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Ángela Ruiz

1. Choose the correct words.

1. They’ve already / yet visited Venice.
2. Have you ever / never seen a ghost?
3. Has she finished work just / yet?
4. They’ve been married for / since October.
5. Lucy has worked in the circus since / for she was a child.
6. David has just / yet got back from holiday.

2. Complete the newspaper extracts. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple or Past
Simple.

Last night a massive tidal wave 1……………… (hit) Yesterday a girl 3……………… (hand in)
the coast of Mexico. Over 5,000 people a briefcase containing £100,000 to the
2……………… (already / lose) their homes. police. The girl found the briefcase at
Euston railway station.

The cost of living in Britain 4………………

(rise) again. Last year prices in British
supermarkets 5……………… (increase) by
more than five per cent.

3. Complete the text. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple.
1______________ you ______________ (ever / dream) of being a film star? Leonardo DiCaprio was only
five years old when he 2______________ star) in his first TV show, and just thirteen when he
3______________ (appear) in his first film. Since then he 4……………… (not stop) working. He
5______________ (be) in over fifteen films and he 6______________ (work) with stars such as Robert De

Niro and Johnny Depp.

Leonardo 7______________ (be) born in Los Angeles in 1974. After appearing in TV shows, he
8______________ (get) his first film role in Critters 3, then he starred in Romeo and Juliet. But it
9______________ (not be) until Titanic that he 10______________ (become) a world-famous teen idol. It

was then that Leonardo 11______________ (begin) to appear on magazine covers around the world.
Since Titanic, Leonardo 12______________ (be) very busy. He 13______________ (already / make) three
more films and 14______________ (just / start) work on another.

4. Write questions about Leonardo. Use the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple.

1. How old / when / first appear / on TV? _________________________________________

2. ever / meet / Robert De Niro? _________________________________________
3. How long / be / an actor? _________________________________________
4. famous / before Titanic? _________________________________________
5. How many / films / make / since Titanic? _________________________________________
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5. Fill in the gaps. Use SINCE or FOR.

1. It has been raining ______________ lunchtime
2. Tom's father has been doing the same job ______________ 20 years
3. Have you been learning English ______________ a long time?
4. Sarah has lived in London ______________ 1987.
5. ______________ Christmas, the weather has been quite good.
6. Please hurry up !! We've been waiting ______________ an hour
7. Kevin has been looking for a job ______________ he left school.
8. The house is very dirty. We haven't cleaned it ______________ ages.
9. I haven't had a good meal ______________ last Tuesday.
10. It's three months ______________ he wrote to me.
11. It's ten years ______________ that house was lived in.
12. I’ve known Marta______________ twenty years.
13. Bon and Alice are married ______________ 1997.
14. Kate has been learning Italian ______________ two years.

6. Complete the following chart :

two hours Monday 1887 13 May

five days a long time ages
30 minutes lunchtime they were children
60 years Christmas a month
5 o'clock June a week

FOR SINCE

7. Write positive sentences with already, and negative sentences with yet.

prepare the circular letter put the copies in the envelopes X

buy the stamps X write the text of the advertisement
make copies of the letter send the advertisement to the paper X

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________________
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11 already 4 since
2 ever 5 since
3 yet 6 just

21 hit
2 have already lost
3 handed in
4 has risen
5 increased

31 Have you ever dreamed 8 got

2 starred 9 wasn’t
3 appeared 10 became
4 hasn’t stopped 11 began
5 ’s been 12 has been
6 ’s worked 13 ’s already made
7 was 14 has just started

41 How old was he when he first appeared on TV?

2 Has he ever met Robert De Niro?
3 How long has he been an actor?
4 Was he famous before Titanic?
5 How many films has he made since Titanic?

51 since 8 for
2 for 9 since
3 for 10 since
4 since 11 since
5 since 12 for
6 for 13 since
7 since 14 for
6

FOR SINCE

two hours Monday

five days 1887
a long time
13 May
ages
30 minutes lunchtime
60 years they were children
a month Christmas
a week
5 0’clock
June

7 1 I have already prepared the circular letter.

2 I haven’t bought the stamps yet.
3 I have already made copies of the letter.
4 I haven’t put the copies in the envelopes yet.
5 I have already written the text of the advertisement.
6 I haven’t sent the advertisement to the paper yet.