Grammar and vocabulary unit 2

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Present perfect + ever and never; just, still, already and yet 1 Order the words to make sentences.

girlfriend / just / has / split up / Jack / with / his

Jack has just split up with his girlfriend. 1 you / stayed up / ever / all night / have / ?

___________________________________________

2 Lily / been / never / to / London / has

___________________________________________

3 have / met / we / each other / already

___________________________________________

4 still / the boys / haven’t / a match / won

___________________________________________

5 their parents / yet / have / they / told / ?

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Present perfect + for and since 2 Complete the phrases with for or since.

since we were children

1 _______________ yesterday afternoon

2 _______________ two years

3 _______________ she was ten

4 _______________ a few minutes

Present perfect and past simple 3 Complete the dialogue with the present perfect

or past simple form of the verbs.

Ella Have you been (go) to the cinema recently?

Toby No, I (1) _______________ (not see) any

films for ages.

Ella I (2) _______________ (go) to the cinema last

week, but I (3) _______________ (not enjoy)

the film very much.

Toby Who (4) _________ you _________ (go) with?

Ella David … why do you ask?

Toby Oh, no reason. How long (5) _____________

you _____________ (know) David?

Ella Since we (6) _______________ (be) babies.

He isn’t my boyfriend!

Toby Oh good!

Present perfect simple and continuous 4 Choose the correct forms.

How long have you waited / been waiting for

the bus?

1 The film hasn’t finished / been finishing yet.

2 We’ve chatted / been chatting for hours!

3 I’ve sent / been sending Sara two texts but she

hasn’t replied yet.

4 Matt has revised / been revising all morning

and he hasn’t had a break yet.

5 It’s rained / been raining all day. When will

it stop?

Verbs: relationships 5 Complete the sentences with the correct

phrases.

Neil has just had an argument with his girlfriend.

(had an argument / got a lot in common)

1 The first time I ______________________ Leah,

we didn’t get on well. (fancied / met)

2 When Pablo ______________________ with Kate,

she cried for two weeks. (finished / flirted)

3 I’ve just ______________________ my best friend

to your cousin. (introduced / met)

4 When Joe ______________________ I was really

happy. (asked me out / had an argument with me)

5 Sue and Tim are a great couple because they’ve

______________________.

(got a lot in common / introduced)

Extreme adjectives 6 Circle two adjectives in each group to make a

pair.

awful interesting hilarious bad

1 gorgeous furious angry memorable

2 exhausting unpleasant terrifying tiring

3 terrifying frightening hilarious unpleasant

4 gorgeous disgusting terrifying unpleasant

5 funny interesting fascinating memorable