Extra grammar practice: challenge Unit 3

Present perfect simple and past simple; 5 I arrived at the bus stop half an hour ago and I’m
still waiting for the bus!
ever, never, for, since, just, already, yet;
for half an hour.
Present perfect continuous
4 Find and correct the mistakes. There are three
1 Complete these dialogues with the present incorrect sentences.
perfect or past simple form of these verbs.
1 The temperature today has been falling by five
be (×4)  • ​go  • ​grow  • ​hear  • ​increase  •  degrees. It’s freezing!
​live  • ​reach  • ​see 2 Life has become very difficult for those living in the
city because of traffic.
1 ‘ you ever up a skyscraper?’ 3 According to some experts, our quality of life has
‘Yes, I up the Willis Tower in Chicago. It been getting steadily worse over the last few years.
stunning.’ 4 The residents have been waiting for a new
2 ‘ you about the new eco-friendly plan since many years.
Indian restaurant in town?’ 5 My parents have moved to a semi-detached house
‘Yes, I there twice!’ two years ago.
6 Some people think that Megacities have had a
3 ‘I the new exhibition at the
negative impact on the environment.
Contemporary Art Museum last weekend.’
‘Really? What’s it like? There a lot of 5 Choose the best answers to complete the text.
discussion about it on social media.’
4 ‘How much the world population The number of children in Japan (1) dramatically
in the last decade?’ in recent years. In 2020, the number of children aged 15
‘I’m not sure. I know it 7.8 billion in 2020.’ and under (2) 15.12 million, about 12% of the
5 ‘Where you up? population. As a consequence, the percentage of
‘In this area. In the same house where I people aged 65 or over (3) a record high, making up
all my life.’ over 28% of the population. According to the Internal
Affairs and Communications Ministry, the number of
2 Complete the sentences with these adverbs in the children (4) so low (5) records began in 1950,
correct position. when the Ministry first started publishing these
already  • ​ever  • ​for  • ​just  • ​never  • ​since  • ​yet statistics. In 1950, children (6) up 35% of the
population, or about one in three Japanese. But then
1 My school cares about the environment, but it hasn’t the number (7) to decline steadily, except during
installed solar panels. the baby boom in the 1970s. Statistics show that the
2 I’m so excited because my friend’s parents have number of children (8) by more than 14 million
bought a lovely cottage in the countryside. (9) 1950! Tokyo is the only city where there (10)
3 The historic town hall has been restored – that’s a an increase in the number of children over recent
real shame! years, the Ministry said.
4 Have you eaten sushi? It’s delicious.
5 The local economy has grown steadily, the new 1 A  is falling B has C has been D fell
administration has been in office. falling falling
6 My parents say we have been in this tiny flat ten 2 A have B are C were D was
years – it’s time to move out. been
7 The new lift has broken down three times – that’s 3 A has B reached C has been D reaches
really annoying. reached reaching
3 Rewrite these sentences using the new endings. 4 A  has ever B was C has D has never
been never already been
1 My dad started working as an architect 20 years ago.
been
for 20 years. 5 A from B for C since D when
2 It started raining in the morning and it’s still raining. 6 A have B have C made D were
all day. made been making making
3 Their living conditions are the same as ten years ago. 7 A started B had C has D has been
changed in ten years. started started starting
4 My cousin began studying medicine when she 8 A has B has been C  decreased D is
finished high school. decreased decreasing
since she 9 A since B for C from D in
finished high school. 10
  A  has been B is C was D were

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