Exercise 7. Make sentences using the Present Perfect or the Past Simple tenses. Specify adverbials which can be used in both tenses. 1.
David (work) for the company for fifteen years and now he is an executive there. 2. Last
month our department (advertise) a workshop in network communications. 3. (you make) a claim
on the insurance when your office was burgled? 4. (it/always/be) my opinion that editors and
writers are natural enemies. 5. (when/the faculty/announce) the exam last term? 6. A week ago
(we/put) our proposal before the planning committee. 7. Fortunately, (I/be) there before. 8.
(I/always/want) to be part o f big things. 9. (I/be/here) all day, and now I’m leaving. 10. Are you
going to the planning committee? - No, (I/already/be) there. Now I want to see the manager. 11.
Can you remember when (you/encounter) this problem first?
Exercise 8. Compare the usage of the Present Simple, the Present Continuous and the Present Perfect. Make sentences using these tenses. 1. (I/be) fortunate to have excellent health. 2. It is the first time (I/hear) about tomorrow’s
test. 3. Every Wednesday, when (the University clock/strike) eleven, (Robyn/make) her way to the
lecture room. 4. - How long (we/not/see) each other? - (it/be) ten years, actually. 5. (I/always/want)
to make your acquaintance. 6. I’m afraid I have to be going now. (My editor/expect) me to come. 7.
In the past few years, (we/purchase/and/install) some new facilities, and now our laboratory is
adequately equipped. 8.
(I/move/house) today. No time for anything else. 9. (How many
times/I/tell) you I am not going to get involved in this problem? 10. How long (you/know) the man?
- (we/work) together since the time the company was established. 11. (you know) anything about
the incident?
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11. EXERCISES ON THE PAST AND FUTURE PERFECT TENSES
