Tuesday 15/05/12

 It is Hollywood time


Yahoo Movie Reviews: http://movies.yahoo.com/

Choose 2 movies from the Top Box Office list on the main page and do the following:
  1. Read the synopsis of the movie
  2. Watch the trailer
  3. Read a few user reviews and qualify the movie as:
    • Very Bad
    • Bad
    • Mediocre
    • Good
    • Very Good
    • Excellent
  4. What type of film is it?
    • Comedy
    • Romance
    • Sci-fi
    • Drama
    • Crime
    • Horror
  5. Country of Origin
  6. Who are the main actors/actress?
  7. Do you recommend this film? Why or why not?

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    Past Simple or Present Perfect

    Verb Tense Exercise 6

    Simple Past / Present Perfect

    Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
    Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change)  a great deal. The first computers (be)  simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have, not)  much memory and they (be, not)  very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often (pay)  thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do)  very little. Most computers (be)  separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.

    Times (change) . Computers (become)  powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers (create)  a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games (become)  faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users (get, also)  on the Internet and (begin)  communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start)  to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past (evolve)  into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.



    Q1 - He ..... there when he was a child

    Q2 - I ........ her since last year

    Q3 - They ......... a few minutes ago

    Q4 - She .......... unemployed since she left school

    Q5 - They ....... the contract last week

    Q6 - The film .......... yet

    Q7 - She ........ ill since Thursday

    Q8 - I ........ the project last night

    Q9 - Look- someone ....... their handbag in the room

    Q10 - ............ to Rome?

    Q11 - I can't get into my house because I ........ my keys

    Q12 - Nobody ....... the phone when it rang

    Q13 - I ......... up smoking last year

    Q14 - You can't see her because she ......... home

    Q15 - ............... to the United States?

    Q16 - I never ......... my grandmother as she died before I was born

    Q17 - It's the first time I ........ caviar

    Q18 - The first time we ......... was just the other day

    Q19 - It stinks in here; someone ........... smoking

    Q20 - He's in hospital because he ............. leg




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