Unit 1 Grammar practice

Present tense review 4 Choose the correct alternatives.

‘Can I see your homework, please, Jane?’
1 Put the words in the correct order to form sentences. ‘I’m sorry. I haven’t finished / didn’t finish it.’
recently / been / you / anywhere / Have / interesting / ? 1 ‘Let’s get something to eat. I’m really hungry.’
Have you been anywhere interesting recently? ‘Hungry? But you’ve have / you’ve had dinner!’
1 adults / social networking sites / days / use / Many / these 2 ‘Did Alicia go / Has Alicia been to Canada before?’
__________________________________________ ‘No, she never travel / she’s never travelled outside the UK
2 replacing / is / communication / Technology / face-to-face before.’
__________________________________________ 3 ‘What’s wrong with your hand?’
3 Peter / at home / staying / today / is ‘I’ve broken / break it.’
__________________________________________ 4 ‘Perhaps you should rest, Lucy. You’ve looked / look very
4 you / for / at / Are / exams / moment / studying / the / ? tired.’
__________________________________________ ‘I am. I’ve been / am to the gym every day this week.’
5 every / meet / Do / day / you / friends / your / ? 5 ‘Did you hear / Have you heard from Glen this week?’
__________________________________________ ‘Yes, he called / he’s called twice today.’
6 ‘Do you want / Are you wanting to go out?’
2 Write sentences. Use the verb tenses in brackets.
‘No, it still rains / ’s still raining.’
Fred / stay / with his grandparents / in the holidays 7 ‘How often does the bus go / is the bus going into town?’
(present simple) ‘It is going / goes every hour on week days.’
Fred stays with his grandparents in the holidays. 8 ‘Quick! Run! There’s our bus!’
1 I / not play / tennis / today / because / it / rain ‘Oh no! We’re missing / ’ve missed it!’
(present continuous)
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for / since / just / yet / already
2 Rafa / not often use / the phone / but / he / text / a lot
(present simple) 5 Choose A, B or C to complete the sentences.
__________________________________________ Do you know where Sara is? I haven’t heard from her
3 Annie / not work / today (present continuous) A ages.
__________________________________________ A for B since C yet
4 you / listen / to music / every evening?  1 I’ve ________ given up, but Toni is still trying to do that
(present simple) maths exercise.
__________________________________________ A for B already C yet
5 who / Sally / talk to / on the phone / ? 2 Have you met the new language assistant ________ ?
(present continuous) A yet B already C just
__________________________________________ 3 She’s upset because she’s ________ seen her boyfriend
with another girl.
3 Write sentences. Use the present perfect.
A just B since C yet
how many / text messages / you / send / today?
4 My computer is broken, so I haven’t checked my messages
How many text messages have you sent today?
________ .
1 you / change / your / email address?
A since B already C yet
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5 Where have you been ________ the past hour?
2 I / not speak / to / Joe / today
A since B for C already
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6 I haven’t seen my brother ________ he came home at
3 you / finish / using / the computer?
Christmas.
__________________________________________
A since B for C yet
4 not phone / Paul / us / this week
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5 how long / you / have / a laptop?
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