Question

1- READING COMPREHENSION. Read the text and answer true(T) or false (F).
Account for the false statements.
WORKING IN THE USA
My name is Robert Pitt and I’m an engineer. I’ve worked in many countries around the world. I’ve been in
Germany and in Italy for three years, and I’ve also worked in Egypt. At the moment I’m working in the US, and
I’ve been here for 9 months. The working culture in America is different from Europe. People are very friendly
and quickly called me by my first name. I suppose this is also true in companies in the UK today; but when I
started working in the 1970s, work was quiet formal, like it still is in some parts of Europe. Everybody called me
Mr Pitt in the UK and Germany, not Robert.
Another difference is the clothes people wear. I often have to go to meetings in the company office. In my type of
job in the UK or Europe, most men wear suit; but in America they usually wear informal clothes. For example, my
American boss was wearing jeans and sports yesterday. But this doesn’t mean that Americans are informal. When
you meet somebody for the first time, it’s normal to start talking about business very quickly. Being on time is
also very important here. I think Americans are dynamic and flexible, and they aren’t afraid of making mistakes.
What I don’t really like are the working hours and the holidays. Your boss expects you to do lots of extra hours a
week. And the holidays are much shorter here than in Europe- most Americans only get a few weeks’ holiday a
year.
There are many other differences in everyday life. One difference is that people are quite materialistic. Some
Americans think too much about money, but I suppose that’s the same everywhere in the world.
a) Robert Pitt started working in the US nine months ago.
b) Most of his work colleagues in the US call him Robert.
c) Robert usually wears informal clothes when he works in Europe.
d) It is important not to be late in the USA.
e) Robert prefers the holidays in the USA.

f)Robert says that people all over the world often think too much about money.
This is the best holiday I ______________________
(have)! We are spending a week in Morzine, a ski
resort in the French Alps. It’s summer of course, so
we can’t go skiing or snowboarding, but there are
a lot of exciting things to do.
We ________________________ (be) really busy since we arrived here three days ago. We
________________________ (try) windsurfing on
Lake Geneva – that was on the first day. And today, guess what? I have just been paragliding! I
______________________ (want) to do it since I was 12. It was magic!
We are staying in a nice hotel, and we __________________ (have) some great meals. I
______________________ (eat) a lot of French food. It’s delicious!
There’s a swimming pool next to the hotel, but I ___________________
(not swim) there yet. Anyway, this trip is the best thing I _______________________ (do) in my
life!
2) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE.
a)Read and complete the spaces with the Present Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
3-PRESENT PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST?
a) Write sentences in the past simple or present perfect.
1. How long ……………( your sister / live ) in Mexico? Does she miss England?
2. I ……………….( have ) this mobile phone since I ………………….( graduate) last year.
3. The athletes …………………………..( train) hard for next month’s competition. They are still training.
4. Paul ………………..( leave ) the office an hour ago.
5. Kelly and her brother …………………………(buy) a modern scooter a month ago.
b): Paul was not feeling very well so he decided to visit the doctor.
Read and complete the dialogue with the verbs in brackets in the past simple
or the present perfect simple.
Doctor: It ____________ (be) a long time since your last visit, Mr Brown.
Paul: Yes, I ____________ (not / have) any medical problems for a long time, fortunately.
I can’t remember the last time I ____________ (see) a doctor in fact.
Doctor: It ____________ (be) in 2000 according to my records. So, what’s wrong with you?
Paul: I ____________ (feel) ill for a couple of days now. Then this morning I
____________ (wake up) with a cough and I ____________ (have) a pain in my back.
Doctor: I see. Well, I better take a look at you then.
4-Rewrite the sentences using the present perfect simple and for or since so that they
mean the same as the sentences given. Use the verbs in brackets.
1. They got married ten years ago. (be married)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. I loved lizards when I was a child, and I still love them now! (love)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I ran a marathon in 2000. That was the last time. (not / run)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. I had flu five years ago. That was the last time I had it. (not / have)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. I met Nathalie at university. We are still friends. (know)
……………………………………………………………………………………………….

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