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.

PAST
SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST
PARTICIPLE
1. WORK WORKED WORKED
2. do Did Done
3. eat Ate Eaten
2. Write the simple
4. call Called Called past and past
5. begin Began Begun participle of the
6. give Gave Given following verbs.
7. answer answered answered
8. see Saw Seen
9. have Had Had
3. 10. go Complete the
11. study chart below with
the 12. teach correct form of
the verb.
13. make
14. talk
 simple simple past past
form 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