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Exercises
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4. prt the verbs into the cotrcct

-.<ample:

:'ink your coffee

* -*z,e you drunk your coffee

tense: the
present perfect or the simple past.
'1. I (see) Bill Perkins, the plumber, last week.
2. The removal men (not take) all the furniture

,ril:

arTt-

yet?

lri l haven't.
-=-, 'go back
r.
r- c{ le participe pass6 du verbe
l- '-- send the forms
cr pass6e dont le moment n'est t- -= crder his steak
4. --:_, build their new house
d5- ,:- buy that second-hand car
fi- :-; try on the coat
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a donn6.

ngais par <(ce queD,

lagr

+icues.

ff ir sef,a

heures trente.

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2.

yet.

3. I (mend) your watch for you. Here you

Example:

soon

leave). "

moustache.

9.

Do you want to read this paper? I (finish) it.

10. We (call) the lift, but it (not come) yet.
11. Mr and Mrs Mead (go) to Scotland two years

ago.

12. He knows. He (already hear) the news.

5.

3,
tu-:-=xample:
are you going to cut the grass?
t' . -lorning)
,: already cut it. I cut it ihis morning.
' ,',-en are you going to write to Aunt Mabel

Comptete these sentences with prepositions.

1. He walked ... of the room .. . the middle ...
the meeting.
2. .Can I giveyou a lift? " "Oh, that'svery kind

--. You."

3.

rrr-!-r's

:::

she going to look at the computer?

He's missed the bus so he'll have to go ...

foot.
5. I hope io hear ... you soon.
6. What time do you usually get . .. ?
7. The car has stopped. What's wrong ... it?

:: ihe weekend)
{. ir-n are you going to book the seats?
:. Monday)

8. She won't be late. She's

rr,-en ?re we going to get a reply?

Saturday)

are you going to make your bed?

",-en
::r minutes ago)

the

4.

week)

y'r-n dre they going to mend the hole?

:sr

... front ...

He always parks his car

church.

,.:sterday)
L

8. Ben looks very different now. He (grow) a

_,cu do the washing-up, please?

,: just done it.
i" -,,, don't you ring the bell ?
:'=n t they moving soon ?
,'r-i doesn't John wash the car?
l:1 you call Pam, please?
,'r-en S he starting his new job ?

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t
{
!
fr" : jrdy coming

are

4. They (move) into their new house last July.

5. We (clean) the windows. Look!
6. He (run) down the road and then he (go) into
the bookshop.
7. "ls Pat here?" "No, I'm afraid she (iust

-. her way

here

now.

9. We always go . .. work ... bus.

10. Shall we sit -.. the back or... the front?
11. Put the vase ... the shelf, next ... the tiger's
head.

12. She got

out..- the car and went..-

the

house.

Senteruces

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'der

deux ou trois
cotd

pousser

for translatiott'

1. Stop waving! He'll think you want to buy something.

2. On the way home, he stopped to buy some flowers.
3. lkeep my records upstairs, in a cupboard in my room.
4. We haven't got enough money to go on holiday this year.
5. "How much is this vase worth?' "About forty pounds."
6. She dropped the paint and it went all over the carpet.
7. l've just seen them. They were going up the road.
8. "l'm afraid we've jusi sold it." "Oh, what a pity!"
9. Have you ordered your new cooker yet?
10. We've already sent her two postcards. Do we have to send another one?

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Lxample:

--:se

yet, already >,.

are expensive motorbikes, aren't they ?

'es, they're the most expensive motorbikes in

:"e world.

1 -1ose are high mountains, aren't they?

: a -.:maine dernidre i
(

-;3il 3,.:'ffi""T5i1il,';[iT;."rt
-rat's a tall building, isn't it?

ction est pr6cis6.

5 -e s a good tennis PlaYer, isn't he?

E -rat's a small bird, isn't it?
7 Sae s a young chess champion, isn't she ?
riilnent un talentr un savoir-faire. I : s a very bad transport system' isn't it?
2, Exampte:
.,: - taste JaPanese Potatoes
-ave vou ever tasted Japanese potatoes?
itilde but) et de "stop + doing'. - io. l,ve never tasted them.
'i. -e i cut his beard

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Example :
We're staying in a very comfortable hotel.
ln fact, it's the most comfortable hotel we've
- ever
stayed at.
1. We've met some very friendly people.
2. The food here is delicious. (eat)
3. The sea is so blue! (see)
4. And the beach is enormous. (see)
5. l've bought an incredibly cheap leather bag.
6. We're having a wonderful holiday.

6. Ma*"

Curry

,:u / break a mirror

3,

Example:
= :ube station / half a mile

far is the tube station?

- -cw
: s at least half a mile awaY.
' :^e nearest telephone box / a quarter of a mile
2 :-e shops/two kilometres
3. :-3 station /three miles
{ :-e airport / twenty kilometres

sentences with * such ,

or

< such

a/an-.. ".
Example:

taste/strong

cheese

Good heavens! l've never tasted such strong

cheese!

1.

see /

enormous skyscraPer

2. climb/ high

your hair

':u
'
la forme verbate en .<-lngr"
malsE
:-e
try my

--

and Mrs Brown are on holiday. They're

writing a postcard.

mountain

3. meet/strange people
4. visit / lovely church
5. have/good dinner
6. see / big teeth
7. drink/strong beer
8. see/green grass
9. do / diff icult exercise
10. talk to / interesting man

6.

Complete these senfences

" been

with

either

" or < gone >.

1. This is the first time he's ... to Wales.

2. I'm afraid she isn't here. She's ...

to

rehearsal.
3. Have you ever ... to GermanY?
4. There's no one here. Everyone has ...
5. l've never ... to Japan.
6. lt's the first time she's ... in a helicopter.

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. its the tallest building in the world, isn't it?

2. I feel awful. I've got terrible toothache.
3. Shakespeare died in 1616.
4. What time will we reach the top?
5. You've never been to Wales before, have you?
6. lt s the cleverest idea l've ever heard.
i. I ll have to pull out at least three of your teeth
3. Mrs Hackett has never been to such a noisy party'
3. Why don't we go back? I'm exhausted.
-'0. lm thirsty. The nearest pub is only half a mile away'
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