Worksheet

4.3 Übungsaufgaben zum Kompetenzbereich ,,Grammatik- Sprachliche Korrektheit"

1. Give the correct progressive forms of the following verbs:

a) change

b) read

c) carry

d) sit

e) die

f) stop

g) fly

h) hope

2. The progressive form is usually used to explain what is happening in a photograph or an illustration. Look at the photograph and write 5 sentences about it.

a) The man in the van ________ ice creams. (verkaufen)

b) The ice-cream man out of the side window. (sehen)

c) Another man ________ behind the ice-cream van. (stehen)

d) The man behind the ice-cream van ______ a friend. (telefonieren)

e) No one _ _______ an ice cream. (kaufen)

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n always _______ to school. (laufen) a) J{are b) The old rnan ______ a !arge bag. (tragen)

ften ________ to the cinema. (gehen) ) Johno c M and Mrs Srnithson ------- to England. Normally, they d) there. (fliegen/ fahren)

_______ a newspaper every day. On Saturdays she also e) a magazine to read. (kaufen/ kaufen)

k _______ with his computer. When he is busy he never 0 J~ the telephone. (arbeiten/ antworten)

. the simple past and the present perfect form of the following verbs: l G1ve · simple past present perfect

e.g.cry

a) carry

b) ask

c) plan

d) look

e) rravel

stay g) stop

h) tape

i) try

cried has/have cried

5. There are many irregular verbs to leam. Here are some you use often, but leam all of them from your English book. Give the simple past and the present perfect forrns.

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a) be

b) have c) say

d) go

e) take

Write

g) buy

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6. The present perfect has two forms: the simple form and the progressive fonn. For example: I have lived in Germany. (a fact) . .

I have been living in Germany · · · (somethmg m progress _

an action) Put the following sentences into the present perfect simple and the present

perfect progressive.

a) I live in New York.

b) She rides a bike.

c) They work in the garden.

d) You walk to school.

e) He writes an e-mail.

7. Below are signal words for the past tense and the present perfect. Put the correct signal words with the correct tense.

how long / last week / since / in (2004) / already / ever / yesterday / not ... yet / last year /

fo r /just/ (5 yea rs) ago

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ehe present perfect. Fill in the correct verb form.

a) Yesterday, I -------- (go) to the cinema.

b) she ( write) since 3 o 'clock.

c) He ________ just------- (finish) his homework.

d) Jt was many years ago that I -------- (visit) America.

e) Howlong ________ you ________ (wait)?

________ (drive) to Italy. Then two years ago we 0 In 1999 we (fly). We _______ not _______ _

(be) there since then.

g) Last week we ________ (have) our last English lesson before ourexams.

h) not _______ (leam) very much this week _________ (work) very hard. yet. But for six hours today I

9. Which word takes since and which word takesfor? Remember: since is for dates or where a date is possible, for example

Christmas for is for the number of hours, days, months or years

2002

six days

theweekend

three hours

lastsummer

IO. Look at the list of things you started doing last year. Give lJ!<LQ sentences about each thing. Use the present perfect progressive with since andfor.

mybirthday

Easter

a longtime

manyyears

sevendays

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a) I have been leaming to fly since January.

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that is not planned or always happens going to - something that is planned

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