Language Focus Unit 2
Present perfect
1 Order the words to make sentences.
made up / I / my mind / haven't
I haven't made up my mind.
1 seen / you / this / YouTube video / have / ?
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2 been / a café / has / working / Tobias / in / ?
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3 been / hasn't / well / my cat / feeling
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4 been / have / our options / considering / we
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5 has / his plans / thinking / Jack / about / been
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6 have / a good friend / you / been
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2 Choose the correct words.
What have you done / been doing all summer?
1 I’ve been cleaning / ’ve cleaned my room all
morning. It looks great.
2 I'm exhausted because I’ve studied / ’ve been
studying for exams all week.
3 Katie hasn't made / hasn't been making an
important decision in her life.
4 Hal hasn't been going / hasn't gone to the
library a lot this month.
5 Has Jude met / Has Jude been meeting my
friend, Beth?
6 I'm not hungry. I’ve eaten / ’ve been eating my
lunch already.
3 Choose the correct words.
We haven't travelled since / for 2014.
1 I've been putting it off since / for weeks.
2 Craig’s been talking about his plans since / for
two o'clock!
3 Jennifer hasn't been on Facebook since / for
last Monday.
4 Has your cousin been staying with you since /
for long?
5 He hasn't recycled his rubbish since / for years.
Present perfect and past simple
4 Complete the questions with Did, Have or Has.
Have you been to the shops today, Mum?
1 ____ Meg move to the city two years ago?
2 ____ you joined the basketball team?
3 ____ Joe had his YouTube channel for long?
4 ____ your aunt email you last week?
5 ____ your sister considered going to university?
5 Choose the correct options.
A Have you and your brother, Josh, decided to
join this gym, Suzanne?
B Yes, we have. / No, we didn't.
A Did you see our advertisement last week?
B (1) Yes, we have. / No, we didn't, but a
friend told us about it.
A Has your brother come here to play a
particular sport?
B (2) No, he hasn't. / Yes, he did. He enjoys
playing all sports.
A Did you see the pool when you came in?
B (3) No, we haven't. / Yes, we did.
A Have you tried water polo?
B (4) No, I haven't, / No, I didn't, but Josh has.
A Did Josh tell you about it?
B (5) No, he hasn't. / Yes, he did.
A Would you like to try it?
B I’m not sure. I’d like to think about it first.
6 Look at the underlined words in the online
message. Tick () the correct ones.
Hey! Thanks for your message. It’s been great to
hear from you!  Have you found a summer job
yet? (1)  Well, I have! I’ve gone into a pet shop
last week and asked for a job and I got it! (2)  I've
just finished my first day. (3)  I've yet learned so
much! (4)  I fed a South American viscacha this
morning – that's an animal that looks like a rabbit.
(5)  A lot of people have seen viscachas online,
but they didn't see a real one! (6)  Here’s a photo.
I need to go now. I still haven't started cleaning my
room! (7)  Skype me later 