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PRESENT PERFECT – GRAMMAR EXERCICES

EXERCISE 1: Mary is 65 years old. She has had an interesting life. What has she done?
• She has had many different jobs.

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EXERCISE 3: Write a suitable sentence using the Present Perfect tense:

1. Ann’s hair was dirty. Now it’s clean. (WASH)
Ann has washed his hair.
2. Tom was 80 kg. Now he’s 70 kg. (LOSE WEIGHT)
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3. Bill played football yesterday. Now he can’t walk; his leg is in plaster. (BREAK)
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4. My sister is looking for her pen. (LOSE)
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5. Mary is on holiday in France. (GO)
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6. Mr.Hill was in Canada last week. He’s back in London now. (BE)
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7. Look! Mrs.Smith has got a lot of packages. (BUY)
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8. I can’t eat anything now. (EAT TOO MUCH)
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9. Mrs.Jenkins is very tired. (CLEAN THE HOUSE)
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10. Tony needs a holiday. (WORK HARD THIS YEAR)
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EXERCISE 4: Use Present Perfect tense after BECAUSE:
• She can’t go to the party. (CATCH A COLD)
She can’t go to the party because se has caught a cold.
• He can’t walk very fast. (HURT HIS LEG)
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• I can’t get in. (LOSE THE KEY)
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• I know this story very well. (SEE THE FILM)
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• I can’t post the letter. (NOT PUT THE STAMP ON IT)
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• He can’t stand up. (EAT TOO MUCH)
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• They can’t go on holiday. (NOT SAVE MONEY)
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• I know him. (MEET HIM BEFORE)
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• We don’t know how he is. (NOT HEAR FROM HIM)
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• He won’t take a cigarette. (GIVE UP SMOKING)
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• She can’t get in. (HE/LOCK THE DOOR)
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EXERCISE 5: Put the words in the correct order.
1. broken / never / she / her / arm / has
She has never broken her arm.
2. travelled / ever / you / abroad / have / ?
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3. my / met / already / mum / has / Brad Pitt
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4. a / haven’t / since / seen / cricket / match / last year / I
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5. you / booked / yet / the / big / match / have / tickets / for / ?

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6. has / prize / in / a / won / just / Natasha / the / beauty / contest
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7. years / worked / have / famous / for / with / I / people
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8. his / long / neighbour / been / how / Saki / has / ?
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EXERCISE 6: Read and answer the questions. Use the time expressions:

1. How long has Ian liked tennis? (SINCE)

Ian has liked tennis since he was five.
2. How long has Ian played tennis? (FOR)
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3. What has Ian done before? (ALREADY)
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4. What hasn’t Ian ever done? (NEVER)
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5. Who has visited Ian very recently? (JUST)
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6. What hasn’t Ian understood? (YET)
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EXERCISE 7: Complete each sentence with FOR or SINCE.

• I’ve been here ____________________ yesterday.
• She’s been living in London ______________ 2002.
• I’ve been learning English _______________ three years.
• He’s been swimming every day ______________ he was ten.
• He’s been a professional coach _______________ ten years.
• I’ve lived in the same town _______________ a long time.
• I’ve admired her __________________ we first met.
EXERCISE 8: Choose the correct answer.
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PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT – GRAMMAR EXERCICES

EXERCISE 9: Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
a) I lived here / I’ve lived here since the end of the last year.
b) I’m afraid the last train left / has left an hour ago.
c) Someone stole / has just stolen my bicycle.
d) Thank you for you offer but I decided / I’ve decided not to accept.
e) Yesterday I lost / I’ve lost my wallet.
f) Take you umbrella with you. It started / It’s started raining.
g) We’re enjoying our trio. We visited / We’ve visited two countries so far.
h) This was / has been a busy day and it isn’t over yet!
i) I feel really tired. We went / We’ve been to a party last night.

EXERCISE 10: Put the verbs in the present perfect or the past simple.
“Here is the Six o’clock News from ITC, on Monday the 25th April.
Our reporter in Nepal __________________ (telephone) us ten minutes ago and
________________ (say) that Junko Shimoto and her partner, Miki Sato, are on top of the
world today. They __________________ (reach) the top of Mount Everest half an hour ago.
Our reporter spoke to another climber on the expedition.
• REPORTER: Are Junko and Miki still on the top of Mount Everest?
• CLIMBER: No, they ________________________ (just start) their return journey.
• REPORTER: How long ____________ they _____________ (spend) up there?
• CLIMBER: About ten minutes. They __________________ (take) some photos of each
other.
• REPORTER: Are they in good health?
• CLIMBER: Well, they’re both tired, but they’re fine.
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The President of Volponia, Madame Fernoff, ________________ (arrive) in Britain last night.
Madame Fernoff _______________ (be) President since 2001. She said she was happy to be in
Britain.
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At yesterday’s meeting of European finance ministers, Jack Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister,
_________________ (say). “I am going to leave my job soon. I __________________
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(work) very hard, and I want to spend more time with my family”. Mr Delaney _______________
(be) Irish Finance Minister for five years.
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Last night, Camford United _______________ (win) the football league championship. The team
_________________ (win) the championship four times now – the first time
_______________ (be) in 1986. In their final game yesterday, Bryan Riggs
_________________ (score) the winning goal. Riggs ________________ (be) with the
team since he ____________________ (leave) the school.
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And now to the weather. We ___________________ (have) a lot of rain over the country since
the beginning of the week and unfortunately this will continue until the end of the weekend. For
your information, last week ____________________ (be) the wettest April week for 100 years.
And that’s the end of tonight’s news”