4 SPEAKOUT EXTRA Advanced

GRAMMAR PRACTICE 4.2 the perfect aspect

4.1 introductory it
1 Complete the sentences with the correct option, a),
b) or c).
1 Add it/it’s in the correct place(s) in sentences 1–10. 1 The organisation
last year.
over 400 families in the

1 Do you find easy to get up early? a) has helped

2 He always leaves to me to book our holidays. b) will have helped
3 I hate the winter when cold and dark all the time. c) had been helping
4 A good place for a walk. 2 They from home for several years before
the charity got a proper office.
5 You can walk to the city centre – only
a) have been working
two kilometres.
b) had been working
6 Midnight so please turn the music off.
c) will have been working
7 No use getting annoyed about unimportant 3 If you’re looking for the keys, he them in
things. the top drawer.
8 I’m not really ill. Just that I’ve got a slight cold. a) had put
9 Hello. Jack here. Could I speak to Owen, please? b) ’ll have put
10 18th January and seven o’clock. Here is the news. c) ’ll have been putting
4 When they opened the post they found someone
2 Rewrite the sentences with it/it’s and the words in a generous donation.
brackets. a) had been sending
1 Amazingly, she passed her exams. (wonder) b) had sent
                                                                                           c) has sent
2 In some cultures, discussing money is rude. 5 He appears a flat to share.
(considered) a) have found
                                                                                           b) to have find
3 They think that the fire started in the basement. c) to have found
(appear) 6 By the end of the year they hope they
                                                                                           enough money for a new computer.
4 I don’t know what to do in such a terrible situation. a) will be raising
(hard) b) will have raised
                                                                                           c) had been raising
5 Don’t waste your time worrying about things you
can’t change. (pointless) 2 Complete the sentences with the correct perfect
                                                                                           form of the verbs in brackets.
6 I am amazed that he got promoted. (amazed) 1 By 2025, he (spend) twenty years
                                                                                           in prison.
7 Learning a foreign language isn’t easy. (not easy) 2 By the time she retires next year, she
                                                                                           (work) as a police officer for
thirty years.
8 I’d be grateful if you could you lend me some
money. (appreciate) 3 She (wait) for her appeal to go to
court for over a year.
                                                                                          
4 He (be) in prison for six years
before evidence was found that proved his
innocence.
5 The press photographers (stand)
outside the court since the trial started.
6 When the witness (finish) giving
her evidence, she can leave the witness box.
7 Looking at the crowds in the public galley, the case
would seem (interest) the public.
8 By 2020, I (visit) my sister in prison
for ten years.

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