Present Perfect Tense
A) Write a suitable sentence using the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE :
1. Ann’s hair was dirty. Now it’s clean. (wash) ……... Ann has washed her
hair…………
2. Tom was 80 kg. Now he’s 70. (lose weight)
Tom has lose weigth
3. Bill played football yesterday. Now he can’t walk; his leg is in plaster. (break)
Bill has broken his leg for a play football
4. My sister is looking for her pen. (lose)
My sister lost her pen
5. Mary is on holiday in France. (go)
Mary has gone on holiday in France
6. Mr. Hill was in Canada last week. He’s back in London now. (be)
Mr. Hill has been in London
7. Look! Mrs. Smith has got a lot of packages. (buy)
Mr. Smith
Mr. Smith has bougth a lot of packages
8. I can’t eat anything now. (eat too much)
I have eaten too much
9. Mrs. Jenkins is very tired. (clean / house)
He has cleaned very tired the house
10. Tony needs a holiday. (work / hard / this year)
He has worked hard this year
B) Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE after BECAUSE:
Example: She can’t go to the party. (catch a cold)
She can’t go to the party because she has caught a cold.
1. He can’t walk very fast. (hurt / leg)
He can’t walk verty fast but he has hurt leg
2. I can’t get in. (lose / key)
I can’t get in because I have lost a key
3. I know this story very well. (see the film)
I know this story very well why I have saw the film
4. I can’t post the letter. (not put / stamp / on it)
I can’/ post the letter bus I haven’t put stamo on it
5. He can’t stand up. (eat too much)
He can’t stand up because he has eaten too much
6. They can’t go on holiday. (not save / money)
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7. I know him. (meet him before)
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8. We don’t know how he is. (not hear from him)
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9. He won’t take a cigarette. (give up smoking)
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10. She can’t get in. (he / lock the door)
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C) Put the verbs in the correct tense. Use the SIMPLE PAST or the PRESENT
PERFECT:
1. ……………………….. Tim ………………………. (finish) his work yet?
2. ……………………….. he ………………………… (finish) it ywsterday?
3. They ……………………………………. (just / go) out.
4. They ……………………………… (go) out a minute ago.
5. …………………… Ann …………………………. (study) yesterday afternoon?
6. …………………… you …………………………. (send) the letters yet?
7. …………………… she ………………………….. (call) him a week ago?
8. They ………………………………………. (not / see) the film yet.
9. The train ……………………………………………… (just / arrive).
10. ………………………. you ……………………………. (ever / be) in a TV studio?
11. …………………… you and Tom ………………………… (enjoy) the party last
night?
12. …………………… you ………………………………. (not / finish) school last
year?
13. I ………………………………………. (lose) my dictionary. I can’t find it
anywhere.
14. His hair looks short. He ………………………………………….. (have) a haircut.
15. When ………………………………………………. (he / give up) smoking?
16. Jane …………………………………….. (buy) her car two weeks ago.
17. My bicycle isn’t here. Somebody ……………………………………………. (take)
it.
18. Why ……………………………………… (Jim / not want) to play tennis last
Friday?
19. The car looks clean. ……………………….. you ……………………….. (wash) it?
20. When we were on holiday, the weather …………………………… (be) terrible.
D) Ask questions with HOW LONG:
Example: I am married.
- HOW LONG have you been married?
1. I know Bob.
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2. Sue and Alan are married.
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3. George is unemployed.
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4. Those books are here.
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5. Mary is at the airport.
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6. My sister is ill.
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7. She has got a bad cold.
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8. Jan has long hair.
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9. I have a yacht.
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10.They are in the restaurant.
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11.My parents are in London.
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12.The cat is under the table.
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E) Rewrite the following sentences twice, using SINCE and FOR:
Example: I haven’t seen you. (Christmas / 3 days)
a) I haven’t seen you SINCE Christmas.
b) I haven’t seen you FOR 3 days.
