Question

7 Complete the passages with the verbs below. Use the Perfect Simple and Perfect Continuous tenses. Then listen and check your answers.

try- happen -take off -misunderstand- buy

Edward Gamson boarded a British Airways flight in London. He thought he (1).... a ticket to Granada, Spain. However, after the plane (2)....., he realised that he was flying to Grenada - in the Caribbean! Clearly, the airline agent (3) ...... Gamson on the phone. Similar mix-ups like these (4).... in the past few years, despite today's technology. Since the incident, Gamson (5)..... to get compensation, but with no luck so far.

not remove -return -get- investigate

The Australian government (6)).... a luggage mix-up that occurred last October, but they still don't know how it happened. A flight arrived in Sydney full of luggage that the workers (7)..... from the plane at its previous destination. Because security problems (8)).... wworse and worse in the past decade, mistakes like these can be dangerous. Meanwhile, the airline (9).... the luggage to its thankful owners!​

Answer 1

Se completan los siguientes pasajes (passages) con los verbos correctos en perfect simple y perfect continuous:

Edward Gamson boarded a British Airways flight in London. He thought he (1) had bought a ticket to Granada, Spain. However, after the plane (2) had taken off, he realized that he was flying to Grenada - in the Caribbean! Clearly, the airline agent (3) had misunderstood Gamson on the phone. Similar mix-ups like these (4) have happened in the past few years, despite today's technology. Since the incident, Gamson (5) has been trying to get compensation, but with no luck so far.

The Australian government (6) has got a luggage mix-up that occurred last October, but they still don't know how it happened. A flight arrived in Sydney full of luggage that the workers (7) hasn't removed from the plane at its previous destination. Because security problems (8) have been investigated worse and worse in the past decade, mistakes like these can be dangerous. Meanwhile, the airline (9) has returned the luggage to its thankful owners!

¿Cuándo se usa el present perfect?

Se utiliza cuando hablamos de acciones que empezaron en el pasado y continúan en el presente o que se han terminado recientemente. Para completar las oraciones afirmativas se debe usar el auxiliar del have (have/has) con la siguiente estructura:

Sujeto + have / has + pasado participio + complemento.

Puedes aprender más sobre el presente perfecto (present perfect) en: brainly.lat/tarea/45411372

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