3 Complete the postcard with the past simple or present perfect form of the
verbs in brackets.
Greetings from Killarney!
We (1) ... (arrive) in Ireland last Saturday and
we (2)... (spend) three days in Dublin. Then we
(3) ... (drive) down here to Killarney three days
ago. So far we (4) ... (visit) the national park
and the Dingle Peninsula. It's beautiful, but the
weather isn't great. We (5) ... (not climb) any
mountains yet, but Mum and Dad (6) ... (just/
return) from a walk in the rain.
Hope it's sunny where you are!
Fiona xx​

1. I feel unwell, I may be ill. Can I have some rest? Of course, you could have done it a long time ago.

2. Tell him that he could have been more attentive to his old friends.

3.She may have already arrived. She can’t have already arrived. Can she have already arrived?

4. It may rain, but nobody knows if it can be good weather tomorrow.

5. I think that you can convince him if you try. I think that you might have convinced him if you had tried

6. Why is Peter not in class? He was hospitalized with an attack of appendicitis. He may have already been operated on.

7. You could have immediately said that you did not want to go to the theater, I might have not bought the tickets.

8. You could stay home at least one evening a week, your mother is very upset.

Agatha Christie is known all over the world as the Queen of Crime. She wrote 78 detective novels, 19 plays, and 6 romantic novels. Her books have been translated into 103 foreign languages. They are the third best-selling books in the world (after Shakespeare's works and the Bible). Many of her novels and short stories have been filmed. The Mousetrap, her most famous play, is now the longest-running play in history of world theatre.

Agatha Christie was born at Torquay, Devonshire. She was educated at home and took singing lessons in Paris. She began writing at the end of the First World War. Her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" was published in 1920. That was the first appearance of Hercule Poirot, who became one of the most famous private detectives since Sherlock Holmes.

Agatha Christie became generally recognized in 1926, after the publishing of her novel "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd". It is still considered her masterpiece.

When Agatha Cristie got tired of Hercule Poirot she invented Miss Mar-pie, a deceptively mild old lady with her own method of investigation.

The last Poirot book, The Curtain, appeared shortly before the writer's death, and the last Miss Marple story, The Sleeping Murder, and her autobiography were published after her death.