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Present Perfect vs. Present Tense 17


Present Perfect vs. Past tense:
Since / For

Present Perfect Continuous Tense 27

Gerunds 43
Infinitives
Review: Present Perfect and
Present Perfect
Continuous Tenses

Past Perfect Tense 53


Past Perfect Continuous tense

Two – Word Verbs: 65


Separable
Inseparable

Connectors: 74
And . . . Too
And . . . Either
So, But, Neither
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1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________________

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1. I´m interested in ________________________.
I´ve been interested in ______________________ since __________________________________.

2. I own ______________________.
I´ve oowned _______________________ since _________________________________________.

3. I like ______________________.
I´ve _______________________________ since _________________________________________.

4. I want to ______________________.
I´ve _______________________________ since _________________________________________.

5. I know how to ________________________.


I´ve _______________________________ since _________________________________________.

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Listen to each word and then say it.

1. bills 3. chicken 5. building 1. week 3. briefcase 5. fever


2. officer 4. ticket 6. itself 2. speak 4. friendly 6. eaten

Listen and put a circle around the word that has the same sound.
1. thin: police tired interested
2. build: headache is sweater

3. read: Steve’s been try


4. if: in bite taxi
5. live: met history child

6. fishing: science writing sister


7. piece: very wear winter
8. east: hire Chinese ready

Now make a sentence using all the words you circle, and read the sentence aloud.

9. ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

10. key: dinner receive think

11. tennis: easy heater this


12. complete: any get try
13. keep: busy Peter disturb

14. tuxedo: type if week


15. Linda: didn´t green bright
16. meeting: child forget e-mail

Now make a sentence using all the words you circle, and read the sentence aloud.

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David is happy he works in a gym because he enjoys

Exercising every day .

Gloria hates being a taxi driver because she can´t stand

___________________________________________________.

Miguel is glad he lives in Puerto Rico because he likes


___________________________________________________.

I´m sorry I´m a secretary because I can´t stand

___________________________________________________.

We´re happy we´re going camping because we enjoy

___________________________________________________.

William is upset he´s sick because he hates

___________________________________________________.

I´m glad I have a new bicycle because I like


___________________________________________________.

Norman doesn´t like being on a diet because he can´t stand


____________________________________________________.

Julie is happy she´s a Hollywood actress because she enjoys


____________________________________________________.

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I apoke to my fried ____________________ Last week, and __________talked about

____________________. Ever since ___________________________________________________

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jobs

a dog?

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Listen and choose the correct answer.
1. delivering babies 6. a. taking karate lessons 11. a. stand in line.
b. fix broken legs. b. mend my pants. b. wearing a suit.

2. a. eating junk food 7. a. to go back to college? 12. a. taking photographs?


to pay our bills late b. moving? b. study the piano?
3. a. swimming. 8. a. to argue with people. 13. a. to assemble his VCR.
b. to play golf. b. biting my nails. b. clean his apartment.
4. a. to tap dance. 9. a. teasing your sister? 14. a. studying engineering.
b. figure skating. b. to go to bed so late? b. teach a computer
course
5- a. to work out at a 10. a. eat fruits and 15. a. to live at home.
health club every week. vegetables. b. going to school for the
b. retiring. b. worrying about my rest of your life.
health all the time.

1. My wife is very dizzy. 7. This is my father-in-law, Mr. Kramer.


a. I´m glad to hear that. a. He just graduated from high school.
b. How long has she been feeling sick? b. He Just retired.
c. I guess she has a lot of things to do. c. He´s seventeen years old.

2. Peter and NBancy are vegetarians. 8. My mother is going to mend my socks.


a. They´ve quit eating vegetables. a. He just graduated from high school.
b. They´ve stopped planting flowers. b. She´s going to wash them.
c. They´ve stopped eating meat. c. She´s going to send them to my sister.

3. Andrew avoids talking about politics. 9. You should stop gossiping.


a. He doesn´t like talking about politics. a. You should stop interrupting people.
b. He enjoys talking about politics. b. You should stop bumping into people.
c. He´s learning to talk about politics. c. You should stop talking about people.

4. Shirley has worked her way to the top. 10. I´ve decided to ask for a raise.
a. She´s the tallest person in her family. a. You should speak to your landlord.
b. She´s the president of her company. b. You should speak to your boss.
c. She works on the top floor of her building. c. You should speak to your instructor.

5. The people across the street were furious. 11. Dr. Wu has a lot of patients.
a. They were embarrassed. a. That´s true. She never gets angry.
b. They were awkward. b. I know. She´s a very popular doctor.
c. They were very angry. c. That´s true. She never gets sick.

6. What´s your present occupation? 12. My uncle Gino has an Italian accent.
a. What do you do now? a. he bought it when he went to Italy.
b. What are you going to do? b. He wears it all the time.
c. What did you do when you were young? c. Everybody knows he´s from Italy.

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