Подготовка к ЕГЭ. PRESENT PERFECT

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PRESENT PERFECT

Task 1. Complete these sentences with the verb given. Choose the Present Perfect or Past Simple.

discover (2)                             invent                    produce              develop

1.      According to yesterday's newspapers, astronomers in Australia                                а planet in а galaxy close to our own.

2.      To help today's customers make a choice, a company in New York                                      a video trolley - a supermarket trolley with a video screen to display advertisements and price information.

3.      At the start of his career, Cousteau                             the aqualung, opening the oceans to explorers, scientists, and leisure divers.

4.      He proudly told reporters that the company                                        software to present the recent increase in computer crime.

5.      John Grigg                                        the comet now called Grigg-Skjellerup, at the beginning of the 20th century.

Task 2. Put V or correct the sentences.

1.      Terry drove to Glasgow last week to visit his father.

2.       I have known a woman once who had sixteen cats.

3.       Ann Baker already did four radio interviews about her new book.

4.       Julia felt hungry. Then she has remembered the salad in the fridge.

5.       I'll introduce you to Dr Davies — or have you met her before?

6.       We've had enormous problems recently with ants in the kitchen. We just can't get rid of them.

7.       I have talked to her yesterday about doing the work.

8.       They stilllive in the small house they have bought 30 years ago.

9.       You have not yet explained clearly what you want me to do.

10.   We lived in Newcastle for three years now and like it a lot.

Task 3. Complete these sentences with an appropriate verb. Use either the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

wear           crash        spend           work           be         start             rescue        miss

l. Maria hasn't wanted to drive since she                                     her car.

2.      I really hard this morning. Another two shelves to put up and then I think

I'll have lunch.

3.      Since the eruption                                            , all the villages on the slopes of the volcano have been evacuated.

4.      So far this week there                                                   three burglaries in our street.

5.      I a committee meeting since 1986, so I don't want to miss the one today.

6.      It was so hot today that I                                                 shorts and a T-shirt at work.

7.      A great deal                                                        since I last spoke to you.

8.      We    £200 on food this month already.

9.      Since he                                                    the girl from the frozen pond, he has been on TV and in the newspapers almost every day.