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 Give following verbs.
7. answer Answered Anwererd
8. see Saw Seen
9. have Had Had
3. 10. go Went Gone Complete the
11. study Studied Studied chart below with
the 12. teach Taught Taught correct form of
the verb.
13. make Made Made
14. talk Talked Talked
 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 Falled
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 have washed (wash) the dishes. They’re clean now.

 The airplane had 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 have finished the job.

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

3. She has not returned yet.

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

4. I have never seen 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 has always wanted to be a soldier.

 is
 has
 have
10. She has never apologized to anybody.
 never apologized
 has never apologized
 have never apologized

Student: Jesika Lorena Usma Aguirre ID: 671300

NRC: 5852.