EXERCISE 4
Put correct signal words in the gaps:
for, since, yet, never, just, How long, already,
1 Kudjo has ***** had such a tasty big bone before.
2 They have been playing hide-and-seek ***** the morning.
3 ***** have they been thinking of going to that cave?
4 Dradjo hasn’t finished brushing his teeth *****.
5 They have ***** eaten all the food in the fridge.
6 They have been running in the rain ***** several hours.
7 Kudjo has ***** brought a new toy for Dradjo.
EXERCISE 5
Kudjo is asking Dradjo some questions. Answer these questions using the Present Perfect Continuous or Present Perfect Tenses:
1 How many Doggish words have you learnt so far?
2 Why do you look so sad?
3 Why are your eyes red?
4 Why are you wet?
5 Why are you covered in flour?
6 How long have you been walking today?
7 Why is our house in a terrible mess?
EXERCISE 6
Kudjo is texting a message to Chilly. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses:
1 Sorry, I /not be/in touch for ages.
2 So many things /happen/ since I last saw you.
3 I /have/ a pet for a few months and he /live/ with me.
4 I’m sure you /not believe/ me, but my pet is a real dragon!
5 I /find/ his egg in a cave, where I /run/ to shelter from the pouring rain.
6 When he /hatch/ out, he /get/ into the fridge and /eat/ all my food there.
7 Now he /try/ to bake some weird muffins. He /do/ it since the morning and my kitchen /look/ terrible.
EXERCISE 7
Find and correct 7 mistakes in this message:
1 The muffins are smelling fantastic, but everything is covered in flour, butter and jam.
2 I’ve gave him the name Dradjo. Do you like it?
3 He is growing very fast day by day. He has already growed bigger than me!
4 Yesterday I have been walking him in the park when we met those angry stray dogs. When they saw Dradjo, they had rushed away.
5 We’ve thinking of looking for his parents recently.
6 We’re going to search for some traces in the cave, where I had found him.
7 I’ll drop you a line as soon as we come back from our trip.
EXERCISE 8
Choose the correct option:
1 They ***** for the trip for the last two hours.
a are preparing
b prepare
c have been preparing
2 It ***** hard since Monday.
a has been snowing
b is snowing
c has snowed
3 Look! Somebody black ***** to us.
a is running
b has run
c ran
4 Kudjo ***** his backpack when Dradjo ***** into the room with his empty bag.