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Grammar ► CB p.15, grammar files 6, 8

Q Present perfect or past simple?

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1    I    (always/be) intercsted in

the history of the cinema.

2    Last year, I..........(act) in several school plays.

3    That play......(just/open). Shall we go and see it?

4    How many times____________________(yóu/watch) the

video before you..........(give) it back?

5    l'd love to be an actor, but so far I..........

(never/have) the chance to appear on stage.

6    Hamlet is the most difficull play I...........

(ever/read).

FI Present perfect simple or continuous? Underline the correct tense from the options givcn in italics.

1    We have rehearsed/have heen rehearsing for six months and wc're still not rcady!

2    Carlos is only 16 and hc has already starred/ has already bcen slarring in len major films.

3    That film studio has just chsed/has just been closing down.

4    look at the queue outside the theatre! Those peoplc have wahed/have been wailing for hours!

5    That producer has just won/has just been winning two Oscars for his jatesl film.

6    l'm exhaustcd! We have lilmed/have been

iilming sińce six o'clock this morning and we're still not finished.    •

Fi Correct the mistakes

Two of the sentenccs below are correct. Tick ihem (/). The other scntcnces contain tense errors. Underline lite mistakes and correct them.

1    Last week I have phoned the

theatre to book tickets.    .fiJięjJ.ld...

2    We have painted all the scencty

and now we're going to have a break.

The actress is exhausted because . she filmed for the last six hours.

We have queued for ages to get tickets yesterday.

Miguel says that this is the most dangerous job he ever did in his life. Harry has written six novels so far and now he is working on the next one.

El Transformations

Complcte the sccond sentcnce so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentcnce, using the word given.

Do not change the word givcn. You must use bctwccn two and five words, including the word given.

1    The actress began working in television in 1999. bcen The actress ./mj.(if.oi.Htoćkituj. in television sińce 1999.

2    How long have you been training to be a dancer? start

When........................................to bc a danccr?

3    The play only started a couple of minutes ago so we havcn't missed much. just

The play.........................................so we haven't

missed much.

4    The bailet company are just finishing a six-month tour. for

The bailet company.........................................six months.

5    The actors started rehearsing two months ago. been

The actors.........................................two months.

6    Ifs almost a year sińce I last went to the cincma. for

I........................................the cinema for almost a year.

7    I have nevcr scen such a terrible film before. cver

This is the worjl-fiłm'.™...r......____________scen.

8    Tom has never acted in public before. first

This is the.........................................acted in public.

9    The theatre was last used a year ago. for

The theatre.........................................a year.

10    The theatre first becanie important in ancicnt times. sińce

The theatre.........................................ancient times.