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1- Complete the sentences with a suitable verb. Use a Perfect Simple or Continuous tense.
1. Sorry I’m late. ……………………………… you ……………………………… here a long time?
2. We ……………………………… of going out to eat until you suggested it.
3. ……………………………… he ……………………………… his money for months before he flew to Australia?
4. I ……………………………… her in ages. What does she look like?
5. They ……………………………… for years when they decided to get married.
6. I ……………………………… to him since last weekend. I really should call him.
7. I’m sure I’ll pass the exam. I ……………………………… all week.
8. The ground is dry because it ……………………………… for months.
2 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets. Use a Perfect Simple or Continuous tense. Do not change the meaning of the original
sentences.
1. Robert ignored me when I came in. He is still ignoring me. (since)
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2. Tim worked for a lawyer from 2000-2010. Then he opened his own office. (after)
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3. Sam called five minutes ago. (just)
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4. The shop closed at 4 o’clock. We arrived at 5 o’clock. (after)
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5. George and Fiona aren’t talking to each other. The last time they spoke to each other was last year. (for)
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6. The boys worked on the maths problem. It took them two hours to solve it. (when)
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3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use a Perfect Simple or Continuous tense.
1. Our flight was delayed several times. By the time I got home, I 1. ……………………………… (travel) for over 24 hours. I 2.
……………………………… (never / have) such a long trip.
2. We 3. ……………………………… (not plan) to see that film until you suggested it. I’m glad we went. It was the best film we 4.
……………………………… (seen) this year.
3. I 5. ……………………………… (not see) you in ages. What 6. ……………….. you ……………………………. (do) all year?
4. She 7. ……………………………… (work) as a waitress for years before she became famous. Although she is very rich, she
still 8. ……………………………… (not forget) when life was more difficult.
5. Sorry I’m late. 9. …………… you ………………………… (wait) for a long time? The traffic 10. ……………………………… (be)
terrible for weeks.
4 Complete the passage with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or a Perfect Simple or Continuous tense.
English 1. ……………… always …………………… (be) an official language of the Olympic Games. This presents a problem for
host countries like China or Russia, where most people don’t know English. The solution that many countries 2.
…………………… (use) is to hire English teachers from abroad to teach basic English. For example, after China 3.
…………………… (win) the bid to host the Olympic Games in 2008, the government 4. …………………… (bring) thousands of
English teachers to teach the Chinese people how to speak basic English. Since then, China 5. …………………… (continue) to
be the world’s largest English-teaching market with 50,000 foreign English teachers teaching there every year. At the Sochi
2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, foreign visitors 6. …………………… (discover) that they couldn’t communicate in the shops or
at train stations. The local people 7. …………………… (not know) English because the Olympic organisers 8. ……………………
(not do) enough to solve the language problem. However, future host countries like Brazil and Japan are making plans to avoid
this situation. In Brazil, a million people 9. …………………… (study) English through online courses. In Japan, the organisers 10.
…………………… (consider) the use of smartphone applications for communication with foreign visitors in addition to giving
English-language courses.

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