GUIDE NUMBER AND 1 MY LIFE GUIDE 1

ACTIVITY 1 MY LIFE

LUZ MARY CALAPSU GONZALEZ

ID: 539701
NRC: 5834

CORPORACION UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

NEIVA (HUILA)
2020
You will learn how to:
• Talk about past events
GUIDE NUMBER
1 MY LIFE

PRESENT PERFECT

How to form the Present Perfect:

PRESENT PERFECT AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

PAST
SUBJECT HAVE / HAS
PARTICIPLE
I / You / We / They HAVE
written
He / She / It HAS

Note: In spoken English, it’s common to use the contraction:

❖ I’ve written three books. In this case, he’s, she’s,

❖ We’ve already seen that movie Barbara’s, etc. mean he has,
❖ Barbara’s forgotten her cell phone. she has, and Barbara has.
❖ He’s just woken up.
NOT he is, she is, or
Barbara is
PRESENT PERFECT NEGATIVE SENTENCES
HAVEN’T / HASN’T
SUBJECT PAST PARTICIPLE
Have not / has not
I / You / We / They HAVEN’T
Seen.
He / She / It HAS NOT

Examples:

❖ I haven’t seen John this week.

❖ Mary hasn’t come to class for the past two days.

PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS

HAVE / HAS SUBJECT PAST PARTICIPLE
HAVE I / you / we / they
finished?
HAS he / she / it

Examples:

❖ Have you finished the project yet?

❖ Has George ever been to New York?

HOW TO ANSWER PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS:

❖ Have you been to London?
Option 1(+): Yes, I have.
Option 2(-): No, I haven’t.
 ❖ Has Alex met Miriam yet?
Option 1(+): Yes, he has.
Option 2(-): No, he hasn’t.

❖ Have the results of the election been announced?

Option 1(+): Yes, they have.
Option 2(-): No, they haven’t.

WHAT IS THE PAST PARTICIPLE

The past participle is a form of the verb that describes a completed action or state. For regular
verbs, the past participle is the same as the simple past:

• I worked all day yesterday. (simple past)

• I’ve worked here since August. (past participle)

This is also the case for many irregular verbs:

• He sold his car last week. (simple past)
• He’s sold 200 books so far. (past participle)

However, some past participles irregular verbs are different from their simple past form:

• We wrote an article for the newspaper. (simple past)

• We’ve written for many famous publications. (past participle)

Many of these irregular past participles end in –n:

INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
be was / were been
break broke broken
Other irregular past participles have a change in the
choose chose chosen
do did done vowel:
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten SIMPLE PAST
INFINITIVE
fall fell fallen PAST PARTICIPLE
fly flew flown become became become
forget forgot forgotten begin began begun
give gave given come came come
go went gone drink drank drunk
know knew known ring rang rung
see saw seen run ran run
show showed shown sing sang sung
speak spoke spoken swim swam swum
steal stole stolen
take took taken
wear wore worn
write wrote written
A. Fill in the blanks to form the present perfect.
1. You have bought a new computer.
2. I have learned a lot about computers.
3. We have read the story about Google.
4. Larry has known Sergey since they were at Stanford University.
5. They have not (not) known each other since they were children.
6. It has been easy for me to learn about computers.
7. You have used the Internet many times.
8. Larry and Sergey have not (not) finished their degrees.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct past participle.

1. I have done (do) many things in my life.
2. I’ve traveled (travel) to many countries and I’ve seen (see) many beautiful places.
3. I’ve met (meet) lots of interesting people all over the world.
4. I have visited (visit) cities in all 5 continents.
5. I’ve sailed (sail) round the world and I’ve climbed (climb) some of the highest mountains.
6. I have even 4 participated (participate) in a north pole expedition.
7. I have eaten (eat) fried ants in Africa.
8. I have had (have) some difficult moments but I have forgotten (forget) all of them.

C. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.

not buy not do not eat meet not phone
forget not see go invite take
1. No, I have not phoned my sister. I’ll text her later.
2. She has invited a lot of people to her wedding.
3. We have taken a lot of photographs during our holidays.
4. A: Where’s Mike?
B: I don’t know, I have not seen him today.
5. Mum, Alex has not done his bed!!
6. It’s Megan’s birthday tomorrow but I have not bought her present.
7. A: Where’s Ann?
B: She has gone to bed.
8. I think we have met before but I have forgotten your name.
9. I’m starving! I have not eaten anything since yesterday.

Complete the question and answer “yes” and “no”

Example: you / phone / the doctor? Have you phoned the doctor? Yes, I have.

1. she / finish / her meal? (+) has she finished her meal? Yes, she has
2. they / buy / a new car? (+) have they bought a new car? Yes, they have
3. Harry / tell / you / the news? (-) has harry told you the news? No, he has not
4. John / go / on holiday? (+) has john gone on holiday? Yes, he has
5. Megan / open / her presents? (-) has megan opened her presents? No, she has not
Name: LUZ MARY CALAPSU GONZALEZ Date : _______________ NRC:5834

GUIDE 1
ACTIVITY 1 MY LIFE

A. 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.

1. Visited
2. Traveled
3. Started
4. did
C. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.

Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle

Work worked worked see saw

seen
Do Did done have had had
Eat Ea ate eaten go went gone
Call called called study studied studied
begin began begun teach taught taught
Give G gave given make m made ake made
answer answered answered talk mak talked e talked

D. Complete the chart below with the correct form of the verb.

SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST 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 fallen
feel felt felt
take took taken
drive drove driven

E. Complete the sentences with the correct form:

1. The weather has been (be) awful in the past few days.
2. We have wasched (wash) the dishes. They’re clean now.
3. The airplane has landed (land). The pilot is just getting out.
4. We have not had (not have) a party for ages.
5. It has not rained (not rain) yet today.

E. Fill in the blanks.

a) I have finished the job. a) Have you ever been to Australia?
b) have b) be
c) has c) being
d) am d) been

a) Have you eaten your lunch? a) I have read all the plays of Shakespeare.
b) eat b) read
c) ate c) am read
d) eaten d) have read

a) She has not returned yet. a) My parents have never hurted me.
b) has not return b) has never hurt
c) is not returned c) have never hurt
d) has not returned d) have never hurted

a) I have never seen such a mess. a) He has always wanted to be a soldier.

b) never saw b) is
c) have never seen c) has
d) have never saw d) have

a) Has he brought his violin? a) She has never apologized to anybody.

b) Is b) never apologized
c) Has c) has never apologized
d) Have d) have never apologized