Exercise 1:
1 She’s my brother’s daughter. My
niece
2 She’s my wife’s mother. My
mother-in-law
3 He’s my mother’s new
husband. My step-father, step-dad
4 He was my husband, but we got
divorced. Ex-husband, former husband
5 They are my brothers and
sisters. My siblings
6 He was my father’s father’s
father. My great-grandfather
7 She’s the daughter of my
mother and her new husband. My half-sister, my step-sister
8 He’s my sister’s son. My
nephew
Exercise
2:
1 He’s
always telling lies, he’s so dishonest / untrustworthy
2 My sister is so untidy
/ messy / disordered
There are things all over the place in her bedroom.
3 He’s very immature /
childish, it really is time for him to grow up a bit!
4 She hates people who think
differently from her – she’s very intolerant /bigoted.
5 My two brothers always fight
and disagree over
everything.
Exercise
3:
1 I was born in London but
I grew up in Cambridge.
2 Brad took years to find
out what kind of job he wanted to do.
3 My parents brought
me up in a very traditional way.
4 I’ve given up chocolate
as a new year’s resolution, but it’s very difficult to stick to it!
5 My brother was a bit wild as a
teenager, but in the end he settled down and started a
family.
6 It was very kind of you to
offer to put us up for two weeks in your house!
Exercise
4:
1 your aunt / retire / yet?
Has your
aunt retired yet?
Yes, she has already retired. No, she hasn´t retired yet.
2 you / finish / your homework /
yet?
Have you
finished your homework yet?
Yes, I´ve already finished. No, I haven´t finished yet.
3 my cousin / be married / five
years
My cousin
has been married for five years.
4 I / just / hear / the good
news!
I have just
heard the good news.
5 Gemma / already / pass / her
driving test
She has already passed her test.
6 Martin / never / meet /
sister-in-law
He has
never met his sister-in-law.
7 my parents / go on holiday /
three times this year!
My parents
have been (/gone) on holiday 3 times this year.
8 they / not read / the book yet
They haven´t read that book yet.
Exercise
5:
1 Dan has been living in
the same flat for ten years.
2 I haven´t been
studying much lately, so I’m doing badly at school.
3 How long have they been
going out?
4 My dad hasn´t been
feeling well recently.
5 Where have your cousins been
sleeping in your house?
6 My sister has been
texting her friends all evening!
Exercise 6:
1 My uncle moved to Paris in 2010.
2 To retire means to stop
working when you get old.
3 Someone was speaking all the
time during the film!
4 Do you think you’ll
easily get a job after university?
5 I’ve been sad since last
Thursday because that’s when my girlfriend left me.
6 When you have passed all your
exams at university, you graduate.
Other
examples:
They have
been professional surfers for two years.
We´ve been hosting an exchange for three weeks.
I have waited for two years.
I have been waiting for two years.
We have been (studying/ in) in Bachillerato for 4
months.
We have been (studying/ in) Bachillerato since September.
