Exercise 29.In pairs tell your partner when you did the things mentioned in exercise 9.

Exercise 30. Change partners and find out about your friend’s life experience. Begin your

questions with:

Have you ever …?

When did you (first / last) …?

LANGUAGE USE

Exercise 31.Put the verb in brackets in Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. She’s a film editor. She … (to edit) 3 films so far.

2. He was a writer. He … (to write) a few really good novels.

3. Andrew … (to be) born in 1998.

4. He … (to be) born in Scotland.

5. We … (to learn) a lot of useful expressions since the beginning of the term.

6. I … (not to have) much free time recently.

7. … (you / to see) that programme on TV the day before yesterday?

8. He … (never / to be) abroad.

9. How many films … (he / to shoot) so far?

10. When … (he / to shoot) his first movie?

11. She … (not to call) for ages.

12. They … (just / to deliver) our order.

13. I … (to come) back home at about 8 last night. I … (to watch) a bit of TV and … (to have) supper. Then Helen … (to call) and we … (to talk) for an hour.

14. Bach … (to compose) a lot of really good music.

Exercise 32. Choose the correct form.

1. I haven’t liked / didn’t like history at school, but I’m very interested in it now.
2. When you were a child, have you ever run / did you ever run away from home?
3. When have you first fallen / did you first fall in love?
4. Since when have you written / did you write those four scripts?
5. My sister has had / had a very strange dream recently.
6. Over the last four years I have travelled / travelled a lot.
7. We have travelled / travelled a lot four years ago.
8. He has spoken / spoke to the President several times.
9. When I was small, Mum has made / made me delicious cakes every Sunday.
10. I have been / went to the cinema twice this week.
11. She has been / went to the theatre 3 times last week.
12. Have you heard / Did you hear from David lately?
13. I haven’t been / wasn’t here since 2012.

Exercise 33. Write about yourself using these ideas.

1. Something you did last week.
2. Something you didn’t do last week.
3. Something you have done lately.
4. Something you haven’t done lately.
5. Something someone you know has just done.
6. Something you didn’t do last night.
7. Something you haven’t done since last year.

Exercise 34. Put the correct verb form: Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. I … this song before. (not hear)
2. They … a new supermarket in our street. (open)
3. … you … well last night? (sleep)
4. When I was a kid I … beans. (not eat)
5. … she ever … alone? (live)
6. Ouch! I … my finger. Have you got a plaster? (cut)
7. When … you … the news? (hear)
8. It … much this week. (not rain)
9. It … much last winter. (not snow)
10. I … my work, so we can go out now. (finish)
11. Shakespeare … to university. (not go)
12. … Napoleon ever … to China? (go)
13. When … they … in Moscow? (arrive)
14. I … chemistry for three years but then I …. (study, drop out)
15. This is one of the best paintings I …. (see)
16. There … an air-crash in Egypt. (be)

Exercise 35. In pairs check the way you translate these phrases. Compare Present Perfect