GRAMMAR EXTENSION UNIT 8

Present perfect: affirmative

1 Correct the errors in the sentences.

My family has decide to help the planet.

My family has decided to help the planet.
1 My mum have organized everything.
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2 We have stoped using plastic bags.
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3 My sister has took our old clothes to a charity shop.
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4 I have tryed the new recycling centre.
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5 My dad has buyed Fair Trade food.
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2 Answer the questions. Use the present perfect affirmative form of the verbs
in the box.

break eat pass play steal turn off

Why are you bored? Dad turned off the television.

1 Why are you pleased?
2 Why do you feel sick?
3 Why is your friend walking?
4 Why are your brothers tired?
5 Why are you in the hospital?
I ______________ all my exams.
We ______________ a lot of cakes and
chocolate.
Someone ______________ her bicycle.
They ______________ a difficult tennis
match.
My sister ______________ her leg.

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Present perfect: negative
3 Write complete sentences. Use the present perfect negative.

I / not buy / a new printer.

I haven’t bought a new printer.
1 We / not study / the French Revolution.
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2 They / not steal / my mobile phone. It’s here!
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3 I / not have / Japanese food.
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4 My best friend / not visit / Madrid.
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5 You / not finish / your breakfast.
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Present perfect: questions and short answers

4 Write the questions. Use the present perfect and ever.

you / read a book in English?

Have you ever read a book in English?
1 you / meet a famous sportsperson?
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2 you / break a part of your body?
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3 your best friend / ride an unusual animal?
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4 your friends / have an unusual pet?
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5 you and your friends / swim in the sea?
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5 Write answers for the questions in exercise 4 so they are true for you.

Yes, I have. I have read a book for my English class.

1 __________________________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________________
4 __________________________________________________________
5 __________________________________________________________

VOCABULARY EXTENSION UNIT 8

Materials and containers

1 Order the letters and write the words.

aelmt 1 loow 2 cnoott

metal ______________ ______________

3 aiilmmnuu 4 aabcddorr 5 aglss

______________ ______________ ______________

6 aeppr 7 acilpst
______________ ______________

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2 Complete the text with the materials in exercise 1.

At our recycling centre, the blue bin is for paper and (1) ______________, such
as notebooks and boxes. We put our cans and bags in the yellow bin because
it’s for (2) ______________, (3) ______________ and (4) ______________.
The green bin is for (5) ______________ so I put bottles here. Don’t forget,
you can also recycle your own clothes. Put your (6) ______________
T-shirts and your (7) ______________ jumpers in the brown bin.

Endangered animals
3 Complete the crossword. Then find the mystery word.

1
D O L P H I N

1 This is an intelligent sea mammal that can jump very high.

2 This is the largest cat in the world and it’s got stripes.
3 Some humans hunt this animal for its horn.
4 The largest land animal lives in Africa, and its smaller cousin lives in Asia.
5 This reptile can kill you if it bites you.
6 Some humans hunt this water animal for its meat and eggs.

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7 This large black and white bear comes from China.
Mystery word: ______________

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