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Present Perfect

The document provides examples and exercises to practice forming sentences in the present perfect tense in English. It covers writing positive and negative sentences, forming questions, using auxiliary verbs, and using time expressions like "for" and "since" correctly with the tense. The exercises include filling in blanks with the appropriate verb form, choosing between "for" and "since", and using time expressions like "yet" and "already". The goal is to help learners understand and accurately use the present perfect tense in their writing.

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Present Perfect

The document provides examples and exercises to practice forming sentences in the present perfect tense in English. It covers writing positive and negative sentences, forming questions, using auxiliary verbs, and using time expressions like "for" and "since" correctly with the tense. The exercises include filling in blanks with the appropriate verb form, choosing between "for" and "since", and using time expressions like "yet" and "already". The goal is to help learners understand and accurately use the present perfect tense in their writing.

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PRESENT

PERFECT

1 - Write positive sentences in present perfect simple.


1. Bob / visit / his grandma

2. Jimmy / play / on the computer

3 .Sue and Walter / wash / their car


4. Andrew / repair / his bike

5. Phil / help / Anne with maths

6. Brad and Louise / watch / a film

7. Tamara / talk to / her best friend


8. Bridgette / draw / a picture

9. Carol / read / a computer magazine


10. Tom and Alice / be / to a restaurant

2 - Write negative sentences in present perfect simple.


1. Sarah / not / wash the dishes

2. Anita / not / clean the kitchen

3. Maureen and Gavin / not / water the plants


4. Joey / not / make his bed

5. David / not / buy milk

6. Lisa / not / be to the baker's

7. Aran and Jack / not / do their homework


8. Jane and Ben / not / tidy up their rooms

9. Alex / not / feed the hamster

10. Hazel / not / empty the bin

3 - Write questions in present perfect simple.


1. you / answer / the question

2. Jenny / lock / the door

3. Walter / call / us

4. you / see / the picture

5. your parents / get / the letter

6. it / rain / a lot

7. how often / we / sing / the song

8. Maureen / watch / the film

9. how many books / Bob / read

10. ever / you / be / to London

4 - Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple).
1. I (not / work) today.
2. We (buy) a new lamp.
3. We (not / plan) our holiday yet.
4. Where (be / you) ?
5. He (write) five letters.
6. She (not / see) him for a long time.
7. (be / you) at school?
8. School (not / start) yet.
9. (speak / he) to his boss?
10. No, he (have / not) the time yet.
5 - Use for or since with the following time references.

I haven't phoned home Christmas.

We've been here nine o'clock.

I have worked for International House more than eight years.

I haven't visited my home town I left school.

I haven't been to the cinema ages.

I have studied non-stop9.15.

I have had a driving licence I was eighteen.

She hasn't had a day off 1999.

Johan has been in England more than two weeks now.

Peter has been my best friend we were nine.

6 - Decide if you need for or since with these time expressions.


last weekend

ten seconds

Christmas Eve

a decade

I finished school a couple of days my birthday a long time


ten centuries

the 70s

I was a boy

August

the last month

fifteen years

the accident

then

we bought this house last month a millennium

I met you

7 - Fill in the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect


1. I a new computer. (to get)
2. you ever to New York? (to be)
3. John the film in the cinema. (not/to see)
4. Who Nathalie ? (to phone)
5. Joe on a trip through Alaska. (to go)
6. the Millers yet? (to arrive)
7. The pupils their homework. (not/to forget)
8. Tom his pen yet? (to find)
9. What you in the kitchen? (to drop)
10. Andyhis sister's bike. (to repair)

8 - For/Since
Complete each of the sentences with for or since.
1. We have lived in California 1994.
2. Tina has been married three years.
3. I have worked here a long time.
4. Robert hasn't smoked his birthday.
5. 1998, Arthur Holt has been the president of our club.
6. They have studied Spanish six weeks.
7. Nobody has seen Peter Christmas.
8. Paula has worked here March 2000.
9. three days, George has been telling the same old jokes.
10. John has lived here his divorce.

9 - Please put the verbs into the present perfect.


1) I (not / see) Samantha for ages. How is she?
2) (you / ever / be) to the Lake District?
3) We (eat) everything up. There's nothing left.
4) Sally (already / finish) her homework, but Peter
(not / finish) his yet.
5) I (not / have) enough time to go shopping yet, but I
(hang) up the washing.
6) Don't touch the bread rolls. I just / take) them out of the oven
and they are very hot.
7) Tom ( break) his leg. He is in hospital now
8) (you / ever / try) English sausages? No, I
(never / try) them.
9) Just have a look at the time! It (just / turn) 10 p.m. and you are
still up.
10) No, I (not / get) any money. I
(just / give) Thomas my last pound.

10 - Use the words below to form present perfect tense sentences using yet or already.

1. Have you seen the new movie?

No,

2. Have you been to Paris?

Yes,

3. Have you bought that new dress?

Yes,

4. Has Allen gone to Melbourne?

No,

5. Has he heard from Bill yet?

No,

6. Have you finished your homework?

Yes,

7. Have Annie and Bob got married yet?

No,

8. Have you eaten at that new Thai restaurant? Yes,


9. Has Lisa played tennis this morning?

Yes,

10. Has the light been fixed?

No,

11 Complete with the present perfect as in the example.


1. (I, meet)
2. (I, finish)
3. (she, fly)

I've (I have) met Ann's husband. I met him at a party last week.
my work. I finished it two hours ago.
Ms. Parker travels to Washington, D. C., frequently. there
many times.

4. (they, know) Bob and Jane are old friends. each other for a long time.
5. (it, be)

I don't like this weather. cold and cloudy for the last three
days.

6. (you, learn) Your English is getting better. a lot of English since you came
here.
7. (we, be)

My wife and I came here two months ago.in this city for two
months.

8. (he, finish) Rob can go to bed now. his homework.


9. (he, be)

Matt is at home in bed. sick for three days.

10.(she, be)

Kate is falling behind in her schoolwork.

absent from class a

lot lately.

12 - Complete with the present perfect as in the example.

I haven't written my sister a letter in a long time.

1. (I, write, not)

I should write her soon.

I've never written a letter to the President of the United States.

2. (I, write, never)*

3. (he, finish, not)

Greg is working on his composition, but it yet.


He'll probably finish it in a couple of hours.

4. (I, meet, never)

Nancy's parents. I hope I get the chance to meet them


soon.

5. (Ron, be, never)

in Hong Kong, but he would like to go there someday.

6. (Linda, be, not)

in class for the last couple of days. I hope she's okay.

7. (they, come, not) The children are late. home from school yet. I hope
nothing's wrong.
8. (we, finish, not)

this exercise yet.

9. (Alice, go, never) to the museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, but
she would like to.
10. (I, call, not)

Irene yet. I'll call her tomorrow.

13 Make sentences as in the example:


Tom is looking for his key. He can't find it. (lose)
He has lost his key.
1.Sue's hair was dirty. Now it is clean. (wash)
She
2.Tom weighed 190 pounds. Now he weighs 170. (lose weight)..
He
3.The car has just stopped because there isn't any more gas in the tank. (run out of gas)..
It
4.This morning Bill was playing football. Now he can't walk and his leg is in a plaster cast. (break).
He

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