Ready for C1 p 20. Perfect Tenses. Extra Exercise

 

1. I __________ (know) Kazuo Ishiguro for several years. I ____________ (read) his latest novel, but I ______________ (not finish) it yet.

 

 

KEY

 

1.
have known


have been reading


have not finished

2. This is the third time you _________ (be) here. What exactly __________ (you come) for now?

 

 

KEY

 

2.
have been



have you come

3. Although we ____________ (be) in this village six years so far, we ___________ (not get) to know many people yet. But our next door neighbours ________________ (be) very helpful when we first ____________ (move) in.

 

 

 

KEY

3.
have been



have not got



were



moved


4. Two days ago we _____________ (go) out into the streets. Fierce fighting ____________(take) place all around us, but when we arrived all __________ (be) quiet again.

 

 

KEY

4.
went



had taken



was

 
5. She _______________ (write) computer games for over ten years before she finally had a hit.

 

 

 

KEY

5.
had been writing
 

 

6. _______________ (you have) your computer long before it broke down?

 

 

 

KEY

6.
Had you had
 

7. I went to the Grand Canyon last summer. It _____________(be) only the second time I _________________ (ever/be) in a helicopter.

 

 

KEY

 

 

 

7.
was



had ever been
 

 

8. This time next month, I _________________ (work) at the company for exactly 25 years.

 

 

 

KEY

8.
will have been working
 

 

 

9. It looks as if Jake ____________ (lose) his job by the end of the week.

 

 

 

KEY

9.
will have lost
 

 

 

10. I don't think my grandparents _______________ (approve) of sharing personal life stories on social networks.

 

 

 

KEY

10.
would have approved
 

 

 

11. I _______________ (meet) him before, but I am not sure.

 

 

 

KEY

11.
may/might/could have met
 

 

 

12. Only three years ago I _____________ (not imagine)  I ___________ (followed) constantly by paparazzi.

KEY



12.
would not have imagined



would be being followed

Empower p 12. Exercise: fill in the gaps with a perfect tense.

1. By the time you get home I ___________ (clean) the house from top to bottom.

KEY

 

 
1. By the time you get home I will have cleaned the house from top to bottom (ended by a particular point in the future)
 

2. Joseph ____________ (kick) a football against the wall all day.

KEY

 

 

2. Joseph has been kicking a football against the wall all day (repeated action)
 

3. On Saturday, we ___________ (living) in this house for a year.

KEY

 

 

3. On Saturday, we will have been living in this house for a year (in progress at a particular point in the future)
 

4. I ____________ (stay) in the hotel twice in the 1980s.

KEY

4. I had stayed in the hotel twice in the 1980s (talking about how many times)
 

5. When you ___________(finish), you can go home.

KEY

 

 

5. When you have finished , you can go home (it will happen at some time in the future)
 

6. He __________ (driving) for about half an hour when the engine suddenly stopped.

KEY
 

 

6. He had been driving for about half an hour when the engine suddenly stopped. (completed action before the past)

7. I think someone ___________ (tamper) with my mail (Tamper with interfere with)

KEY

 

 

  7. I think someone has been tampering with my mail (drawing a conclusion and complaining)

8. She felt terrible during the interview because she ___________ (suffer) from flu since the previous day.

KEY

 

 

8. She felt terrible during the interview because she had been suffering from flu since the previous day (action before the past that continued beyond it)

9. He _________ (learn) how to play chess and he can play well now. However, he ___________ (learn) how to play baseball for quite some time but he is still meeting his trainer once a week.






KEY

9. He has learnt how to play chess and he can play well now. However, he has been learning how to play baseball for quite some time but he is still meeting his trainer once a week. (present perfect for a completed action and present perfect continuous if the action is still ongoing)

Empower p 12. Changes. Speaking

1. What words have left a lasting impression on you?
2. In what areas have you noticed a barely perceptible decline? 
3. What is having a hugely significant impact on our society? 
4. What kind of things go entirely unnoticed by the media? 
5. Have you noticed any steady shifts in public opinion towards any current issues?  
6. What has seen a rapid rise in your country? 
7. Can you think of any traditional methods that are giving way to more modern ones?
8. What kind of things have gone out of fashion and which ones have caught on in recent times?
9. What are the benefits and drawbacks of spellcheckers and predictive text? 
10. What new fad has taken hold quickly?
Add two more to ask a partner:
11. __________
12. __________

slowdown 

1. ​a reduction in speed or activity. Sp. ralentización.
   • a slowdown in economic growth

 

downturn (in something) a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy becomes weaker. Sp. recesión

• the recent economic downturns
• a downturn in sales/trade/business

   

give way to

to be replaced by something else. Sp. dejar paso.

E.g. Stone has given way to glass and concrete. My anger gave way to depression.

take (a) hold

 to start to have a definite effect. Sp. hacerse notar, apoderarse. E.g.  The fever was beginning to take hold