3rd April 2024
sunny , cool
Wednesday
A) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks:
1. What ………………HAVE YOU LEARNED………… (you / learn) since you …CAME…………………. (come) here? How many friends ………HAVE YOU …MADE…………………. (you / make)? I hope you ………………HAVE ALREADY MET……………………... (already / meet) a lot of interesting people.
2. Last night my roommate and I ………HAD……………….. (have) some free time, so we ……………WENT…………….. (go) to a show.
3. I ………………HAVE JUST ……HAD…………….. (just / have) lunch, but I ………………DIDN'T HAVE……………… (not / have) lunch yesterday.
4. Who ……………WROTE……………………. (write) the play “Hamlet”?
5. How many games …………HAVE THE TEAM WON………………………… (the team / win) so far this season?
6. I don’t know Carol’s husband. I ……………HAVE NEVER MET …………………………. (never / meet) him.
7. It …………………………RAINED……… (rain) a lot last week, but it ……HASN'T RAINED……………………… (not / rain) much so far this week.
8. How many letters …………………………HAVE YOU WRITTEN…………….. (you / write) since the beginning of the month?
9. When we were on vacation, the weather ……WAS………………………… (be) terrible.
10. In her whole lifetime, Mary HAS NEVER SEEN……………… (never / see) snow.
11. I don’t know where Ammy is. ………………HAVE YOU SEEN………………………….(you / see) her?
12. When I ……………GOT………………. (get) home last night, I ………WAS……………….. (be) very tired and I…WENT…………… (go) straight to bed.
13. Your car looks very clean. …HAVE YOU WASHED…………………………………. (you / wash) it?
14. George ……………………………WASN'T……….. (not / be) very well last week.
15. Mr. Clark …WORKED………………………… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
D) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks:
1. The young man …HAS NEVER BEEN………… (never / be) to Paris, but he …READ………….. (read) a book about this city last year.
2. HAVE you ……DECIDED……………… (decide) where to go yet?
3. A: Have some tea, please.
B: No, thank you. I …HAVE JUST HAD………………………………. (just / have) two cups of tea.
4. Susan …DID……………. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane …HASN'T WRITTEN………. ……………….. (not /write) a word until now.
5. Her mother ……BOUGHT…………………………… (buy) her a pair of new shoes yesterday.
6. The Prime Minister ……LEFT……………………. (leave) for the USA an hour ago.
7. A: …HAS………….. the plane ………LANDED……………. (land)?
B: Yes, it …LANDED……………………… (land) ten minutes ago.
8. It ……HASN'T RAINED…………………………. (not / rain) for a long time.
9. …HAVE…………… you ……SEEN………… (see) my dog? It …HAS RUN AWAY……………………… (run away) this morning.
10. We …MET………………………. (meet) at a party a long time ago, but I …HAVEN'T SEEN………………….. (not / see) her since then.
11. I …SAW……………………… (see) an interesting book in a bookshop yesterday, but I …HAVEN'T BOUGHT………………………… (not / buy) it.
12. My friend …………HAS FALLEN………………… (fall) from the bicycle because he HASN'T RIDDEN……………….… (not / ride) one for ages.
13. His father …………DIED……………………… (die) in 1970, but he …HAS NEVER VISITED……………………….. (never / visit) his father’s grave since that time.
14. They ……WENT……………… (go) to America years ago, but none of them HAS COME…………………... (come) back since then.
15. A: ……HAVE……….. you ……SPOKEN………….. (speak) to an Englishman?
B: Yes, I ……HAD……………….. (have) a short conversation with one last night.
16. A: …HAVE……………. you ever ……BEEN…………….. (be) to Tatilya?
B: Yes, I ……WENT…………………. (go) there two years ago.
17. A: …HAVE……………. you ………SEEN……….. (see) Jane recently?
B: No, I …HAVEN'T SEEN…………………………. (NOT/see) her for a long time.
HOMEWORK
E) Rewrite the sentences using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT TENSE:
1. I haven’t seen her for a long time.
It’s ages since I saw her.
2. I last met George two weeks ago.
I haven’t …………………………………………………………
3. They have been here for three months.
They arrived ……………………………………………………..
4. We started living in Istanbul 12 years ago.
We have ………………………………………………………….
5. I last saw my girlfriend five days ago.
I haven’t ………………………………………………………….
6. Is this the first time you have tasted a kivi?
………………… (not) you ………………………. one before?
7. I last smoked a cigarette ten years ago.
I haven’t …………………………………………………………..
8. I last drank wine two weeks ago.
It’s two weeks ……………………………………………………. wine.
9. I have lived in Istanbul since January.
I …………………………………………………………………… (come)
10. They moved to Ankara two years ago.
They ……………………………………………………………. two years.
11. She hasn’t been to Rome before.
This is the first time ………………………………………………
C) Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
to fill in the blanks:
1. I’m tired. We ………………………………………………. (walk) for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.
2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I ………………………………………………… (walk) there many times.
3. I …………………………………………………. (write) my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and come home.
4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She ………………………………………. (write) it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.
5. The telephone …………………………………………….. (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
6. The telephone ……………………………………………… (ring) for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
7. She is 80 and she ………………………………………… (never / read) a book in her life.
8. The secretary is very tired. She ………………………………………………… (type) all morning.
9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He ……………………………………….. (read) for two hours.
10. Hello! I …………………………………………… (clean) the windows. So far I ………………………………………… (clean) five of them and there are two more to do.
11. My grandfather ……………………… (died) 30 years ago. I ……………………………..
…………………. (never / meet) him.
12. A: Is your father at home?
B: No, I’m afraid he ……………………………………………… (go) out.
A: When exactly ………………………………………………… (he / go) out?
B: About ten minutes ago.
SCRABBLE
Rares 57
Teo 102
Ilaria 75
