U. E.

Capilla de Cochabamba

TEST – Present Perfect

Name: __________________________________ Grade: _________ Date: _____ Score:

I. Answer the questions

1. How do you form the present perfect? __________________________________ (1p)

2. How can you tell that a sentence needs to be in present perfect or simple past? (2p)

II. Write the participle form of the following verbs. (0.5 each)

Go _______________ Be ______________ sing _____________

Have _____________ Do _______________ Write ____________

III. In the following paragraph underline the present perfect. There are four. (2p)

To say who actually invented the sport of snowboarding would be impossible because people

have always loved to slide down a snow-covered hill. Soaring through the snow on some kind of

seat or board is nothing new. The ways to enjoy the snow are numerous, and people have devised

ways to turn garbage can lids and cardboard into ‘snow boards’ to enjoy an afternoon outdoors.

The various ways to glide through snow have become more sophisticated and have developed

into using polished boards or skis in much the same way as a surfboarder would ride a wave.

IV. Ask information questions and answer them. (2p e/a)

1. Jack and Jill / leave / why __________________________________________________________

2. the weather / be / how _____________________________________________________________

3. John / do / what ___________________________________________________________________

4. the mouse / eat / what _____________________________________________________________

5. you / see / what ___________________________________________________________________

V. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). (1p e/a)

1. A: I _____________________(see / not) you for a long time. Where _________________________

(you / be) ?

2. B: I ____________________________(come / just) back from Canada.

3. A: Oh really? What ____________________________(you / do) in Canada?

4. B: I ________________________________(take) a nature tour.

5. A: Wow! ____________________________(you / see) many wild animals there?

6. B: Of course. I watched bears, wolves and whales in the wild. That

_______________________(be) so interesting. ____________________________-___(you / spend /

ever) a holiday in Canada?

7. A: Yes, I _____________________________(travel) around Canada twice so far.

8. B: When ______________________________(you / go) there?

9. A: The first time I went there was in 1997 and the second time in 2004.

10. B: ______________________________(you / enjoy) it?

11. A: I absolutely loved it, especially the west coast.

VI. Write FOR or SINCE (0.5 each)

____________ 1988 _________ a long time

___________ more than 10 years ______________ this morning

VII. Write sentences in the present perfect with the following words (1p e/a)

1. Recently __________________________________________________________________________________

2. yet ________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Just _______________________________________________________________________________________

4. still ________________________________________________________________________________________

5. already _____________________________________________________________________________________