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 CONTENTS
UNIT 1 1 Simple Present 2 Present Continuous 3 Simple Present Perfect 4 Present Perfect Continuous 4

UNIT 2 1 Simple Past 2 Past Continuous 3 Simple Past Perfect 4 Past Perfect Continuous 10

UNIT 3 1 Simple Future 2 Future Continuous 3 Simple Future Perfect 4 Future Perfect Continuous 16

UNIT 4 1 Adjectives 2 Adverbs 22

UNIT 5 1 Comparison 2 Very – Too – Enough 28

Revision 1 (Units 1-5) Part 1: Grammar Revision Part 2: Exam-Style Revision 34

UNIT 6 The Infinitive 39

UNIT 7 1 The Gerund 2 Infinitive or Gerund? 45

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UNIT 8 Modals [I]: Can, Could, May, Might, Must 51

UNIT 9 Modals [II]: Will, Would, Shall, Should, Ought to, Need 57

UNIT 10 Conditionals 63

Revision 2 69

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(Units 6-10) Part 1: Grammar Revision Part 2: Exam-Style Revision
evision
UNIT 11 1 Unreal Past 2 Would rather - Had better 74

UNIT 12
UNIT 13
The Passive
The ‘causative’ have
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86

UNIT 14 1 Relative Clauses 2 Clauses of Time 92

UNIT 15 1 Clauses of Purpose 2 Clauses of Result

Re 3 Clauses of Reason 4 Clauses of Contrast 98

Revision 3 (Units 11-15) Part 1: Grammar Revision Part

Pa 2: Exam-Style Revision 104
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UNIT 16 Participles 109

UNIT 17 Direct and Reported Speech

eech 115
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UNIT 18 1 Inversion 2 Exclamatory

xclamatory Structu
Structures 121

UNIT 19 1 Plurals 2 Countable

ountable and
an Uncountable Nouns 3 Singular or Plural Verb? 127

UNIT 20 Articles 1 The indefinite ar

article: a / an 2 The definite article: the 133
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Revision 4 (Units
its 16-20) Part 1: Grammar
G Revision Part 2: Exam-Style Revision 139
1 Some
me – Any – N
No 2 No – No one – None
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UNIT 21 3 Many,
ny, M
Much, A lot of / Lots of, Plenty of, A great deal of, (A) few, (A) little 144

UNIT 22 1 Both – A
All – Whole 2 Either – Neither – None – Not one 3 The Possessive 150

UNIT 23 1 So do I – Neither / Nor do I 2 Question Tags 156

UNIT 24 1 Emphatic Structures 2 Two Objects 3 Conjunctions 162

Revision 5 (Units 21-24) Part 1: Grammar Revision Part 2: Exam-Style Revision 168

Irregular Verbs 173

Appendix 1: Prepositional Phrases 176
Appendix 2: Verbs / Adjectives / Nouns with Prepositions 179
Appendix 3: Derivatives 183
Common Errors 198
Glossary 211

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 [ 1 Simple Present
2 Present Continuous
3 Simple Present Perfect
4 Present Perfect Continuous ]
1 Simple Present He studies Does he study? He doesn’t study
ÃÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ›ٷÈ: 4 Û ٛÙÏÔ˘˜ ÂÊËÌÂÚ›‰ˆÓ ÁÈ· ÚfiÛÊ·Ù· ÁÂÁÔÓfiÙ·.
1 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ Á›ÓÂÙ·È ¿ÓÙ·, Û˘¯Ó¿, Û˘Ó‹ıˆ˜ ÎÏ. PLANE CRASHES IN INDIA
I go out with my friends every Saturday. 5 Û ÂÈʈÓËÌ·ÙÈΤ˜ ÚÔÙ¿ÛÂȘ Ô˘ ·Ú¯›˙Ô˘Ó Ì Here ‹
My dad works in a bank. There, Û˘Ó‹ıˆ˜ Ì ٷ Ú‹Ì·Ù· come Î·È go.
2 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ Â›Ó·È ÚÔÁÚ·ÌÌ·ÙÈṲ̂ÓË Ó· Á›ÓÂÈ ÛÙÔ Here comes the bride! Here she comes!
ÎÔÓÙÈÓfi ̤ÏÏÔÓ, ΢ڛˆ˜ fiÙ·Ó ÌÈÏ¿Ì ÁÈ· ‰ÚÔÌÔÏfiÁÈ·, There goes our bus! There it goes!
ÚÔÁÚ¿ÌÌ·Ù· ÎÏ. ¶ƒ√™∂•Δ∂!
Their flight arrives at nine thirty tonight. ™˘¯Ó¿ ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈԇ̠ÂÈÚÚ‹Ì·Ù· Û˘¯ÓfiÙËÙ·˜ Ì ·˘ÙfiÓ