1. We’ve been here. (an hour / 4 o’clock)
a) …………………………………………………………………………
b) …………………………………………………………………………
2. She hasn’t spoken to me. (2 weeks / last week)
a) …………………………………………………………………………
b) …………………………………………………………………………
3. They’ve lived in this street. (1970 / a long time)
a) …………………………………………………………………………
b) …………………………………………………………………………
4. I haven’t had time to do it. (last Monday / a few days)
a) …………………………………………………………………………
b) …………………………………………………………………………
5. We haven’t bought a new one. (ages / many years)
a) …………………………………………………………………………
b) …………………………………………………………………………
F)
Exercise 1:
___1) Circle the verbs (auxiliary verbs, main verbs and past participles).
___2) Write past if the verb is in the past tense and pres perf if the verb is in the
present perfect tense.
1. I had a problem with my computer yesterday.____________
2. We have already seen that movie. _____________________
3. Sami has never hiked to the top of a mountain. _________
4. They were in the basement during the storm. ________
5. Lee has been late every day since Monday. _________
6. Many people cried at the end of the movie. _________
7. Ann didn’t wait for me at the station. __________
8. I haven’t begun my homework yet. __________
G)
Exercise 2: Look at the sentences and complete the explanations.
1. They finished their homework very late last night. Explanation:
We use _______ because the sentence is in the past tense.
a) an auxiliary and past participle b) just a main verb
2. He hasn’t slept at all for two nights.
Explanation: We use _______ because the sentence is in the present perfect tense.
a) an auxiliary and past participle b) just a main verb
3. The passengers have already started to board the plane.
Explanation: We use _______ because the sentence is in the present perfect tense.
a) an auxiliary and main verb b) an auxiliary and past participle
4. My boss didn’t like my excuse.
Explanation: We use _______ because the sentence is in the past tense.
a) an auxiliary and main verb b) an auxiliary verb and past participle
5.The bank opens at 9 a.m. every day except weekends.
Explanation: The verb (opens) is in the ______ tense.
a) present b) present perfect c) past
6.Antonio’s father has never forgotten his birthday.
Explanation: The verb (has forgotten) is in the ______ tense.
a) present b) present perfect c) past
7. Sara ate dinner at 6 p.m. last night.
Explanation: The verb (ate) is in the ______ tense.
a) present b) present perfect c) past
H.Make questions or sentences from the words. Use the present perfect tense.
1. He / be/ a major/ two years
2. Sara/ travel/ to / the United States
3. The major/ promote/
4. The students/ finish/ the semester/ January.
5. You/ visit/ Aqaba?
6. How long/ Ahmed/be/in Egypt?
7. why/ Jan/ buy/ her car?
8. Who/ drive/my car?
9. How many/ country/ she/ visit?
10. The criminal/ punish?
I) Use the simple past or the present perfect.
1. I (not attend) ________________________________ any parties since I came here.
2. I (go) ________________to a party at Sally's apartment last Saturday night.
3. Bill (arrive) ____________________________here three days ago.
4. Bill (be) _______________________________________here since the 22nd.
5. Try not to be absent from class again for the rest of the term. You (miss, already)
_______________________________ too many classes. You (miss)
__________________________________ two classes just last week.
6. Last January, I (see) ____________________ snow for the first time in my life.
7. In her whole lifetime, she (see, never) ______________________snow.
8. I (know) _______________________________ Greg Adams for ten years.
9. So far this week, I (have) _________________________ two tests and a quiz.
10. Up to now, Professor Williams (give) ________________ our class five tests.
11. The science of medicine (advance) _________________ a great deal in the 19th century.
12. Since the beginning of the 20th century, medical scientists (make)
____________________ many important discoveries.
II. SPEAKING PART.
You have to make an activity presentation where you can use the present perfect and past
simple, you will have to use some pictures.
Choose one questions for the presentation.
How long have you been living in the same house?
How long have you been going out with the same person?
Have you decided what you want to be doing in 10 years’ time?
Have you ever lived with someone really annoying?
