Units Present perfect, present and past

1–5,
7–12 (I have done / I have been doing, I do / I am doing and I did)

35 There are seven mistakes in this email. Correct the mistakes.

From: mariannanov@wtmail.com
To: maaziz@market.solutions.co.uk
Subject: Temporary manager

Dear Mr Aziz, I have seen

I would like to apply for the job of temporary manager which I see advertised on your website.

I am twenty years old. I was born in Poland, but my family moved to England when I was
twelve and I am living here ever since. I left school since three years and since then I am
having several jobs in tourism and marketing. For the past six months I am working for
Go-Places Agency. The manager has been saying that he is willing to give me a reference.

I speak Polish and English fluently. I have also learnt Spanish since I left school, so I speak
some Spanish too.

I hope you will consider my application.

Yours sincerely,
Marianna Nowak

36 Write an email applying for this job. You may write for yourself or you may invent an applicant.

Student jobsearch Temporary jobs

Assistant shop manager – Allingham

Busy souvenir shop seeks bright, helpful person for two months in summer.
Must speak fluent English in addition to at least one other language. Experience and
qualifications not essential, but desirable. Good pay and conditions.
Email giving details + one referee to nicole.sparks@studentjobsearch.co.uk

From:
To: nicole.sparks@studentjobsearch.co.uk
Subject: Assistant shop manager

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Units Present perfect and past simple
137-
13–14
145 (I have done / I have been doing and I did)
37 Match the beginning of each sentence with the most suitable ending to make a story.
1 The Ocean Hotel opened a half an hour ago. 1 c
2 There’s been a sushi restaurant there b last night. 2
3 I went for a meal there c in 2018. 3
4 I lost my coat d since January. 4
5 I phoned the restaurant e all day. 5
6 The manager asked me to wait f when I went there. 6
7 That’s why I’ve felt cold g for a few days in case it’s found. 7
38 Choose the correct alternative.
1 My sister has been / was interested in medicine ever since she has been / she was a child.
2 How long have you studied / did you study before you have qualified / you qualified?
3 Where have you first met / did you first meet your boyfriend?
4 Is this the first time you’ve cooked / you cooked dinner for the whole family?
5 We’ve wanted / We wanted to go to out last night, but we haven’t had / we didn’t have any money.
6 What can we do? I’m sure something has happened / happened to Alex. We’ve been calling /
We called him for over an hour and he still hasn’t answered / he still hasn’t been answering.
7 We have posted / We posted the contract to you three weeks ago. If you haven’t received /
you didn’t receive it yet, please email us immediately.
8 I’m exhausted because I’ve worked / I’ve been working in a restaurant for the past three weeks.
I’ve never realised / I never realised before how hard the work is!
39 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box in the correct form: present
perfect or past simple.

be be break earn forget give

go have offer phone tell train

1 Ben has been off work all this week.

2 Gina to the cinema every weekend when she was a student.
3 Pippa very quiet recently. Is she OK?
4 Eric every day for six months before he ran the marathon.
5 How long Nick his current job?
6 Tina her parents since she left home?
7 Ow, that hurt! I think I my toe.
8 Jack me about his problems last night.
9 I Sue’s address. Do you have it?
10 Jane more money in her last job, but she enjoys this one more.
11 Mark you his phone number
before he left?
12 My brother to lend me his car tomorrow, so I needn’t get the bus.

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Units
13–14 Present perfect and past simple

40 Put the verbs into the correct form: present perfect simple or past simple. Read the whole
text before you begin.

Then and Now

Thirty years ago only a few people (1) realised clerk who (11) (know) your name
(realise) how greatly technology was about to with an impersonal website. Teachers complain
transform everyone’s daily lives. These few that students (12) (learn) to copy
decades (2) (see) enormous and paste instead of thinking for themselves.
changes in how people live, study and work. There are fears that governments and companies
Trips to the supermarket which once (13) (not / do) enough to safeguard
(3) (take) half the weekend have personal data stored online. Certainly, some of us
been replaced with online ordering. Music lovers may now be wondering whether modern technology
who once (4) (spend) hours (14) (bring) us as many problems
wandering around shops, simply download the as it (15) (solve).
tracks they want to hear. Information which
(5) (require) hours of research in
a library (6) (become) available
to anybody in a few clicks on the keyboard. The
spread of laptops and wi-fi (7)
(enable) students and business people to work
almost anywhere at anytime and mobile phones
(8) (transform) the way people
organise their lives.
However, some people question how much
our lives (9) (improve) over
these years. Online banking, for example,
(10) (replace) the friendly bank

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Units
137- Present perfect and past simple
13–14
145
41 Alex wants to go to an art college and is being interviewed by Tom Smith, one of the
lecturers. Complete the questions which Tom asks him. Read the whole conversation
before you begin.
tom: Right, Alex, let’s find out something about you. When (1) did you leave school?
alex: Five years ago, actually.
tom: And what (2) since then?
alex: Well, I’ve had several jobs.
tom: What (3) first?
alex: I worked in a cafe for about a year. I needed to save a lot of money.
tom: Why (4) the money?
alex: I wanted to travel a bit before I started studying.
tom: Where (5) to go?
alex: Well, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia …
tom: Wow! And (6) all those places?
alex: No, not yet. I’ve been to Brazil and Peru so far. And I spent some months in Turkey.
tom: Where (7) there?
alex: With some friends near Izmir. It was great.
tom: You’re very lucky. And now you want to come to college.
(8) some work to show me?
alex: Um, yes, I’ve got some paintings here.
tom: Where (9) these?
alex: Mostly in Turkey.
tom: (10) anything in South America?
alex: No, I didn’t have time to paint. And I was travelling light, so I just did some pencil
sketches. They’re behind the paintings.
tom: Well, Alex, I’m very impressed. When (11)
interested in painting and drawing?
alex: I think I always have been.
tom: I can believe that. This work is very good.
alex: Thank you very much.

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Units
13–14 Present perfect and past simple

42 Choose ten of the pictures and write true sentences about yourself. Use the present
perfect or past simple.

do / washing-up drive / car eat / noodles wear / hat ride / motorbike

play / computer
get / married play / golf pass / exam break / leg
game

text / my best
watch / TV ride / bike study / English drink / milk
friend

1 I haven’t ridden a bike since last month.

2 Yesterday I .
3 In the past six months I .
4 Since my last birthday I .
5 I recently.
6 Last year I .
7 Six months ago I .
8 I since I was a child.
9 I yesterday evening.
10 This week I .

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