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When do schools start this year? ÙÔÓ ¯ÚfiÓÔ, ‰ËÏ·‰‹ ϤÍÂȘ fiˆ˜: ˆ˜: always,
ways never,
er usually,
3 Û ·Ó·ÌÂÙ·‰fiÛÂȘ ·ÁÒÓˆÓ (Ô‰ÔÛÊ·›ÚÔ˘, Ì¿ÛÎÂÙ ÎÏ) seldom ÎÏ. ∞˘Ù¤˜ ÔÈ Ï¤ÍÂȘ Ș Ì·›ÓÔ˘Ó ÚÈÓ ·
·fi ÙÔ Î‡ÚÈÔ
‹ ·ÊËÁ‹ÛÂȘ. Ú‹Ì· ·ÏÏ¿ ÌÂÙ¿ ÙÔ Ú‹Ì· to be. (¢Â›Ù Un Unit 4)
Jones steals the ball and passes it to Taylor who I always go to school
hool by bus.
shoots ... and scores! She is usually att home on Sunday
Sundays.

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She quickly runs up the stairs and starts banging
on the door.

2 Present Continuous He is studying Is he studying? He isn’t

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n’t study
studying

ÃÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ›ٷÈ: ÔÚÔ‡Ì Ó· ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ‹ÛÔ˘Ì ¯ÚfiÓÔ˘˜ ‰È·ÚΛ·˜ ÌÂ

ªÔÚÔ‡ÌÂ
1 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ Á›ÓÂÙ·È ÙÒÚ·, ·˘Ù‹Ó ÙË ÛÙÈÁÌ‹ ‹ ÌÂÚÈο ·fi ·˘Ù¿ Ù· Ú‹Ì·Ù·, ·ÏÏ¿˙ÂÈ fï˜ ÙÔ ÓfiËÌ¿ ÙÔ˘˜.
ÚÔÛˆÚÈÓ¿, ·˘Ù‹Ó ÙËÓ ÂÚ›Ô‰Ô. I’m thinking about selling my old laptop.
Jane is in the kitchen. She’s making breakfast.
kfast (ÛΤÊÙÔÌ·È)
I’m working on my biology project this week. ek. Are you seeing your friends this evening?
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2 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ Â·Ó·Ï·Ì‚¿ÓÂÙ·È ÁÈ· · ¤Ó· fï˜ (Û˘Ó·ÓÙÒ)

Û˘ÁÎÂÎÚÈ̤ÓÔ ¯ÚÔÓÈÎfi ‰È¿ÛÙËÌ·, ‰ËÏ·‰‹ ËÏ·‰‹ ÚÔÛˆÚÈÓ¿
ÚÔÛˆÚÈÓ¿. I’m seeing the dentist tomorrow.
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He’s staying at the office untiltil eight every day (ÂÈÛΤÙÔÌ·È, ¤¯ˆ Ú·ÓÙ‚ԇ ÌÂ)
this month. She’s having breakfast / tea / a bath now.
3 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ ¤¯Ô˘Ì ÚÔÁÚ·ÌÌ·Ù
ÚÔÁÚ·ÌÌ·Ù›ÛÂÈ Ó· οÓÔ˘Ì (ÙÚÒˆ, ›Óˆ, οӈ)
ÛÙÔ ÎÔÓÙÈÓfi ̤ÏÏÔÓ. The cook is tasting the soup to see if it needs more
We’re leaving tomorrow
morrow morning. salt. (‰ÔÎÈÌ¿˙ˆ ÙË Á‡ÛË – Ú¿ÍË)
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Nick is going to a concert

