Present Perfect Tense

Remedial Activities (1st bimester)

Complete these sentences using the present perfect.

Bill Mattison ___________ skiing in France several times. (go)

The Mattisons ___________ a lot of injured skiers. (help)

Aaron Chang ___________ a lot of photographs of surfers. (take)

Julie Krone ___________ a lot of horse races. (win)

I __________ never ________ a camel. Have you? (ride)

____________ you ever ________ a cane? (use)

has gone

has taken

has won

have ridden

Have used

have helped

Choose the correct verb to complete each sentence.

Last year my brother ___________ his bike across Japan. (has ridden/rode)

My sister ________________ snorkeling several times but I never have. (has gone/went)

Gabrielle Reece ___________ out of an airplane on her TV show last year. (has jumped/jumped)

Mark Allen ___________ his first triathlon in 1983. (has entered/entered)

rode

jumped

entered

has gone

What do these sentences mean?

1. Julie has been to Egypt.

( ) Julie went to Egypt and now she's back.

( ) Julie is in Egypt now.

2. Mike's gone to the shops.

( ) Mike is at the shops now.

( ) Mike went to the shops but now he's back.

4. Put for or since in these sentences.

1. I haven't seen Isabelle ________ ages.

2. We've lived in this house __________ I was a baby.

3. Peter has known Sally __________ 1994.

for

since

since

Make questions for these answers.Use How long …? and the present perfect or past simple. One sentence each.

1. For three months now. ______________________________________

2. For about a year or so. ______________________________________

I’ve had guitar lessons for three months now.

I lived in Londo for about a year or so.

EXERCISE:Write the Past form of the following regular verbs.

1. Watch _____________

2. clean _____________

3. stop ______________

4. arrive _____________

5. return ____________

6. cook _____________

7. walk ______________

8. visit ______________

9. work _____________

10. look _____________

11. like _____________

12. iron _____________

13. play _____________

14. study ____________

15. love _____________

16. open ____________

17. start _____________

18. water ____________

19. climb ____________

20. stay _____________

21. call _____________

22. kiss _____________

23. tidy _____________

24. wash ____________

watched

cleaned

stopped

arrived

returned

cooked

walked

visited

worked

looked

liked

ironed

played

studied

loved

opened

started

watered

climbed

stayed

called

kissed

tidied

washed