Сборник упражнений "Английские времена"

                                       Past Simple or Present Perfect

Упражнение 1. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.

1.      I (know) ………………………………………………….. her for six years.

I (know) …………………………………………………..him when I was at school.

2.      He (live…………………………………………………..in Paris from 1997 to 2000.

He (live) ………………………………………………….. in New York since 2001.

3.      Where's Pete? I (not see) ………………………………………………….. him for ages.

I (not see) …………………………………………………..Pete last night.

4.      We (be) …………………………………………………..at primary school from 1993 to 1998.

We (be) …………………………………………………..in this class since September.

5.      I (not watch) ………………………………………………….. this video yet.

I (not watch) …………………………………………………..a video at the weekend.

Упражнение 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.

1.  I …………………………………(never/ be) to the USA. I …………………………… (want) to go there last summer but I couldn’t.

2.  He………………………………… (live) in this street all his life.

3.  His father (come back) ………………………………… to London last Sunday.

4.  Yan ………………………………… (write) a letter to Nick two days ago.

5.  He ………………………………… (send) his letter yesterday.

  6.  They  …………………………………  (just/ buy) some postcards.

Упражнение 3. Fill in last night, ever, ago, just, yet, always in the right place.

1.  Nick’s uncle went to Russia 3 years.

2.  Mr. Rambler has come back from Belarus.

3.  Nick has wanted to visit Belarus.

4.  Mr. Rambler saw Yan.

5.  They haven’t visited this old castle.

6. Have you been to England?

Упражнение 4. Choose the correct option.

1.      She has /‘s had a moped since she was 15.

2.      We took /‘ve taken a taxi to town that morning.

3.      We played /'ve played volleyball last night

4.      I'm really hungry. I didn’t eat / haven’t eaten since last night.

5.      They visited/ ‘ve visited Colorado last summer.

                                    Present Perfect и Present Perfect Continuous.

Упражнение 1. Choose the right tense form.

1. Nina has been learning/has learned English for 2 years.

2. The birds have already flown/have been flying to the South.

3. They have known /have been knowing him for many years.

4. Mike has forgotten/has been forgetting to learn the poem.

5. The children have been watching/have watched cartoons for 2 hours.

6. The train has just come/has been coming.

7. We haven’t been having/ haven’t had a holiday for 5 years.

8. She has been teaching/has taught at this school for twenty years.

9. David has been painting/has painted in his studio since 10 o’clock.

10. Mary and Sam have collected/ have been collecting stamps for 3 years.

11. Their parents have been/have being friends since their childhood.

12. Dave has been/ has been being a student for 2 years.

Упражнение 2. Поставь глагол в скобках в Present Perfect или Present

Perfect Continuous.

1. I (not to see)………………………………………………….. him for ages.

2. He (to do) ………………………………………………….. his lessons since lunch.

3. I (not to hear) ………………………………………………….. about him for a long time.

4. I (to drive) …………………………………………………..since I was 17.

5. Jack (to fail) ………………………………..………..his driving test three times because doesn't know how to park.

6. I think he (make) …………………………………………………..a lot of improvement.

7. Alice (not/pass) ………………………………………………….. her driving test because she doesn’t know the rules well.

8. She (worry) ………………………………………………….. about this for two months.

9. She (study) …………………………………………..the driver’s manual for hours every day.

10. She (not/take) ………………………………………………….. another test yet.

11. I (to have) …………………………………………………..a headache since I got up.

12. He is my friend, I (to know) ……………………………………………..him for a long time.

13. Ivan has a stomachache. He (to eat) ………………...…………………….. junk food all day.

14. I (never to hear) ………………………………………………….. that song before.

Упражнение 4. Make questions using either Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. My friend is waiting for me at the station. (How long…………………………………..?)

2. He translates books. (How many…………………………………………………..…?)

3. Mother is making a cream cake. (How long……………………………………………..…?)

4. Bill is travelling in Europe at present. (How many countries…………………………………..?)

5. My parents are decorating the fir-tree. (How long……………………………………?)

6. They are married. (How long…………………………………………………..…?)