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Example: I - Haven't Seen - (Not See) You For Ages!

The document contains an English language exercise with multiple parts: [1] Students are asked to put verbs in brackets into the present perfect or present perfect continuous tense in sentences. [2] Students must underline the correct alternative in sentences containing either themselves/each other. [3] Students must fill in single word blanks in dialogues using words like passport, ticket, etc. [4] Students are asked to match compound words like passport card. [5] Students must complete sentences with single words missing like pedestrian, departure, etc. The exercise focuses on verb tenses, pronouns, vocabulary and grammar.

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Example: I - Haven't Seen - (Not See) You For Ages!

The document contains an English language exercise with multiple parts: [1] Students are asked to put verbs in brackets into the present perfect or present perfect continuous tense in sentences. [2] Students must underline the correct alternative in sentences containing either themselves/each other. [3] Students must fill in single word blanks in dialogues using words like passport, ticket, etc. [4] Students are asked to match compound words like passport card. [5] Students must complete sentences with single words missing like pedestrian, departure, etc. The exercise focuses on verb tenses, pronouns, vocabulary and grammar.

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Use of English 3

A Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect
Continuous. ​(6 points)
Example: I __​haven’t seen​__ (not see) you for ages!

1. Tom, you have a black eye, and you, Robert, a cut lip. Let me guess … You
_______________ (fight) again!
2. I’m afraid I won’t finish my project on time. It’s Monday today and I
_______________ (write) only five pages so far.
3. Our guest today is Frank Parker, a well-known left-wing politician. Recently he
_______________ (campaign) for a reduction in defence spending.
4. The Greens don’t feel like going to Japan with us. They _______________ (visit) it
twice and claim there is nothing interesting to see there.
5. With her fiancé on a business trip Mary must feel very lonely. She
_______________ (call) us every day this week.
6. John is trying to buy a new apartment but he _______________ (not have) any
interesting offers yet.
7. Don’t tell me you are too busy to give me a hand with the cooking. You
________________ (play) computer games for the last two hours.
8. We are very proud of our son. He ________________ (break) the school high jump
record again.
9. I’m totally exhausted! I ________________ (clean) the house all day but I still
________________ (not finish) the bathroom.
10. I’m afraid you won’t be able to leave for home earlier today, Ms Brown. It’s 5 o’clock
and you ________________ (write) only half of the proposal so far.
11. Diane Porter is a well-known applied linguist. Recently she ________________ (do)
research on the effects of students’ age on second language learning.

B Underline the correct alternative in each sentence. ​(2 points)

​Example: Do you ever talk to you/​yourself​?

1. Don’t forget to take a cream. You should always protect yourselves/each other
against the sun.
2. Mark and John are allowed to come back home very late. Their parents have always
trusted them/themselves.
3. It’s not a close friendship but we like ourselves/each other very much.
4. In my opinion she should start thinking of her/herself instead of doing everything for
Henry and the kids.
5. No one can accuse them/themselves of something that they haven’t done.
6. If we try not to get angry with ourselves/each other so quickly, we will probably solve
our problems more easily.
7. I think George should look at him/himself critically and go on a diet to lose some
weight.
8. My daughters are going to be vain. They are only six years old and already spend
most of their time looking at themselves/each other in the mirror.
C Read the dialogue below and use one word to fit each space. ​(3 points)

​At the train station

A: Can I (0) ____​_help_ ​ ____ you?


B: Yes, I’d like a (1) _____________ to Rome, please.
A: (2) _____________ or return?
B: Return, please.
A: Here you are.
B: Thank you. Which (3) _____________ does it depart from?
A: Number three.
B: Thank you very much.

At the airport

A: Good evening. Could I see your (0) ___​passport​___ , please?


B: Here you are.
A: Is this all your (1) ______________ ?
B: Yes, just this suitcase and this bag.
A: That’s OK. Here is your (2) ______________ card. Go to (3) ______________ number
two.
B: Thank you.

D Match the words from two columns to form compound words. ​(3 points)

1 passport a) card

2 lorry b) tray

2 food c) belt

3 boarding d) control

4 air e) attendant

5 seat f) pollution

6 flight g) driver

7 ticket h) jacket

8 overhead i) locker

9 information j) jams

10 traffic k) collector
11 emergency l) exit

12 life m) desk

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

E Complete the sentences with the appropriate words. Use only one word in each gap.
(6 points)

Example: The __​underground​__ is a railway system in which electric trains travel mainly
below the ground.

1. A ______________ is a vehicle that can travel across land and water by producing a
current of air under itself.
2. All the chairs are taken but you can use this table as a ______________ .
3. May I ______________ a suggestion? Let’s postpone the meeting until Tuesday.
4. The pilot has just announced that we are going to take ______________ in ten
minutes.
5. A ______________ is a person who has to travel a long distance regularly between
home and place of work.
6. There are delays on our main motorway because of ______________ . I don’t
understand why they have decided to repair the road in the middle of the day.
7. A _______________ is a boat or ship for transporting passengers and vehicles
across an area of water.
8. We’ll be sitting in the second _______________ from the front of the train.
9. A _______________ is a person who is walking in a street.
10. If you don’t hurry up, we are going to _______________ our train.
11. My parents are Green Peace activists and they are involved in the campaign against
air and water _______________.
12. Is this Marszalkowska Street or should I get _______________ at the next stop?

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