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1. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 3.

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? 

- Mother: You (come)   home from school two hours ago! Daughter:


- I (be/never)   to Africa, but I'd like to go. 
Well, but my friend Lucy (call)   when I (arrive)   and
- Who (write)   the book War and Peace? Do you know? 
I (finish / just)   the phone call.
- I (read)   all of Shakespeare's plays. I love them all. 
- Mother: (you / see / not)   Lucy at school in the morning?

Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not)   time to talk then. - (you/watch)   that TV programme about the Beatles at the

weekend? It was great. 


2. Write the verbs in the correct tense (Simple Past or Present Perfect).
- I (not/come)   to work yesterday because I was ill. Sorry. 
1. My friend (be)   to Edinburgh three times.

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

to London for my 70th birthday, I   (think) it was the perfect opportunity to


4. There was too much noise, so we couldn't hear the speech. SO

make a change in my life. I just hope I   (make) the right decisión.

5. The house was too small to live in comfortably. ENOUGH 

5. Choose the correct answer.

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.

2 There were too few / little hockey sticks to go round.

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

8 She’s so / too young to go bungee jumping.


forever, and as soon as I   (finish) writing these lines, I'll be heading to

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.

I   (set) foot on a plane. I'm very nervous - I   already   (have)


10 here won’t be enough / so chairs for everyone to sit and play cards.

6. Write sentences.

- It / be / a nice day / we decide / go swimming (such)

- Joey / be / young / compete / in the race (too)

- This bike / not be / fast / win the race (enough)

- I / can’t / run / quickly / catch up with / the others (enough)

7. Put so, such, too or enough in each space.

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.

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