Present Perfect

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Past Participles

A. Simple Past and Past Participle

B. Complete the Chart

Write the simple past and past participle Complete the chart below with of the following verbs in the chart
below. the correct forms of the verbs.

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Present Perfect Tense

Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following
sentences. Put the verb in the present perfect tense.

WORD LIST

• take • speak • learn • give

• work • know • eat • live
• find • begin • have • buy
• see • finish • write • be

1. I met Barbara when we were in elementary school.

We each other for over 20 years.
2. We many new words since we started this course.

3. That’s a wonderful movie. I it three times.

4. Mr. and Mrs. Tonner married for ten years.

5. You are late! The class already .

6. Robert is my neighbor. He next door to me for five years.

7. Mary several emails to her parents since she left home.

8. We in that restaurant a few times.

9. Our teacher us a lot of help with the homework assignment.

10. She to her landlord many times about the broken window.

11. We have a new camera. We some beautiful pictures of the grandchildren.

12. They all their homework already.

13. Mrs. Baxter all her groceries for the week.

14. Tommy a bad cold for two weeks.

15. Frank for that company for many years.

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16. After three months of looking, she a beautiful apartment to rent.

Negative
A. Choose the Correct Word

Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Put
the verb in the negative form of the present perfect tense.

WORD LIST

• fix • arrive • see • speak • read

• begin • be • stop • buy • visit

1. Matthew is waiting on the corner for his 6. She has finally decided which car she wants, girlfriend, but she
yet. but she it yet.

2. My brother lives in a different country. 7. I heard that the movie at the Roxy Theater
I him for two years. is great, but I it yet.

3. Ellie and Bill got a divorce five years ago. They 8. I bought a newspaper today,
to each other since then. but I still it.
4. It is only 8:45. 9. He took his car to the service station yesterday, The class yet. but
they it yet.

5. It started to snow last night, and 10. The Andersons moved out of New York ten years it still
. ago, and they back to the city since then.

B. Matching

Match each question on the left with the correct answer on the right.

1. Has he finished university yet? 4. Has the president finished speaking yet?
2. Have you eaten breakfast yet? 3. Have they 5. Has Mary watered the plants yet?
gotten married yet? 6. Has the doctor seen you yet?

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7. Has the sun come out yet?

8. Have they finished their homework yet?
9. Has the class begun yet?
10. Have you read the paper yet?
a) No, he hasn’t. He’s still talking.
b) No, I haven’t. My wife’s still reading it.
c) No, he hasn’t graduated yet.
d) No, it hasn’t. The teacher isn’t here yet.
e) No, they haven’t finished yet.
f) No, they haven’t. They’re still engaged.
g) No, she hasn’t. They are still dry.
h) No, I haven’t. I’ll eat in a few minutes.
i) No, he hasn’t. He is with another patient.
j) No, it hasn’t. It’s still raining.

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Scrambled Sentences
Put the words below in the correct order to make grammatically correct
sentences. Each sentence is in the present perfect tense.

1. finished they yet homework their haven’t.

They haven’t finished their homework yet.

2. week I flu had the since have last.

3. time divorced she for been long a has.

4. been week absent all school from has he.

5. this city apartment lived since I in this have I moved to.

6. lesson already that has teacher taught the.

7. Edith child since glasses was a worn has she.

8. since she at broke work hasn’t her been leg she.

9. new very happy the their children puppy they have since got been.

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Present Perfect Vs. Simple Past

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of
the verb provided (simple past or present perfect).

1. We to Vancouver last April. We there for six months.

(move) (live)

2. I to every hockey game this season. I to the game last night with my brother.
(be) (go)

3. I my house key last week and I still find it.

(lose) (not/find)

4. When you smoking? I for over five years now.

(quit) (not/smoke)

5. Nora a lot of souvenirs yesterday.

(buy)

She never this many souvenirs on a vacation before.

(buy)

6. “Would you like another cup of coffee?” “No thanks. I already three cups.”
(have)

7. Frank for ABC Electric from 1990 to 2002.

(work)

Now he owns his own business. He it for six years.

(have)

8. Grandma and her hip last week.

(fall) (break)

She in the hospital since then.

(be)

9. My former teacher Mr. Blair.

(be)

My present teacher is Mrs. Carter. I in her class for three months now.

10. In my whole life, I brother (be)

(speak)
never a famous person, but my
(meet)
11. Last year we
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to three famous actors when

he was in Hollywood last

year. through three

Canadian provinces. Now

we are traveling

(drive)

in Europe. We already through eight countries.

(drive)

12. This French course three months ago. We

(start)

already several verb tenses and hundreds of new words.

(learn)

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