(64) put the verbs in brackets into past simple or present perfect.
1. a: how long 1) have you lived (you / live) in america?
b: 12)
(come) here in 1990
2. a: 13)
(just finish) my composition.
b: really? 14)
(write) mine yesterday evening.
3. a: 15)
(not/see) you for years! when 6)
(you/leave) school?
b: last year. 17)
(start) university last september,
(65) fill in: shall, will or be going to.
alan is going to new york on business tomorrow.
alan: my plane leaves at 2 o'clock and i haven't got anything
ready yet. what 1) am i going to do? 12)
never
be ready on time.
helen: well, 13) take the children to school in 5 minutes.
then 14) come back and help you. 5)
i pack your clothes?
alan: okay, thanks. 16)
get washed and shaved.
helen: 7)
you drive into town this morning?
alan: yes, 18)
collect my ticket in about an hour.
helen: 9)
you get some milk? alan 10)
bake
a cake this afternoon.
b: I have lived (come) here in 1990.
Explanation: In this sentence, we need to use the present perfect tense because the question is asking about the duration of time spent living in America, and the action of living started in the past but is still relevant in the present.
2. a: I have just finished (just finish) my composition.
b: I have written (write) mine yesterday evening.
Explanation: In the first sentence, we use the present perfect tense because the action of finishing the composition has just happened in the recent past and is still relevant. In the second sentence, we also use the present perfect tense because the action of writing the composition happened in the past, but the exact time is not mentioned, and it is still relevant in the present.
3. a: I have not seen (not/see) you for years! When did you leave (you / leave) school?
b: I left (start) university last September.
Explanation: In the first sentence, we use the present perfect tense because the speaker is talking about not seeing the person for a period of time that started in the past and is still relevant in the present. In the second sentence, we use the simple past tense because the action of leaving school is completed in the past.
Now let's move on to the second task:
(65) fill in: shall, will or be going to.
Alan is going to New York on business tomorrow.
Alan: My plane leaves at 2 o'clock and I haven't got anything ready yet. What am I going to do? I have never been ready on time.
Helen: Well, I will take the children to school in 5 minutes. Then I will come back and help you. Shall I pack your clothes?
Alan: Okay, thanks. I will get washed and shaved.
Helen: Will you drive into town this morning?
Alan: Yes, I will collect my ticket in about an hour.
Helen: Will you get some milk? Alan will bake a cake this afternoon.
Explanation: In this dialogue, we use "be going to" when talking about future plans or intentions that have been decided and arranged beforehand. We use "will" when making future predictions or offering immediate actions. We use "shall" to make suggestions or offers. Note that "shall" is less commonly used nowadays and "will" is more commonly used.