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Present Perfect review

The present perfect tense is used for an unfinished time, when there is no time
specified, when the action has an effect on the present, for recent events and for
stative verbs (takes the form of the present perfect continuous).
Expressions: today, this week, this month, this year, ever, never, just, yet, already,
recently, since, for.

1. Choose between the present perfect and the past simple

a. I __________ (know) Maria for 10 years. We now go to the same University.

b. Last month, Rebecca __________ (go) to Germany.

c. I __________ (read) that book already. It is one of my favorite.

d. _______________ (you, go) to the party last night?

e. They __________ (write) four books already.

f. I __________ (be) to Canada.

g. My mother ____________ (just, finish) the cake.

h. Sean __________ (eat) pizza last week.

i. I __________ (forget) my wallet. I must go back home.

j. Mila __________ (graduate) in 2010.

2. Compose two sentences using the present perfect.

 Past Perfect review
The past perfect tense is used for an action that finished before another action
finished. It's also used in the 3rd conditional.
Expressions: when + past simple, wish,

2. Use the past perfect and the past simple to complete the following
sentences.

a. By the time I __________ (get) home, Ben _______________ (already, leave).

b. I __________ (live) in Russia, before I __________ (move) to Canada.

c. If the weather __________ (be) nice, we would have gone to the beach.

d. When Julia __________ (arrive) to school, the class _______________ (already,

do) the first class.

e. Sarah __________ (disinfect) her hands before she __________(go) in the store.

f. Jeffrey __________ (return) home, because he __________ (forget) his laptop.

g. If you __________ (get up) earlier, you would have caught the bus.

h. _______________ (the students, go) home after they __________ (visit) the
museum?

i. When I __________ (come) home, my family __________ (already, finish) the

movie.

2. Compose two sentences using the past perfect.