Grammar Learning Trip

Complete the sentences below using simple present or  present perfect tense correctly.

1. In the last hundred years, traveling (become)________________much

easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it

(take)_______________two or three months to cross North

America by covered wagon. The trip (be)_______________very

rough and often dangerous. Things (change)_______________a

great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from

New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

2. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (enjoy)_____________ your

last trip to New York. I envy you because I (travel)_____________abroad. 

3. This tree (be)________________planted by the settlers who

(found)_________________our city over four hundred years ago.

4. This mountain (be, never)________________climbed by anyone.

Several mountaineers (try)__________________to reach the top,

but nobody (succeed, ever)_________________. The climb is

extremely difficult and many people

(die)____________________trying to reach the summit.

5. I (visit, never)______________Africa, but I

(travel)________________to South America several times. The last

time I (go)__________________to South America, I

(visit)_______________Brazil and Peru. I

(spend)_________________two weeks in the Amazon,

(hike)_______________for a week near Machu Picchu, and
(fly)_______________________over the Nazca Lines.