COLEGIO FUNDACIÓN MANUELA BELTRÁN

GUÍA DE ACTIVIDADES
ÁREA – IDIOMA EXTRANJERO

TEACHER: FREDDYS HERRERA ARENAS STUDENT: LAURA DANIELA

RAMIREZ
GRADE: 10° GROUP: B
TOPIC: Present Simp. /Cont./Perfect and PERIOD: 1
Past Simple

1. Choose Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect

1. Jill __WATERED ___ (water) flowers once a week. Now, she _____ WATERS ___

(water) flowers. She __ALREADY WATERS____ (already/water) all flowers in

the living room.

2. They __JUST ARRIVED__ (just/arrive) from San Francisco. __HAVE YOU EVER

BEEN__ (you/ever/be) there? It ___IS_____ (be) an amazing place!

3. They __ARE ALWAYS PRODUCING__ (always/produce) so much noise! It is

impossible to relax in the evenings!

4. _DON’T YOU EAT__ (not/you/eat) meat? ____ARE YOU____ (you/be) a

vegetarian? Actually, I __DONT EAT__ (not/eat) meat every day. I

__PREFER_____ (prefer) fish and vegetables.

5. Mum _HAS ALREADY BAKED_ (already/bake) a cherry pie. We _TASTED_

(taste) it and it is so delicious!

6. Why _ARE YOU STUDYNG__ (you/smell) your steak? Has it gone off?

7. He __MET__ (seem) to be a nice person.

8. I __UNDERSTAND____ (understand) what you mean. There is one more solution,

though.

9. You look so sad. What _ARE YOU THINKING__ (you/think) about?

10. I _HAVE ALWAYS WANTED__ (always/want) to be an artist. But I can’t paint!

11. George _IS ACTING__ (act) so naturally. He _HAS ALWAYS BEEN_(always/be)

famous within actors in our country. _______________ (you/ever/see) his play?

 12. _HAVE YOU EVER BEEN_ (you/ever/be) to Australia?

13. Don’t disturb me, please. I _AM WORKING__(work) on a new project now.

14. Our annual meetings _ARE NORMALLY__ (be/normally) in spring. But this year we

__YARE HAVING____ (have) them in winter.

15. Do you know that Jill ___FOUND______ (find) a new job?

2. Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Simple

1. Jack …HAS LIVED…. (live) in Boston for the past 15 years, but now he lives in

Bristol.

2. Janet ……WORKED……. (work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for

us.

3. Dad, …HAVE YOU FINISHED…. (you/finish) reading the paper yet?

4. You look really great! …HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING…… (you, work) out at the fitness

centre recently?

5. I …HAVE HAD…(have) the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about

buying a new one.

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months

ago. When I return to Australia, I …WIL HAVE BEEN STUDING…. (study) for nine

months and I …WILL HAVE BEEN… (be) in England for exactly one year.

7. The other day I ……MEET….. (meet) our friend Chris

8. She is very ill, she …HASN´T BEEN……(not be) here for two weeks

9. Sam …ARRIVED….(arrive) in San Diego a week ago.

10. It … HAS BEEN RAINING…… (rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I

want to go to the beach.

11. He …………WENT…………… (go) to Leeds last week.

12. We ……BUILED…..(build) many new roads in Poland.

13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you …MISSED……(miss) the bus this morning. You (be)

…HAVE BEEN... late to work too many times. You are fired!
14. Peter …PLAYED… (play) Tennis for five years when he …WAS.. (be) at school.

15. I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I …HAD ALREADY EATEN… (eat/already).

3. Write down a paragraph using the topics.