VI. Fill in the gaps using since or for:

1. I haven't been to the city _______ October.

2. Mary has been a nurse _______ seven years.

3. We have been happier _______ we moved to the country.

4. I haven't seen you _______ ages!

5. It has been extremely hot _______ more than five says.

6. I haven't been to this park _______ I was a child.

VII. Link part of the sentence in Column a with the correct part in Column b bearing in mind the meaning of the sentence:

Column A	Column B
T om hasn't spoken	five times this morning.
Have you ever been	since I was 12 tears old.
Sam has called me	his homework.
H ow long have you	to Lee for there years.
I haven't seen my grandmother	eaten dinner yet.
Jason has already finished	lived in Chicago?
We are hungry because we haven't	failed an exam.
Molly is an excellent student and has never	to Singapore?

VIII. Finish the following situations using Past Perfect:

1. When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn't there. He _______ home.

2. When we got home last night, we found that somebody _______ into our apartment.

3. Karen didn't want to come to the cinema because she _______ the film.

4. The man sitting next to me was nervous because he _______ before.

5. I didn't know who she was. I _______ before the accident.

6. We weren't hungry. We _______ lunch.

7. The house was dirty. They _______ for weeks.

8. Ann was at home when I called. She _______ in London all this time.

9. When we came to her house, she _______.

10. When I came back to Kiev in 1996, I saw that it _______ a lot.

Test your grammar:

1. Willy _____ from his Uncle Alex since the latter immigrated to Canada.

a) had not hear

b) has not heard

c) have not heard

d) did not heard

2. He was at the police station because he _____ into a car in front of him.

a) has crashed

b) had crashed

c) have crashed

d) will have crashed

3. Ted is looking for a job. I hope that by the end of the month he _____ a good job.

a) has found

b) will find

c) will have found

d) had found

4. My father is repairing our car. We hope that by Sunday he _____ it.

a) had repaired

b) will have repaired

c) have repaired

d) has repaired

5. You are _____ who asks me this question.

a) five

b) fifth

c) the fifth

d) the five

6. OK! See you on _____ of September.

a) twenty-seven

b) the twenty-seven

c) twenty-seventh

d) the twenty-seventh

7. I speak English _____ now than last year.

a) fluently

b) more fluently

c) the most fluently

d) fluent

8. What are you looking for? – I _____ my umbrella somewhere, and now I don’t know where it is.

a) has left

b) have left

c) had left

d) will have left

9. I looked everywhere for my car keys and then I remembered that my son _____ the car to work.

a) has taken

b) have taken

c) had taken

d) will have taken

10. I am reading an English book now. It is so interesting that by the end of the day I _____ reading it.

a) has finished

b) have finished

c) had finished

d) will have finished