Grammar 1: present perfect simple CB page 26 About the language Present perfect simple ‘We use the present perfect simple: * to talk about the indefinite past. Compare: Haven't | seen you before? (time unknown) Didn't | see you last Friday? * to talk about the unfinished past. I've known Annie for ten years. How long have you had that mobile phone? Compare with present simple: know Annie very well. Have you got a mobile phone? __* to describe repeated actions up to now. ‘Compare: He's been to the cinema three times this month, (up to now) He went to the cinema three times last | * to describe recent events. “Ive just phoned Matk. He's on his way. "Has anyone phoned while I've been out? | We use ever, never, already, yet, just with "the present perfect simple. All the adverbs yet come before the main verb. Yet “comes at the end of the sentence. ‘you ever been on a jet ski? has never owned a car. "We've already booked tickets for the concert in April. i just heard some interesting news. “I haven't finished painting the kitchen yet. Sine Tt Have Hert you ever been ice-skating? © Debbie has akeody sweeped the leaves up. hhave known I exer Clara fora long time haven't seen I diddeet-see Angela since Christmas. UNIT 3. With friend these {A There is one mistake with verb tenses in each sentence of this conversation. Find the mistakes and correct them, : have you led How tong in ton Since 1999, but we lived in three different cities in the last ten years, We have lived in Barcelona for a year, in Lisbon for six months and after that we moved to London, Bo you like London or have you preferred Barcelona? | love Barcelona of course but | don't think | ever live in such an exciting place as London before. id you make many friends since you moved here? | was actually a bit lonely but | meet a lot of joined a tennis lub, | yIT 3 With friends like these MD Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 0 famous person you met have a ever? Have you ever met a famous person? 1 Harry Potter film seen | already the latest have 2 ever you have to Norway been? 3. she hasn't yet her essay finished. ‘4 never have met | anyone rude as Celia as. 5 already have got a DVD player you? 6 had I've strangest experience just the. 3 Complete these sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in the box: present perfect or past simple. Use each verb once. leave (not) see get catch take eat be | buy have go A It’s Mike's birthday today. (1) you him a birthday present? B: Yes, 1 (2) hhim a book about London yesterday, but |(3) him yet this morning A: He (4) just the house. B: Where (5) he 2 A:He (6) Kate to the doctor’. B: The doctors — why? She (7) some terrible stomach bug. She ) really ill since 3 o'clock this, morning 8: Oh dear! Maybe it was that meat she ® last night ‘A: hope not! 1 (10) just the last piecel! @ Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form to complete this text: present, present perfect or past simple. Of all the people | (1) (meet) since | 2 (start) studying here, Danny is probably my favourite. He (3) (always be) really nice to me. For example, only last week he (4) (Give) me his notes because | (5) (wake up) very late and (6) (miss) one of my classes. in my opinion, Danny (7) (always take) the best notes of anyone in our class, so I was very glad to have them. He's a really interesting person as well as being kind, He and his family (8) (live) all over the world. They (9). (be) in Egypt for a couple of years, in Thailand for a bit longer and they (10) (lve) here for almost six months now. Danny says he (11) (never find) it hard to make new friends and I'm not surprised. He is one of the funniest people | (12) (ever know). | think he feels the same way about me because he says he (13) {never hear) a gil tall jokes as well as Ian, Vocabulary 2: describing personality > cB page 30 Find words in this wordsearch grid for describing personality and then use them to complete the sentences on the next page. You will need to use hyphens (-) with three of the adjectives. a fae dfolw ale[t Lilt1 I wish Marise wasn’t so telling us all what to do. I'm tired of her 2 Bessie is so She always wants to do better than everyone else. 3 Cristina has always been a very friend tome. I can always rely on her. 4 Nadia’s parents are very They don’t really mind what Nadia and her brother do. 5 I've never met such a person as Sandy. She loves aoing out and meeting new people. 6 I find Carlo a bit He is always behaving asif he were really important. 7 My sister is very She always thinks first about the practical side of life 8 You really have been'too never expected such a lovely gift. | certainly 9 lota is the most person | know. She really Understands how other people feel. 10 Elais a very person. She is always sure that she can do things very well WD Here are some dictionary definitions of ‘other words to describe personality. They mean nearly the opposite of some of the words from Exercise 1. Match the defir ns (a-f) to the words from Exercise 1 8) Someone who is strict has a lot of rules and makes ‘other people obey them. 'b) Someone who is modest doesn’t talk much about their own skills or achievements. 1 Someone who is stingy does not like spending money. | ) Someone who is disloyal doesn’t support their friends, family or country. @) Someone who is insensitive doesn't notice other people’ feelings. Someone who is shy is nervous and finds it difficult | totak to other people. Complete this dialogue using words from ercises 1 and 2. ‘Alex: How's school going? Jana: Good. Ive made some new friends already. Alex: | knew you would, you're very (1) UNIT 3) With friends like these Jana: Do you think so? | think of myself as rather 2 Alex: Not at all! You're one of the most (3). People | know! You never seem to feel anxious. So ... what are your teachers like? Jana: Well, most of them seem pretty (4) actually. People arrive late for class and they don't say anything at all t's incredible Alex: That must be a big contrast after Mr Cox. He was so (5) ., wasn't he? One minute late and he'd be angry. What are the other students like? Jana: Some of them are OK but they all seem very (©) ossnmne » Everyone wants to get the best ‘marks, And there's one boy | don’t like at all. ‘Alex: Why not? Jana’ He's really (7) He behaves as if he knows more than the teacher and he's always telling everyone how brilliant he is Grammar 2: so and such P CB page 31 About the language so and such ‘We use so and such for emphasis. They are stronger than very or a lot of. + 50+ adjectiveladverbimuch/many (+ that) Its s0 hot! Let’s go to the beach. ie They played so well that they won the match easily. 5j We had so much fun that we d back again tne following year. + such + adjective + noun They were such good frien pity that they fell out lke She's got such a ! Typical takes ‘uch, It was.sefun! such a @ 1252407 cold day She is @jsueMnice girl.