Exercises
Unit 13
13.1    Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect where possible. Otherwise use the past simple.
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I can't get in.
I ...!ve.,tóst.....(lose) my
key.
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The office is empty now.
Everybody...............................
(go) home.
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I meant to call you last night
but I.....................................................
(forget).
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Mary......................................................
(go) to Egypt for a holiday, but she's back home in England now.
Yes, I....................................................
(have) a headache, but I feel fine now.
13.2    Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.
1   It.....stopped.,. raining for a while, but now it's raining again,  (stop)
2  The town is very different now. It.....te~.Sfe*DSS&.....a lot.  (change)
3   I did German at school, but I........................................................................most of it now.  (forget)
4  The police........................................................................three people, but later they let them go.  (arrest)
5   What do you think of my English? Do you think it........................................................................?  (improve)
6  A: Are you still reading the paper?
B: No, I........................................................................with it. You can have it.  (finish)
7  I........................................................................for a job as a tourist guide, but I wasn't successful, (apply)
8  Where's my bike? It........................................................................outside the house, but it's not there now.  (be)
9   Look! There's an ambulance over there. There........................................................................an accident,  (be)
10 A: Have you heard about Ben? He........................................................................his arm.  (break)
B: Really? How............................that........................................................................?  (happen)
A: He........................................................................off a ladder,  (fall)
13.3    Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.
1   Do you know about Sue? She's given up her job.....QK.......................................................................................................
2   My mother has grown up in Scotland.
3   How many plays has Shakespeare written?
4   Ow! I've cur my finger. It's bleeding.
5   Drugs have become a big problem everywhere.
6   The Chinese have invented paper.
7  Where have you been born?
8   Mary isn't at home. She's gone shopping.
9   Albert Einstein has been the scientist who has developed the theory of relativity.
,jrew.