Independent Work Week 2

Author
Valentina Acosta 152004201
Heidy Sierra 152004252
Director
Melba Lucia Moreno

Universidad de los llanos

School of Economics
Public Accounting
Villavicencio
May 2022
Test-English- Presente Perfect & Simple Pas
Exercise 2
Choose the most appropriate forms to complete the following present perfect
sentences.
1) Have you ever been to Rome?
2) Have you had lunch yet ?
3) I haven't found the keys that I lost yet.
4) I 've known Peter since I was 5 years old.
5) I have lost my pen. Can I use yours?
6) A: 'Where's Celine?' B: 'She 's just left.'
7) I've been here for a week.
8) We 've never eaten insects before.
9) We've known each other since we were children.
10) Has it stopped raining yet?

Exercise 4
Complete the sentences using the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1) I haven't (not have) breakfast yet. Would you like to have it with me?
2) I have never been (never/be) to the Himalayas, but I'd like to go.
3) I have known (know) the truth since the beginning.
4) They have bought (buy) a very expensive car.
5) They have just got (just/get) married.
6) What have you done (you/do)?
7) Have you ever worked abroad?
8) She has already found (already/find) a solution.
9) I think I have seen (see) this picture before.
10) Have you ever met (you/ever/meet) a celebrity?

2. Create a 2-pages paragraph describing what someone in your family has done and
what is very relevant. It must contain Simple past, Present Perfect, Adverbs of
Frequency, and connecting words ( first, second, then, next to, however, furthermore,
finally). You could use other grammar tenses seen in previous English levels.

Today I want to tell you about my mom, her name is Nury Reyes. She is 53 years old and
has been a volunteer for the Colombian Civil Defense since 2008. She joined the relief
organization because she has always liked to help others.
At the Civil Defense she was trained in first aid, acquiring basic knowledge that allows her
to stabilize a patient, relieving pain and anxiety until he is attended by medical personnel.
She also took courses related to disaster risk management, social action and environmental
management.
During the rainy seasons in Villavicencio there are usually floods that affect the welfare of
many families living near those tributaries, and from the head office they call volunteers to
be available for any event, my mom almost never refuses.
A few years ago, there was a major flood emergency, causing the neighborhoods near the
tributaries of the municipality were severely affected and my mom was working with her
colleagues for about 5 days in a row, without resting, conducting censuses and delivering
humanitarian aid to all the victims.
She was also attending to the emergency of a bus that went off the road on the Bogotá -
Villavicencio highway, in which most of the passengers died. An experience that marked
her life because she says it was very sad to see such young children in those conditions.
As I was telling you, she never refuses to help others. One day a man who was working
installing an internet network on a pole was attacked by bees, when he ran away my mom
was passing by with my brother, and when they tried to help him they were stung too. My
mom and brother were hospitalized for 2 days due to the stings. It was a good thing it didn't
happen. When the worker recovered, he told them how grateful he felt because even though
they were also at risk, they helped him selflessly.
We will also tell you about my uncle Carlos Humberto Torres, who has passed away but we
remember him with love and affection, he was 24 years old when he started working in the
SEM (Malaria Eradication Service), his position was fumigator, he worked for 40 years in
the department of San Jose del Guaviare, where he always went to fumigate farms
throughout the department, for each farm it took him about 2 or 3 days traveling on
horseback, however his work had to be done regardless of the weather.
He fumigated each farm to eradicate mosquitoes and mosquitoes, proud of his work he
always did it with love no matter the distance he was, he was away from home for 3 months
to fulfill his work, in these runs he knew all the rivers, streams, and had transportation
difficulties, sometimes because of rains when crossing the rivers he lost his belongings and
even his horse.
Over the years he was promoted to area supervisor, where he managed staff and supervised
the work done by his collaborators, in this way he was getting to know very well the whole
area of San Jose del Guaviare and little by little he was organizing a sketch of the
Department of all the points he had traveled to fumigate, he had rivers, high and low parts,
and exact places where the farms were located, when he finished he sent it to Bogotá to the
main office of cartography for review and verification by air, because there was no map of
San Jose.
After a few months this map was verified and approved by experts in this subject, and
obtained recognition for his excellent work and effort.
Today we remember my uncle Carlos as a man dedicated to his work, and the love he had
for his department regardless of the experiences in the sun, rain, day, night, or even endure
hunger, all this caused an illness in his body, leading him to death, we always remember
him with love.