The simple past and the present perfect

1. The company and the union finally .... on salary raises two days ago. Since then, they ... on everything, and the rest of the negotiations have gone smoothly. (agree)

2. Mark... a trip to Asia last October. He ... many trips to Asia since he started his own import-export business (take)

3. Ivan ... the violin with the London Symphony since 1990. Last year he ... Beethoven's violin concerto at one of the concerts. (play)

5. When she was in college, Julia ... home at least once a week. Now she has a job and is living in Chicago. In the last six months she ... only three letters to her parents. (write)

6. Our university... 121 students to study in other countries last year. In total, we ... 864 students abroad over the last ten years. (send)

7. Masaru is a pilot for JAL. He ... nearly 8 million miles during the last 22 years. Last year, he ... 380.000 miles (fly)

8. Mark missed his physics examination this morning because he ... . He ... a lot since the beginning of the semester, He'd better buy a new alarm clock. (oversleep)

Compele the second sentence so that is means the same as the first

1 I have worked as a volunteer for three years ago

I started....................................

2 She has been a member of the Peace Corps for two years

She became ..............................................

3 The last time he donated blood was ten years ago

It thas........................................................................

4 He started work for this non-profit organisation five years ago

He has...........................................................................

5 He has never had such an interesting experience

This is ...........................................................

Read the passage and answer the questions below. Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington state . He grew up in a rich family , His parebts sent him to a private shool , There he met his business partner, Paul allen.When they were in eighth prade, they were writing programs for business computers abd making more. In 1973 , Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy . They thought he would get over his obsession whith computers and become a lawyer like his father . Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend allen . They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harveard . They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computera . In 1975 , they created a company called Microsoft to sell their prosuct Allen became ill eith cancer and left Microsoft in 1983 . He recovered a ew year later and started his own company. Meanwhile , Microcosoft became a piant company.By 1990, at the age of thirty-four , Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history od the USA

1. Where was Bill Gates born ??

2. Was bill gates the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA at the age of 34??

3. When was gates accepted at Harvard University??

4. Why did bill gates and paul allen create Microsoft in 1975?

Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington state . He grew up in a rich family , His parebts sent him to a private shool , There he met his business partner, Paul allen.When they were in eighth prade, they were writing programs for business computers abd making more.

In 1973 , Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy . They thought he would get over his obsession whith computers and become a lawyer like his father . Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend allen . They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harveard . They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computera . In 1975 , they created a company called Microsoft to sell their prosuct

Allen became ill eith cancer and left Microsoft in 1983 . He recovered a ew year later and started his own company. Meanwhile , Microcosoft became a piant company.By 1990, at the age of thirty-four , Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history od the USA

1. Where was Bill Gates born ??

2. Was bill gates the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA at the age of 34??

3. When was gates accepted at Harvard University??

4. Why did bill gates and paul allen create Microsoft in 1975?

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington state . He grew up in a rich family , His parebts sent him to a private shool , There he met his business partner, Paul allen.When they were in eighth prade, they were writing programs for business computers abd making more.

In 1973 , Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy . They thought he would get over his obsession whith computers and become a lawyer like his father . Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend allen . They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harveard . They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computera . In 1975 , they created a company called Microsoft to sell their prosuct

Allen became ill eith cancer and left Microsoft in 1983 . He recovered a ew year later and started his own company. Meanwhile , Microcosoft became a piant company.By 1990, at the age of thirty-four , Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history od the USA

1. Where was Bill Gates born ??

2. Was bill gates the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA at the age of 34??

3. When was gates accepted at Harvard University??

4. Why did bill gates and paul allen create Microsoft in 1975?

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1. When I got home I found that water ..... down the kitchen walls.(Run)

2. After he ...... his English course, he went to England to continue his study. (finish)

3. How  .......since we ....... college

A. are you - left

B.were you - left

C. have you been - have left

D. have you been - left

4. I .... much of you lately. We ....... three months ago.

A. haven't seen-last meet B. didn't see-met C. haven't seen - have meet D. didn't see - have met

5. The Chinese ...... spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo ..... back to Italy

A. Made-brought B. Have made-brought C. made -  havd brought D. had been making-brought

6. When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker ..... speaking and the audience  ........

A. just finished-were clapping 

B. had just finished-had clapped

C. had just finished-were clapping

D. just finished-had clapped

7. He ..... his job last month and then he.........out of work

A. lost-was B. was lost-had been 

C. has lost-was D. lost-have been

8. In the last hundred years, travelling ...... much easier and more comfortable ( become )

9. In the 19^th century,  iit ...... two or three months to across North America by covered wagon.

( take)

10. In the past, the trip ...... very rough and often dangerous , but things ..... A great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.

A. was-have changed

B. is-change

C. had been-will change 

D. has been -changed

I. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Don't make noise now. My parents (take)......................... their usual afternoon nap .

2. While I (have)...................... a bath, the telephone (ring)..................... .

3. He prefers (play)................................ computer games to (read).......................... books.

4. If we (not save) .............................energy, there will be a shortage in the next century.

II. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

Alexander Fleming was bom in 1881 in Scotland. He to a small school in a village, and when he left school he didn't go to university. He worked for five years in an office. But his brother, Tom, was a doctor and helped Fleming to go to university and study medicine. So he went to London University and in 1906 he became a doctor. In 1915, Fleming mamied Sarah McElroy, an Irish woman. They had one son. During the First World War, many soldiers died in hospital because they didn't have the right medicines. So after the war, Fleming tried to find a drug that could help them. He worked for many years and in 192s he discovered a new drug and he called it "penicillin". He later worked with an Australian and a German scientist to develop a drug that doctors could use. In 1945, they won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on penicillin.

1. Where was Alexander Fleming bom?

...........................................................................................

2. Did he work in an office before he went to university?

...............................................................................................

3. What did he study at university?

..................................................................................................

4. When did he win the Nobel Prize in medicine? Rewrite the sentences

.....................................................................................................................

III. Rewrite the sentences.

1. Mary always went swimming after school last year.

->Mary used to.............................................................

2. My daughter has studied English for two years.

-> My daughter started .....................................................

3. She wants to buy that villa but it's too far expensive for her.

->She wishes..............................................................................

4. It took Nam two days to have a trip to the countryside last week.

->Nam spent......................................................................................

5. They have changed the date of the meeting.

-> The date .....................................................................................