Read the Recycle! box. Complete the extracts from the dialogues with the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple. Listen again and check your answers.

Dialogue 1

a My ankle really hurts. I think I__________ (twist) it.

b Yes, it's a bit swollen. You__________(sprain) it.

Dialogue 2

c I __________ (have) an accident. I__________ (bang) my head.

d I__________ (trip) over the cat and__________ (hit) my head on the corner of a table.

Dialogue 3

e I__________ (hurt) my thumb. I __________ (trap) it in the car door.

f You __________ certainly __________ (bruise) it.

g It's really painful. Do you think I __________ (break) it?

make passive sentences starting with THERE IS...... or THERE ARE using the reporting verb in brackets in the tense given, plus a standard or perfect infinitive of BE  as instructed, plus the phrase given

1. many species still undiscovered( think- present simple)- standard

2. considerable support for the idea ( understand- present simple)- standard 

3. any need to act immediately( not feel- past simple) - standard

4. enough supplies to go  round ( presume- past simple )- standard

5.a shortage of medicines ( report- past simple) perfect

6. several reasons for the failure( say- present simple)- perfect

PEAKING Work in pairs. Take turns to be A and B.

A. Tell your partner that he or she looks

B. Explain why you look that way. Use the present perfect simple and continuous.

A: You look exhausted.

B: I've been getting up very early for the past few days.

Fill in the gaps with a verb from the box in the past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous tense. Use each verb once.

be    buy     phone     decide      develop     discuss      feel     like     make      run start      stay        take         visit        wait

1 the lecture _______ by the time they got there.

2 in the supermarket he _________ home to make her birthday cake.

3 holly did very well in her exam, which was a shock because she ___________ (never) an exam before.

4 they went on a big tour of Britain. first they _______ in London for a few days. then they ______ cambridge, york, and edinburgh, and then bath. they ______ to Bath before, but they _____ it so much that they ______ to go back again

5 scientists announced the launch of the new drug last week. they_______ it for five years.

With a partner, write sentences about yourself in the past simple and the present perfect. Use the words from the box below. (Cùng với một người bạn, viết những câu về chính bạn ở thì quá khứ đơn và hiện tại hoàn thành. Sử dụng các từ trong bảng dưới đây.)

last December
three times
five years ago
last spring
when I was a child
never
already
ever
before
so far
one hour ago
yesterday
once
yet
in 2011