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.

 Have visited
 Have been
 He traveled
 He has covered

2. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.
 PAST
SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST
PARTICIPLE
1. WORK WORKED WORKED
3. 2. do DID DONE Complete the
chart below with
3. eat ATE EATEN
the correct form of
the 4. call CALLED CALLED verb.
5. begin BEGAN BEGUN
simple
6. give GAVEsimple past GIVEN past
form
7. answer ANSWERED ANSWERED participle
know knew known
8. see SAW SEEN
meet met met
9. have HAD HAD
be WENT was/were GONE been
10. go
fly study
11. STUDIED flew STUDIED flown
write TAUGHT wrote TAUGHT written
12. teach
readmake
13. MADE Read MADE read
livetalk
14. TALKED Lived TALKED lived
fall fell fallen
feel Felt felt
take took taken
drive drove driven

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form:

 The weather been (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 haven´t (not have) a party for ages.

 It rain´t (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