Past simple / PRESENT PERFECT
Complete the table with the missing forms of the verbs.
Choose the correct item.
Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle
ride
1. Have you ever / never / just eaten
grew
written onion rings?
was / were
drive 2. We have just / ago / yet met Kate.
spoken 3. Mum has yet / ever / just met my
done
had science teacher.
see 4. My friends haven’t finished lunch
took
just / yet / ago.
Complete the sentences with the present
5. Sue’s little sister has yet / ago /
perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1. _______ you _______ the new Twilight film? (see) just started school.
6. The cleaner hasn’t tidied the
2. Hector _________ his injection. (have/just)
bathroom just / ever / yet.
3. I __________ the dog two hours ago. (brush)
4. My father ______ jeans. (never/wear)
5. Kate and Sarah ______________ their clothes for
the school trip yet. ( not/choose) Choose: been or gone.
6. [you/ like]_________________ Chinese food 1 Where’s Mum? She’s ______ to the
when you went to the Chinese restaurant ? dentist’s.
7. They ______________ to Japan. (never/be) 2 Dad’s _____ shopping: the fridge is
full.
8. Mum isn’t ready. She _________ her things yet.
(not/pack) 3 Tom’s _____ to live in Spain.
4 I haven’t _____ to the library for weeks.
Decide if the sentences are correct (✓) or
not () and correct the wrong ones. 5 Have you ever _____ to Italy?
1. Sorry, I’ve forgotten your phone number. 6 Joe’s ______ swimming. He’ll be back
at 5.00.
2. I’ve forgotten Joe’s birthday last Monday.
3. My English teacher has changed her job.
4. Diana has written an email to me two weeks
ago.
5. Tim’s seen a great film last night.
6. She’s been here since Sunday.
• Reading Comprehension (1) :
Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama, in the south of the USA. When he was at school, he
ran for the school athletics team and he became the USA schools champion. He then went to Ohio
State University’s athletics team. At that time, life was difficult for black people in the USA because
they were not equal to white people. Owens couldn’t live or eat in the same places as the white
university athletes.
In 1936 Owens went to The Berlin Olympics. At that time Hitler ruled Germany and he wanted
white athletes to show they were better than African Americans. But Jesse Owens won four gold
medals. When he returned to America he was a hero for millions of Americans, but President
Roosevelt didn’t want to meet him. Life was difficult for Owens after the Olympics and he had to race
against horses to earn money. But before he died in 1980, President Ford gave him the Medal of
Freedom for his achievement.
A-Choose the correct answers:
1-Jesse Owens was good at …………………. ( school work – sport – exams).
2-Owens couldn’t ………………..with white athletes. ( have dinner – run – study).
3-The 1936 Olympics were in ...................( Germany – Africa – America).
4-Jesse Owens was a hero for …………………………..
(President Roosevelt – Hitler – The American people)
5-President Ford gave Owens ……………….(a special medal – an Olympic medal – a job)
B- Answer the following questions:
1-What did Owens become when he was at school?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2-Which university did Owens go to?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3-Why couldn’t he live or eat in the same places as white university athletes?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4- What did Hitler want white athletes to do?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5-What did Owens have to do to earn money after the Olympics?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
• Reading Comprehension (2) :
Adam Dalgliesh is one of Britain’s most popular fictional detectives. He was created by the
writer PD James. James was born in Oxford and she began writing in the 1950s . James knew a lot
about criminal investigations because she worked for the criminal section of a British government
department for many years.
The hero of James’ stories is Adam Dalgliesh, an extremely intelligent police detective who is
also a poet. He is in charge of the Special Murder Squad, a group of detectives that investigate the
murders of important people. Dalgleish lives by the river Thames in the Uk’s capital city, and drives a
jaguar car . He is tall and dark and he is a very private man. He was married and he had a daughter,
but both of them died.
There are 14 novels about Adam Dalgliesh and British TV has made all of them into successful
TV programmes. TV companies around the world have shown the programmes and her novels are
also available in over 15 different languages.
Choose the correct answer:
1-PD James knew a lot about crime because ………..
a) she was a criminal b) of her work c) she was a writer
2- Adam Dalgliesh lives ……………………
a) in London b) with his wife and daughter c) in Oxford
Answer the following questions:
1-How many languages have the Dalgliesh novels been translated to?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2-When did PD James start writing?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3-Who is Adam Dalgliesh in charge of and what does it do?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4-What happened to Dalgliesh’s wife and daughter?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5-Who is Adam Dalgliesh?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
