PRESENT PERFECT REVISION
Ex1: Complete using past simple or present perfect
1. Who _______________ on your way to school yesterday? (YOU SEE)
2. I ______________ my umbrella. I can't find it anywhere (LOSE).
3. Emily _____________ abroad many times. (BE)
4. Dad ________________ me any pocket money last week. (GIVE)
5. She is a famous painter. She __________________ three portraits this year (PAINT)
6. ___________________ Buckingham Palace when you were in London? (YOU VISIT)
7. My sister ________________ in Canada for two years before she moved on to London (LIVE).
8. How many times __________________ that film (YOU WATCH)?
9. ____________________ to South America ? (YOU EVER BE)
10. Fortunately, nobody _____________ in the accident yesterday (DIE)
11. She is very hungry. She _______________ anything today (NOT EAT)
12. What news _______________ of John lately? (YOU HEAR)
13. _________________ anybody before (YOUR DOG, BITE)?
14. Ernest Hemingway ________________ a lot of novels (WRITE)
Ex2: Complete using for or since
1. John's parents have been living in Germany _______ a long time.
2. The cat hasn't eaten anything _______ yesterday. (one day)
3. Kim and Joey have been friends ___________ three years.
4. Miss Thomas has taught at my school ______________ 1975.
5. Guy has known Joanna _____________ they were at primary school.
6. Have you seen her ______________ she got married?
7. I haven't heard from my pen pal _____________ a long time.
8. Halina has played the saxophone _____________ she was 12.
9. It has rained without interruption ______________ three days.
10. He's written to her every day _______ she left.
11. You haven't emptied the rubbish bin ___________ last week.
12. She has kept the secret ___________ thirty years.
13. I've thought about you every day _____________ we met.
14. You've slept ___________ ten hours.
15. Have you spoken to each other _____________ you had the argument?
Ex3: Fill in the missing form of the irregular verb
Base form Past tense Past participle
know
lead
spoke
Sell
put
sing
make
stand
spend
keep
forgive
buy
begin
Break
Dream
eat
give
grow
Come
build
get
see
Ex4: Fill in the blank using past simple or present perfect
1. The weather around here ________________ terrible in the last few weeks. (BE)
2. Maria ________________ her suitcase last night. (PACK)
3. I ____________________ volleyball since I was a teenager. (NOT PLAY)
4. We ____________________ wash the dishes. They're all clean now (HELP)
5. They ____________________ the factory. – Really? When ______________________? (CLOSE, THAT
HAPPEN)
6. __________________________________ yet? (YOUR BUSINESS COURSE – START)
7. How long ____________________ that camera? – About a month. I ____________________ it because it
was on sale just before Christmas. (YOU HAVE, BUY)
8. _______________________ last week's magazine? – It must be here because I ________________ it on
Monday. (YOU SEE, BUY)
9. The books you ordered ____________________. The delivery service ____________________ them an
hour ago. (ARRIVE, BRING)
10. The Queen ____________________ her two-week tour through Australia yesterday. (START)
11. The plane from New York _________________. The passengers are getting out. (JUST LAND)
12. We ____________________ a party at school for ages. (NOT HAVE)
13. I ____________________ a cold in school a few days ago and ____________________ ill ever since.
(CATCH, BE)
14. Dinosaurs ____________________ around the earth millions of years ago. (WANDER)
15. Prices ____________________ up last year, but they ____________________ by 8% already this year.
(NOT GO, INCREASE)
16. I'm so tired. I ____________________ all the way to the underground station. (WALK)
17. We ____________________ home from our holidays and getting ready to settle in. (JUST COME)
18. She ____________________ in London for three years. However, when her mom __________ , she
____________________ to Leeds and ____________________ there ever since. (LIVE, DIE, MOVE,
LIVE)
19. Dusty ____________________ a match so far this year. He is more successful than last year, when he
____________________ the first three matches. (NEVER LOSE, LOSE)
20. He ____________________ off the ladder and ____________________ his ankle. That's why he
____________________ in school for a while. (FALL, BREAK, NOT BE)
21. So far, Jill _________________ almost half of the book. (READ)
22. Do you know who _________________ the telephone? – It ______________ Alexander Graham Bell.
(INVENT, BE)
23. On her trip across Asia, Mum _________________ three countries up to now. (VISIT)
24. How many books ____________________ in the last few years? (HE WRITE)
25. Martha lives in Dublin. She's _________________ there her whole life, ever since her dad
_________________ a few years ago. (LIVE, DIE)
26. Paul and Gina _________________ an hour ago. They _________________ problems with their flight.
(ARRIVE, HAVE)
27. Drugs _________________ a huge problem in the United States. (BECOME)
28. Granddad _________________ in hospital since Monday. He _________________ in hospital before.
(BE, NEVER BE)
29. _______________________ the Queen in person? No, but I _________________ Prince Andrew at a
concert a few months ago. (YOU EVER SEE, SEE)
30. Mozart _________________ over 600 pieces of music during his lifetime. (WRITE)
31. They _________________ to Spain on holiday last summer (GO)
32. I'm hungry. I _________________ anything for hours. (NOT EAT)
33. I _________________ my key and can't find it anywhere. (LOSE)
34. He _________________ as a war correspondent during the second Iraq war. (WORK)
35. I ____________ a huge meal for lunch and simply can't eat anything at the moment. (HAVE)
36. It _________________ yet this week, but last week it really _________________ a lot. (NOT RAIN,
RAIN)
37. According to her statement, she _________________ at the Crown Hotel from last Monday to Thursday.
(STAY)
38. Who ____________________ at the cinema last night? (YOU MEET)
39. I don't need any new driving lessons. I _________________ the test. (ALREADY PASS)
40. Fortunately, I ___________________ any bones. (NEVER BREAK)
42. My cousins _________________ in Dublin since their childhood. Marvin _________________ to
America when he was 16 but only _________________ there for a few years. Then he _______________
back to Ireland. (BE, GO, STAY, COME)
43. I ___________________ the car. Now it looks great! (WASH)
44. She _______________ smoking a few months ago. (STOP)
45. Back in March, I __________________ enough money to buy a new car. Now, I can afford one. (NOT
HAVE)
46. Scientist ___________________ a major discovery in medicine. (JUST MAKE)