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 Give
7. Answered Anwererd
answer Sae 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 Flowen
Write wrote Written
Read Read read
live Lived Lived
Fall fell Falled
feel felt felt
Take Took taken
Drive drove Driven

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form:

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

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

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

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

 It rainding (not rain) yet today.

5. Fill in the blanks.

1. I am finished the job.

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

3. She has not return yet.

 has not return
 is not returned
 has not returned

4. I never saw such a mess.

 never saw
 have never seen
 have never saw

5. has he brought his violin?

 Is
 Has
 Have

6. Have you ever been to Australia?

 be
 being
 been

7. I have read all the plays of Shakespeare.

 read
 am read
 have read

8. My parents have never hurt me.

 has never hurt
 have never hurt
 have never hurted

9. He have always wanted to be a soldier.

 is
 has
 have

10. She has never apologized to anybody.

 never apologized
 has never apologized
 have never apologized