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B1+ Lesson 2
B1+ Lesson 2
Grammar
Present perfect simple, present perfect cont·
inuoui
О Present perfect simple
ha:ve,lhas + pa'St particiiэle
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stateme'nt negative quest1on
Vyou/we,lthey have ('ve) ,leamt .. . Vyou/we/they have not (haven'tJ leamt .. . H~ve V.Y.ou,4ve1th; learnt .J
о Helpful hints
Use Example
Situations that started Mrs Jenkins has been The present perfect simple is often used with the foll ,
words and phrases: ow1ng
in the past and are still the head teacher
true for three years. • for She's taught German here for over five Year
Completed actions at а l've already read that • since Mr Gray has taught French here since 2ООЕ
time in the past which is book. • just We've just done this exercise.
not mentioned • already We've already done this exercise.
Completed actions where They've а/1 done their • yet We haven't checked the answers yet.
the important thing is the homework. • ever Have уои ever had guitar lessons?
result now • never l've never understood why they give us so
much homework!
• it's the lt's the first time we've watched а video in
first time class.
Г.Wedon't use the p.resent perfect simple-when we want to say when something happened~iri '
~ i ttie past. We use the past simple. ,
' '
~• The present perfect simple often emphasises the result of an action: ' ·~ . ,
\=9 ✓ She's written ап article for the school newspaper. ( = She's finished it.) . rather
• The present perfect continuous often emphasises the action, and the time spent оп the actюn,
than the result: , fi1 1shed
~:§fte's been writing ап article for the school newspaper. ( = She's started, but she hasn t n
]fy_etj - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- . .,,
Present р~• '""' ~"· · r · , •
ts .
fect sim ple form of the verbs in bra cke
/1] complete using the correct present per
dy.
1 1 ... .. ... . •.. . .. ... . .. . .. ........ •..• . .. .. .. ..... (see) this film alrea
) their car for about а year.
2 John and Julie ............... ........ ........ ................. (had
з She ........ ................ ........ ........ ........ (not /
take) her driving test yet.
e since she left university.
4 Sue ................ ........ ........................ (Ье) а tour guid
оп your new Ьike yet?
5 ...................................... .......... (you / ride) into town
б This new computer ........................ ................
........ (make) my life а lot easier.
what to get Mark for his Ьirthday yet.
7 We ........ ........................................ (not / decide)
t) а famous person?
8 ................................................ (Paul / ever / mee
ct
s to wri te sen ten ces . Use the cor r_e
@] Look at the pict ure and use the prompt
form of the pre sen t per fec t sim ple.
' ' ~, · ·
inerria-
1 :~ the time I arrived, everyone ................................................ (leave)!
to th e с 11ed
2 . eve ....................................... ......... (already / see) the film so he didn't соте with us she са
. .
3 Т1па ................................................ (not / f1n1sh) '
. the housew ork Ьу seven o'clock, 50
do1ng
А п drea to tel1 her she would Ье late.
4 ................................................ (you / just / speak) to Billy when I rang?
me
5 The саг broke down just after ................................................ (we; set off).
eat) at hO ·
6 1didn't eat anything at the party because ............................ .................... (I I already /
7 ................................................ (you / hear) about the accident before you saw it оп ТV?
h office Ьу the
1 We'd had dinner when Wendy arrived. 5 Мг Banks hadn't arrived at t е
А Wendy arrived and then we had dinner. time I got there.
В We had dinner and then Wendy arrived. А I arrived before Мг Banks.
В Мг Banks arrived before me.
2 1read the book after l'd seen the film. th
А I saw the film and then I read the book. 6 They'd bought the plane tickets before ey
heard about the cheaper flight.
В I read the book and then I saw the film.
А They bought the plane tickets a~d later
3 Ву the time Dad came home, l'd gone to bed. they heard about the cheaper flight.
А I went to bed before Dad came home. В They heard about the cheaper flight and
В I went to bed after Dad came home. then they bought the plane tickets.
4 She didn't go to bed until her mum had соте 7 The girls had tidied the house when the
home. visitors arrived.
А She went to bed and then her mum came А The visitors arrived and later the girls
home. tidied the house.
