Разработка заданий по грамматике английского языка

Упражнение 1. Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.
I (know) _______ her for six years. I (know) _______ him when I was at school. He (live) _______ in Paris from 1997 to 2000. He (live) _______ in New York since 2001. Where's Pete? I (not see) _______ him for ages. I (not see) _______ Pete last night. We (be) _______ at primary school from 1993 to 1998. We (be) _______ in this class since September. I (not watch) _______ this video yet. I (not watch) _______ a video at the weekend.

Упражнение 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.
1. I ________ (never/ be) to the USA. I ______ (want) to go there last summer but I couldn’t. 2. He _______ (live) in this street all his life. 3. His father ________ (come back) to London last Sunday. 4. Yan __________ (write) a letter to Nick two days ago. 5. He ________ (send) his letter yesterday. 6. They ________ (just/ buy) some postcards.

Упражнение 3. Fill in last night, ever, ago, just, yet, always in the right place.

1. Nick’s uncle went to Russia 3 years. 2. Mr. Rambler has come back from Belarus. 3. Nick has wanted to visit Belarus. 4. Mr. Rambler saw Yan. 5. They haven’t visited this old castle. 6. Have you been to England?

Упражнение 4. Choose the correct option.

She has /‘s had a moped since she was 15. We took /‘ve taken a taxi to town that morning. We played /'ve played volleyball last night I'm really hungry. I didn’t eat / haven’t eaten since last night. They visited/ ‘ve visited Colorado last summer.

Упражнение 5. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.

1. Maria (get) ______ some bad news last week. She (be) ______ sad since she (get) ______ the bad news. 2. I (start) ______ school when I was five years old. I (be) ______ at school since I (be) ______ five years old. 3. I (change) ______ my job three times this year. 4. I (change) ______ my job three times last year. 5. The weather was hot and dry for many weeks. But two days ago it (rain) ______. 6. Tom (break) ______ his leg five days ago. He’s in hospital. He (be) ______ in hospital since he (break) ______ his leg. 7. Are you going to finish your work before you go to bed? — I (finish) ______ it (already). I (finish) ______ my work two hours ago.

Упражнение 6. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.

1. I (have, just) ______ a nice pot of coffee. Would you like a cup? 2. I (see, not) ______ Steve this morning yet. 3. Carol and I are old friends. I (know) ______ her since I (be) ______ a freshman in high school. 4. Maria (have) ______ a lot of problems since she (come) ______ to this country. 5. I (go) ______ to Paris in 2003 and 2006. 6. A car came round the corner and I (jump) ______ out of the way. 7. Don’t throw the paper away because I (not to read) ______ it yet. 8. Is Jim going to eat lunch with us today? — No. He (eat) ______ (already).He (eat) ______ lunch an hour ago. 9. Since we (start) ______ doing this exercise, we (complete) ______ some sentences. 10. I (be) ______ never to Italy.