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21 - Present Perfect Tense
21 - Present Perfect Tense
NAME: ___________________
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Grammar 21A
Present Perfect Tense
NAME: ___________________
PRACTICE 1
A. Write the past participle.
NAME: ___________________
I have told her about it. (action happened in the past but theres no time)
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I told her about it this morning. (action happened in the past but there is a time)
A. Use to with words like: ever, never, many times, several times,
since.
Where is your key? I dont know. Ive lost it. (He lost it yesterday, and he still doesnt have it now.) I have cut my finger. (I cut it just now, and the cut will be there for a few days.) Where is Sally? Shesgone out. (= She is out now.)
He told me his name minutes ago but I have forgotten it. (= I cant remember it now.)
A. Use with: in the last week/year, this week/month, so far, up to now etc.
Have you been to Korea in the last year? We have had three tests in the last week.
NAME: ___________________ My car has broken down three times this week.
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PRACTICE 1
NAME: ___________________
PRACTICE 2
1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?" B: I don't know. I (see, never) ___________________that movie. 2. Sam (arrive) ___________________ in San Diego a week ago. 3. My best friend and I (know) ___________________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ___________________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway. 5. I (have, not) ___________________ this much fun since I (be) ___________________ a kid. 6. Things (change) ___________________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) ___________________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) ___________________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ___________________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers. 7. I (tell) ___________________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) ___________________ off into the forest and (be) ___________________ bitten by a snake. 8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ___________________ the bus this morning. You (be) ___________________ late to work too many times. You are fired! 9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) ___________________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 10. How sad! George (dream) ___________________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) ___________________ the ocean. 11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) ___________________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) ___________________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) ___________________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) ___________________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) ___________________ since the last time I (see) ___________________ you. You (grow) ___________________ at least a foot! Page | 5
NAME: ___________________
13. This tree (be) ___________________ planted by the settlers who (found) ___________________ our city over four hundred years ago. Page | 6 14. This mountain (be, never) ___________________ climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try)___________________ to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) ___________________ . The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) ___________________ trying to reach the summit. 15. I (visit, never) ___________________ Africa, but I (travel) ___________________ to South America several times. The last time I (go) ___________________ to South America, I (visit) ___________________ Brazil and Peru. I (spend) ___________________ two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) ___________________ for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) ___________________ over the Nazca Lines.
NAME: ___________________
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Grammar 21B
Present Perfect Tense
NAME: ___________________
PRACTICE 3
A. Fill in the blanks with past simple or present perfect tense. Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's,
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technology (change)
much
thousands of
(be)
Times (change)
. Computers (become)
powerful machines
a large
selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's
NAME: ___________________
games (become)
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NAME: ___________________
PRACTICE 1 PAIR
1. My best friend and I (know) ___________________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 2. I (have, not) ___________________ this much fun since I (be) ___________________ a kid.
3. I (tell) ___________________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, Page | 10
but he (wander) ___________________ off into the forest and (be) ___________________ bitten by a snake.Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ___________________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
4. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never) ___________________that movie. 5. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) ___________________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 6. Sam (arrive) ___________________ in San Diego a week ago. 7. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ___________________ the bus this morning. You (be) ___________________ late to work too many times. You are fired!
8. Things (change) ___________________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When
we first (start) ___________________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) ___________________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ___________________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers. 9. How sad! George (dream) ___________________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) ___________________ the ocean.