oncert this weekend. She is smelling the perfume.
4 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· ηٿÛÙ·ÛË
·ÛË Ô˘ ÂÍÂÏ›ÛÛ
ÂÍÂÏ›ÛÛÂÙ·È ‹ ·ÏÏ¿˙ÂÈ ÛÙ·‰È·Î¿. (Ì˘Ú›˙ˆ ÁÈ· Ó· ‰È·ÈÛÙÒÛˆ – Ú¿ÍË)
His condition is improving day by day.
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5 ÌÂ Ù· always
always, continually,
tinu constantly (Û˘Ó¯Ҙ) ηÈ
‰È·ÚÎÒ˜) ÁÈ· Ó· ‰Â›ÍÔ˘Ì ÂÓfi¯ÏËÛË /
foreverr (Û˘Ó¯Ҙ, ‰È·ÚÎ
ÈÛÌfi ‹ Ó·
ÂÎÓ¢ÚÈÛÌfi · ÙÔÓ›ÛÔ˘ÌÂ
ÙÔ fiÙÈ Ë Ú¿ÍË Û˘Ì‚·›ÓÂÈ
¿Ú· Ôχ Û˘¯Ó¿.
Û˘¯Ó¿
Why are you constantly taking my things?
She’s always giving money to the poor.
¶ƒ√™∂•Δ∂!
Δ· ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ Ú‹Ì·Ù· ‰ÂÓ ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈÔ‡ÓÙ·È Û ¯ÚfiÓÔ˘˜
‰È·ÚΛ·˜ ÁÈ·Ù› ÂÚÈÁÚ¿ÊÔ˘Ó Î·Ù·ÛÙ¿ÛÂȘ Î·È fi¯È Ú¿ÍÂȘ:
cost, belong (to), imagine, believe, know, think (ÓÔÌ›˙ˆ),
understand, remember, see, hear, smell (¤¯ˆ Ì˘Úˆ‰È¿),
taste (¤¯ˆ Á‡ÛË), look (Ê·›ÓÔÌ·È), like, love, hate, prefer,
want, have (¤¯ˆ) ÎÏ.
I don’t remember his name. Debbie is smelling
[√Ãπ: I’m not remembering ...] the flowers.
This pie smells / tastes great!
[√Ãπ: ... is smelling / tasting ...]

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Unit 1

1 Fill in the simple present or the present continuous.

1 He .................................. (drive) to work this week 8 There .................................. (go) the school bus!
because the train drivers are on strike. 9 ‘ ............................... you ............................... (have) a
2 She can’t speak to you now. She ................................. party on your birthday this year?’
(have) a shower. ‘I .................................. (think) about it.’
3 Parker .................................. (shoot) but the 10 This cake .................................. (taste) fantastic! Can I
goalkeeper .................................. (block) the shot. have some more?
4 ‘EARTHQUAKE ............................... (hit) SOUTHERN ITALY’ 11 ‘Where ............................... her parents
the headline read. ............................... (live)?’ ‘In a small town in Wales.’
5 I .................................. (not believe) you. I’m sure 12 Then, a police officer ............................... (stop) him and
you .................................. (not tell) me the truth. ............................... (ask) him to get out of the car.
6 Our neighbours’ dog .................................. 13 What time ............................... the boat
(constantly / bark). It’s really annoying. ............................... (leave) tomorrow?

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7 Traffic in the city centre .................................. (get) 14 Why ............................... you ...............................
worse every day. (smell) the milk? Is there something wrong with it?

2 Fill in the simple present or the present continuous.

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Hi Jake,
How are you? Are you still on holiday? I (1) ............................... (have) a great time here on my grandparents’
farm and I really (2) ............................... (not want) to go back to the city. I must admit it’s a bit tiring, though. I
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(3) ............................... (wake) up at five every morning this week to help my grandad feed the animals and milk
the cows. It’s hard work but I (4) ............................... (love) doing it. My grandad (5) ............................... (have) a
new dog, Tara, and she (6) ............................... (always / follow) me around. She’s so cute! Grandad
(7) ............................... (think) I should take her back home with me but I’m not sure it’s a good idea. Anyway,
I’ve got to go now. Grandma (8) ............................... (bake) biscuits and they (9) ............................... (smell)
delicious! I can’t wait to try them. I (10) ............................... (come) back on the 20th so I’ll see you then.
Bye for now,
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Brian
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3 Simple Present Perfect He has studied Has he studied? He hasn’t studied

ÃÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ›ٷÈ: 4 Ì ÙȘ ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ Û˘ÓÙ¿ÍÂȘ:
■ This / It is the first / second ÎÏ / the only time (+ that)
1 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ ¤ÁÈÓ ÛÙÔ ·ÚÂÏıfiÓ Î·È ÙÔ
fiÙ ¤ÁÈÓ ‰ÂÓ ·Ó·Ê¤ÚÂÙ·È Ô‡Ù ÂÓÓÔ›ٷÈ. This is the first time we’ve travelled abroad.
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Mr Scott has left the office. (= We have never travelled abroad before.)
She has broken her leg so she can’t go out. It’s the only time that I’ve heard her complain.
■ This / It / He ÎÏ + is + ˘ÂÚıÂÙÈÎfi ‚·ıÌfi (+ that)
2 Ì ÙȘ ϤÍÂȘ just, already, yet, so far
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This is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard.

(̤¯ÚÈ ÙÒÚ·), recently (ÚfiÛÊ·Ù·), lately
(ÚfiÛÊ·Ù·), ever, never, before. ¶·Ú·ÙËÚ‹ÛÙ ·˘Ù¤˜ ÙȘ Û˘ÓÙ¿ÍÂȘ:
I’ve already seen this film.
Have you spoken to Josh lately?
■ How long { hasisititbeen } since you { have spoken
spoke } to her?
■ ¶ÚÔÛ¤ÍÙ fï˜ fiÙÈ Ì ÙË ÊÚ¿ÛË just now has been has written
■ It { } months since she { } to me.
¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈԇ̠simple past. is wrote
Fiona called just now. [√Ãπ: ... since she hasn’t written / didn’t write to me.]
3 Ì ٷ this morning, this evening, this week, ¶ƒ√™∂•Δ∂!
this month, this year, today ÎÏ fiÙ·Ó ÔÈ I haven’t seen them for weeks. (Œ¯ˆ Ó· ÙÔ˘˜ ‰ˆ ‚‰ÔÌ¿‰Â˜.)
¯ÚÔÓÈΤ˜ ·˘Ù¤˜ ÂÚ›Ô‰ÔÈ ‰ÂÓ ¤¯Ô˘Ó ÙÂÏÂÈÒÛÂÈ [√Ãπ: π have to see them ...]
·ÎfiÌ·.
I’ve had two cups of coffee this morning. have gone to – have been to – have been in
(= it is still morning) He has gone to Spain. (Œ¯ÂÈ ¿ÂÈ ÛÙËÓ πÛ·Ó›· Î·È ‚Ú›ÛÎÂÙ·È ·ÎfiÌ· ÂΛ.)
∞§§∞: I had two cups of coffee this morning.
He has been to Spain. (Œ¯ÂÈ ¿ÂÈ ÛÙËÓ πÛ·Ó›·, ‰ËÏ·‰‹ ÙËÓ ¤¯ÂÈ
ÂÈÛÎÂÊı› ÛÙÔ ·ÚÂÏıfiÓ, ‰ÂÓ ‚Ú›ÛÎÂÙ·È fï˜ ÂΛ ÙÒÚ·.)
(= it is afternoon / evening now)
He has been in Spain for two months. (∂›Ó·È ÛÙËÓ πÛ·Ó›· Â‰Ò Î·È
‰˘Ô Ì‹Ó˜.)

