6. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Present Perfect. Translate the sentences.

1. I never (to eat) caviar.

2. We (not to be) to Spain yet.

3. She (not to write) to me since last summer.

4. My friend and I (to see) an interesting film recently.

5. They (not to have) a holiday this year.

6. My elder sister just (to come) back.

7. My father already (to read) these magazines.

8. The pupils (not to do) Exercise 5 yet.

9. His mother never (to translate) such difficult articles.

10. I (to call) him several times this week.

7. Say that you (your friend, ...) have done the same using too or as well.

Example: I have translated the article. – My friend has translated the article too.

1. Nick has entered the university. 2. I have read about this new printer. 3. They have just listened to the lecture on programming. 5. I have studied programming for 2 years. 6. My friend has used computers in his research since 1985. 7. He has already studied several computer languages.

8. Express disagreement using I object to it or On the contrary, I can’t agree, I don’t think it’s right.

Example: They have published the results of the research. – On the contrary. They haven’t published the results of the research.

1. She has drawn a diagram to illustrate her report. 2. They have already become students of our department. 3. He has made this experiment himself. 4. You have used digitizers for many years. 5. He has made good progress in English since winter. 6. Our students have already discussed all the reports.

9. Put questions to the sentences, use question words given in brackets.

1. My sister has just translated the text from English into Russian (who). 2. They have changed the whole system (what). 3. The workers have produced more machines today (when). 4. People have used punched cards^* since the earliest days of computers (how long). 5. This student has not taken part in our research because of his illness (why). 6. The computer has already done calculations (what).

*a punched card – перфокарта

10. Decide whether the predicates are in Active or Passive and translate the sentences.

1. I have read about this new printer. – The report hasn’t been read by our lecturer yet. 2. Microcomputers have been applied since the 1970s. – We have applied computers for writing a course paper lately. 3. The new department hasn’t been opened yet. – I have just opened the window. 4. The students haven’t translated the article on computer technologies yet. – Many books on the computers’ architecture have been translated into Russian since 1990s. 5. They have already discussed the problems of artificial intelligence. – The application of computers in space research has been discussed by scientists at today’s conference.

11. Read and translate the text. Find Present Perfect and decide whether it’s Active or Passive. Think of some other unusual computer applications. Computerized Make-up1

Elisabeth is the name of a computer seen in London. Two meters high, coloured candy pink, with her name in gold lettering down the side, Elisabeth has been programmed by a cosmetic company to improve the customers’² appearance.

Elisabeth takes a photo which appears on the computer screen. Then the customer watches as the different make-up colours are tried out on the face on the screen. Customers can decide what suits³ them best without having to try all the different cosmetics on their face first.

(From BBC English)

Notes

¹make-up – макияж

²customer – покупатель

³suit – подходить