Supply the countries where the given sights are located.
1. Angkor Wat 2. The Great Pyramid 3. The Eiffel Tower 4. The Empire State Building 5. Big Ben | 6. The Taj Mahal 7. Petronas Twin Towers 8. Great Barrier Reef 9. Hue citadel 10. The Great Wall |
Exercise 4: What do you know about Viet Nam? Match a place in column A with a place where it belongs to in column B.
A | B |
1. Thien Mu Pagoda 2. Ben Thanh market 3. Love Valley 4. Hoi An 5. Mui Ne Resort 6. Hoan Kiem Lake 7. Ha Long Bay 8. Ninh Kieu Wharf 9. Phong Nha Cave 10. Do Son Beach | A. Da Lat B. Quang Nam C. Ha Noi D. Can Tho E. Hai Phong F. Phan Thiet G. Ho Chi Minh City H. Quang Binh I. Quang Ninh J. Hue |
Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with the PRESENT PERFECT tense.
1. Many people (never/ see) snow.
2. I can’t find my bag. You (see) it?
3. It (stop) raining yet?
4. 'Would you like something to eat?' 'No, thank you. I (just/ have) lunch.'
5. It’s the first time she (drive) a car.
6. I saw Tom yesterday, but I (not/ see) him today.
7. You (visit) this place before?
8. Tom (work) very hard this term.
9. What a boring film! It’s the most boring film I (ever/ see).
10. Linda (lose) her passport again. It’s the second time this (happen).
Exercise 6: Complete the text with a verb from the box in the Present Perfect. You can use one verb more than once.
travel | meet | hunt | have |
ride | see | live | be | do |
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My grandfather is 96 years old, and he (1) ..................... a long and interesting life. He (2) ..................... a lot, especially in the Far East. He (3) ..................... the Taj Mahal in India, and the Pyramid in Egypt. He (4) ..................... lions in Africa, and (5) ..................... a camel across the Sahara Desert. He says that the most beautiful place he (6) ..................... to is Kathmandu in Nepal. He (7) ..................... the Queen on several occasions. In 1959 he was a soldier in New Zealand when she came to visit and in 1972 he went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
He (8) ..................... married twice. His first wife died when she was 32. He met his second wife while he was traveling round France by bike. He and his wife, Eleanor, (9) ..................... married for 50 years, and they (10) ..................... in the same cottage in the country since they got married. He says that he (11) ..................... never ..................... ill in his life. The secret of good health, according to my grandfather, is exercise. He goes swimming every day. He (12) ..................... this since he was a boy. He also has a glass of whisky every night! Perhaps that is his secret!
Exercise 7: Make sentences and questions about the following people.
1. Alice is a journalist.
- meet/ a lot of famous people
- not be/ on television
- interview/ Prime Minister?
2. Chris is a mountaineer.
- climb/ mountains/ he was eighteen
- climb/ Everest without oxygen
- not write/ any books
- have/ accident?
3. Paul Newman is an actor and director.
- direct/ many films
- never win/ an Oscar
- write/ a scrip?
4. Bill and Sophie are unemployed.
- not have/ a job/ six months
- not have/ a holiday/ last Christmas
- apply for/ a job?
5. Sandra is a tennis player.
- play/ 1987
- not win/ a senior competition
- play/ at Wimbledon?
6. Mike and Tommy are singers.
- sell/ over five million records
- be/ on tour all over the world
- never have/ a number one record
- be/ in a film?