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4 Present Perfect Continuous He has been studying Has he been studying? He hasn’t been studying
ÃÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ›ٷÈ: 3 ÁÈ· Ó· ‰Â›ÍÔ˘Ì ÂÓfi¯ÏËÛË, ı˘Ìfi ‹ ¤ÎÏËÍË ÁÈ·
1 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ ¿Ú¯ÈÛ ÛÙÔ ·ÚÂÏıfiÓ Î·È Û˘Ó¯›˙ÂÙ·È ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ ¤Î·Ó οÔÈÔ˜ Ï›ÁÔ ÈÔ ÚÈÓ.
̤¯ÚÈ Î·È ÙÔ ·ÚfiÓ, ‰›ÓÔÓÙ·˜ ¤ÌÊ·ÛË ÛÙË ‰È¿ÚÎÂÈ¿ Ù˘. Someone has been using my mobile phone!
Harry has been playing computer games all evening. ¶ƒ√™∂•Δ∂!
™˘Ó‹ıˆ˜ ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈԇ̠for Î·È since Ì ·˘ÙfiÓ ÙÔÓ ¯ÚfiÓÔ. ªÂ Ù· Ú‹Ì·Ù· Ô˘ ‰ÂÓ ¤¯Ô˘Ó ¯ÚfiÓÔ˘˜ ‰È·ÚΛ·˜
ΔÔ for ‰Â›¯ÓÂÈ ÁÈ· fiÛÔ ¯ÚÔÓÈÎfi ‰È¿ÛÙËÌ· Á›ÓÂÙ·È Ë Ú¿ÍË (fiˆ˜ Ù· like, have, know, want, believe ÎÏ)
ÂÓÒ ÙÔ since ‰Â›¯ÓÂÈ fiÙ ¿Ú¯ÈÛÂ Ë Ú¿ÍË. ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈԇ̠simple present perfect, fi¯È present
It has been snowing for three hours / since nine o’clock. perfect continuous.
I’ve known Cathy since 2013.
2 ÁÈ· ÌÈ· Ú¿ÍË Ô˘ ¿Ú¯ÈÛ ÛÙÔ ·ÚÂÏıfiÓ, ÙÂÏ›ˆÛ ÚÈÓ ·fi
How long have you had your tablet?
Ï›ÁÔ Î·È Ù· ·ÔÙÂϤÛÌ·Ù¿ Ù˘ Â›Ó·È ÔÚ·Ù¿ ÛÙÔ ·ÚfiÓ.
I have always wanted to be a pilo
pilot.
My hands are dirty because I’ve been trying to fix my bike.
Look! Everything is white outside. It has been snowing!

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3 Fill in the simple present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
1 How’s Peter? I ......................................... (not see) 7 Jenny .........................................
........................... (li
(like) teddy bears
him for ages. ever since she hee was a little girl.

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2 Why are your eyes red? ............................ you 8 Who .........................................
...............................
..................... (use) my shampoo?
......................................... (cry)? The bottle
ottle is almost empty. emp
3 I ......................................... (not have) this phone for 9 She
he .........................................
...........................
.................... (talk) on the phone for

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very long. I bought it a few weeks ago.
This hotel is the most expensive one we
............................ ever ............................ (stay) at.
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10
hours
hours!
Howw long ...
(kno you
(know)
............................ you ............................
......
your best friend?
5 There’s no need to feed the cat. I ............................
.... 11 Chris
hris .........................................
... (look) for a job for
already ............................ (do) it. months but ......................................... (not find)
6 My laptop ......................................... (make)) funny anything yet.
noises for days. There must be something ing wrong 1
12 How long is it since they ..............................................
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with it. (move) to Devon?

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4 Fill in the simple present, the present continuous or the present perfect continuous.
1 Where have you been? We e ............................................
...............................
.................. 4 You ............................................ (listen) to that CD for
(wait) for you for half an hour. hours. Please turn it off.
2 Be quiet! The babyy ............................................
............................
................................ (sleep). 5 She isn’t very well so she ............................................
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3 Her husband ............................................

...............................
................ (work) for a (not go) to school today.
multinational nal company and o often
oft 6 It ............................................ (rain) all day! When will it
............................................
.............................
................. (t
((travel) abroad. stop?
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5 Fill in the
he simple present,
prese the present continuous, the simple present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
1 It’s been
en
n months
month since I ............................................ 7 This is only the second time she ..................................
(hear) from
m tthem. I hope they’re OK. ........... (travel) by boat.
2 Why ............................ you always ............................ 8 You must be tired. You .........................................
(blame) me for everything? (drive) for six hours.
3 My cousin ......................................... (stay) with us 9 ‘............................ you .........................................
this week. (read) my emails?’ ‘Of course not. I’d never do that.’
4 ‘How well ............................ you ............................ 10 Look! Here ......................................... (come) Adam!
(know) Steve?’ ‘Very well. We ..................................... 11 Who ............................ this phone ............................
(be) friends since we started school.’ (belong) to? It ......................................... (ring) all
5 ‘............................ you ............................ (think) it’s morning.
funny?’ ‘Actually, it’s the saddest thing I 12 Anne ......................................... (not decide) what she
............................ ever ............................ (hear).’ wants to study yet. She ............................ still
6 He ......................................... (learn) to play the ............................ (think) about it.
guitar since October.
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6 Fill in the simple present, the present continuous, the simple present perfect or the present perfect continuous
to complete each pair of responses.
‘Well, the workers ............................................ it but we’re
waiting for the new furniture to arrive.’
1 ‘Is the house ready for you to move in?’ [paint]
‘No, the workers ............................................ the bedrooms
this weekend.’

