Focus on Grammar

Exercise 16. Use the correct word in italics.

1. I always /already do the housework on Saturdays.

2. We haven’t booked our summer holiday just/yet.

3. My brother has just/ever joined the football club.

4. Linda has already/ever bought a new dress for the party.

5. Have you so far/ever tasted Japanese food?

6. Anna has been to Paris since/for two weeks.

7. I have never/just seen this film before.

8. The secretary has typed twenty letters yet/so far this morning.

9. I have been working here since/still July.

10. The Smirnovs have moved into a new house recently/so far.

11. They still/already haven’t employed a new supervisor.

Exercise 17. Open the brackets using Past Simple or Present Perfect.

1. She (become) manager of the factory in 1982.

2. They (bring) your books back yet?

3. We (buy) a new house last week.

4. The police (catch) the person who stole my purse. He’s at the police station now.

5. We (choose) the new person for the job already.

6. Nobody (come) to see me yesterday.

7. I (feel) terrible when I woke up this morning.

8. You ever (fly) in an airplane before?

9. The police (let) me talk to Jane after she was arrested.

10. You (pay) the taxi-driver yet?

Exercise 18. A detective is talking to a police officer about a burglary which happened yesterday. In pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below.

Example:

-Have you dusted the house for fingerprints yet?

The house/dust/for fingerprints yesterday.

-Yes, the house was dusted for fingerprints yesterday.

1. Have you found any evidence yet?

a piece of material/find/this morning

2. Have you interviewed the house owners yet?

they /interview/last night

3. Have you questioned the neighbours yet?

they/question/this morning

4. Have you arrested any suspects yet?

two men/arrest/yesterday evening

5. Have you interrogated the suspects yet?

they/interrogate/last night

6. Have you recovered the stolen goods yet?

they/ recover/ this morning

7. Have you written your report yet?

it/complete/an hour ago.

Exercise 19. Put one verb in each sentence into Past Simple, and the other verb into Past Perfect. Decide which action is prior to the other.

1. When the police (arrive), the car (go).

2. When I (get) to the shop, it (close).

3. When we (leave) the beach, the rain (start) already.

4. I (try) telephoning her several times but she (leave) the country.

5. When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it.

6. The car (go) when I (look) into the street.

7. All the garages (close) by the time we (cross) the border.

8. The post (not arrive) when I (leave) the house this morning.

9. By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close).