The correct alternatives):
Is there a / any bread in the cupboard?
1Could you give me an/some information about
train times please?
2I've got two large pieces of luggage/luggages.
3How many/much furniture have you got in your
living room?
4The news is/are always so depressing.
5He's been doing a/some research into global
warming.
6There were only few/a few people there when I
arrived.
7l'd like a /some slice of toast with jam and an
orange juice, please.
8Can I give you an/some advice about revising for your exam?
Тема 2 II пара
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Use the Present Perfect Simple to talk about an
action or experience in the past when the time is not
important or not known.
I've visited several countries in South America.
Use the Present Perfect Simple to describe an action
that started in the past and continues in the present,
when you're focussing on the finishead action or on
the number of times the action has been completed
up to the time of speaking.
l've lived here since last January.
Contrast with Present Perfect Continuous. Use the
Present Perfect Continuos to describe an action
that started in the past and continues in the present,
when you're focussing on the activity itself.
He's been playing tennis for three hours.
Use the Present Perfect Simple to describe an action
that happened in the past but has the result in the present.
The post has come. There's a letter for you.
just, yet and already
Just means a short time ago. It usually comes
Between has/have and the past participle.
I've just seen Mariana.
Already shows that something happened sooner
than expected. It usually comes between has/have
and the past participle or at the end of the sentence.
I've already done the shopping.
Yet shows that the speaker expected something to
Happen before now. It is used at the end of negatives
and questions.
Have you finished that email yet?
She hasn't replied to the invitation yet.
Упражнение 2
Complete the sentences
by using the prompts in
brackets. Use the Present
Perfect Simple, Present
Perfect Continuous or Past
Simple.
1(you/go/ever) to a
jungle?
(you/decide)
2(you /decide) where
to go for your next
holiday?
3How long (you/
study) English?
4What do you want to do
today that (you/
not do/yet)?
5Where (you/go)
for your last holiday?
6How much coffee
(you/have/already) today?
7(you/have/ever)
a bad insect bite?
8Where (you/live)
for the last year