Fill Each Gap in The Sentences With A Suitable Word From The Box
Fill Each Gap in The Sentences With A Suitable Word From The Box
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Fill each gap with the correct form of the word from the box to complete the
sentences.
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1. The book is not very _______________ about local customs.
GRAMMAR
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one, using the
word in brackets.
1. I bought these jeans on Saturday. (had)
I _______________________________________________________________________
2. I haven't been to Ha Noi before. (first)
This is ___________________________________________________________________
3. It started raining four hours ago and it hasn't stopped yet. (been)
It _______________________________________________________________________
4. My family moved here ten years ago. (lived)
My family ________________________________________________________________
5. His brother started wearing glasses when he was seventeen. (worn)
I _______________________________________________________________________
6. He bought this computer in 2010. (had)
He ______________________________________________________________________
7. She got a job here three months ago. (worked)
She _____________________________________________________________________
8. This is the first time we've ever been camping. (never)
We______________________________________________________________________
9. Lan started working at 6 o'clock and she hasn't finished yet. (been)
Lan _____________________________________________________________________
10. We met them in June. (known)
We ______________________________________________________________________
Complete each mini-dialogue by putting the verbs in brackets into either the present
perfect or present perfect continuous.
Terminator 2 is on at the Rex. (you see) _________________ it?
No, not yet. Shall we go? I (look forward) __________________ to seeing it for
ages?
What's the matter? You look really tired!
I am. I (study) _______________ all day and I (not finish) _______________ yet.
Oh, well. Time for a break.
I (phone) _______________ Lan all day, but there's no reply.
I expect she (go) _______________ swimming with her friends.
(you hear) __________________ the news?
What news?
Someone (rob) _______________ the bank at the end of the road.
Why is your leg in plaster?
That's a silly question! I (break) _______________ it, of course!
Someone (write) _______________ 'Break Time' on the plaster!
Complete the passage by using the present perfect or present perfect continuous of
the verbs from the box.
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They (1)_______________ the date, picked the dress and are making the final preparations
for the big day. Linda (2)_______________ sure she will look her best when she marries
Ben later this week. For the past five months, Linda (3)_______________ to an exercise
programme in which she (4)_______________ forty or fifty minutes of exercise a day. She
has been watching her diet. She (5)_______________ high-calorie foods and
(6)_______________ lots of fruit and vegetables instead.
Thanks to all of her hard work, Linda (7)_______________ nearly eight kilos. Her efforts
(8)_______________ and she looks fabulous. The couple (9)_______________ huge
amounts of food and beverages for the wedding, which will take place in a secret location,
but sources say that Linda and Ben (10)_______________ only family and close friends to
the wedding. The stage is set for what will surely be the wedding of the year.