GRAMMAR

Past Simple vs Present Perfect:

CHOOSE PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES BELOW.

1. Have you finished / Did you finish painting the bedroom yet?' 'Not yet. I'll finish it tomorrow.’
2. I haven't earned / didn’t earn much last year, but I earned've earned a lot this year.
3. Did you have / Have you had a holiday recently?
4. We have arrived / arrived last week. We have been / were here for 5 days.
5. Mr. Barnes is very important in this company. He has worked / worked here for 30 years.
6. He loves gardening. He has been / was a gardener all his life.
7. Have you seen / Did you see anything like this before?
8. This the the most delicious dish I have ever eaten / ever ate.
9. I never saw / ’ve never seen him behave like this before.
10. My mother has grown up / grew up in Scotland.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES BELOW WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT OR THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.

1. We …………………………………………… (be) together since we …………………………………………… (be) teenagers.

2. Since records …………………………………………… (begin) in 1880, the global temperature …………………………………………… (rise)
0.85 degrees Celsius.
3. Bennet is my best friend. I …………………………………………… (meet) him at school, and we …………………………………………… (be)
friends for 50 years.
4. He …………………………………………… (be) so active and sporty at university. But after the accident he
…………………………………………… (never/be) the same.
5. Yesterday Tom …………………………………………… (tell) me that he would be here today, but he isn't here.
He …………………………………………… (be) away all day.
6. A: I …………………………………………… (buy) a new car. B: Nice! When …………………………………………… (you/buy) it?
7. A: …………………………………………… (clean) your room yet? B: No, sorry. I …………………………………………… (go) to the library
after school.
8. He …………………………………………… (read) the Bible 4 times. He was 15 the first time he ……………………………………………
(read) it.
9. This customer …………………………………………… (be) here many times, but he …………………………………………… (never/buy)
anything.
10. I …………………………………………… (stop) smoking two years ago. I …………………………………………… (smoke) for 22 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Passive Voice:

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1. Drinks and snacks serve / are served in the buffet car.

2. We gave / were given our boarding passes at the check-in desk.
3. The passenger wore / was worn his seatbelt.
4. The flight attendant has made / has been made a mistake with my change.
5. The waiting room is cleaning / is being cleaned.

COMPLETE THE ARTICLE WITH THE CORRECT PASSIVE FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.

PHONES past and future

The first mobile phone call in the UK 1) …………………..….………………. (make) on 1 January 1985, nearly twelve years after
the first mobile phone 2) …………………..….………………. (demonstrate) in New York by Martin Cooper. Since then, a lot of
money 3) …………………..….………………. (invest) in developing the mobile phone industry and thousands of different models
4) …………………..….………………. (produce).
Text messaging became popular in the 1990s, and today millions of text messages 5) …………………..….………………. (send)
each day. The first Internet service for mobile phones 6) …………………..….………………. (introduce) in Japan in 1999. Today,
the Internet 7) …………………..….………………. (use) on smart phones, by all kinds of people, from company directors to
students.
Technology is advancing rapidly and new processes 8) …………………..….………………. (discover) almost daily. Many people
think that computers 9) …………………..….………………. (replace) by mobile phones in the future.
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Reported Speech:

“In the video, they said that chocolate began with cocoa beans that grew in pods on trees.”

REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS REPORTED SPEECH. IF NECESSARY, CHANGE THE PRONOUNS, POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
AND REFERENCES TO TIME AND PLACE.

1. John to Sue: ‘I left a message for you yesterday.’

John told …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………..

2. Mark: ‘I’ll top up my phone this evening.’

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..

3. Jenny to Dave: ‘I can’t hear you.’

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..

4. Ann: ‘I’ve checked my balance three times this week.’

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..

5. Jo to Si: ‘You should turn off data roaming.’

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..

6. Kate: ‘I had already texted Harry at the weekend.’

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