The present perfect and the simple past 4 I (lose) my black gloves. You (see) them anywhere?-No, I'm

2. Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I ________________(see) Sting last year. 8. I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion. 9. I _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. I ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays. 2. I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) to London. We _____________(stay) in London for three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.

A) Past Simple B) Present Perfect

What’s the matter? You look worried!B: Yes, I am. I ’ve been looking at (look at) the contract in detail, and I ’ve noticed (notice) a lot ofpotential problems.2 A: I (call) Carol all day, but it goes straight to voicemail.B: I expect she (go) to Head Office.3 A: ‘Tosca’ is coming to the Opera House. (you see) it?B: Not yet, but I (look forward) to it for ages.Shall we go together?4 A: How long (you produce)cars at this site?B: About four years. We(invest) around twenty million dollars in plantand machinery.

Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt is one of the fastes men on Earth.
He ____ (break) the world 100m and 200m recn
several times and he also holds the record for the 4 x 100m
relay with his team mates. However, Usain ___
(nor be) a runner all his life. When he was a child, he '___._ (spend) his time playing football and crick the street with his brother.
Ii wasn't until the age of 12 rhai anybody____
(realise) how fasr he could run. He ._ ._ —(win)h first gold medal at the 2002 World Championships, where
he was so nervous that he actually"_ _____ .. (put) h
running shoes on the wrong feet. Since then, however, he
7____ (learn) lo deal with his pre-race nerves an
they no longer affect him.
More importantly, Bolt is loyal to his country. A number o
American clubs ___ (offer) him a contract ove
years, bui so far __ (say) that he doesn't w
to leave Jamaica.