7. How often…?

8. Why…?

Unit 2 Choose the Career!

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

Ex.1.Match the beginning of the sentences with proper endings

1. She has been baking a) three cakes so far

2. She has baked b) for two hours

1. They have been working in a fashion magazine. a) since October

2. They have worked in a fashion magazine b) all their life

1. I have been writing a Letter of Application a) since 2 o’clock

2. I have written b) a half of my letter

1. How long a) have you learnt by now?

2. How much b) have you been learning English?

Ex.2.Open the brackets using Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. How many driving lessons (you/ have)?

2. How long (you / work) with tourists?

3. Rob (be) always good at languages at school.

4. Ann looks tired. She (work) on the project all the day.

5. Since then he (specialize) in law.

6. She (dream) of becoming a lawyer since childhood.

7. Rob (do) the same job for years.

8. He (never/ be) satisfied with his job.

Ex.3. Open the brackets using the correct tense form.

Dennis Cooper is a journalist. He (to write) a lot of articles. He (to start) writing when he (to be) at University. He (to live) in many parts of the world including Russia and China. He (to spend) his childhood in India and (to come) to the USA in 2001. He (to meet) a lot of interesting people. He (to interview) sportsmen, pop- singers, film- stars and even presidents. He (to win) many awards. He (to win) his last award in 2010. Since 2012 he (to live) in Germany. Now he (to be) engaged in writing his first book. By now he (to finish) the concluding chapter. He (to plan) to finish the book by the end of the year. So next year we (to be able) to read his book.

Ex.4. Ask questions to these answers.

1.___________________________?

Dennis Cooper is a journalist.

2.___________________________?

He began writing when he was at University.

3.____________________________?

When he was a boy he lived in China.

4._____________________________?

Cooper arrived in the USA in 2001.

5.______________________________?

Yes, he has got some awards.

6.______________________________?

In 2010.

7._______________________________?

He is writing a book.

8.________________________________?

The next year.

Different Tenses.

Ex.1. Write the missing forms of the verbs.

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle	Translation
to learn
	knew
	got
			купувати
to make
		taught
		been
to write
	lost
		kept
	wore
to spend
	became
			мати
		left
to seek
	thought
			перемагати
		taken

Ex.2. Use the appropriate tense for the verbs in brackets.

1. John is in my English class. He (study) English this semester. He (also/ take) some other classes. His classes (begin) at 9:00 every day.

2. John is in class every morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Two days ago I (call) him at 11:30 but I could not reach him because he (attend) class at that time.

3. Don’t (try) to call John at 11:30 tomorrow because he (attend) class at that time.

4. Yesterday John (write) an article from 3:00 to 5:00. When I (come) at 4:00 he (write) an article. He (write) it for an hour.

5. Since the beginning of the semester John (read) three novels. Right now he (read) “A Farewell to Arms”. He (read) this novel for the past three days. He (want) to finish it the next week. In his lifetime he (read) many novels but this is the first Hemingway novel he (read).

6. John said that he (never/ read) anything more interesting before.

Ex.3. Transform the sentence in other tenses. Mind the time-makers given for each sentence.

Tom writes articles for a fashion magazine.

1. … two years ago.

2. … now.

3. … since 2005.

4. … all the day yesterday.

5. … just.

6. … before he left Kyiv.

7. … next year.

8. … at this time tomorrow.

9. … by the end of the following month.