Маркеры Past Perfect: by yesterday, by 3 p.m. yesterday, before, after, already, by the time, for, since, etc

Mrs. Brown is on a pension. While working she was a prosperous lady. Tell your group mates about her achievements. All the sentences are in Present Perfect.

1. She /do /many different jobs. – She has done many different jobs.

2. She /travel /to many places. She ______________________________________.

3. She /do /a lot of interesting things. ____________________________________.

4. She /write /ten books. ______________________________________________.

5. She /meet / a lot of interesting people. _________________________________.

6. She /be /married five times. _________________________________________.

2. Insert the gaps with have/has + one of the following verbs (break, buy, do, go, go, lose, paint, read, take, finish).

1. “Are they still having dinner?” “No, they have finished. ”

2. I _________________________ some new shoes. Do you want to see them?

3. “Is Tom here?” “No, he __________________________________ to work.”

4. “__________ you __________ the shopping” “No, I’m going to do it later.”

5. “Where’s your key?” “I don’t know. I ___________________________ it.”

6. Look! Somebody ____________________________________ that window.

7. Your house looks different. _____________you ___________________ it?

8. I can’t find my umbrella. Somebody _____________________________ it.

9. I’m looking for Sarah. Where ________________ she ________________?

10. “Do you want the newspaper?” “No, thanks.I _____________________ it.”

 

3. Make up the questions starting with Have you ever …?

1. (to be / to Paris?) Have you ever been to Paris?

2. (play / golf?) Have you ever played golf?

3. (to be / to Australia?) ______________________________________________?

4. (lose / your passport?) _____________________________________________?

5. (sleep / in the park?) ______________________________________________?

6. (eat / Chinese food?) ______________________________________________?

7. (to be / to New York?) _____________________________________________?

8. (win / a lot of money?) _____________________________________________?

9. (break / your leg?) ________________________________________________?

10. (run / a marathon?) _______________________________________________?

11. (speak / to famous people?) ________________________________________?

12. (live / in another town) ___________________________________________?

 

4. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets as in the

Example.

1. You went to Jill’s house but she wasn’t there. (she / go / out) She had gone out.

2. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before. (it/change/a lot) ______________________________________________.

3. I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn’t come. (she / arrange / to do something else) ____________________________________________________.

4. You went to the cinema last night. You arrived at the cinema late. (the film / already / begin) _____________________________________________________.

5. I was very pleased to see Tim again after such a long time. (I / not / see / him for five years) _________________________________________________________.

6. I offered Sue something to eat but she wasn’t hungry. (she / just / have / breakfast) _________________________________________________________.

5. Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb in brackets.

1. The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight. (to fly) He had never flown before. or He hadn’t flown before.

2. A woman walked into the room. She was a complete stranger to me. (see) I __________________________________________________________ before.

3. Simon played tennis yesterday. He wasn’t very good at it because it was his first game. (to play) He ________________________________________________.

4. Last year we went to Denmark. It was our first time there. (to be)

We ____________________________________________________________.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form Past Perfect or Past Simple.

1. “Was Tom at the party when you arrived?” “No, he had gone (go) home”

2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I _________________ (go) straight to bed.

3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ___________________ (go) to bed.

4. Sorry I’m late. The car ____________________ (break) down on my way here.

5. We were driving along the road when we ________________ (see) a car which ___________ (break) down, so we __________________ (stop) to see if we could help.

 

Turn the following into the Future Perfect.

1. I had done my homework by 9 o’clock. I will have done my homework by 9o’clock.

2. They had built the new school by the first of September. _______________________________________________________________.

3. The teacher had looked through our exercise-books by that time. _______________________________________________________________.

4. We had discussed the report by four o’clock in the afternoon. ________________________________________________________________.

5. The pupils had read three English books by the end of the year. ________________________________________________________________.

6. I had written the composition by 9 o’clock.

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