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3. Use the words in brackets to put each of the following into either the past
simple orpresent perfect.
- Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash) the dishes yet?
- I (not/see) Michael last week - he wasn't at work.
- Daughter: I (wash) the dishes yesterday, but I (have /
- Why (you/not/have) a birthday party last year? It was
not) the time yet to do it today.
your thirtieth.
- Mother: (you / do / already) your homework? Daughter: No,
I (come / just) home from school. - How many times (you/have) Indian food?
Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) time to talk then. - (you/watch) that TV programme about the Beatles at the
2. Some years ago he (study) English there. - I (not/have) a cigarette for three days. I'm trying to give up.
3. Last month he (visit) some friends in Edinburgh. - (you/speak) to Martin in the last week?
4. Unfortunately, I (can / not) go to Edinburgh with him. 4. Rewrite the following sentences by beginning as given and using the word at
5. This is a pity. They are my friends, too, and I (see / not) them for the end of each sentence.
ages.
1. We can't eat now because there isn't enough time. TOO
2. Sam lost his job because he was lazy. SO
five cups of tea to relax but the excitement is overwhelming. The farthest I
ever (go) is to my in-laws' village, five kilometers from where I live. And
3. I couldn't buy the house because it was expensive. TOO
you don't need a plane to get there. But when my niece (offer) to take me
6. William never makes mistakes because he is a careful reader. SUCH 1 They hadn’t read the rules carefully enough / too and were disqualified.
7. The class was cancelled because there weren't enough students. SO 3 She was so / too tired that she couldn’t do the ironing.
4. Past simple or present perfect 4 There are enough / too many people to t on the ski lift.
Ever since I (be born) I have lived (live) in a small village. I 5 There were so many / much spectators at the match that we had to stand.
never (long) for living in the city: I'd much rather listen to birds chirping 6 We had enough / so little money that we needed to ask my dad for some.
than to cars hooting. However, one cannot stay away from the "civilized" world 7 This helmet is too / such small; it doesn’t
the airport to go to London. However surprising it may seem, it's the first time 9 He was in such / too a good mood that he did two somersaults.
6. Write sentences.
I enjoyed the tour on the whole, but by the time I got back I was (1).............
tired that I didn’t go out for a week. We saw (2)......... many castles and
churches that I can’t remember which is which. And the trip was (3)........... fast
really. The stops weren’t long (4).............. for us to see places properly, and
some of the other passengers were (5) ............. busy taking photographs to
look for themselves. It was (6) ............ a long trip that we got rather tired of
travelling after a few days. We were on the bus for (7) ........... many hours a
day that I began to feel sick. The bus wasn’t really comfortable (8) .........., and I
was (9) ........... shy to complain to the guide. But it was (10) ............ a good way
of seeing the country quickly, that I don’t really regret taking the trip.