IV. 3. Perfect

Exercise 28: Write sentences about yourself using the given word-combinations with the verbs in the Present Perfect after the pattern:

1. Write a letter in English. I’ve never written a letter in English.

I have written a few letters in English.

1. Send an e-mail abroad.

2. Receive a fax.

3. Write a story.

4. Send a card at New Year.

5. Make an emergency call.

6. Lose an important letter.

7. Buy a book online.

8. Visit a cybercafé.

9. Travel to New Zealand.

Exercise 29: Write what had happened to Jim and his colleagues before Carol entered the office. Use Past Perfect:

1. Jim / finish / work on his project

2. The boss / leave / for the conference

3. The secretary / drink up / her coffee

4. Tom and Sue / stop / smoking

5. The driver / come / to the office

6. The accountant / go / to the bank

7. Mary and Robert / start / negotiations

8. Jim / talk / to his wife

9. The receptionist / call / everybody / for lunch

10. The managers / go / to a business meeting

Exercise 30: Write what shall have happened to you and your friends by the time you turn 30. Use the following verbs in the Future Perfect:

1. Give birth to a child / children

2. Graduate from the university

3. Visit different countries

4. Study another foreign language

5. Get married

6. Get a second higher education

7. Buy a computer you have been dreaming about

8. Become a champion

9. Travel across Russia

10. Read a lot of interesting books

Exercise 31: Make negative sentences in Present Perfect using these words:

1. I / be here / since 2005

2. Gordon and Sarah / live here / never

3. Rebecca / leave school

4. he / work abroad / never

5. I / see / Steven Spielberg’s films

6. Karen’s parents / live in Scotland / never

7. Diana / meet / a lot of interesting people

8. He / work in a restaurant / never

9. The United States / never / lose / in the Final

10. Norway / score / three goals in the World Cup Final

Exercise 32: Tom arrived to the birthday party of his very rich friend Robert two hours before. Write what had not happened by the time Tom arrived. Use Past Perfect negative:

1. The children / stop playing / in the yard

2. The host / come back / from the office

3. The maid / water the flowers

4. The hostess / cook the pie

5. The host’s brother / cut the grass outside

6. The maid / make beds

7. The cook / finish / cooking

8. The workers / wash the cars

9. Other guests / arrive

10. Rain / stop

Exercise 33: Write what you will not have managed to do by next Christmas because of lack of time. Use the following verbs in the Future Perfect negative.

1. Buy a lot of new clothes

2. Change a lot

3. Learn how to play golf

4. Buy a new car

5. Decorate a New Year Tree for your parents

6. Finish a new project

7. Go abroad

8. Study English

9. Meet your friend from Canada

10. Start going to the gym

Exercise 34: Make questions in the Present Perfect using the words:

1. Charles / go / to Brazil?

2. Jack and Jill / decide / to get married?

3. Suzanne / give birth to / a baby?

4. Monica / give up / smoking?

5. George / pass / his driving-test?

6. Ann / wash her hair?

7. you / be to India?

8. you ever / be / to South America?

9. how many times / you / be / in love?

10. what’s the most beautiful country / you / ever / visit?

Exercise 35: Make questions in Past Perfect making use of the words:

1. he / just / go / out / by the time I arrived?

2. the film / already / begin / by the time we entered the cinema?

3. they / finish / their dinner / when I went to see them?

4. she / already / arrange / to do something else / by the time I invited her?

5. everybody / go / to bed / when I got home?

6. the car / break down / by the time I arrived?

7. I / see / her / before we met?

8. she / change / a lot / when you saw her?

9. he / sell / his car / by the time you phoned him?

10. local cinema / close down / by last summer?

Exercise 36: Make questions in the Future Perfect making use of the words:

1. you / finish the project / by Easter?

2. they / get married / by Christmas?

3. you / repair / your car / by next week?

4. Margaret / translate the article / by February?

5. we / have dinner / by the time he gets back?

6. John / go back from China / by the time you sell your car?

7. Ann and Paul / write the book / by New Year?

8. the secretary / arrange the meeting / by 5 o’clock?

9. the accountants / go back from the meeting / by 3 tomorrow afternoon?

10. the boss / return from the conference / by Friday?