PRESENT PERFECT

It has rained all morning ...

Objectives: * Practice using the present perfect. * Use the present perfect with regular and irregular verbs. Directions: Complete the following sentences using the present perfect form of the verb. Example: She has written (write) several letters to him. 1. My wife and I 2. She says she 3. The weather 4. They 5. The teacher 6. He 7. Mr. Rodriguez 8. The show 9. The fire 10. The newspaper 11. They 12. The students 13. She says that she 14. The mechanic 15. She 16. The students 17. We 18. The flowers 19. The orchestra 20. The phone (eat) at that restaurant before. (be) in Alaska twice. (turn) cold in the last few days. (watch, always) the news at 6:00 p.m. (give) us homework every day. (teach) English for many years. (go) to Europe on business. (start) on time tonight. (burn) the house and the barn. (arrive, not) this morning. (buy) a new car for their trip to Maine. (use) that book all semester. (see, already) that film. (fix ) the car. (open) the door with her keys. (finish) their test. (have) a severe storm in this area. (bloom) early this spring (begin) playing Latin music. (ring) three times this morning.

Verb Tense Exercise 5

Simple Past / Present Perfect
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) together once a week.

each other for over fifteen years. We still get

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) six

working here three years ago, the company (have, only) employees. Since then, we (expand) workers.

to include more than 2000 full-time

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) didn't make it. He (see, never)

of going to California before he died, but he the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) America by covered wagon. The trip (be) Things (change)

much easier and very two or three months to cross North very rough and often dangerous.

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) you. You (grow) at least a foot!

since the last time I (see)

13. This tree (be) over four hundred years ago.

planted by the settlers who (found)

our city

14. This mountain (be, never) (try)

climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers . The climb

to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever)

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) Brazil and Peru. I (spend) a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly)

to South America, I (visit) two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) over the Nazca Lines. for

Verb Tense Exercise 7

Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers. Robin: I think the waiter (forget) half an hour and nobody (take) us. We (wait) our order yet. here for over

Michele: I think you're right. He (walk)

by us at least twenty times. He

probably thinks we (order, already)

Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) minutes and they already have their food.

here for five or ten

Michele: He must realize we (order, not) for over half an hour staring at him.

yet! We (sit)

here

Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) table to table taking orders and serving food.

us. He (run)

from

Michele: That's true, and he (look, not)

in our direction once.

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Present Perfect. Example: I _____________ my father's car. (to wash) Answer: I have washed my father's car.

1) Karen 2) Dave and Pat 3) I 4) They 5) Marcus 6) We 7) I

me an e-mail. (to send) the museum. (to visit) at the pet shop. (to be) already their rucksacks. (to pack)

an accident. (to have) the shopping for our grandmother. (to do) just my bike. (to clean)

8) Emily 9) Lisa and Colin 10) My friends

her room. (to paint) to a concert. (to go) smoking. (to give up)

Use the verbs in brackts in the Present Perfect Progressive in the sentences. Example: She _______________ tennis for half an hour now. (to play) Answer: She has been playing tennis for half an hour now. or She's been playing tennis for half an hour now.

1) I 2) My parents 3) He 4) We 5) Max and Paul 6) They 7) Emily 8) It 9) You 10) Frank

this website since 1999. (to run) for years. (to smoke) for his girlfriend since 6 o'clock. (to wait) in Greece since last August. (to live) their bikes all day. (to ride) in the sun for hours. (to lie) on the computer for too long. (to work) since I came home. (to rain) to music since 12:30. (to listen) for the last 20 minutes. (to dream)