49. Put the verb in the present perfect or the past simple.
Here is the six o’clock news from ITC, on Monday the 25th April.
Our reporter in Nepal (1) ……………. (telephone) us ten minutes ago and (2) …………….(say) that Jane Tomkins and her partner, are on top of the ưorld today. They (3) ……………. (reach) the top of Mount Everest half hour ago. Our reporter spoke to another climber on the expedition.
REPORTER: Are Jane and Ann still on the top of Mount Everest?
CLIMBER: No, they (4) ……………. (start) their return journey.
REPORTER: How long (5) ……………. they ……………. (spend) up there?
CLIMBER: About 10 minutes. They (6) ……………. (take) some photographs of each other.
REPORTER: Are there in good health?
CLIMBER: Well, they’re both tired, but they’re find. But there is one problem: the weather (7) ……………. (change). There is more cloud and the wind is quite strong.
Last night, Manchester United (8) ……………. (win) the football league championship. The team (9) ……………. (win) the championship three times now – the first time (10) ……………. (be) in 1986. In their final game yesterday, Bryan Riggs (11) ……………. (score) the winning goal. Riggs (12) ……………. (be) with the team since he (13) ……………. (leave).
The President of Volponia, Madame Fernoff, (14) ……………. (arive) in Britain last night. Madame Fernoff (15) ……………. (be) President since 1985. She said she was very happy to be in Britain.
At yesterday’s meeting of European finance ministers, Jack Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister, (16) ……………. (say), ‘I am going to leave my job soon. I (17) ……………. (work) very hard and I want to spend more time with my family.’ Mr Delaney (18) ……………. (be) Irish Finance Minister for 5 years.
And the weather. We (19) …………….(have) a lot of rain over the country since the beginning of the week and unfortunately this will continue until the weekend. For your information, last week (20) ……………. (be) the wettest April week for 100 years.
49. Put the verb in the present perfect or the past simple.
Here is the six o’clock news from ITC, on Monday the 25th April.
Our reporter in Nepal (1) ………has telephoned……. (telephone) us ten minutes ago and (2) ……has said……….(say) that Jane Tomkins and her partner, are on top of the ưorld today. They (3) ………have reached……. (reach) the top of Mount Everest half hour ago. Our reporter spoke to another climber on the expedition.
REPORTER: Are Jane and Ann still on the top of Mount Everest?
CLIMBER: No, they (4) ………have started……. (start) their return journey.
REPORTER: How long (5) ………did……. they ……spend………. (spend) up there?
CLIMBER: About 10 minutes. They (6) ……took………. (take) some photographs of each other.
REPORTER: Are there in good health?
CLIMBER: Well, they’re both tired, but they find. But there is one problem: the weather (7) ………has changed……. (change). There is more cloud and the wind is quite strong.
Last night, Manchester United (8) ……won………. (win) the football league championship. The team (9) ………has won……. (win) the championship three times now – the first time (10) ………was……. (be) in 1986. In their final game yesterday, Bryan Riggs (11) …………scored…. (score) the winning goal. Riggs (12) ………has been……. (be) with the team since he (13) ………left……. (leave).
The President of Volponia, Madame Fernoff, (14) ………arrived……. (arrive) in Britain last night. Madame Fernoff (15) ………has been……. (be) President since 1985. She said she was very happy to be in Britain.
At yesterday’s meeting of European finance ministers, Jack Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister, (16) ……said………. (say), ‘I am going to leave my job soon. I (17) ………have worked……. (work) very hard and I want to spend more time with my family.’ Mr. Delaney (18) …………was…. (be) Irish Finance Minister for 5 years.
And the weather. We (19) ………had…….(have) a lot of rain over the country since the beginning of the week and unfortunately, this will continue until the weekend. For your information, last week (20) ……was………. (be) the wettest April week for 100 years.
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