VIVIANA ANDREA LOPEZ ID 620443 NRC 5846

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 Did Done
3. eat Ate Eaten
4. call Called Called
5. begin Began Begun
6. give Gave Given
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7. Answered Answered
answer Saw Seen
8. see Had Had
9. have Went Gone
10. go Studied Studied
11. study Taught Taught
12. teach Made Made
13. make talked talked
14. talk

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

simple simple past past

form participle
Know knew known
Meet met met
Be was/were Been
fly Flew Flown
Write wrote Written
Read Read read
live Lived Lived
Fall fell Fallen
feel Felt Felt
Take Took taken
Drive drove Driven

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form:

 The weather has been (be) awful in the past few days.

 We had washed (wash) the dishes. They’re clean now.

 The airplane has landed (land) . The pilot is just getting out.

 We haven’t had (not have) a party for ages.

 It hasn’t rained (not rain) yet today.

5. Fill in the blanks.

1. I finished the job.

 have
 has
 am
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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