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.

 Has visited
 Have visited
 Have even traveled
 Has covered
 Has been

2. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.

simple form simple past past participle

1. work worked worked
2. do Did done
3. eat Ate aten
4. call Called called
5. begin Began begun
6. give Gave given
7. answer answered answered
8. see saw seen
9. have had had
10. go went gone
11. study studied studied
12. teach taught tought
13. make made made
14. talk talked talked

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

simple simple past past

form participle
Know knew Know
Meet met met
Be was/were Been
fly Flew Flown
Write wrote Wroten
Read Read read
live Lived Lived
Fall fell Fallen
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 has 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 hurted 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