Subject and verb agreement: exercise 4

1. Your friendship over the years and your support have meant a great deal to us.
2. Hamilton Family Center, a shelter for teenage runaways in San Francisco, offers a
wide variety of services.
3. The main source of income for Trinidad is oil and pitch.
4. The chances of your being promoted are excellent.
5. There was a Pokémon card stuck to the refrigerator.
6. Neither the professor nor his assistants were able to solve the mystery of the
eerie glow in the laboratory.
7. Many hours at the driving range have led us to design golf balls with GPS locators
in them.
8. Discovered in the soil of our city garden was a button dating from the Civil War
dating from the turn of the century.
9. Every year, during the midsummer festival, the smoke of village bonfires fill the
sky.
10. The story performers were surrounded by children and adults eager to see
magical tales.

Michael Vince_Book
Page 10, exercise 3
1. I'm sorry about not coming last week. I had a cold and so I stayed at home.
2. Wait a minute! I have an idea. Let's go and see Roger. We last saw him a long time
ago.
3. It's nice to be back here in London. This is the second time I have visited here.
4. I'm phoning about your bicycle for sale, which I saw in the local paper. Have you sold
it? Or is it still available?
5. This place is in a terrible mess! What on earth have you been doing ?
6. And now for an item of local news. Hampshire police have found the dangerous
snake which went missing earlier in the week.
7. This tooth has been hurting me lately! So I have made an appointment with the
dentist for next Tuesday.
8. I can't give you the report I promised for today because I haven’t finished it.

Page 11, exercise 6

It was announced in London this morning that the British Oil Corporation (1) has discovered
oil under the sea near the Welsh coast. The company, which (2) has been drilling for oil in
the area since 2001, (3) found small amounts of oil near Swansea last month, and since then
(4) has discovered larger amounts under the seabed nearby. Last year the government (5)
lent over £50,000,000 to BOC, and (6) gave permission for the company to build an oil
refinery and other facilities in South Wales.
The reaction of local people to today's news (7) has been mixed so far. Local MPs (8) have
already welcomed the news, pointing out that the oil industry will bring badly needed jobs
to the area. But local residents are worried about the danger of pollution. 'Nobody (9) has
asked us yet what we want,' said Ann Griffiths, leader of the Keep Out The Oil Campaign.
'Look what (10) happened when they (11) found oil in Scotland in the 1960s. The oil
companies (12) got rich, not the local people. BOC (13) hasn’t told us the truth about what
this is going to mean for our people.' A BOC spokesman later (14) refused to comment.
Meanwhile local campaigners (15) have asked the government to hold an inquiry.

Page 12, exercise 7

1. Someone has eaten all the cakes. I'll have to buy some more.
2. What have you bought your sister for her birthday?
3. My throat is really sore. I have been singing all evening.
4. Brenda has been learning Russian, but she finds it difficult.
5. How many people have you invited to your party?
6. Those two cats have been sitting on that branch for the last hour.
7. It has been raining all day! Why can't it stop?
8. Diana has worn twelve different dresses in the past week!
9. I have done everything you asked. What should I do now?
10. Graham and Pauline have been trying to find a house for ages, but they can't find
one they can afford.

Page 12 exercise 8
Dear Andy and Sally
Just a quick e-mail to explain what we have done (1) C we were last in contact. The work on
the kitchen has gone well so far, although we (2)B building the outside wall of the kitchen
extension yet. If you remember, I e-mailed you last week and explained that my bricklayer
was off sick. He (3)A his back playing football, and had to spend a couple of days in bed.
Anyway, I’m glad to say that he has now recovered. He (4)B back to work yesterday, and he
(5)C on the wall. It (6)B most of the time here, so it has been hard to do any outside work in
any case. We have now finished most of the kitchen window with a larger one, as we (7)B
before you left. We (8)D fitting the kitchen yet. If you remember, you wanted to make some
changes to the design, but I (9)A any detailed instructions from you yet. Did you get the e-
mail I sent on 15th July? I tried phoning you on your mobile yesterday, and I left you a
message, but we need to talk about this. I hope you (10)B a good time in Ireland.
Tony Galt
Galt Building Services.

Thompson, Martinet
The present perfect and the simple past PEG 175-7,182-9
1. This is my house.
How long have you been living here?
I have been living here since 1970.
2. He lived in London for two years and then went to Edinburgh.
3. Did you wear your hair long when you were at school?
Yes, my mother insisted on it.
4. But when I left school I cut my hair and have worn it short ever since.
5. Shakespeare has written a lot of plays.
6. My brother has written several plays. He just finished his second tragedy.
7. I flew over Loch Ness last week.
Did you see the Loch Ness monster?
8. I haven’t seen him for three years. I wonder where he is.
9. He hasn’t smoked for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.
10. Chopin composed some of his music in Majorca.
11. When did he arrived?
He arrived at 2.00.
12. Did you locked the door before you left the house?
13. I read his books when I was at school. I enjoyed them very much.
14. I can't go out because I haven’t finished my work.
15. I have never drunk whisky.
Well, have some now.
16. I have written the letter but I can't find a stamp.
17. The clock is slow.
It isn't slow, it has stopped.
18. Here are your shoes; I have just cleaned them.
19. I left home at 8.00 and got here at twelve.
20. I did this sort of work when I was an apprentice.
21. He has just gone out.
22. He went out ten minutes ago.
23. Have you had breakfast yet?
Yes, I had it at 8.00.
24. I met him last June.
25. Did you see the moon last night?
26. The concert began at 2.30 and lasted for two hours. Everyone enjoyed it very much.
27. The play has just begun. You are a little late.
28. Has the newspaper come?
Yes, Ann is reading it.
29. The actors arrived yesterday and started rehearsals early this morning.
30. It has been very cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get warmer.
31. Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.
32. We have miss the bus. Now we'll have to walk.
33. He broke his leg in a skiing accident last year.
34. Mr Pound is the bank manager. He has been here for five years.
35. Mr Count worked as a cashier for twenty-five years. Then he retired and went to live
in the country.
36. Did you been here before?
Yes, I spent my holidays here last year.
Did you have a good time?
No, it never stopped raining.