4. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous. 1. Joe (be) in Paris for two weeks. 2. Mary has a stomach ache. She (eat) chocolate all morning. 3. Jane (take) pictures all day. She (take) fifty pictures. 4. The Taylors (buy) a sailing boat. 5. Tom (talk) on the tel ephone for half an hour. 6. (you / not finish) that book yet? You (read) it for more than a week. 7. My brother is an actor. He (appear) in several films. 8. Hello! I (clean) the windows. So far I (clean) five of them and there are two more to do. 9. 'Sorry! I'm late. That's all right. I (not/ wait) long.' 10. (you / do) your homework, Steve?" No, I'm still doing it. I (be) busy since morning.' 11. (you/be) to Scotland before? 12. Your jacket is torn again! You (fight)! 13. You look hot.' 'I (run) all the way. 14. I remember meeting your brother last summer, but I (not/ see) him this year. What (he / do) since then? 15. My parents (have) this car for about ten years.

1.1 Choose the correct sentence

1 a) While I was working, I was watching the news

2 b)I wish I were a bit younger so I could get discounts for the cinema and gyms.

3 a) It’s the first time I have been given a promotion.

4 a)If they hadn’t phoned us, we wouldn’t have known what was happening.

5 b)He can’t have finished his homework, it’s still here on the table!

6 a)If the phone hadn’t rung, I would still be asleep right now.

7 a)He doesn’t know where he’ll be working on Friday morning, but he’ll find out soon.

8 a) I advised him to take his hat because it’s freezing out there!

9 b) What did he use to do before he became an electrician?

10 b)It’s the easiest exam that I’ve ever done.

1.2 Use the words in brackets to rewrite the sentence so it has the same meaning as the original.

1 In June, it will be my fifth anniversary of working at the restaurant. (have) In June, I _have worked__ here for five years.

2 He regrets not asking her to renew his library books. (had) If _only he had asked__ her to renew his library books

3 ‘Don’t take the lid off! I’ve just shaken the bottle!’ I said to him. (warn) I _warned him not to___ take the lid off.

4 It’s impossible that there was a football match. (been) There _can't have been___ a football match.

5 He had a beautiful, light-green leather jacket. (was) He had a beautiful jacket, _which was light-green__ and made of leather.

6 I didn’t have much money to spend at the festival. (had) I _wish I had enough money_ to spend at the festival.

7 Only come to the party if you have time. (as) Come to the party _as soon as__ you have time.

8 He asked me when I was going to move house. (are) ‘When _are you going to__ move house?’ he asked me.

9 It’s not necessary to switch off the radiators before you leave. (have) You _don't have to__ switch off the radiators before you leave.

10. I wanted to go to the party but I didn’t want to go alone. Then Matt told me he had gone. (would) If Matt had told me he was going to the party, _I would have gone too__.

1.3 Complete the sentences by writing a word in the gaps.

1 While we were walking to the shop, Mike found _the_ key we had lost the day before

2 There are very _few_ photos of me when I was little because I didn’t like having my photo taken. My mother has the only ones there are.

3 I like living here, but I _am_ still not used to the cold.

4 What will you do _when_ you arrive at your hotel?

5 I have two children and _ome_ of them has a very different character; the eldest is like me but the youngest is like her father.

6 Everyone ought _to_ pay attention to what the boss says.

7 The children have plenty _of_ toys.

8 My sister asked me _if_ I wanted to join her at the ceremony.

9 Everyone had heard _the_ story at least three times before.

10 Dean gave me some advice on how to get a job, but _nothing_ of it was relevant to my field of work.