Write a short text about yourself and your family

Introducing yourself

Speaking

REVIEW AND PRACTICE

Exercise 2 Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect simple or the present perfect continuous.

Exercise 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect simple.

Exercise 1 Choose the verb which completes all the expressions in each box.

go have take get play

married

up

1 ________ ready

dressed

on with someone

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a meal

a good time

2 _______ a rest

a row /an argument

a party

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out with someone

swimming /bowling

3 _______ to the cinema

clubbing

for walk

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the guitar / the piano

board games

4 _______ cards

computer games

chess

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the dog for a walk

a shower

5 ______ turns (to do something)

the children to school

a rest / a nap

Grammar: Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous

Dear Rupert,

How are you? I am sorry I ____ (not/write) to you for such a long time. I hope you are well.

Lots of things ____ (happen) since I last wrote to you. My dad lost his job but he ____ (already / find) a new one. My mum ____ (leave) her job to start her own business. This is very good news, of course, but it ____ (not/be) easy.

You remember my cousin Martin and his girlfriend Johanna? Well, they ____ (decide) to get married.

As for me, I ____ (not/study) much since my finals because I ____ (be) busy with the football team. I ____.(not/miss) a football practice all term. We ____ (just/play) the most important game of the year and – guess what? We won!

Well, that’s all for now. Write back soon. Best wishes, Mike.

1 ____ (you know) him long?

Yes, we ____ (go) out together for two years.

2. How long ____ (you read) that book?

Oh, I ____ (have) it for about ten years.

3 ____ (you be) here for a long time?

Yes, we ____ (wait) since two o’clock.

4 ____(she work) in the same office all her life?

No, she ____ (have) this job since she got married.

5. Why ____ (you study) German?

Because I ____ (always want) to learn it.

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