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TIME EXPRESSIONS in PRESENT PREFECT and PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Fill in the blanks with time expressions from the list below

since / all morning / already / How long / for / ever / yet / so far / just / always

1. Have you ___________eaten Indian food?

2. The dog has been barking ___________.

3. Deivid hasn’t started training __________.

4. I’ve _________wanted to see Istanbul and its historical places.

5. His son has been ill ___________a week.

6. ___________has Alex been married?

7. It’s very early in the morning but my father has__________drunk five cups of coffee.

8. As a novelist he has written 34 novels __________.

9. Robin hasn’t seen her family __________2002.

10. I’ve __________cleaned my car, so it’s shining.

KEY) 1. ever  2. all morning  3. yet  4. always  5. for  6. How long  7. already  8. so far  9. since  10. just

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Fill in the blanks with -ed or -ing form of the adjectives

1. The coach isn’t _____________ (please) with the results of his team.

2. Although everybody says the film is ___________(bore), I want to see it.

3. They were ___________(amaze) to see so many black clouds in the sky.

4. My father found Prague ___________(fascinate)

5. Roberto Carlos is ___________(concern) about his injury.

6. I have a profitable job but is ____________(exhaust).

7. Fairy tales are __________(enchante). Do you agree?

8. All the fans were __________(surprise) by the success of their team.

9. Getting up early at the weekends is ____________: (annoy ).

10. Robin is ___________(interest) in politics. According to her politics is really __________. (interest)

Key: 1. pleased  2. boring  3. amazed  4. fascinating  5. concerned  6. exhausting  7. enchanting  8. surprised  9. annoying  10. interested / interesting

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the words given.

1. After moving to a country house, she found the real ___________. (HAPPY)

2. Keep this diamond in a safe place because it’s very ___________. (VALUE)

3. Nobody can find the __________to the first math problem. (SOLVE)

4. After a long injury, Alex now works with great ___________. (ENTHUSE)

5. Because of a serious __________Nathalie has been in hospital for a week. (ILL)

6. An __________of the factory building was finished and it was cleared safe. (INSPECT)

7. She is an ambitious woman. She has worked hard all her ____________. (LIVE)

8. The children looked unhappy and _________________. (MISERY)

9. Please send your _____________ to info@trxder.com. (APPLY)

10. The children’s _____________ was obvious at the party. (EXCITE)

KEY: 1. happiness  2. valuable  3. solution  4. enthusiasm 5. illness 6. inspection 7. life  8. miserable  9. application  10. excitement

Choose the correct answer

EXCITING MOMENTS

When Alex ___________(1) the door of his office, he realized that someone __________(2) in the office. Things were different. Earlier that morning before lunch break, he ___________(3) a strange woman standing outside the office and now he wondered whether this woman __________(4) for him to leave the office. Alex went into the kitchen of the office to check if everything was OK. Unfortunately the window was wide open. He was sure he __________(5) earlier.

Then, he went into the back garden. He knew something bizzare __________(6). He went back into the office. He had just got to the bathroom door ___________(7) he heard a noise coming from there. He was very excited and frightened. Slowly he opened the door and there………………………

to be continued….

1)  A) has opened            B) opens          C) opened

2)  A) had been                B) is                C) has been

3)  A) was seeing             B) had seen    C) has seen

4)  A) is                           B) waited        C) had been waiting

5)  A) had closed            B) was closing  C) had been closing

6)  A) was going            B) went              C) have ben going

7)  A) after                     B) when             C) while

KEY: 1. c  2. a  3. b  4. c  5. a  6. a  7. b

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

We use simple present tense

to talk about habitual activities.

She goes to bed early in the evenings because she works hard in the office.

He drinks milk everyday.

to talk about factual statements. (general truths)

Water boils at 100C.

The sun rises from the east.

Coffee grows in Brazil.

to refer to arranged future

The ÜDS examination starts at 9 o’clock tomorrow.

I have to catch the plane. It takes off at 3.

Our clients are meeting us at the airport tomorrow.

in sport commentaries

Alex passes the ball to Deivid.

Roberto Carlos scores another goal. What a goal!!!

COMMON TENSE MARKERS

every day, week, month, Monday, summer, June etc…

He goes to work by car everyday.

Murat plays tennis with his girlfriend every Saturday.

nowadays / these days

She used to drink every evening but nowadays she doesn’t.

in the morning(s) /afternoon(s) /evening(s)

I go for a walk in the evenings.

She listens to the news on the radio in the mornings.

frequency adverbs ( always, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never…)

As I have short hair, I never dry my hair after the shower.

He always organises parties for his friends.

Alex hardly ever speaks Turkish.

once a week / month / year, twice a day / week etc…

They have training twice a day.

He’s really a super commuter. He commutes to Paris from London five days a week.

1) Artificial sweeteners permit people to __________ their sugar and energy intake, yet still enjoy the delicious sweet tastes of their favourite foods and beverages.

A) get over        B) keep down             C) lose out           D) put into         E) use up

Dogru Cevap: B

get over:aşmak, üzerinden geçmek, üstesinden gelmek

keep down: baskı uygulamak, kusmayı engellemek

lose out: kaybetmek, eli boş dönmek

put into: yürürlüğe koymak, geçirmek

use up: eskitmek, tüketmek

2) Some studies have suggested that women who take more than a year to conceive, even those who __________having babies naturally have a greater than normal risk of giving birth prematurely or needing a caesarean section.

A) give in       B) make out           C) put off          D) end up         E) keep off

Doğru Cevap:D

give in: teslim olmak, pes etmek

make out: doldurmak, idda etmek

put off: ertelemek

end up: sonlandırmak

keep off: yaklaştırmak

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SYNONYMS

ask for : request

ask out: invite somebody to go out with you

blow up: explode

break down: 1. stop working ( for a piece of machinery )  2. lose control of your feelings or emotions.

break in: enter a building illegally or by force ( intransitive )

break into: enter a building illegally or by force ( transitive )

break up: 1. divide into smaller parts  2. give an to a meeting, relationship, gathering etc..

Complete the story using the phrasal verbs above

WHAT A BIRTHDAY

In 2002 I was on holiday in Greece. I was staying in great hotel in Athens. It was really a good summer time for me. As my birthday approached, I wanted to celebrate it with my friend in Athens so I

__________(1) Alex to celebrate it with me. We had dinner in an amazing restaurant near seaside. When we finished having dinner, I __________(2) the bill.

We left the restaurant and got in our car. As we were sitting in the car, we saw two masked men trying to __________(3) the jewellary shop across the street. Before we could react, there was an

explosion. The robbers had __________(4) two cars that were parked near the shop to attract the people’s attention, so that they could ___________(5) without being noticed.

Then, two robbers ran out of the shop and got into a red van. Fortunately three hundred meters down their van __________(6) and they were caught. After the exciting moments, the police __________(7) the crowd of people that had gathered and my holiday returned to normal again. :))

KEY: 1. asked out  2. asked for  3. break into  4. blown up  5. break in  6. broke down  7. broke up