WRITING HANDOUT: PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

I. Sentence transformation.
Directions: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS
Example:
0. Smoking is not allowed in my family.
No one in my family is allowed to smoke.

1. I have never attended a photography course before.

. . . . . . . . . .this is . . . . . . . . . the first time I attend a photography course.
2. It is 5 weeks since he last took a photograph.
He . . . . . . . . hasn’t taken. . . . . . . . . . . photograph for 5 weeks.
3. My father's been a member of a tennis club for two years.
My father . . . . was a member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . of a tennis club two years ago.
4. This is the first time I have had such a delicious meal .
I . .have . . never had. . . . . . . . . . . . . . such a delicious meal before.
5. I haven’t seen him for 8 days.
The last . . .time I saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .him was 8 days ago.
6. I last had my hair cut when I left her.
I haven’t had my hair cut . . . . since I left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . her.
7. This is the first time he has been abroad.
He hasn’t .been . .abroad before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. It is a long time since we last met.
We haven’t met . . . . for a long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . time
9. The last time she cooked for me was 5 months ago.
She . . hasn’t cooked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for me for 5 months.
10. It started raining two days ago.
It . . . . . . .has been raining . . . . . . . . . . . for two days.