GUIDE 1

ACTIVITY

1. Read this newspaper article and complete the tasks below.

• There are five examples of the present perfect in the article. The first one is
underlined. Underline four more.

2. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.

simple form simple past past participle

1. work worked worked

2. do
3. eat
4. call
5. begin
6. give
7. answer
8. see
9. have
10. go
11. study
12. teach
13. make
14. talk

3. Complete the chart below with the correct form of the verb.

simple form simple past past participle

knew
met
was/were
fly
wrote
read
live
fell
feel
taken
drove

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form:

• The weather (be) awful in the past few days.

• We (wash) the dishes. They’re clean now.

• The airplane (land) . The pilot is just getting out.

• We (not have) a party for ages.

• It ____________ (not rain) yet today.

5. Fill in the blanks.

1. I ______________ finished the job.

• have
• has
• am
2. Have you ______________ your lunch?
• eat
• ate
• eaten

3. She ______________ yet.

• has not return
• is not returned
• has not returned

4. I ______________ such a mess.

• never saw
• have never seen
• have never saw

5. ______________ he brought his violin?

• Is
• Has
• Have

6. Have you ever ______________ to Australia?

• be
• being
• been

7. I ______________ all the plays of Shakespeare.

• read
• am read
• have read

8. My parents ______________ me.

• has never hurt
• have never hurt
• have never hurted

9. He ______________ always wanted to be a soldier.

• is
• has
• have

10. She ______________ to anybody.

• never apologized
• has never apologized
• have never apologized