TENSE FORMS (3) FCE USE OF ENGLISH

FCE USE OF ENGLISH

TENSE FORMS (3)

Have gone to/ Have been to/ Have been in 5 Fill in “has/have been to/in”, “has/have gone to”. 1 How long ____has____ she ____been in_____ York? 2 Sheila _____________________ Brussels twice this year. 3 Mum _____________________ the supermarket. She’ll be back in about an hour. 4 Sam isn’t in the office. He _____________________ a meeting. 5 Mr Smith _____________________ Paris for nearly three years. Since expresses a starting point. She’s been working here since November. For expresses the duration of an action. They’ve been in Hawaii for two weeks. 6 Fill in “since” or “for”. Animals have been a source of help and comfort to humans 1) ____since_______ history began, and we have known 2) ___________ years that animals make people gentler and more relaxed. 3) ___________ a long time the question has been exactly how animals can change people. Some researchers believe that stroking a pet helps to relieve anxiety and tension, and 4) ___________ the 1960’s therapists have believed that animals’ remarkable powers can be used to heal our bodies and minds. This belief has actually been confirmed 5) ___________ the discovery that seriously ill people live longer if they have a pet to care for. 7 Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present forms. 1 George Smith ____has been training____ (train) for this match for months. He ___________ (practise) at least four hours a day for the last two weeks and he ___________ (say) that now he ___________ (feel) confident. However, he ___________ (face) a difficult opponent tonight. Palmer ___________ (win) several games recently, and he ___________ (look) determined to win this one too. The match ___________ (be) about to start, so let’s watch and see what ___________ (happen). 2 Louisa usually ___________ (go) to work by tube, but today she ___________ (go) there in a chauffeur-driven limousine. The reason for this ___________ (be) that she ___________ (just/win) the young business person award, and as part of the prize people ___________ (treat) her like royalty. 3 Mary ___________ (dye) he hair for years. She ___________ (go) to the hairdresser once a week and ___________ (try) every colour you can imagine. She ___________ (say) she ___________ (want) to match her hair with her clothes. I ___________ (ask) her for ages why she ___________ (not/keep) her natural colour but she ___________ (say) she ___________ (forget) what it is! 4 A: Excuse me, I ___________ (try) to pay for this shirt for ten minutes. Nobody ___________ (seem) to want to serve me, I ___________ (try) complaining but nobody ___________ (listen). It’s the worst service I ___________ (ever/experience). Something ought to be done! B: I agree sir, but I ___________ (not/work) here.

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