Grammar: Healthy bodies, healthy minds?

Past simple and present perfect

1Complete the world records using the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in the box. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

MOVE
• win
• teach
• play
• never beat
• run
• become

• 1Marina Anderson (UK)  650 kilometres on a gym treadmill in one week in October 2010.

• 2In 2005, Victor De Leon III (US)  the youngest professional video gamer at the age of seven.

• 3Nearly two-thirds of all international rugby teams  New Zealand.

• 4In April 2010, Julian Hitch (UK)  an aerobics exercise class that lasted twenty-nine hours and five minutes.

• 5No one  more Olympic gold medals than Michael Phelps (US).

• 6Brazil  in every FIFA World Cup since the tournament began.

Past simple and present perfect

2Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets and choose the correct words. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1Mr Jeffries  (be) our science teacher  (for / since) seven months.

• 2I  (already / yet)  (read) To Kill a Mockingbird.

• 3I  (not tell) Vicki about the party  (already / yet).

• 4 (you / work) very hard  (this week / last week)?

• 5Kevin  (yet / just)  (leave) the house – he'll be back in about ten minutes.

• 6I  (watch) every Chelsea match  (for / since) 2008.

• 7We've  (ever / never )  (swim) in the sea here – it's too cold.

Past simple and present perfect

3Rewrite the six sentences that are incorrect and choose the correct ones. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1Did you watch that video yet?

  CorrectWrong 

• 2I haven't bought any jeans on Saturday. I couldn't find any in my size.

  CorrectWrong 

• 3We've lived in New York for two years before my dad got a job here.

  CorrectWrong 

• 4Did you ever go to Barcelona? It's my favourite city.

  CorrectWrong 

• 5My twin brother and I have never worn the same clothes.

  CorrectWrong 

• 6Gina's ridden her horse every day last week.

  CorrectWrong 

• 7'How long have you had that bike?'

  'Since I was thirteen.'

  CorrectWrong 

• 8Did you ever see a live football match?

  CorrectWrong 

Past simple and present perfect

4Complete the text about Zumba. Use the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

¹

 

(try) Zumba yet? 

²

 

(ever / hear) of it? It's a form of dance-exercise which first 

³

 

(become) popular in Colombia in the 1990s. Since then, it 

⁴

 

(continue) to grow and is now the world's largest dance-fitness programme.

In 1986, an aerobics teacher called Alberto 'Beto' Perez 

⁵

 

(not have) his aerobics music when he got to his class. He 

⁶

 

(not can) find any music in his car apart from salsa and merengue music, so he used that to teach the class. The class 

⁷

 

(love) it, and the result was the Zumba dance-exercise programme, which 

⁸

 

(now / become) a worldwide success.

With two friends, Beto 

⁹

 

(start) a business called Zumba Fitness. After training teachers and producing Zumba DVDs, they 

¹⁰

 

(release) a fitness video game in 2010. It 

¹¹

 

(sell) more than seven million copies so far. Part of Zumba's popularity is a result of the number of celebrities who 

¹²

 

(try) it – Jackie Chan, Natalie Portman and Emma Watson 

¹³

 

(all / do) Zumba classes at some point. But the real secret is that it makes hard exercise fun. 'I 

¹⁴

 

(have) my first Zumba class a couple of years ago,' says one class member, 'and anyone who 

¹⁵

 

(ever / try) it will tell you that they don't want to stop. I sometimes ask myself after a class,

 

'¹⁶

 

(I / just / do) some exercise or have I been to a party?'

5 CHALLENGE! Write a short email to a friend telling them what you've done recently to stay healthy and fit. Explain why you think it's better than what your friends are doing. Remember to use the past simple and present perfect corectly.

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