Pre-Intermediate Level >> Grammar Worksheets >> Present Perfect practice. Gap fill and follow-up exercise.
George Richards
Pre-Intermediate
Complete the text. Use the present perfect or the past simple.
Film maker George Richards has been (be) interested in the cinema since he _____ (be) a small child. He _____ (make) his first film when he _______ (be) just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and he _________ (make) thirty films. George loves travelling. His work _______ (take) him all over the world. He ________ (be) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year, he _______ (visit) Russia for the first time. George is married to the singer Kathy Burke. They ________ (be) married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Kos. They _______ (buy) a house on the island in 1987 and they __________ (live) there since then.
Complete these questions and answers.
How long has George been interested in the cinema?
- Since he was a small child
When ______________ his first film?
- When he was 12.
How many films ____________?
- 30
____________________ to Russia?
- Yes, he has.
When _______________ there?
- He went there last year.
When ______ George and Kathy ______ married?
- Ten years ago.
How long _____________ on Kos?
- since 1987.