в Her mum came home and then she went to В The girls tidied the house and then the
bed. visitors arrived.
@] Look at the pictures and com р Iе t е t hе sentences . Use the correct form of the
past perfect continuous.
1 l'd оп/у .................. ........ the washing-up for а few 4 Mum had ......... ................. her cup of tea for
minutes when Clare came home, so she offered several minutes before she realised it had salt
in it!
to finish it. В been drinking
В been doing А drunk
А done
5 We'd .......... ................ ready all day when they
2 Had you already .................. ........ James his called to say the party had been cancelled.
Ьirthday present when we gave him ours?
А got В been getting
А given В been giving
6 lt was а fantastic experience because l'd never
3 Gail hadn't .......................... те that she would .................. ........ in а plane before.
help те, so I wasn't
А flown В been flying
angry when she didn't.
В been telling
А told
Dear Diary,
expecting
This morning ту exam results finally RtIO came. l'd been
1 ......... Р:~4 ........ . I was
.. them for the last week. 1knew l'd been done quite well, but
2 .................. ...... а chance to
.. still nervous as I had opened the envelope. Before l'd had
......
look at them, ту sister ran up and pulled them out of ту
3 ......... ......... hand! She
.. gy А,
had read them out one Ьу one. 'English А, maths А, Ьiolo
4 .................. ......
5 .................. ...... .. As in
french А .. . 'This was the news l'd been waiting for. l'd got
6 .......... ......... ..... .. ng sure
every subject - even geography, which I hadn't been maki
7 .......... .............. .. about! When Mum and Dad heard the news , they immediate
ly started
8 ......................... . ьееп shouting with joy. Ву the time l'd had breakfast, Mum
had
9 ......... ................ . already called Grandma and Grandpa and had yet tol~- t~:
_neighbours!__ ,
10 ......................... . - - - --- --· ···- - -
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11 Unit 81 Vocabulary
Learning and doing
О Word patterns
adjectives ~9раЫе_оf {sЬ) with
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help
talented at :-- - ------- -·-
'L-_ know about
_ ____
verbs 1 cheat-at/in - -
, _c onf.u.se__stlLwдlL __
- --- 1 ___
.... learn about -
--~-
1 succeed in
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Jopic vocabulary
0 Comp lete usin g the corr ect form of the words and phrases in the boxes.
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achieve • fail • pass 1
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. you а list. of .................... ............................ оп the krtchen tаЫе. Make sure you follow them·
4 l've left
м
5 eet,ng Brad Prtt was an amazing .... .... .... ...... .... .. 1
6 Му sister left Warwick University after she got h~·~. .·.·.·.·.·.· .· ·. ·.·.·.·. :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
/ course • qualification • skill 1
.................. .
7 Being аЫе to use а computer is а very useful ..............................
........ .
8 l'm thinking of going оп а computer .............................. ..........
.................. in website design.
9 You сап оп/у арр/у for this job if you've got а .................... ..........
1 1 search / wonder how difficult the maths test tomorrow will Ье.
lt's nearly the end of term / mark, so it will Ье the holidays
soon!
2
the library?
3 Could you revise / remind nie to take this book back to
to fix your computer?
4 Carl is а computer brain / expert. Why don't you ask him
n't practise enough.
5 Rosalind is а really sma rt / talented musician, but she does
answer!
6 Rebecca is really clever / mental. She always knows the
7 1 wasn't sure of the answer so I guessed
/ hesitated and I was right!
Have you ever concentrated / considered becoming. а
professional singer?
8
ect / report оп what happened.
9 After every experiment in chemistry, we have to write а subj
Unit 6 vocabu~ __ _ _
. --
d in ьold in exercise В .
s are wor s
AII the answer i
kend ьecause
Across Unit 6 at the wee
2 1want you to ......................... (6)
you've got а test оп MondaY: ' ········-'· (5)
4 Another word for 'clever' is ··············~t school? (7)
6 What's your favourite ··············:········ ·· d laughing but
е talk1ng an
8 The other students w~r k (12)
. ......................... оп h1s wor •
Jam1e
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Phrasalvвrbs
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We им {о c.ross ;{ (5) ......................... н.еа{t11 or;(Js{ rip (6) ......................... {ие wиote pieC.e о( рдреr
ан.J s{ar{ "jaih. <;о, ! read {иrо1и {ие lиree r(Jeslioн.s reflf c.u.re((Jtt11 и_и,J {ИО()jиf и.6()(,/{ wиal I NP.5
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11/~ а6о:{ i~s{~{ ,v/"/;н.j }иое lirs{ essa11, f!/Иен. fr!rs JenxiН.JS poiн{eJ (8) ···················· ····· /иаl (иеrе
tVere 011,11 rrve тrн.щеs terr. И dear!
