EXERCISES

15.1 '-ing' or '-ed'?

Complete the film review.

Slow Lightning, the new movie featuring up-and-coming Hollywood star Jake Vanguard, looks like an  interestinginterestedcombination of action thrills and romantic comedy, directed by Jeff Katzenberger. Of course, as an avid fan of Vanguard's, I was extremely  excitingexcited to see what he could achieve in collaboration with Katzenberger.The results, though, are very  disappointingdisappointed. As you would expect, the cinematography and effects are brilliant, but the story is poorly scripted, and most audiences will be  irritatingirritatedby Vanguard's unintelligent, formulaic acting. The action centres on the theft of a nuclear device from a US Army base, but the subplot involving the kidnapping of a bus driver and his grandmother will leave most viewers  confusingconfused. At 200 minutes, the movie is simply too long, and by the end I was  boringboredwith the whole thing. It was  depressingdepressedto see how far the legendary Katzenberger has fallen since his great movies of the 90s.

 Past or perfect, simple or progressive?

Complete the sentences.

1. Today's big news: the Prime Minister   announcedhas announced that he will resign in September.
2. My father   soldhas sold his car yesterday.
3. I'm already 40 and I   didn't seehaven't seen any of the Seven Wonders of the World.
4. She has   takenbeen taking driving lessons for the last three years and she still hasn't passed her test.
5. We   have visitedhave been visiting our parents twice since Christmas.
6. The universe   has been expandinghas expanded ever since the Big Bang.
7. How long   have you been knowinghave you known that Jeff was leaving?
8. When he   has finishedhad finished reading his book, Ben went to bed.
9. She was completely sunburnt because she   has been sittinghad been sitting in the sun all day.