Exercise 3.4 Match the words and their explanations: a) indigen- ous;
c) abolish;
e) ratify;
g) govern- ment.
1) formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institu- tion);
3) destroy or ruin; cause (someone) severe and over- whelming shock or grief;
5) the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office; the sys- tem by which a state or community is governed;
7) a person found guilty of a criminal offence and serv- ing a sentence of imprisonment.
Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.
1. I have never been
(never/be) to the USA.
2. He has lived
(live) in this street all his life.
3. His father didn't come
(not come back) to London last Sunday.
4. Yan wrote
(write) a letter to Nick two days ago.
5. Did he send
(send) his letter yesterday?
6. They have just bought
(just/ buy) some postcards?
7. I (have, just) have just had
a nice pot of coffee. Would you like a cup?
8. I (see, not) haven't seen
Steve this morning yet.
9. I (not go) didn't go
to Paris in 2003 and 2006.
10. I (be) have never been
to Italy.