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ENGLISH II – Level V
Bimestre 1
AA2-B1. Grammar practice – Unit 2

Paulina Borbón Sánchez

Nombre: _______________________________________________________Grupo: Level V 11:35-12:35

I. Complete the sentences. Use the Present Perfect Simple form of the verbs in
brackets. Use contractions where possible.

1. haven’t seen (not see) my cousins since Christmas.

I ____________
2. have you had (you / have) your laptop?
How long _____________
3. have been (be) in the pool for over an hour.
The children __________
4. had gone
Mark isn't here. He _____________ (go) to the cinema with Kim.
5. We have made (make) some cakes. Would you like one?
__________
6. haven’t given (not give) me a present.
It's my birthday today but you _____________
7. Have you gone (you / go) to the hairdressers?
Your hair looks nice. _____________
8. Have they had (they / have) their homework yet?
_____________

II. Complete the sentences. Use the Present Perfect Progressive form of the verbs in
brackets.
1. I'm bored. It has been raining (rain) for hours so I can't go out.
______________
2. have you been using
_______________________ (you / use) my computer again?
3. My neighbor’s childrenhave been arguing (argue) all morning.
_______________
4. haven’t studied (not study) for the math’s exam.
You _______________
5. Has she been working (she / work) all night?
Mel looks really tired. ___________________
6. The kitchen's a mess because we‘ve been making (make) a birthday cake for Dad.
______________
7. I ‘ve been reading (read) an interesting book about the history of computers.
_____________
8. hasn’t been doing (not do) his homework. He's been texting his friends.
Jim ________________

III. Put the verb into the more suitable form, Present Perfect Simple or Present
Perfect Progressive.

1. Look!has somebody broken (somebody / break) that window?

_________________
2. have you been working (you / work) hard?
You look tired. ____________________
3. Have you ever worked (you / ever / work) in a factory?” “No, never”.
“____________________
4. has she gone (she / go)?”
“Liz is away on holiday”. “Is she? Where ______________
5. He has appeared (he / appear) in several films.
My brother is an actor. _________________
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6. “Sorry, I’m late” “That’s all right. I haven’t been waiting (I / not / wait) long”.
____________________
7. It has stopped (it / stop).”
“Is it still raining?” “No, ______________
8. I have lost Have you seen (you / see) it?
______________ (I / lose) my address book. ______________
9.I’ve been reading
______________ (I / read) the book you lent me, butI_______________
haven’t finished (I / not /
finish) it yet. It’s very interesting.
I have read (I / read) the book you lent me, so you can have it back now.
10. ______________

IV. Fill in the gaps with the Comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. My bag is bigger than (big) yours
__________
2. more important than (important) playing computer games.
Studying is ___________________
3. as heavy as (heavy) a kilo of sugar.
A kilo of rocks isn’t _____________
4. more famous than (famous) Bill Gates
Cristiano Ronaldo is ________________
5. better
I think that cats are _____________ than
(good) pets _____________ dogs.
6. cheaper than (cheap) a Ferrari.
A Fiat car is____________

V. Use the Superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.

The richest (rich) group of shops in the world. It sells $ 82.5 billion
1. Wall- Mart is __________
every year.
The largest(large) toys shop in the world. It’s 6,038.5m.
2. Toys’ R’ Us has got __________
The most (popular) pen in the world: people buy 15
3. The Bic Crystal pen is __________
million every day. popular
The most expensive (expensive) shoes that you can buy in a shop cost $ 13,600
4. ___________________
5. At 338 km/h, the Lamborghini Diablo GT is The fastest (fast) road car that you can
__________
buy.
The oldest (old) restaurant in the world. It opened in
6. Casa Botín in Madrid is __________
1725.

VI. Fill in the gaps with the Comparative or the Superlative forms of the adjectives
given.
In a survey of 2,000 British kids in a teenage magazine, the kids voted that science
teachers are the Most boring (boring) of all. TheMost
__________ popular(popular) subjects in the
__________
survey are art, PE and English. English is more popular(popular) than maths. That’s possibly
__________
more difficult (difficult) than English and their maths
because many students find maths _____________
worse (bad) than their English marks. For the majority of students PE is
marks are __________
easiest (easy) subject of all, and the __________
the __________ funniest (funny)! 16% of the kids love
better (good) than staying at home all day. Perhaps
school and 70% think it’s OK-it’s __________
worst (bad) thing of all about school is homework. Most 15-year-old students
the __________
spend 1 hours 28 minutes on homework each week.
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