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Read the text about Loch Ness and complete the sentences



Loch Ness is a lake between the Scottish towns of Inverness and Fort Augustus. The word loch is Scottish for lake. Loch Ness is about 37 km long and extremely deep, the deepest part is 226 m. Loch Ness is famous for its friendly monster, Nessie. Most people think that this is only a legend, but every year tourists from all over the world come to Loch Ness and hope that they will see the monster.

  1. Tourists from all over the world (be)___________________ to Loch Ness.
  2. Most of them (see / not) _______________________ Nessie, however.
  3. Only very few people say that the Loch Ness Monster (appear) _______________in front of them.
  4. Even scientists (come)_________________ to Loch Ness to find the monster.
  5. And the boss of the Guinness brewery (promise)____________to pay 500,000 pounds to the person who catches Nessie.

5 What are some of the things have you already accomplished at this time in your life?

Make a list of two or three things you have already done in life. Share what you are most proud of, and talk about some of your peers’ greatest achievements. You need to ask follow-up questions to find out the details.

6 Which form is correct: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?

1 We want to tell how we have spent our time: We have played football / We have been playing football.

2 The action is completed now: Charly has sent the letter. / Charly has been sending the letter.

3 I want to tell how I have spent my time: I have watched TV. / I have been watching TV.

4 I want to emphasise that the door is open now: Elizabeth has opened the door. /Elizabeth has been opening the door.

5 I want to emphasise that the house is ready now: My friends have built a house./ My friends have been building a house.

7 Put the verbs into the correct tense: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

1 I (play)____________________ football for five years.

2 My team (win / only) ________________ wo matches so far.

3 The others (be / always) __________________ better.

4 Are we not there yet? We (walk) ___________________ for hours.

5 But we (cover / only) ______________________ an area of five miles so far.

6 I (finish/just) _________________________ my homework.

7 I (work) ____________________________ on this essay since two o'clock.

8 Jane (go out) _______________________ with Bob for seven years.

9 Martin (date) ________________ three girls this week.

10 How long (wait / you) _______________ for us?

8 Complete the conversation with the appropriate tenses: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

Robin: I think the waiter (forget) ___________ us. We (wait) _____________ here for over half an hour and nobody (take) _____________ our order yet.

Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) ________________by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) ______.

Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) _________________here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.

Michele: He must realize we (order, not) _______________ yet! We (sit)___________ here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) ________________ us. He (run) from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not)__________________ in our direction once.





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