Present perfect exercises

Write the participle form of the following verbs.

1. go →
2. sing →
3. be →
4. buy →
5. do →

Complete the table in present perfect simple.

positive	negative	question
He has written a letter.
	They have not stopped.
		Have we danced?
She has worked.
	Andy has not slept.

Write sentences in present perfect simple.

1. they / ask / a question -
2. he / speak / English -
3. I / be / in my room -
4. we / not / wash / the car -
5. Annie / not / forget / her homework -

Write questions in present perfect simple.

1. they / finish / their homework -
2. Sue / kiss / Ben -
3. the waiter / bring / the tea -
4. Marilyn / pay / the bill -
5. you / ever / write / a poem - _____________________________

taken from www.ego4u.com

The present perfect

TOPIC 1 Experience

You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience. It is like saying, "I have the experience of..." You can also use this tense to say that you have never had a certain experience. The Present Perfect is NOT used to describe a specific event.

Examples:

• I have been to France.
  This sentence means that you have had the experience of being in France. Maybe you have been there once, or several times.
• I have been to France three times.
  You can add the number of times at the end of the sentence.
• I have never been to France.
  This sentence means that you have not had the experience of going to France.
• I think I have seen that movie before.
• He has never traveled by train.
• Joan has studied two foreign languages.
• A: Have you ever met him?
  B: No, I have not met him.

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More examples about simple past versus past continuous

Last night, Peter _____ (work) in the studio, when suddenly he _____ (hear) a scream.

Two simultaneous actions in the past, first he was ... yes, you're right working in the studio and after that he ..., right again, he heard a scream. So the sentence should be completed as follows:

Last night was working in the studio, when he heard a scream.

My parents and I _____ (travel) because it _____ (rain).

Two simultaneous actions in the past, first ... it was raining, and my parents and I ... traveled, the answer should be:

My parents and I traveled because it was raining.

Although in this case a more logical sentence would be:

My parents and I didn't travel because it was raining.

Optional homework presentation date

The date to present the first optional homework is on Thursday April 13th, the same day of our Practica Calificada, be ready for that day and remember to check it before the presentation.

Past simple versus past continuous

Well, the first thing to know is that these two tenses are very different, the simple past describes FINISHED actions in the past while the past continuous describes actions in PROGRESS in the past. When we use these tenses together it means that two actions happened at the same time, in other words one started first (the past continuous action), and the other interrupted the first one (the simple past action). Check the following example:

(from the homework for April 6th)

I ____ (meet) your sister at the movies. She _____ (wear) jeans and a t-shirt.

two actions are interacting or happening at the same time meet "your sister" and "your sister" wearing jeans and a t-shirt. From these two actions, one started first, first she was wearing jeans and a t-shirt; after that I meet her at the movies. So the sentence has to be completed like this:

I met your sister at the movies. She was wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

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