Complete the text with the full or bare infinitive of the verbs in brackets. india's police pigeon service started in 1946. for me than fifty years, police stations on orissa, an area in eastern india, used pigeons (1) (deliver) important messages to each other. every day until 1988, they tied messages to pigeons' legs and sent them off across the indian countryside. however, as technology improved, more and more police stations decided (2) (start) using radio and telephone communication instead. it looked like the pigeons would soon (3) (be) out of a job. in 1999, after a terrible storm, the radio and telephone networks in the area were destroyed and nobody could (4) (communicate) with each other. the police needed (5) (send) messages (6) (ask) for help, so they let the pigeons (7) (do) the job. thousands of lives were saved as a result of the messages delivered by pigeons. unfortunately, three years later, the orissa police pigeon service was closed. costing $10, 000 a year, they said that it was too expensive (8) (continue) running the service.

1)to deliver
2)to start
3)be
4)communicate
5)to send
6)to ask
7)do
8)to continue

I Choose the correct form (Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous)

1. Lis b) has opened; a shop which sells stationery Really? Where is it?

a lopez;

b) has opened;

c) has been opening

2 Is Dave still repairing his car? --- Yes, he b) has been repairing it since last Monday.

a) is repairing,

b) has been repairing:

c) has repaired

3. Where's Molly? She c) has gone on business for a week.

a) goes,

b) has been going:

c) has gone

4 Why is Tom upset? - He b) has lost his bag.

a) lost;

b) has lost.

c) has been losing

5. This salad is delicious - Is it? I a) haven't tasted it yet.

a) haven't tasted;

b) hasn't trusted,

c) didn't taste

6. Martin c) has been teaching French since he left university.

a) is teaching;

b) had taught,

c) has been teaching

7. He's confused. He a) has been trying to solve the problem the whole day.

a) has been trying.

b) trees;

c) tried

8. Can I have some more juice, please? -- Sorry, your sister b) has just drunk it all,

a) just has drunk;

b) has just drunk;

c) has just been drinking

9. The boy's dirty. He b) has been playing football for two hours.

a) is playing;

b) has been playing.

c) has played

10. Would you like to read this book? - No, thanks a lot. I c) have read it before,

a) am reading;

b) have been reading;

c) have read

I1. Is Pauline here? - I don't know. I b) haven't seen her all day,

a) don't see;

b) haven't seen;

c) haven't been seeing

12. Have you seen my glasses? I c) have been searching for them for an hour now.

a) am searching.

b) have searched;

c) have been searching

13. Sarah and I are very good friends. We a) have known each other for twenty years.

a) have known;

b) have been knowing;

c) know

                                 My friend's working day

I have got a friend. His name is Mike. He is also my classmate.

Mike gets up at seven o'clock and does his morning exercises. Then he goes to the bathroom to wash his face, clean his teeth and comb his hair. After that he has breakfast.

Our lessons start at 8 o'clock, so at a quarter to eight Mike goes to school. He usually has six lessons a day. The lessons are over at two o'clock. After school Mike goes home where he has lunch and watches TV. At four o'clock he starts doing his homework. It usually takes him about an hour. After that he often goes for a walk with me and other boys. We play football or ride our bicycles. Sometimes his mum askes him to do the shopping.

Mike comes back home at seven o'clock and has dinner at about eight. After dinner he washes the dishes and plays games on his phone or computer. At a quarter to ten he has a shower and goes to bed.