‘No, thanks. I ............................................ lunch soon.’

2 ‘Would you like a cup of coffee?’ [have]
‘I shouldn’t. I ............................................ three so far today.’

‘I know. I ............................................ really hard lately.’

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3 ‘I don’t get to see you at all these days.’ [work]
‘Well, I’m a doctor and doctors ............................................
................................
............................ long

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hours, you know.’

‘............................ you ............................ of

o saying yes?’
4 ‘They’ve offered me a job in Sweden.’ [think]
‘............................. you
ou ............................
......................
................. you could live there?’

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‘I ............................................
..............................
................... h him several times but his phone

5 ‘Have you spoken to Greg yet?’ [call]

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is switchedched off.’

‘I ............................................
.............................
...............................
switched hed o off.’
him all morning but his phone is

7 Fill in the words from the box.

since • for • so far • yet • ever • never
ever • just • alr
already • lately
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1 ‘Have you seen any good films ............................

.....................
................... ?’
‘No, I haven’t been to the cinemaa ............................ ages.’
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2 They haven’t spoken to each

h other ............................
.....................
.................... they had that silly argument.
3 There’s no need to worry.
rry.. I’ve ..........
............................
................... taken care of it.
4 How many books has
as J. K. Rowling wr
written ............................ ?
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5 He has ............................
..................
................. woken up.
u He hasn’t had breakfast ............................ .
6 ‘Have you u ............................
..................... been to Paris?’
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‘No, I’ve
ve ............................
.......................... travelled abroad.’
..................

8 Tick (✓) if the

he meaning
mea is the same or explain the difference.
1 It always rains in London. 4 She has been cleaning the house.

It’s always raining in London. She has cleaned the house.

2 I’m seeing Alex tonight. 5 What do you think?

I’ve arranged to see Alex tonight. What are you thinking?

3 He has gone to Egypt. 6 This is the first time I’ve met someone famous.

He has been to Egypt. I’ve never met someone famous before.

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9 Choose the correct answer.

1 Look! Here ........ our boat. 12 ‘Is Laura there?’ ‘No, she ........ the mall.’
a is coming c it’s coming a has been to c has gone to
b has come d comes b has been in d goes to
2 Where have you been? I ........ for you all morning. 13 She’s so curious! She ........ questions.
a have looked c look a has always asked c asks always
b have been looking d am looking b has always been asking d is always asking
3 I ........ my phone bill yet. 14 This is the first time the children ........ the zoo.
a haven’t paid c don’t pay a have been visiting c visit
b haven’t been paying d have to pay b have visited d are visiting
4 ‘Where’s Dad?’ ‘He ........ my bike in the garage.’ 15 This cake ........ awful! You’ve used salt instead of sugar.
a is fixing c has been fixing a tastes c ha
has tasted
b fixes d has fixed b is tasting d has bebeen tasting
5 ‘How much ........ ?’ ‘It’s í45.’ 16 ‘Why are your clothes wet?’
?’ ‘I ........ in the rain.’

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a is this costing c has this cost a am walking c have wal walked
wa
b does this cost d it costs b walk d have b been walking
6 Eddie ........ me an email for months. 17 I’ve only done three
hree
ree exercises ........ .
a has to send c doesn’t send a so far c still
b hasn’t sent d isn’t sending b yet d already

G
7 Patrick ........ Germany for over a year now. 18 It’s been
en weeks since you ........ your room, Sarah.
a has gone to c has been in a didn’t
idn’t tidy c have tidied
b has been to d has gone in PA b haven’t
ven’t tidied d have been tidying
8 ‘Don’t you usually drive to work?’ ‘Yes, but my wife
needs the car this week so I ........ the train.’
a take c have taken
b am taking d been taking
9 Our flight ........ at 7 a.m. so we must get up really
early.
E

a has left c leavess

b leaving d is left
eft
10 Shops here usually ........ at nine.
PL

a close c have
ve closed
b are closing d have been cclosing
11 My mum ........ this apple
ple pie. Would you
yo like
lik a piece?
a just bakes c has jjust baked
M

b has just beenen baking d ju

just baking
SA

10a Study the

he following examp
examples.

