Tuesday, 7 May 2013

1.2 Perfect Simple - Past Simple

1.2 Perfect Simple - Past Simple

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1.     The president 1) _____________________________ (announce) the introduction of a new set of measures to deal with unemployment. The problem 2) _____________________________ (become) worse in recent months, and yesterday the president 3) _____________________________ (state) that action must be taken now. She actually 4) _____________________________(sign) the new bill during this morning’s session of Parliament.
2.     George 1) _____________________________ (arrive) late to work again this morning. He 2) _____________________________ (be) late at least five times this month. The supervisor 3) _____________________________ (speak) to him about it yesterday but he obviously 4) _____________________________ (not/pay) any attention.
3.      John Keats, who 1) _____________________________ (die) when he 2) _____________________________ (be) only 26 years old, 3) _____________________________ (write) a lot of beautiful poems. I 4) _____________________________ (read) most of his poetry, but I 5) _____________________________ (never/manage) to get to the end of Endymion. It’s too long for me!
4.     I 1) _____________________________ (see) five films this month, but I 2) _____________________________ (not/like) any of them very much. Actually, I think the films they 3) _____________________________ (make) ten years ago 4) _____________________________ (be) much better than anything I 5) _____________________________ (see) for ages. 

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