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 REVISION 2 

GRAMMAR
Perfect Simple Tenses and Present Perfect Continuous

1 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect
Simple or Present Perfect Continuous. Do not change the meaning of the original sentence.
1 They left a few minutes ago. (just)
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2 I stopped smoking when I was 20. (since)
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3 Yesterday was the first time I met Tom. (until)
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4 Our guests arrived last week and they’re still staying with us. (been)
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5 I still owe him money. (paid)
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6 I arrived late to the lesson. (started)
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7 My girlfriend was angry because I didn’t call her on her birthday. (forgotten)
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8 These past few weeks have been hard for me to concentrate in class. (haven’t)
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2 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct affirmative or negative form of the verbs in brackets.
Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
1 A: Do you like traditional Polish food?
B: I don’t know. I ............................. never ............................. (taste) it.
2 A: They’re such a nice couple. How long ............................. they ............................. (be) together?
B: They met a year ago and ......................................... (date) since then.
3 A: Was it your first time flying in a helicopter?
B: Yes, until yesterday, I ......................................... never ......................................... (fly) before.
4 A: Is dinner ready?
B: No, I ......................................... (prepare) it yet.
5 A: Why did she leave the party so suddenly?
B: Because she ......................................... (promise) her parents to return the car by midnight.

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3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple,
Past Perfect Simple or Past Simple.
The achievements of the British code-breakers at Bletchley Park during World War II 1. .............................
(receive) a lot of public attention in recent years. Films, books and television dramas have been made
based on the story. However, until the 1970s, the people who 2. ............................. (work) there kept it a
secret. Nobody knew that their success 3. ............................. (help) England and the United States win the
war against the Nazis. Bletchley Park is a country house outside London. In 1939, the British Intelligence
Service brought teams of code-breakers there to work during the war. Their most important achievement
was breaking the top-secret Nazi code system. The Nazis 4. ............................. (build) a code machine
called Enigma before the war. Experts said the code was unbreakable because the Nazis changed it at
least once a day. That created millions and millions of new settings each time. After the intelligence teams
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............................. (break) the code in 1940, they 6. ............................. (send) important information to the
British Army fighting in Europe and North Africa. Bletchley Park became a museum in 1993. Thousands of
people 7. ............................. (visit) the place since it 8. ............................. (open) to learn more about this
amazing story.

4 Complete the second sentence of each pair with a suitable verb to logically follow the first one.
Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple or Past Simple.
1 I’m not coming back to this restaurant. I ......................................... such terrible service.
2 I missed my bus this morning. The lesson ......................................... by the time I arrived.
3 Don’t you recognise me? I’m sure we ......................................... before.
4 It’s official! I finally ......................................... my driving test.
5 Why are you leaving? The party ......................................... yet.
6 She discovered she had a twin sister. They ......................................... about each other until yesterday.