Macmillan English Grammar

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Unit 8 tense contrasts

a I've been readingA I've read B

b

I've been phoningA I've phoned B

c

I've been walkingA I've walked B

d

I've been leamingA I've leamed B

e

I've been doingA I've done B

f

I've been washingAI've washed B

g

I've eatenAI've been eatingB

h

I've been writingAI've written B

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Bob Dylan a (become) hiJs ..Qe,cQf1.A,e, one of the most famous singerIsong-writers of all time.At the age of 65 in

2006, he b (reach) .. ..the top of the US album charts withModern Times,the oldest living singer to do

so. He c (record) ... many other hit albums since he d (make).. his first album at the

age of 21 while he e (perform).. as a folk singer in New York clubs.Although he firstf(find) ..

.. fame as a folk singer, he g (try) originally to be a rock and roll singer, but without success.

In the mid-bOs, Dylan h (start) to perform rock songs with a group, instead of the solo folk songs

whichi(make).... him famous.At the time, many of his fansj(feel) .. ..... angry because they

k (think). that he I (do) this simply for money. Many folk music fans still

m(believe) that he was wrong.ln fact, Dylan's songs n (change) .. in the time up to

this point.As far as he was concerned, he o (do) .... everything that he could with folk music already,

and he p (need).... a different musical style to express his changing feelings.

Dylan's career q (be) .. a long one, and there is no sign that he r (think) of retirement.

He s (perform) .. ... since the late 1950s andt(appear) in several films too.

Gottfried Liebnitz and Isaac Newton developed the mathematics we cali calculus at about the same time in the

17th century, although their versions awere/hadbeen slightly different. However, Newton was sure that he was

first and that Leibnitz bcopied I had copied him.

2 The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903, but only four men and a boy csaw I hadseen their piane

fly.Until Wilbur Wright flew in front of a large crowd in France in 1908, most people refused to believe that their

earlier flight d succeededI hadsucceeded.

3 Shakespeare eused I had usedfamiliar stories and events from history in a lot of his plays, so the audience

fheard I had heard the plots before. However, that didn't stop him being very successful.

4 Aristotle gwas I had been a philosopher and teacher in ancient Greece. By the time he died in 322 Be, he

hhad written I wrotesome of the most famous philosophical texts of all time, and had tutored Alexander the Great.

Unit 6 present perfect continuous

Choose the correct form, A or B, to complete the sentence.

aB War and Peace.!t's reaUy long, and I'm only halfway.

b Maria aU day, but there's never a reply.

c to the library and back, sa I feel a bit tired.

d French far three years, but I still can't say a thing!

e.... the wark I had to do, sa naw we can go out.

f....... the vegetables, sa you can start cooking them.

g aU the ice-cream, and naw I feel sick!

h three letters sa far, but I still have to write twa mare.

Unit 7 past perfect

Underline the correct form.

Complete the text with the most suitable form of the verbs in brackets.