exercises on present perfect tense

I. Chia động từ vào đúng dạng: Thời hiện tại.
1. Jack (look) no trouble with my English lesson up to now. ........................................................
2. The weather generally (get) quite hot in July and August. .......................................................
3. That brown briefcase (belong) to Dr. Rice. ..................................................................................
4. Yes, I (remember) that order fellow’s name now. ......................................................................
5. Michael (work) thirsty eight hours a week. .................................................................................
6. I (be) sorry. I (forget) that girl’s name already. ........................................................................
7. How many times you s(see) him since he went to Edinburgh? ....................................................
8. Fred’s brother just (graduate) from Oxford University. ........................................................
9. The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days. .......................................................................
10. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book. .............................................
II. Chia động từ vào đúng dạng: Quá Khứ Đơn - Hiện Tại Hoàn Thành
1. We (study) a very hard lesson the day before yesterday. .....................................................
2. I (read) that novel by Hemingway several times before. .......................................................
3. We (study) almost every lesson in this book so far. ................................................................
4. My wife and I (travel) to Mexico by air last summer. .............................................................
5. I (have) a little trouble with my car last week. .........................................................................
6. What you (do) yesterday? .............................................................................................................
7. How long you (learn) English? .......................................................................................................
8. Tom (never be) in Hanoi. ...............................................................................................................
9. The plane (stop) at a small town. It the (take) off immediately after refueling. ...........
10. She (be) so happy when she (hear) the news that she (cry). ..............................................
10. After class, one of the students always erases the chalk board. ....................................
3. Write questions in present perfect simple.
1.

you / answer / the question

2.

Jenny / lock / the door

3.

Walter / call / us

4.

you / see / the picture

5.

your parents / get / the letter

6.

it / rain / a lot

7.

how often / we / sing / the song

8.

Maureen / watch / the film

9.

how many books / Bob / read

10.

ever / you / be / to London
4. FOR, SINCE OR AGO?
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
1. This house needs cleaning. We haven't cleaned it ….. months.


2. I think I can't possibly learn Chinese. I've studied it …….. two years and I still can't have a sensible
conversation.
3. Jim and Kevin first met ten years ………
4. Where were you? I've been waiting ………. two hours.
5. I don't see my family very often. I haven't seen them ……….Christmas.
6. Louise has been learning Greek ………. she was fifteen.
7. Helen lived in London long time ….. but she has been living in Madrid …. last summer.
8. My parents have had the same car ….ages. They bought it at least fifteen years …..
9. Fred has been phoning his boss …. lunchtime but he can't get through.
10. I'm fed up with this rain. It's been raining …. hours.
5. Simple Past or Present Perfect - Exercise
Explanation: Present Perfect
Choose the correct words or phrases.
1) Peter ……football yesterday.
2) They ……the car. It looks new again.
3) Last year we ……to Italy.
4) John and Peggy ………..the book. Now they can watch the film.
5) I …..my friend two days ago.
6) We …….another country before.
7) She …..a new car in 2005.
8) I'm sorry, but I ……my homework.
9) you………..the game of chess?
10) The girls ………their lunch yet.

6. Quiz time
Directions: Rewrite the following sentences with the present perfect. The present perfect used may be the one
that has no time, OR the one that means a continuing activity. You must decide. The first one has been done
for you.
1. The Brown Family goes to Switzerland every winter. They started to do this 4 years ago.
The Brown Family has gone to Switzerland every winter for 4 years.
2. My brother ate frogs' legs. He ate frogs' legs three times.
3. Carol is in Morocco. She went there last month.
4. Timothy rides a bus to school. He started to do it when his car broke down.
5. Jorge and Carmen are married. They got married in 1980.
6. Scientists are concerned with the world's rain forests. This concern started many years ago.
7. James knows how to repair a computer. He learned how to do it a long time ago.
8. I wanted to go to Japan several years ago. I still want to go.
9. Maria was excited about space exploration when she was young. She is still excited about it.

10. I saw the answers to the test. When I saw the answers is a secret.