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Prвpositional phrases
1 Do you think you get а good ................................... ............. at your school? EDUCATE
2 l'm not ап expert. l'm only а ................................... ............. ! BEGIN
3 The police are going to give Tracy ап award for ................................................ . BRAVE
4 l'm writing in ................................................ to your advertisement for а guitar teacher. REFER
5 1 want ................................................ at all times during the exam. SILENT
Word pattвrns
[Q) Write one word in each gap.
Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has а similar
meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words.
4 Dan couldn't do his homework оп his own so l've Ьееп helping him. helping
l've Ьееп ........................................................... ............... his homework because he couldn't do it оп his own.
5 No one сап learn all that in one day! сараЫе
No one .......................................................................... all that in one day!
6 1 really hope you find а solution to the proЫem . succeed
1 really hope you .......................................................................... а solution to the proЫem.
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Units 4. 5 and 6 Review 2
1
·· German teacher says l've made а lot of ................................................ this term ·
1 Му
2 What time are you taking the French ................................................ tomorrow?
з l'm not in ................................................ of giving students lots of homework each night.
4 Being аЫе to drive а саг is а very useful ................................................ •
5 Have we got to learn all these irregular verbs Ьу ................................................ ?
6 Some languages, like Russian for ................................................ , don't have words for 'а', 'an' and 'the'
7 1got а very good ................................................ in my geography test.
8 Мапу people hate learning phrasal verbs, but in ........................................... ..... they're not that difficult.
(1 mark per answe1
[!] Write а phrasal verb in the correct form to replace the words in bold . The first
letter of the first word is given to help you.
9 Simon r.................................................... the wrong answer and wrote the right one. (removed with
а rubber)
10 Why did you r.................................................... that piece of paper? (tear into pieces)
11 lf you make а mistake, just с .......................... it ........................... (draw а line through)
12 You should 1.................................................... words you don't know in а dictionary. (find .
information about)
13 Carol, will you r.................................................... your poem to the class, please? (say out loud)
14 Our teacher р .................................................... that we only had five minutes left. (said)
15 Have you all w.................................................... what the homework is? (made а note of)
(2 marks per answe
26 lt's the first time .......................... all the answers 30 Clare hasn't finished her homework
right in а test!
А l've got С l've been getting А already Сjust
В l'd got D l'd been getting В yet D ever
27 The exam .......................... when Jimmy finally 31 Have you .......................... been оп а school trip?
found the right room. А yet С before
А has already started С had already started В for D ever
В already started D already starts
32 Lizzie has been having dance classes
28 .......................... that crossword fQ( over an hour .......................... she was four years old.
and you still haven't finished it! А for С since
А You've done С You've Ьееп doing В from D when
В You'd done D You'd been doing
33 Had you been learning French ..........................
29 When they let us go in, we .......................... outside several years before you took your first exam?
the exam room for over half an hour. А for С since
А have stood С have been standing В from D when
В had been standing D are standing
ehealivg
You're doing а history test. Your friend, who's sitting next to you, really wants to succeed
(34) ................................................ the test. There's а question (35) ................................................ the First
World War, which you've been learning (36) ................................................ recently. You know а lot
(37) ................................................ it, but your friend isn't really сараЫе (38) ............................................... .
answering the question properly. Your friend whispers •неlр me!' to you. What should you do?
Should you help your friend (39) ................................................ the question, or just continue
(40) ................................................ your own test?
Every student has to соре (41) ................................................ this difficult situation at some point.
What's your opinion (42) ................................................ cheating? Should you help your friend cheat
(43) ................................................ the test or not?