XII.In the following pairs of sentences only one is correct. Choose the correct one.

a. I have lived in Odessa for five years.

I live in Odessa for five years.

b. Before that I have lived in Kharkov.

Before that I lived in Kharkov.

c. I am an investigator since I left university.

I have been an investigator since I left university.

d. He saw her five minutes ago.

He’s seen her five minutes ago.

e. She’s run round the park three times.

She’s been running round the park three times.

f. Has the chief signed your documents already?

Did the chief sign your documents already?

g. Police haven’t arrested criminals yet.

Police didn’t arrest criminals yet.

h. I have seen this stowaway a day before yesterday in the tram.

I saw this stowaway a day before yesterday in the tram.

i. My parents are furious because I have lost the car keys.

My parents are furious because I lost the car keys.

j. They have retired. They’ve bought a house on the south coast last year.

They retired. They bought a house on the south coast last year.

XIII. Use Present Perfect. Make up a dialogue.

1.- Have you ever been to London? (Birmingham, Manchester….)

- …

2.- Who has accompanied you?

- …

3. - Where have you stayed there?

- … (at the hotel, hostel, friend’s house, aunt’s cottage, uncle’s flat)

4.- What have you done there?

- …( to visit, to go sightseeing, historical places, museums, (Stonehenge (prehistoric monument- on Salisbury Plain in the country of Wiltshire), ”Big Ben”(famous clock - at the top of St. Stephen’s Tower of the House of Parliament), Speaker’s Corner in the north- east corner of Hide Park )).

5.- What have you bought there?

- …(new books, pictures, a watch, some records, some clothes, golden jewelry, costume jewelry)

6.- Why haven’t you come back on Monday?

- … ( to have much work, to be ill, to visit many friends, to do the shopping, not to book tickets, to oversleep).

XIV.Put the verb in the correct tense. Pay attention to Present Perfect or Past Simple.

Dear Paul

My stay in England is coming to an end. In ten days’ time I’ll be back in Italy. I can hardly believe that I___(be) in Bristol for three months. The time ___(go) so quickly! Yesterday I ___(take) my final exams. As soon as I get the results, I’ll let you know. I’d really like to have holiday when the course finishes, but I have to go straight back to Italy. If I ___(have) more time, I’d visit Scotland. Unfortunately I____(not to see) much of Britain ─ I ___even ___(not to be) to London yet! I really like England. The people are friendly, the countryside’s lovely, and the food’s actually quite good. My friend Pablo, loves it here. He even says he wouldn’t mind living here. But for me the problem is the weather. I think I’d rather live somewhere warmer and drier. Recently it’s been really terrible ─ raining every day. My host family ___(be) really nice to me. The ___(look ) after me very well. I shell miss them. But I’m looking forward to seemy family again. My parents were planning to move to Rome. They might ___(move) already. I ___(not to hear) from them for a while. Yesterday I ___ (go) to the cinema with Pablo to see Aliens. It’s the fifth time Pablo ___ (see) it! He must really like it. Well, so do I, but I wouldn’t want to see it that many times.

I ___ (apply) for lots of jobs recently. Yesterday I ___ (apply) for one with EU in Brussels. It would be great if I ___got it, but I ____(not to get) a very good chance. They want someone with fluent English and French, and my French isn’t very good any more. Anyway, I ___( not to book) my plane ticket yet, so I must go into town now and do that. See you next week. I’ll give you a ring when I arrive home.

est wishes, Alberto