The present perfect tense

I. Give the correct verb form with the past tense (QKĐ) or the present
perfect (HTHT)

Example:

a) Three people.......visited..........him in hospital last Friday. (visit)

b).......Have.........you...........found............a job yet? (find)

1) I........ (lose).........my keys, so I can't open that door. (lose – lost –

lost)

2) Columbus............ (arrive)............in the New World in 1492.

3) Nina.........(break)..........her leg. She is still in the hospital. (break – broke –

broken)

4) He.............. (live)..............here all his life.

5) Colin............. (leave)...........for Brazil this morning. (leave – left – left)

6) Last winter Robin.......... (stay)..............with his father in Dalat for three days.

7) Ellen............ (always/ write)..............with her left hand. (write – wrote –

written)

8) She............. (do)...............a language course in Paris last summer. (do – did –

done)

9)......................anyone............ (phone)...............yet?

10) I...... (just, see).........Paul today, but I........ (see).........him last Sunday.

II. Rewrite the sentence

0. Samuel started keeping a diary in 1997.

 Samuel has kept a diary since 1997

1. We started learning English fìve years ago.

 We have …………………………………………………………...

2. I began living in Ho Chi Minh City when I was 8.

 I have ………………………………………………………………

3. She has taught the children in this remote village for five months.

(teach – taught – taught: dạy)

 She started ………………………………………………………….

4. He has written to me since April.

(write – wrote – written)

 The last time …………………………………………………………

5. She hasn’t danced for five years.

 She last ………………………………………………………………

6. They last talked to each other two months ago.

 They haven’t …………………………………………………………..

7. The last time she saw her elder sister was in 1999.

(see – saw – seen)

 She hasn’t ………………………………………………………………

8. She hasn’t written to me for years.

 The last time ……………………………………………………………

9. It’s two weeks since they deaned their room.

 They …………………………………………………………………….

10. How long is it since you rode a bicycle?

(ride – rode – ridden: đạp xe)

 When …………………………………………………………………?

11. When did he last talk to you?

 How long ………………………………………………………………?

12. How long is it since he wrote to ỵou?

 When …………………………………………………………………..?

13. When did you last telephone him?

 Hong long ………………………………………………………………?

14. We have never eaten this kind of food before.

(eat – ate - eaten)

 It’s the ………………………………………………………………

15. This is the fìrst time I have seen this fìlm.

 I have never ………………………………………………………………

16. This is the first time he has been to Vietnam

(be – was/were – been)

 He hasn’t ………………………………………………………………

17. She started driving 1 month ago.

 She has ………………………………………………………………

18. We began eating when it started to rain.

 We have ………………………………………………………………

19. I last had my hair cut when I left her.

(cut – cut – cut)

  I haven’t ………………………………………………………………

20. The last time she kissed me was 5 months ago.

 She hasn’t………………………………………………………………