The Present Perfect in journalism – an exercise
What future for hill farming in Derbyshire?
| a have raised | d have enabled | g have actually gained | j have worked | m have already abandoned |
| b have spoken | e have come away | h have only managed | k have degraded | n have been able |
| c have declined | f has been | i has made | l have visited | o have provided |
Can you select the correct verbs from the boxes? Words in italics are covered in the notes
Few of those who …………… 1 the moors high up in the Derbyshire Peak District …………… 2without a lasting memory of its beauty. Yet it is probably the case that fewer still …………… 3 any sense of how important these moors are to everyone’s working lives. For decades moors, mountains, hills and valleys …………… 4 food, drinking water, weekend retreats and summer holidays for humans, and habitats for rare birds, flowers and butterflies.
Hill farmers in the uplands …………… 5 recently of their uphill struggle in overcoming the threats currently facing them and their livelihoods. Erosion, overgrazing, artificial draining, unregulated burning of moorland and industrial pollution of the atmosphere …………… 6 vast areas. Much is at stake, but the problem is, there are many stakeholders. The fight to preserve the uplands …………… 7 them a battleground of tension and feud. Farmers’ incomes …………… 8, and many of those who …………… 9 these challenging areas …………… 10to survive thanks to subsidies which …………… 11 them to balance the books – the more livestock they …………… 12, they more they …………… have been able 13 to claim in payments.