1 Dave
e rarely helps w with the housework. 6 They started playing chess three hours ago.
HELP Dave ... doesn’t help with the housework
............................ HAVE have been playing chess for
They .............................................................
very often. three hours.
2 Why do you shout at me all the time? 7 The Bergs have visited Prague many times.
are you always shouting at me?
ALWAYS Why ................................................. TO have been to Prague many
The Bergs ..............................
3 She hasn’t finished watering the flowers yet. times.
STILL is still watering the flowers.
She .................................... 8 I met Susan in 2014.
HAVE have known Susan since 2014.
I ..................................................
4 We have never won a prize before.
TIME first time we have won
This is the ..................................................... 9 He went to Canada four months ago.
a prize. BEEN has been in Canada for four
He .................................................
5 The last time Lynn called me was two weeks ago. months.
NOT has not called me for two
Lynn .................................................. 10 I haven’t spoken to her for days.
weeks. (been) days since I spoke to her.
SINCE It’s .....................................

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b Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word given.
1 My dad has travelled to China several times. 6 He bought his car in 2012.
TO My dad ......................................................... HAS He .................................................................
..................................... China several times. ............................................................. 2012.
2 He hasn’t contacted us for weeks. 7 They haven’t finished eating breakfast yet.
SINCE It’s ................................................................ STILL They ..............................................................
.......................................... he contacted us. ..................................................... breakfast.
3 It started raining hours ago. 8 She arrived in Athens six days ago.
HAS It ................................................................... BEEN She ................................................................
........................................................... hours. ........................................................ six days.
4 Samantha rarely drinks wine. 9 My brother borrows my tablet all th the time and it’s
DRINK Samantha ..................................................... really annoying.
.......................................... wine very often. ALWAYS My brother ...................................................
.......................
....................

ES
5 The last time my uncle visited us was six months ............... my tablet
blet and it’s really annoying.
a
ago. 10 Fiona has never ridden den
en a horse before.
NOT My uncle ....................................................... TIME This is the he .....................................................
...........................
......................
.................................................. six months. .........................................................
...............................
.............................. a horse.

G
1 back up = help or support – ˘ÔÛÙËÚ›˙ˆ 5 break outt = (of fire war, etc.) start suddenly – ÍÂÛÒ
of a fire,
2 blow up = destroy using explosives – ·Ó·ÙÈÓ¿˙ˆ
3 break down = (of a vehicle, machine, etc.) stop
PA
6 break up = (o
(of schools) stop for a holiday – ÛÙ·Ì·ÙÒ
ÁÈ· ‰È·ÎÔ¤˜
working – ¯·Ï¿ˆ, ·ı·›Óˆ ‚Ï¿‚Ë 7 bring about = cause – ÚÔÍÂÓÒ
4 break into = enter a place illegally – οӈ ‰È¿ÚÚËÍË
ÍË g up = raise a child – ·Ó·Ùڤʈ
8 bring

Fill in the correct phrasal verb in the appropriate

ate form.
E

1 Terrorists were planning to ........................................

................... 7 When the fire ........................................ , everyone was
the building. asleep.
PL

2 When do schools usually ........................................

.......................... for
fo 8 Burglars ........................................ her flat and stole her
the summer? jewellery.
3 What you’re doing is wrong so I won’t
............................... you ...............................
............................. .
M

4 Both his parents worked d long hours so his grandparents

...............................
... him ...............................
.................. .
5 No one knows what
at ........................................
.................. the plane
SA

crash.
6 My car has ....................
........................................ again, that’s why
I’m taking
g the bus.

[See Appendix 3 at back of book.]

Fill in the correct form of the word in capitals to complete the sentence.
1 What’s the ................................. between DIFFER 6 That was very ................................. RESPONSIBLE
a crocodile and an alligator? of you. I’m really disappointed.
2 You must work hard if you want to be 7 Have the police managed to catch
................................. . SUCCEED the ................................. yet? ROB
3 We were ................................. to see that RELIEF 8 The children gazed at the acrobats in
he was OK. ................................. . AMAZE
4 Don’t you think you owe me an 9 Sit ............................... and enjoy the show. COMFORT
................................. ? EXPLAIN 10 That was the most ................................. EMBARRASS
5 The white dove ................................. peace. SYMBOL moment of my life.
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