Grammar 2 Present perfect and past simple 1 GComplete the sentences with the words in the box. ago for in since when 4 Inever listened to my parents Iwas younger. 2 Amber's been secretary of the film club three years. 3 Istarted at this school 4 My mum started her own business six months 2012. 5 I've leamed a lot about money management lopened a bank account. 2 OCircle the correct words. 4 Jess caught / has caught the bus at 30am. 2 Since I joined the drama club, | became / ‘ve become more assertive. 3 My uncle didn’t find / hasn’t found a job yet. 4 | gave /’ve given blood last Friday. 5. Emma’s happy because she just passed / 's just passed her driving test! 6 Adam made / 's made his first video blog two months ago. 3 complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the words in brackets. The last time | updated the website was two weeks ago. (Foi) haven't updsted the webeite for two weeks. 4. Harry went to university at the age of 18. (when) Harry 2 The last time | made a cake was on my mum’s birthday. (since) po 3 Molly’s been captain of the chess team for six months. (became / ago) Molly 4 My grandad bought a computer two years ago. (had / for) My grandad 5 I started playing the piano when | was five, (since) 1 oe 4 @ complete the paragraph with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets. 1@) (hate) speaking in public since | (2) (be) a child so when our teacher (3) (ask) us to make a video blog of ourselves for an ICT studies project, | (4) (think) ‘Oh no! 15) _____ (not want) to talk in front of a camera, but what could | do? The subject © (be) creative thinking and @ (enjoy) writing stories and poems for years, so! (8) (decide) to make my video blog about that. (9) ______ (set) up the video camera on my smartphone a few days ago. Then | just (20) __ (tart) talking about how! get an idea for a story, where | write and so on. Amazingly, | (11) (not feel) nervous in front of the camera at all! | (12) (not tell) anyone yet, but | feel much more confident asa result of that experience and | might even make another video blog!Progress check Vocabulary Skills and abilities 1 Circle the correct words. 4. Try to make me look good when you bake / edit those photos! 2 How doyou play / do magic tricks like that? 3 Rachel had to learn first aid / to juggle when she was training to be a nurse. 4 My dad paid someone to design / write a website for him. 5 loe hasa lot of experience of speaking in a band / public. 6 You need a good sense of balance toride aunicycle / computer code. 7 Helen's made / performed a video blog and postedit on Youtube. Life skills 2 Read the definitions and complete the words. 1 The ability to express your opinions confidently. a 2 Using your imagination to come up with ideas. et 3. The ability to organize your time. t__m 4 You find answers to difficult questions. p—_-s___ 5 You have this when you know what kind of person you are, s__a 6 This takes more effort than hearing. a 7 You treat people with kindness. a a 8 This describes the situation where people work well together. c 9 This results in a peaceful solution to a disagreement.¢__ ,__ 10 This is what you need in order to start your own business. e 411 This is often necessary when people with different points of view try to agree about something. n 42 You're good at this if you use your money sensibly. m___m, Grammar Present perfect with just, yet, already, for and since 3 Write sentences using the present perfect and the words in brackets. a Ana / not | ring / me / (yet) 2 they / get married /! /Gust) 3 MrGonzdlez / be/ teacher / 2005 / (since) 4 the rain / not stop / (yet) 5 you / know / me / (for a long time) Present perfect and past simple 4 Complete the sentences with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in the box. be get give lose notsee start 4 Katie__the results of her violin exam yesterday. 2 |__ Paul for days. 3 Ohno! Mum ____her mobile phone again! 4 We______in Berlin since Tuesday, but we're leaving tomorrow. 5 Savita____writing her fashion blog last year. 6 Mysister___me this CD for my birthday two years ago. 5 Correct the sentences. 1 How long you've had a class website? 2 I'm hungry because I didn’t have lunch yet. 3. Cheryl's given blood last Friday. 4 I've finished already this exercise. 5 My dad's played piano for he was 12. 6 I've taken the cupcakes out of the oven two minutes ago.