Part III    Use of English A Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.  0 I haven’t seen (not see) you for ages!  1 Don’t tell me you are too busy to give me a hand with the cooking. ...

Part III     Use of English A Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.   0 I haven’t seen (not see) you for ages!  1 Don’t tell me you are too busy to give me a hand with the cooking. You ________________ (play) computer games for the last two hours.  2 We are very proud of our son. He ________________ (break) the school high jump record again.  3 I’m totally exhausted! I ________________ (clean) the house all day but I still ________________ (not finish) the bathroom.   4 I’m afraid you won’t be able to leave for home earlier today, Ms Brown. It’s 5 o’clock and you ________________ (write) only half of the proposal so far. 5 Diane Porter is a well-known applied linguist. Recently she ________________ (do) research on the effects of students’ age on second language learning.   B Underline the correct alternative in each sentence.   0 Do you ever talk to you/yourself?  1 No one can accuse them/themselves of something that they haven’t done.   2 If we try not to get angry with ourselves/each other so quickly, we will probably solve our problems more easily.  3 I think George should look at him/himself critically and go on a diet to lose some weight. 4 My daughters are going to be vain. They are only six years old and already spend most of their time looking at themselves/each other in the mirror.     C Read the dialogue below and use one word to fit each space.      At the airport: A Good evening. Could I see your passport , please?  B Here you are.    A Is this all your ______________ ?   B Yes, just this suitcase and this bag.  A That’s OK. Here is your ______________ card. Go to ______________ number two. B Thank you.   D Match the words from two columns to form compound words.   0 passport         a) jams 1 ticket            b) jacket 2 overhead       c) locker 3 information   d) control 4 traffic            e) collector 5 emergency     f) exit 6 life                g) desk   E Complete the sentences with the appropriate words. Use only one word in each gap.      0 The underground is a railway system in which electric trains travel mainly below the ground.  1 A _______________ is a boat or ship for transporting passengers and vehicles across an area of water.  2 We’ll be sitting in the second _______________ from the front of the train.   3 A _______________ is a person who is walking in a street.  4 If you don’t hurry up, we are going to _______________ our train.   5 My parents are Green Peace activists and they are involved in the campaign against air and water _______________. 6 Is this Marszalkowska Street or should I get _______________ at the next stop?