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 Sae 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 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 (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