Page 16 - Advanced English Grammar in Use

UNIT
EXERCISES

3.1 Choose a verb with either the present perfect or past simple for these sentences. (A & E)

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1 Research ...li**..s^pw.!?... that cycling can help patients overcome their illnesses.
2 The rabbit just in my garden one day last week.
3 With this promotion, I feel that I a turning point in my career.
4 Oh, no! My car !
5 Quite early in the negotiations, they to lower the prices.
6 In 1788 he his last great work in Vienna.
7 There's not much more to do, now that we the main problem.
8 Throughout the summer of 1980 Malcolm to divide his time between London and
New York.
9 When he was 13, his parents to the United States.
3.2 Suggest a verb that can complete both sentences in each pair. Use either the present perfect or the
past simple. Use L to add any words outside the space. (В, Е &F)
1 a The price of houses dramatically in recent years.
b Unemployment every year until 1985 and then started to fall.
2 a At his wedding he a green suit and red tie.
b These are the glasses I ever since I was 30.
3 a The company many setbacks in its 50-year history, but it is now flourishing.
b Few of the trees in our village the storms during the winter of 1991.
4 a This his home for over 20 years and he
doesn't want to leave it.
b When I picked up the coffee I surprised
to find it that it was cold.
5 a So far it's been so cold that we in the
house all day.
b We with Mike and Sue last weekend.
6 a I last you in Beijing three years ago.
b I never anyone play so well in my whole life.

3.3 Find the following: (i) three sentences that are incorrect;
(ii) three sentences with the present perfect which could also
have the past simple (consider the difference in meaning);
(Hi) three sentences where only the present perfect is
correct. (A-G)
1 Jane has agreed to lend us her car. (II)
2 Do you know how many people have walked on the moon?
3 Phone for an ambulance. I think Keith's broken his arm.
4 In his twenties, Lawrence has spent many years travelling around Spain.
5 The Vikings have established a settlement at what is now York, in the north of England.
6 The house looks so much bigger now that we've painted the walls in brighter colours.
7 My brother has gone into town to buy some new shoes.
8 The Earth has been formed about 4,500 million years ago.
9 I've worked in Malaysia for three years.