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39C Complete the article. Use the past simple or present perfect of the verbs in brackets.
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What is a blog? A blog is a personal webpage and sometimes a journal. Blogging (1) (begin) in 1994 when a student, Justin Hall, (2) (start) a personal blog on the Internet. He (3) (keep) his blog for eleven years. The word "blog" (4) (appear) for the first time in 1999 and the Oxford English Dictionary (5) (include) the word in its pages in 2003. Blogging (6) (change) since the early days. Between 2000 and 2004, it (7) (become) a favourite activity for teenagers. Since 2004, more and more adults (8) (start) blogs too. And now, people write about all sorts of things, including politics and television.
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C81 |
Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. You do not need them all.
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| already | ever | for | just | never | since | yet |
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Have you heard the good news? They have won first prize.
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Kate has eaten Indian food, but she wants to try it.
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My brother has bought a new car, but he has not passed his driving test .
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We don't need to go to the market again. We have been there today.
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I can't remember his name because I haven't seen him years.
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C82 |
Write questions. Use the present perfect.
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how long / he / live / in France? ?
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Your hair is wet. where / you / be? Your hair is wet. ?
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they / arrive / yet? ?
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you / ever / write / a short story? ?
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Alison / tidy / her room? ?
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C83 |
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words. Do not use contractions.
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This is the first time I have been to another country.
I to another country before.
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We bought our tickets six months ago.
We have had our tickets six months.
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My friends visited Italy in 2001, 2004 and 2006.
My friends to Italy three times.
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Jane has not flown before.
This is Jane has flown.
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We are waiting for the taxi to arrive.
The taxi yet.
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C84 |
Choose the correct answer.
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The London Eye is one of London's most famous sights. It (24) to the public in December 1999 and (25) then, millions of people have enjoyed a ride on the wheel. The ride lasts about 30 minutes. The wheel (26) ; it moves so slowly that passengers can get on and off while it is in motion.
The London Eye isn't the first big wheel in the city's history. There (27) a smaller wheel in London in the nineteenth century. But the London Eye is now a symbol of the city and it (28) in many films and television programmes.
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39B |
Choose the correct answer.
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(29) to France?
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Yes, we (30) . We (31) there four times so far. The last time (32) two years ago.
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How many times (33) Paris?
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Only once. We (34) there in 2004.
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And (35) much outside Europe?
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Well, no, we (36) , but we (37) holidays in Australia.
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A: When (38) to Australia?
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We (39) there for the Olympic Games in 2000.
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