Grammar Practice PDF

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This document includes exercises on grammar, focusing on time expressions and verb tenses. The exercises cover a range of grammar points, including the past simple, present perfect, and past perfect.

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## UNIT 1 More Practice ### GRAMMAR **1** Complete the sentences with the time expressions below. just | yet | since| by the time | already | never | before 1. I haven't revised for the exam _**_before_**_ the lecture had started. 2. The lecture had started _**_by the time_**_ we arrived. 3. They'...

## UNIT 1 More Practice ### GRAMMAR **1** Complete the sentences with the time expressions below. just | yet | since| by the time | already | never | before 1. I haven't revised for the exam _**_before_**_ the lecture had started. 2. The lecture had started _**_by the time_**_ we arrived. 3. They've _**_already_**_ come back from a week in France. 4. Michael and Lucy have been here _**_since_**_ Saturday. 5. I've _**_never_**_ seen them before. 6. We've _**_just_**_ watched that film twice. **2** Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Simple. 1. I _**_just_**_ _**_be_**_ to my first French lesson. I really _**_liked_**_ it. My friend _**_suggested_**_ it to me. She _**_started_**_ the course last week. In her opinion, it was the best language lesson she _**_ever had_**_. 6. I _**_went_**_ to bed at 2 am yesterday. I _**_was_**_ tired by 11 o'clock, but I _**_didn't finish_**_ my homework, so I _**_had_**_ no choice but to stay awake. I'm exhausted now. I _**_never felt_**_ so tired before! 7. Mum _**_just phoned_**_. She _**_tried_**_ to phone you earlier, but you _**_didn't answer_**_. She wants you to buy some vegetables for dinner. She _**_went_**_ to the shops during her lunch hour, but when she got to the checkout, she realised that she _**_had left_**_ her money at home. **3** Complete the sentences with one of the verbs in the Present Perfect Simple and the other in the Present Perfect Continuous. 1. I _**_haven't found_**_ any presents for my family _**_yet_**_, although I _**_have been shopping_**_ all day. 2. I _**_haven't sent_**_ any e-mails all morning, but I _**_haven't written_**_ any yet because I want to send them all together. 3. We _**_have been waiting_**_ for Mary for over an hour, but she still _**_hasn't arrived_**_. 4. Jenny _**_has already made_**_ soup, pasta and a cake. 5. I _**_have already seen_**_ eight episodes of this series. I _**_have been watching_**_ it since it started. **4** Complete the sentences using the words below and a suitable perfect tense. Pay attention to the time expressions. Jane / fly / to China 1. Jane _**_has never flown_**_ to China 2. Jane _**_has yet flown_**_ to China 3. Jane _**_has already flown_**_ to China 4. Jane _**_has flown_**_ to China _**_since 7 o'clock this morning_**_ 5. Jane _**_had flown_**_ to China _**_before I met her_**_ **5** Complete the sentences to logically follow the first sentence. Use the words in brackets and the Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous. 1. The lesson is starting late. (not arrive / yet) The teacher _**_hasn't arrived_**_ yet. 2. We are worried about Tom. (see him / in days) Nobody _**_has seen_**_ him in days. 3. I need to see a doctor. (not feel well / for days) I _**_haven't been feeling well_**_ for days. 4. I obey all the school rules. (never cheat / in exams) I _**_have never cheated_**_ in exams. 5. Where are you? (wait / all day) We _**_have been waiting_**_ all day.

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