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I. You are writing a letter to a friend and giving news about people you both know. Use the words given to make sentences and put the verb into the correct form.

Dear Chris, lots of things have happened since I last wrote you.

  1. Phil / find a new job. Phil has found a new job.

  2. Charles / go / Brazil ...

  3. Jack and Jill / decide / to get married ...

  4. Suzanne / have / a baby ...

  5. Monica / give up / smoking ...

  6. George / pass / his driving-test ...

II. Read the situations and write sentences. Use the words from the box.

arrive

break

go up

grow

improve

lose

        1. Mike is looking for his key. He can’t find it. He …………

        2. Margaret can’t walk and her leg is in plaster. She …………

        3. Maria’s English wasn’t very good. Now it is better. She ………

        4. Tim didn’t have a beard last month. Now he has it. He ………..

        5. This morning I was expecting a letter. Now I have it. I ……..

        6. Last week the bus fare was 80 pence. Now it is 90. It ………

III. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.

  1. When did you last smoke? (for two years) I haven’t smoked for a year.

  2. When did it last rain? (for ages) It ... for ages.

  3. When did they last visit you? (since June) They ...

  4. When did you last play tennis? (for a long time) ...

  5. When did you last eat caviar? (never) ...

  6. When did you last drive? (for six months) ...

  7. When did you last go the Spain ? (never) ...

  8. When did she last write to you? (since last summer) ...

IV. In this exercise you have to make questions with the words given.

  1. (you / hear / from George recently ?) Have you heard from George recently ?

  2. (you / read / a newspaper recently?)

  3. (you / see / Tom in the past few days?)

  4. (you / play / tennis recently?)

  5. (you / eat / anything today?)

  6. (you / see / any good films recently?)

  7. (you / have / a holiday this year yet?

V. Using the words given write one sentence in the present perfect and one in the past simple.

  1. Mr Curtis / break / his nose / Saturday. Mr Curtis has broken his nose. Mr Curtis broke his nose on Saturday.

  2. The milkman / have / accident / Monday.

  3. Miss Pim / lose / her cat / Thursday.

  4. Sam / marry / Joan / Saturday.

  5. A thief / steal / Sue’s bag / Monday.

  6. A new restaurant / open / yesterday.

  7. Jimmy / win / the lottery / Friday.

VI. In this exercise you have to put the verb into the correct form, Present Perfect or Past Simple.

  1. I have lost (lose) my key. I can’t find it anywhere.

  2. Did you see (you / see) the film on television last night?

  3. Jill ... (buy) a new car two weeks ago.

  4. His hair is very short. He ... (have) a haircut.

  5. My bicycle isn’t here any more. Somebody ... (take) it.

  6. When ... (you /give ) up smoking?

  7. I ... (not / eat) anything yesterday because (not / feel) hungry.

  8. Why .. (Jim / not / want) to play tennis last Friday?

  9. The car looks very clean ... (you / wash) it?

VII. Write complete sentences. Use the present perfect and the past simple.

              1. Carol/move/to Oxford/in 1975. She/live/in Oxford/since 1975.

              2. You/speak/good French/on the telephone/yesterday/ How long/you/learn/it?

              3. I/break my arm/six months ago. I/use/a computer for my work/since then.

              4. Peter/never/try/Japanese food/ He/go Japan/last year but he/eat/hamburgers.

              5. Paula and Laurence/be/married/since last year. They/meet/at university.