PRESENT AND PAST II

1. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verb into the correct form: present
perfect (I have done), present perfect continuous (I have been doing), past perfect (I had done)
or past perfect continuous (I had been doing).
1 Amanda is sitting on the ground. Shes out of breath.
(She/run) _____________________________________________________________________
2 Wheres my bag? I left it under this chair
(somebody/take/it) __________________________________________________________
3 We were all surprised when Jenny and Andy got married last year.
(they/only/know/each other/a few weeks) __________________________________________
4 Its still raining. I wish it would stop.
(it/rain/all day)_________________________________________________________________
5 Suddenly I woke up. I was confused and didnt know where I was.
(I/dream) _____________________________________________________________________
6 I wasnt hungry at lunchtime, so I didnt have anything to eat.
(I/have/a big breakfast) _________________________________________________________
7 Every year Robert and Tina spend a few days at the same hotel by the sea.
(they/go/there for years) _______________________________________________________
8 Ive got a headache
(I/have/it/since I got up) _________________________________________________________
9 Next week Gary is going to run in a marathon
(he/train/very hard for it)

2. Put the verb into correct form.

Julia and Kevin are old friends. They meet by chance at a rail station.
JULIA: Hello, Kevin. __________________ (I/not/see) you for ages. How are you?
KEVIN: Im fine. How about you?
____________________ (you/look) well.
JULIA: Yes, Im very well thanks.
So, ________________ (you/go) somewhere or __________________ (you/meet)
somebody off a train?

KEVIN: ___________________ (I/go) to London for a business meeting.

JULIA: Oh, ____________________ (you/often/go) away on business?
KEVIN: Quite often, yes. And you? Where ___________________ (you/go)?
JULIA: Nowhere. ______________________ (I/meet) a friend. Unfortunately her train
_______________ (be) delayed. ________________________ (wait) here for nearly an hour.
KEVIN: How are your children?
JULIA: Theyre all fine, thanks. The youngest ____________________ (just/start) school.
KEVIN: How ____________________ (she/get) on?
______________________ (she/like) it?
JULIA: Yes, ___________________ (she/think) its great.
KEVIN: _________________ (you/work) at the moment? When I last ______________ (speak)
to you, __________________ (you/work) in a travel agency.
JULIA: Thats right. Unfortunately the company _______________ (go) out of business a
couple of months after ____________________ (I/start) work there, so
_____________________ (I/lose) my job.
KEVIN: And _____________________________________ (you/not/have) a job since then?
JULIA: Not a permanent job. ____________________ (I/have) a few temporary jobs. By the
way, _________________________ (you/see) Joe recently?
KEVIN: Joe? Hes in Canada.
JULIA: Really? How long ______________________ (he/be) in Canada?
KEVIN: About a year now. _____________________ (I/see) him a few days before _________
_________ (he/go). ____________________ (he/be) unemployed for months, so
___________________ (he/decide) to try his luck somewhere else. ______________
___________________ (he/really/look forward) to going.
JULIA: So, what __________________________ (he/do) there?
KEVIN: Ive no idea. _______________________ (I/not/hear) from him since ______________
(he/leave). Anyway, I must go and catch my train. It was really nice to see you again.
JULIA: You too. Bye. Have a good trip.
KEVIN: Thanks. Bye.

3. Put the verb into the most suitable form.

1 Who ______________________ (invent) the bicycle?
2 Do you still have a headache? No, _________________ (it/go). Im all right now.
3 I was the last to leave the office yesterday evening. Everybody else _______________ (go)
home when I _____________________ (leave).
4 What _____________________ (you/do) last weekend? ___________________ (you/go)
away.
5 I like your car. How long ______________________ (you/have) it?
6 Its a pity the trip was cancelled. I _________________ (look) forward to it.
7 Jane is an experienced teacher. _______________________ (she/teach) for 15 years.
8 _____________________ (I/buy) a new jacket last week, but __________________
(I/not/wear) it yet.
9 A few days ago _________________ (I/see) a man at a party whose face _____________ (be)
very familiar. At first I couldnt think where _________________ (I/see) him before. Then
suddenly ________________ (I/remember) who _______________ (it/be).
10 ________________ (you/hear) of Agatha Christie? _________________ (she/be) a writer
who _______________ (die) in 1976. ________________ (she/write) more than 70 detective
novels. ______________________ (you/read) any of them?
11 A: What ________________________ (this word/mean)?
B: Ive no idea. ________________________ (I/never/see) it before. Look it up in the
dictionary
12 A: ______________________ (you/get) to the theatre in time for the play last night?
B: No, we were late. By the time we got there, ______________________________
(it/already/begin).
13 I went to Sarahs room and _______________ (knock) on the door, but there
________________ (be) no answer. Either ____________________ (she/go) out or
__________________ (she/not/want) to see anyone.
14 Patrick asked me how to use the photocopier. _____________________ (he/never/use) it
before, so _______________________ (he/not/know) what to do.
15 Liz ______________ (go) for a swim after work yesterday. __________________ (she/need)
some exercise because ____________________________ (she/sit) in an office al day in front
of a computer.