Exercise 18. A detective is talking to a police officer about a burglary which happened yesterday. In pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below

Example:

-Have you dusted the house for fingerprints yet?

The house/dust/for fingerprints yesterday.

-Yes, the house was dusted for fingerprints yesterday.

1. Have you found any evidence yet?

a piece of material/find/this morning

2. Have you interviewed the house owners yet?

they /interview/last night

3. Have you questioned the neighbours yet?

they/question/this morning

4. Have you arrested any suspects yet?

two men/arrest/yesterday evening

5. Have you interrogated the suspects yet?

they/interrogate/last night

6. Have you recovered the stolen goods yet?

they/ recover/ this morning

7. Have you written your report yet?

it/complete/an hour ago.

Exercise 19. Put one verb in each sentence into Past Simple, and the other verb into Past Perfect. Decide which action is prior to the other.

1. When the police (arrive), the car (go).

2. When I (get) to the shop, it (close).

3. When we (leave) the beach, the rain (start) already.

4. I (try) telephoning her several times but she (leave) the country.

5. When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it.

6. The car (go) when I (look) into the street.

7. All the garages (close) by the time we (cross) the border.

8. The post (not arrive) when I (leave) the house this morning.

9. By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close).

For more information turn to Grammar reference section.