Page 31 - English Grammar in Use Suppl. Ex. - Fifth Edition

Units
Units Present perfect and past simple
137-
13–14 (I have done / I have been doing and I did)
145

37 Match the beginning of each sentence with the most suitable ending to make a story.
1 The Ocean Hotel opened a half an hour ago. 1 c
2 There’s been a sushi restaurant there b last night. 2
3 I went for a meal there c in 2018. 3
4 I lost my coat d since January. 4
5 I phoned the restaurant e all day. 5
6 The manager asked me to wait f when I went there. 6
7 That’s why I’ve felt cold g for a few days in case it’s found. 7

38 Choose the correct alternative.
1 My sister has been / was interested in medicine ever since she has been / she was a child.
2 How long have you studied / did you study before you have qualified / you qualified?
3 Where have you first met / did you first meet your boyfriend?
4 Is this the first time you’ve cooked / you cooked dinner for the whole family?
5 We’ve wanted / We wanted to go to out last night, but we haven’t had / we didn’t have any money.
6 What can we do? I’m sure something has happened / happened to Alex. We’ve been calling /
We called him for over an hour and he still hasn’t answered / he still hasn’t been answering.
7 We have posted / We posted the contract to you three weeks ago. If you haven’t received /
you didn’t receive it yet, please email us immediately.
8 I’m exhausted because I’ve worked / I’ve been working in a restaurant for the past three weeks.
I’ve never realised / I never realised before how hard the work is!

39 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box in the correct form: present
perfect or past simple.

be be break earn forget give
go have offer phone tell train
1 Ben has been off work all this week.
2 Gina to the cinema every weekend when she was a student.
3 Pippa very quiet recently. Is she OK?
4 Eric every day for six months before he ran the marathon.
5 How long Nick his current job?
6 Tina her parents since she left home?
7 Ow, that hurt! I think I my toe.
8 Jack me about his problems last night.
9 I Sue’s address. Do you have it?
10 Jane more money in her last job, but she enjoys this one more.
11 Mark you his phone number
before he left?
12 My brother to lend me his car tomorrow, so I needn’t get the bus.

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