Present perfect revision

The Present Perfect
Exercise 1: Put the verb into correct tenses
1. There is no more cheese. I (eat)……………. it all, I’m afraid.
2. The bill isn’t right. They (make)………….. a mistake.
3. Don’t you want to see this programme? It ………….(start).
4. It’ll soon get warm in here. I (turn)……….. the heating on.
5. ………They (pay)…….. money for your mother?
6. Someone (take)………………. my bicycle.
7. Wait for few minutes, please! I (finish)……………. my dinner.
8. ………You ever (eat)………….. Sushi?
9. She (not/come)…………… here for a long time.
10. I (work…………..) here for three years.
11. ………… You ever …………..(be) to New York?
12. You (not/do) ………….your project yet, I suppose.
13. I just (see)………. Andrew and he says he ……..already (do)………. about half of
the plan.
14. I ………..just (decide)……… to start working next week.
15. He (be)…………. at his computer for seven hours.


16. She (not/have) ……………any fun a long time.
17. My father (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.
18. I’d better have a shower. I (not/have)………. one since Thursday.
19. I don’t live with my family now and we (not/see)…………. each other for five years.
20. I…… just (realize)…………... that there are only four weeks to the end of term.
21. The train drivers (go)……… on strike and they stopped working at twelve o’clock.
22. How long…….. (you/know)………. each other?
23. ……….(You/ take)………… many photographs?
24. (She/ eat)………………. at the Royal Hotel yet?
25. He (live) ………….here all his life..
26. Is this the second time he (lose)……………. his job?

27. How many bottles………… the milkman (leave) ………….? He (leave) ……….. six.
28. I (buy)…………. a new carpet. Come and look at it.
29. She (write)………….. three poems about her fatherland.
30. We (finish) ……………………three English courses.
Exercise 2: Change the sentence from past simple -> present perfect and vice versa
1) This is the first time he went abroad. This is the first time + S + Ved/2
Have/has + Ved/3


 S + have/has + not + V3/ED before.
=> He hasn't......................................................................................................................
2) She started driving 1 month ago.

S + started + Ving +<time> + ago.
Began

+ Ving + when + S + Ved/2 ...

 S + has/have + Ved/V3 + for + <time>
Since + S + Ved/V2
=> She has.................................................................................................................
3) We began eating when it started to rain.
=> We have................................................................................................................
4) I last had my hair cut when I left her. S + last + V2/ed + when S + Ved/2 ...
The last time + S + Ved/2 was + <time> ago
S + have/has + not Ved/V3+ since + S + Ved/2

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for + <time>

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=> I haven't................................................................................................................
5) The last time she kissed me was 5 months ago.
=> She hasn't.............................................................................................................
6) It is a long time since we last met.


It is +<time> + since + S + last + Ved/2
S + has/have + not + V3/Ved + since/for <time>.


=> We haven't.............................................................................................................
7) When did you have it?
=> How long...........................................................................................................?
8) This is the first time I had such a delicious meal.
=> I haven't................................................................................................................
9) I haven't seen him for 8 days.
=> The last................................................................................................................
10) I haven't taken a bath since Monday.
=> It is........................................................................................................................
Exercise 3:
1) We (study)...............a very hard lesson the day before yesterday............................
2) We (study)................................................almost every lesson in this book
so far.................
3) We (never, watch)..........................that television program...........................
4) We (watch).....................an interesting program on television last night...............
5) My wife and I........................................(travel) by air many times in the past
6) My wife and I (travel).................................. to Mexico by air last summer

7) I ( read)..................that novel by Hemingway sevaral times before.


8) I (read).........................that novel again during my last vacation.
9) I (have).........................a little trouble with my car last week.
10) However, I (have)......................... no trouble with my car since then.
11) I (have ) ………………..this toy since my birthday.
12) We (live )………………….in HN for ten years now and like it a lot.
13) The last time I (go) ……………………to HN was in May
14) When my parents were on holiday I ( stay)……………… with my aunt for a week
15) I (not see ) my son for ages .He (not visit ) ……………………..me since May
16) Tom ( be) …………….to HN twice .He loves it very much
17) My sister (work ) ……………………for an enterprise for two years .That was after
college
18) I (move)……………… to HN in 2001 .I (be ) ………….there a long time now
19) It was so cold today that I (wear)…………… a sweater at school
20) So far this month there (be )……………………. three robberies in this street
21) When I was young I (meet )…………..him three times
22) In the past few years ,it (become )………….. more and more difficult to get into
university
23) I (feel )………………better since I ( live) ……………….here
24) Since I (be ) ……………………in this city I ( not see)…………… him


Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer
1. When ____________ the school?
A) have you join B) did you joined
C) did you join D) have you ever joined
2. _____________ in England?
A) Did you ever worked B) Have you ever worked

C) Worked you D) Didn't you have worked
3. That's the best speech _________
B) I never heard B) I didn't hear
C) I used to hear D) I've ever heard
4. He's the most difficult housemate _____________________
A) I never dealt with. B) I never had to deal with.
C) I've ever had to deal with. D) I've never had to deal with
5. ______ to him last week.
A) I spoke B) I've already spoken
C) I didn't spoke D) I speaked
6. _____a contract last year and it is still valid.
A) We have signed B) We signed


C) We haven't signed D) We have sign
7. ______ from a business trip to France.
A) I come back B) I have came back
C) I never came back D) I've just come back
8. Prices ________ in 1995 but then _____ in 1996.
A) rised _ falled B) rose _ fell
C) have risen _ have fallen D) rose _ have fallen
9. You ____________ to a word ____________
A) listened _ I haven't said B) didn't listen _ I say
C) listened _ saying D) haven't listened _ I've said back
10. I can't believe that ________________ the news yet.
A) you haven't read B) you didn't read
C) you don't read D) you read not.
Exercise 5: Put the verb into present perfect
1. I (work).................... today.
2. We (buy)..............a new lamp.

3. We (not/ plan)..............our holiday yet.
4. Where (be/ you)?..........................................


5. He (write)..............five letters.
6. She (not/ see)..............him for a long time.
7. (be/ you)..............at school?
8. School (not/ start)..............yet.
9. (speak/ he)..............to his boss?
10. No, he (have/ not)..............the time yet.
Exercises 6:
1) I.........my Maths homework yesterday. (to do)
2).........Susan.........to England by plane? (to go)
3) They.........a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)
4) Jenny and Peggy.........their brother. (not/to help)
5) The children.........at home last weekend. (not/to be)
6) When.........you.........this wonderful skirt? (to design)
7) My mother.........into the van. (not/to crash)
8) The boys.........the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off)
9).........you.........your aunt last week? (to phone)
10) He.........milk at school. (not/to drink)
11) The police.........two people early this morning. (to arrest)


12) She.........to Japan but now she.........back. (to go - to come)
13) Dan.........two tablets this year. (already/to buy)
14) How many games.........so far this season? (your team/to win)
15).........the CN Tower when you.........in Toronto? (you/to visit - to stay)
16).........your homework yet? – Yes, I.........it an hour ago. (you/to do - to finish)
17) There.........an accident in High Street, so we have to use King Street to get to your

school. (to be)
18) I.........Peter since I.........last Tuesday. (not/to see - to arrive)
19) Frank.........his bike last May. So he.........it for 4 months. (to get - to have)
20) I'm sorry, I.........earlier, but I.........a lot lately. (not/to write - to work)
21) Peter......... football yesterday. ( to play)
22) They......... the car. It looks new again. ( to wash)
23) Last year we......... to Italy. (to travel)
24) John and Peggy......... the book. Now they can watch the film. ( to read)
25) I......... my friend two days ago. (to meet)
26) We......... of another country before. ( to think)
27) She......... a new car in 2011. ( to own)
28) I'm sorry, but I......... my homework. ( not , to finish)


29)....it ........ the game of chess? (to be)
30) The girls......... their lunch yet. ( to eat, not )
31) I.........my keys, so I can't open that door. (to lose)
32) Columbus.........in the New World in 1492. (to arrive)
33) Nina.........her leg. She is still in hospital. (to break)
34) He.........here all his life. (to live)
35) Colin.........for Brazil this morning. (to leave)
36) Last winter Robin.........with his father in the Alps for three days. (to stay)
37) Ellen.........with her left hand. (always/to write)
38) She.........a language course in Paris last summer. (to do)
39).........anyone.........yet? (to phone)
40) I.........Paul today, but I.........him last Sunday. ( meet, see)