Complete the letter. Use ever and the present perfect of the verbs in brackets

This Is definitely the biggest city (0).......... I’ve ever lived...... (I/ Live) in. There are Lots of Interesting places and fantastic restaurants. The food is brilliant. it's the best food (1).............................. (I / have) any where!

It's very hot at the moment. Luckily, the flat I'm in is quite cool, it's a lovely place and it has the most amazing kitchen (2).............................. (i / see)! It's huge!

The family I work for are lovely. In fact, they're the nicest family (3).............................. (I / work) for. The children are sweet but quite shy. The little girl hardly says anything! But she's the sweetest little girl (4).............................. (I / meet)!

Cowing here was the scariest thing (5).............................. (I / do) – because It's so far from home –but it's exciting too.

Circle the correct answer.

0 They wrote / ’ve writer)some great songs together. They (recorded) / ‘ve recorded some of them on their CD last year.

1 Caroline’s been / gone to the sports centre. She’ll be back at eight.

2 I only was / ‘ve only been skiing once. I didn’t enjoy / haven’t enjoyed it much!

3 Rob’s been / gone to the DVD shop, so we’ve got two DVDs for tonight.

4 I was / ‘ve been to the Globe Theatre. I saw / ‘ve seen a play there last summer.

5 She didn’t always live / hasn’t always lived here. She moved /’s moved here in 2001.

6 I met / ‘ve met a lot of Sarah’s family and I know them quite well. Her brother was /’s been in the same class as my sister.

Past perfect

• We use the past perfect to show that one action happened before another action in the past: I phoned Carla's home, but she’ d gone out. (= First Carla went out. Then I phoned Carla’s home.)

• We use many of the same time expressions we use with the present perfect, e.g.:

– already and just: We got to the cinema late and the film had already started.

I had just had lunch, so I wasn’t hungry.

– for and since: I was sad to leave because I’ d lived there for ten years. Tim was my best friend. We' d known each other since we were five.

– ever and never: He was very excited because he ’d never been to America before.

It was the funniest thing she ’d ever seen.

We use the past simple (not the past perfect) to talk about single actions in the past: I left London a year ago. ( Not I ’d left London a-yeer ago. )