Language use and communication

Exercise 29.In pairs tell your partner when you did the things mentioned in exercise 9.

Exercise 30. Change partners and find out about your friend’s life experience. Begin your

questions with:

Have you ever … ?

When did you (first / last) … ?

Language use

Exercise 31.Put the verb in brackets in Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. She’s a film editor. She … (to edit) 3 films so far.

2. He was a writer. He … (to write) a few really good novels.

3. Andrew … (to be) born in 1998.

4. He … (to be) born in Scotland.

5. We … (to learn) a lot of useful expressions since the beginning of the term.

6. I … (not to have) much free time recently.

7. … (you / to see) that programme on TV the day before yesterday?

8. He … (never / to be) abroad.

9. How many films … (he / to shoot) so far?

10. When … (he / to shoot) his first movie?

11. She … (not to call) for ages.

12. They … (just / to deliver) our order.

13. I … (to come) back home at about 8 last night. I … (to watch) a bit of TV and … (to have) supper. Then Helen … (to call) and we … (to talk) for an hour.

14. Bach … (to compose) a lot of really good music.

Exercise 32. Choose the correct form.

1. I haven’t liked / didn’t like history at school, but I’m very interested in it now.

2. When you were a child, have you ever run / did you ever run away from home?

3. When have you first fallen / did you first fall in love?

4. Since when have you written / did you write those four scripts?

5. My sister has had / had a very strange dream recently.

6. Over the last four years I have travelled / travelled a lot.

7. We have travelled / travelled a lot four years ago.

8. He has spoken / spoke to the President several times.

9. When I was small, Mum has made / made me delicious cakes every Sunday.

10. I have been / went to the cinema twice this week.

11. She has been / went to the theatre 3 times last week.

12. Have you heard / Did you hear from David lately?

13. I haven’t been / wasn’t here since 2012.

Exercise 33. Write about yourself using these ideas.

1. Something you did last week.

2. Something you didn’t do last week.

3. Something you have done lately.

4. Something you haven’t done lately.

5. Something someone you know has just done.

6. Something you didn’t do last night.

7. Something you haven’t done since last year.

Exercise 34. Put the correct verb form: Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. I … this song before. (not hear)

2. They … a new supermarket in our street. (open)

3. … you … well last night? (sleep)

4. When I was a kid I … beans. (not eat)

5. … she ever … alone? (live)

6. Ouch! I … my finger. Have you got a plaster? (cut)

7. When … you … the news? (hear)

8. It … much this week. ( not rain)

9. It … much last winter. (not snow)

10. I … my work, so we can go out now. (finish)

11. Shakespeare … to university. (not go)

12. … Napoleon ever … to China? (go)

13. When … they … in Moscow? (arrive)

14. I … chemistry for three years but then I … . (study, drop out)

15. This is one of the best paintings I … . (see)

16. There … an air-crash in Egypt. (be)

Exercise 35. In pairs check the way you translate these phrases. Compare Present Perfect

and Past Simple.

1.Он ещё не сделал уроки. 2.Он вчера не сделал уроки. 3.Я это уже сделал. 4.Я это сделал 5 минут назад. 5.Я там был позавчера. 6.Я там уже был. 7.Её вчера вечером здесь не было. 8.Она ещё здесь не была. 9.Все приехали? 10.Вчера утром все приехали? 11.Мы уже слышали эту песню некоторое время назад. 12.Мы уже слышали эту песню раньше. 13.Ты когда-нибудь играл в эту игру? 14.Ты когда-нибудь в детстве играл в эту игру? 15.Я пока мало что видел в Москве. 16.Я мало что видел в Москве в прошлый раз. 17.Ты уже завтракал? 18.Ты утром завтракал? 19.Он во вторник не смотрел телевизор. 20.Он со вторника не смотрел телевизор.

1.He hasn’t done his homework yet. 2. He didn’t do his homework yesterday. 3.I’ve already done it. 4.I did it 5 minutes ago. 5.I was there the day before yesterday. 6.I’ve been there. 7.She wasn’t here last night. 8.She hasn’t been here yet. 9.Has everyone arrived? 10.Did everyone arrive yesterday morning? 11We already heard this song some time ago. 12.We’ve heard this song before. 13.Have you ever played this game? 14.Did you ever play this game in your childhood? 15.I haven’t seen much of Moscow yet. 16.I didn’t see much of Moscow last time. 17.Have you had breakfast yet? 18. Did you have breakfast in the morning? 19.He didn’t watch TV on Tuesday. 20. He hasn’t watched TV since Tuesday.

Exercise 36. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Где ты был вчера вечером?

2. Твои родители когда-нибудь ездили за границу?

3. Я недавно прочитал очень интересную статью.

4. Мы всё сделали.

5. Думаю, это лучший исторический фильм из всех, что я видел.

6. Они на днях утвердили нашу смету.

7. Когда Вы сняли свой первый фильм?

8. Сколько Вы уже сняли фильмов?

9. В котором часу они вернулись?

10. Насколько я могу судить, у него последнее время было много проблем.

11. Они только что закончили съёмки.

12. Я об этом что-то слышал, но не помню, что.

13. Я забыл, как её зовут.

14. Где Вы родились?

Exercise 37. Put the verb in brackets in Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. A: … (you / meet) Roy’s girlfriend?

B: Actually, I … (see) her a couple of times but I

… (never /talk) to her.

… (you / ever / speak) to her?

A: Yes. I … (meet) her at a party the other week.

She’s really nice and friendly.

2. A: Hello! I … (not / see) you for ages! You look

wonderful! … (you / be) away?

B: Yes, I … (go) to the South of France last week.

A: Really? … (you / have) a good time?

B: Yeah, it … (be) great! I … (do) a bit of sightseeing of course, but

mainly I just … (chill out).

A: Lucky you!

3. VGIK is the oldest Film School in the world. It … (start) on 1, September, 1919 as a film acting school. Four years later the school … (open) a photography department and since then it … (grow) into one of the biggest film schools. VGIK … (add) the name Gerasimov in 1986, a year after the famous director and actor … (die). Many outstanding filmmakers … (teach) here, including S. Eisenstein, L. Kuleshov, V. Pudovkin, M. Romm, to name just a few.

VGIK … (change) a lot over its history. To begin with, the school … (occupy) just two rooms in the center of Moscow. Since 1934 it … (be) housed in the Gorky Film Studios building and it … (move) to its present location in the 50-s. A small acting school … (become) a university. Spacious buildings … (replace) tiny rooms. Teaching methods … (improve). Future filmmakers who … (not have) any facilities can now use the newest equipment. Students who … (have) to go and film in Gorky Studios don’t have to do it anymore. Computerisation … (enable) teachers to introduce digital techniques. Editing that … (take) months to do in the past is now done in days. Students … (become) familiar with advanced software.

It isn’t surprising that people all over the world … (hear) about VGIK. Many famous people … (study) here; many VGIK graduates … (win) international awards.

Exercise 38. Write true sentences (positive or negative) with Present Perfect orPast

Simple. You can come up with your own ideas or use these.

take a driving test eat a birthday cake write an email play cards

play the guitar eat caviar ride a bike have some friends round

go clubbing buy a new gadget do yoga bite nails see an elephant

1. I … since last year.

2. The other week I …

3. A friend of mine … recently.

4. This month I …

5. I … since I left school.

6. Last night I …

7. I … over the last six months or so.

8. I … so far.

9. A couple of days ago a friend of mine …