Fill in Present Simple , Present Cont , Past Simple , Present Perfect , will or be going to.

My cousin‘s name (1.be)…………….Sylvie Dupont .She (2.live)………………….in Pairs and (3.work)…………………

in a café in the centre of the city . She (4.work)………………………… there for three years .At the moment her best friend from England (5.stay)……………………….with her.She (6.enjoy)………………………her holiday very much .They (7.already/visit)…………………………………many museums together and they (8.be)……………………. to the theatre three times .Next week they (9.see)…………………….a film and then (10.have )………………………..dinner at an expensive restaurant .Last Tuesday they (11.go)……………………. to a disco with some friends of their .They (12.not/come)…………….…………home until very late . Sylvie (13.be)………………………..…so tired at work the following day customer .She doesn’t  think she(15.see)……………………….him at the café again ! In the future she(16.not stay )……………………….out so late and she (17.be)……………………….more careful while she is serving customers

Fill in Present Simple , Present Cont , Past Simple , Present Perfect , will or be going to.

My cousin‘s name (1.be)…………….Sylvie Dupont .She (2.live)………………….in Pairs and (3.work)…………………

in a café in the centre of the city . She (4.work)………………………… there for three years .At the moment her best friend from England (5.stay)……………………….with her.She (6.enjoy)………………………her holiday very much .They (7.already/visit)…………………………………many museums together and they (8.be)……………………. to the theatre three times .Next week they (9.see)…………………….a film and then (10.have )………………………..dinner at an expensive restaurant .Last Tuesday they (11.go)……………………. to a disco with some friends of their .They (12.not/come)…………….…………home until very late . Sylvie (13.be)………………………..…so tired at work the following day customer .She doesn’t  think she(15.see)……………………….him at the café again ! In the future she(16.not stay )……………………….out so late and she (17.be)……………………….more careful while she is serving customers

Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or present perfect.

1. I (receive)  a letter just a few minutes ago.

2. They (live)  in London since 1980.

3. Linda is working in this department. She (work)  here for two years.

4. Up to present, John (do)  good work in the class.

5. (they/ put)  their book on my desk last night?

6. He (study)  English at this school for six weeks up to now.

7. Nobody lives in those houses. They (be)  empty for many years.

8. Cindy is in her office. She (be)  there since 7 o’clock.

9. My sister (come)  to see me last night.

10. My friend George is learning Japanese. He (learn)  it for six months

PEAKING Work in pairs. Take turns to be A and B.

A. Tell your partner that he or she looks

B. Explain why you look that way. Use the present perfect simple and continuous.

A: You look exhausted.

B: I've been getting up very early for the past few days.

Find all the examples of the past simple and the present perfect in the article. Complete the rules in the Learn this! box below with present perfect or past simple. Then underline an example of each rule in the article.

LEARN THIS! Present perfect and past simple

a. We use ¹___________ to talk about a specific occasion in the past.

b. We use ²___________ to talk about a specific period of time that is still continuing.

c. We use ³___________ to say how long a situation has existed, often with for, since, or how long.

d. We use ⁴___________to talk about an event that has a strong connection with the present, often with just, already, or yet.

e. We use ⁵___________to talk about an experience at an unspecified time in the past, often with ever or never.

III. Choose a verb with either the present perfect or past simple for these sentences: receive, crash, be, show, rise, survive, happen , sell, fall, work.

1. Until she retired last month, she __________________ in the customer complaints department.

2.  The Bible ___________________ more copies than any other book.

3. His father ________________  so many complaints about the noise that he told Chris to sell his drums.

4. Research __________________ that cycling can help patients overcome their illness.

5. Unemployment ________________ every year until 1983 and then started to fall.

6. Maria hasn't wanted to drive since she _____________ her car.

7. A great deal _________________ since I last spoke to you.

8. Prices ___________________ sharply over the past six months.

9. This ___________________  his home for over 20 years and he doesn't want to leave it.

10. Few of the trees in our village __________________ the storms during the winter of 1991.

3. Fill each blank with the present simple, present continuous or past simple form of the verb in brackets.
1. After school times, Lan usually ___________ (tutor) lower grade students.
2. In order to be healthy, Tom always ___________ (ride) a bike on weekends.
3. Last summer, we ___________ (volunteer) to give food to homeless people.
4. The lesson usually _________ (start) at 8 a.m., but today it is late for 15 minutes.
5. Alex: What are you doing?
Anna: I ___________ (collect) paper to exchange for plants.
6. Peter: How many eggs do you need for this cake?
Lia: We ___________ (need) a lot. Let’s go and get some more.
7. Sam: ___________ you ___________ (swim) yesterday afternoon?
Luke: Yes. It was great.
8. The children ___________ (run) around the garden. They look so happy.
9. My father ___________ (grow) an apple tree there two months ago.
10. Mai ___________ (not have) any French book. She thinks she will buy some.
11. Instead of going to the gym, I often ___________ (do) yoga in the morning.
12. I prefer ___________ (play) the piano to drawing and painting in my spare time.
13. Eden: What are you doing?
Anna: I ___________ (collect) all my old clothes to donate to homeless people.
14. Yesterday, I___________ (watch) a show on TV. It was so amazing.
15. When I was younger, I ___________ (study) at this lower secondary school.
16. In order to pass the exams, Lia ___________ (study) very hard these days.
17. I’m sad I ___________ (not go) on our field trip last Sunday.
18. Patrick ___ (see) a lot of old photos of his school in the exhibition three days ago.
19. ___________ Ron often ___________ (listen) to music after school?
20. Our school ___________ (have) a big library and a swimming pool.