Ex. 98. Complete the text about Cher using the correct tense, Present Perfect or Past Simple

Ex.97 Read the text and put each verb in the brackets into the Simple Past or the Present Perfect.

CONTEXT

Ex.96 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect or Past Simple).

1) Ann: _______________ (you/go) on holiday last year?

Paul: Yes, I _______________ (go) to Spain. _______________ (you/ever/be) there?

Ann: Yes, I _______________ (go) there last year too.

2) Maria: I _______________ (sell) my old radio.

Helen: Really? When _______________ (you/sell) it?

Maria: I _______________ (sell) it yesterday.

3) Ian: I _______________ (go) to the new sports centre yesterday.

John: Really? I _______________ (not/be) there yet. What’s it like?

Ian: It’s fabulous! I _______________ (never/see) such a fantastic sports centre before.

Mr. Patterson doesn’t work now. He (to work) ……………….. in a bank for 25 years. Then he (to give) …………………… it up. He says he enjoys staying at home. Mr. And Mrs. Patterson (to be) …………………… happily married for thirty-five years. They are very proud of their family. Their son, Louis, is very successful. For the past six years he (to be) ………………… the manager of the Big Value Supermarket on Grant Street. Louis (to work) ……………….. very hard to get where he is today. First he (to be) ……………….. a clerk for two years. Then he (to be) ……………….. a cashier for three years. After that, he (to be) ………………….. an assistant manager for five years. Finally, six years ago, he (to become) …………………. the manager of the store. Everybody at the Big Value Supermarket is very proud of Louis. He (to start) ………………. at the bottom and he (to work) ……………………… his way up to the top.

Few stars (1) …………. (have) careers as long and varied as Cher. In a career of more than three decades, she (2) ……….. (be) successful both as a singer and as an actress.

Born Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPier in El Centro, California, on May 20^th 1946, she (3) ………. (leave) home for Hollywood at the age of 16. When only seventeen she (4) ……….. (marry) songwriter and record producer, Sonny Bono. As Sonny and Cher, they (5) ………. (have) several hits in the 60s, including “I Got You Babe” in 1964. The couple’s success (6) ………. (continue) with TV shows and a solo singing career for Cher. But in the 1970s, success (7) ……… (be) more difficult to find, and Cher and Bono (8) ………. (get) divorced in 1975. Soon after, Cher (9) …….. (marry) rock star Gregg Allman, but the marriage only (10) ……… (last) until 1979. She (11) ……….. (not/marry) again. Since the mid-eighties, Cher (12) ………… (have) a second career – as an actress, appearing in the films The witches of Eastwick and Faithful. In 1988, she (13) ………. (win) a Best Actress Oscar for the film Moonstruck. More recently, Cher (14) ……….. (return) to singing once more, and with great success – her single “Believe” (15) ……….. (become) US Number One in March 1999.

Ex.99. Simple Past / Present Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"

B: I don't know. I ………….. (see, never) that movie.

2. Sam ………… (arrive) in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I …………. (know) each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He …………. (write) ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I ………… (have, not) this much fun since I ………. (be) a kid.

6. Things …………… (change) a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first ……….. (start) working here three years ago, the company …………… (have, only) six employees. Since then, we ………….. (expand) to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I ……….. (tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he ………… (wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you ………….. (miss) the bus this morning. You ………. (be) late to work too many times. You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he …………. (see, never) the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George ………… (dream) of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He …………… (see, never) the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling ………….. (become) much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it …………… (take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip ……………. (be) very rough and often dangerous. Things …………….. (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you …………… (change) since the last time I …………… (see) you. You ………… (grow) at least a foot!

13. This tree ……………. (be) planted by the settlers who …………… (found) our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain ………...... (be, never) climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers ……………. (try) to reach the top, but nobody …………….. (succeed, ever). The climb is extremely difficult and many people ……………. (die) trying to reach the summit.

15. I …………….. (visit, never) Africa, but I ……………. (travel) to South America several times. The last time I ………….. (go) to South America, I ………….. (visit) Brazil and Peru. I …………… (spend) two weeks in the Amazon, ………….. (hike) for a week near Machu Picchu, and ………….. (fly) over the Nazca Lines.

Ex. 100. Simple Past / Present Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change) ………………… a great deal. The first computers (be) ………………. simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have, not) …………… much memory and they (be, not) …………………… very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often (pay) …………………….. thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do) …………………. very little. Most computers (be) ……………….. separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.

Times (change)………………... Computers (become) ………………. powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers (create) ………………. a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games (become) ……………… faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users (get, also) …………………. on the Internet and (begin) ……………….. communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start) ………………. to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past (evolve) ……………… into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.

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