sharply when Philip Morris started a price war, and it (fall)ever since.
5. Because of the recession, many businesses (not/invest)in capital equipment over the last couple of years.
6. We (not/use) Express Delivery service very much recently because we are trying to keep our costs down.
7. They (try)to sell their food distribution division, but so far there has been very little interest in it.
8. (do)Christmas shopping all day.
9. You look tired. – I (wash)clothes all day.
Exercise 5 Match the question in column A with the replies or explanations in column B.
А
В
1. Why is your office in such a mess?
A. They have been traveling so much that they never have time to do anything.
2. Why has the wages bill been so high recently?
B. We have been losing a lot of stock because of shoplifting.
3. Why have you got three new store detectives?
C. I have been having a lot of problems with it recently.
4. Why are they so behind with their work?
D. I have been looking for that letter from him, but I can't find it.
5. What is you car doing in the garage?
E. Yes, but I have been interviewing people all day.
Еxercise 6 Read the following letter. Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past, Present Perfect or Present Continuous.
Dear Eileen,
Hope things are OK with you. The Doctor comeyesterday. He not likemy cough. I liein bed looking at the selling since Tuesday, and I can tell you, I'm fed up with it. I never beill like this before – don't know what's happening to me. And the weather's terrible. It rainall day, and I can't even have a cap of tea to cheer myself up, because the milkman not comethis morning. Don't know why – I'm sure I payhis bill. Alice getmarried last week, so now all Mary's kids leave home. She won't know what to do with herself. Will she? Lucy Watson move to Doncaster. Since Fred dieshe beall alone. It bea heart attack, apparently. I'm sorry she go – we beneighbours since/for over thirty years, and she always be friendly and ready to help out. Amy leave. My cleaning lady, you remember? I'm glad. She not bemuch use, and I not trust her since she break allthose plates and sayit bethe cat. There not bemuch change in the village. Some new people takeover the shop. They seem quite nice. Hope they are more efficient than old Joe.
No more news. Write when you've got the time.
Love Emma
Компьютерный дизайн и программирование: Е.В. Кабакова, A.C.Носиков
