CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

ENGLISH GUIDE

PRESENT PERFECT

NAME:

PRACTICE

Answer the questions

1. Have you ever been to a big carnival that you enjoyed?

No, I have never been to a big carnival.

2. Have you ever done anything surprising?

Yes, at school in the grade, I have gotten a good marks for all my subjects,
which was surprising.

3. Have you ever been on a trip that you enjoyed?

Yes, I have been to Cartagena because I share with my family and I visited
differents places.
 4. Have you ever tried hard to do something and failed?

Yes, I have ever studied hard for a exam and I failed because I studied other
matter.

5. Have you ever been on a nature reserve that you like?

No, I have never been on a nature reserve.

6. Complete the table of irregular verbs.

INFINITIVE PAST TIME PAST PARTICIPLE

Go Went Gone

Become Became Become

Break Broke Broken

Dream Dreamt Dreamt

Drink Drank Drunk

Eat Ate Eaten

Fall Fell Fallen

Feel Felt Felt

Find Found Found

Get Got Got

Hit Hit Hit

 7. Put since or for into the gaps.
a. since 1968
b. for twenty years
c. since Monday
d. for three days
e. for two months
f. since August
g. for three hours
h. since ten o’clock
i. for a long time
j. since yesterday

8. Complete the sentences with the present perfect of the verbs in brackets.

Affirmative

a. (invite) I have invited Maria and Gloria to my party. I hope they can come.
b. (start) The movie has started Be quiet!
c. (do) I have done my homework. Can I go out now?
Yes, I have gone out
d. (write) Joe has written to Sarah three times this week.He really likes her.
He has invited cinema
e. (have) We have had four tests this week. It’s not fair!

Negative

f. (change) I can’t go out now. I haven´t changed my clothes.

g. (invite) You haven´t invited Brianne to your party. Why not?
h. (have) Sorry, I haven´t had time to clean my room.
i. (hear) Jon hasn´t heard from anybody.
j. (write) He hasn´t written to anybody.

9. Write the questions and answer using ever and never.

a. you / go / to the USA or Britain? (yes) USA (X) Britain
Have you ever gone to the USA or Britain? Yes I have ever gone to the USA /
No I have never gon totle Britain.
b. she / go / skiing or snowboarding? (yes) skiig (X) snowboarding
Has she gone skiing or snowboarding? Yes, I have ever goneskling / No I have
never gone snowboarding
 c. they / have / a cat or a dog? (X) cat (yes) dog
Have they ever had a cat or a dog? Yes, I have ever had a dog. / No I have
never had a cat.
d. you / write / to a pop singer or a movie star? (yes) pop singer (X) movie star
Have you ever written to a pop singer or a movie star?
Yes, I have ever written pop singer. / No I have never written to a movie star.

10. Correct the mistake in each sentence.

= there’s a word missing N= change the order of two words
X = change one word *= delete one word

a. Have ever you written a poem or a song? N

Have you ever written a poem or a song?
b. I’ve been gone to California-it’s really beautiful. *

I´ve been gone to California it really beautiful

c. What you done with my favorite Shakira CD?

What you have done with my favorite Shakira CD?
d. Why you have put my shoes in the trash? N
Why have you put my shoes in the trash?
e. Does you ever acted in a school play? X
Do you ever acted in a school play?

YAMILE MUÑOZ

ENGLISH TEACHER