1.

Complete the sentences with : FOR, SINCE, JUST, ALREADY, o YET , NEVER, or EVER
1. My sister went to the swimming pool, but she has not come back ---------------.
2. Ben has worked in his firm ------------------he finished university.
3. Steve has ------------------done his homework ,but he hasn’t revised for his history test --------------.
4. Oh look! Somebody has ----------------broken that shop window, there are pieces of glass everywhere!
5. Sally has lived in this flat ----------------five years now, but she hasn’t redecorated all the rooms --------.
6. He has been driving that bus ----------------this morning , it is 3.00 pm and he hasn’t had lunch ----------. 7.
They have been best friends ------------ages now, -------------they were at primary school. 8.
We have ------------------ met the new Headmaster, even though he has ------------arrived in the school. 9.
There have been many floods in this region --------------last year.
10. The students have ---------------been on a trip abroad , but they would like to.
11. We haven’t managed to sell our house -------------, but we have had many visits ---------------.
12. “Have you ------------------eaten frog legs ?”” Dear me no, but I have -------------eaten snails.”
13. Catherine has -------------been to London, but she has ------------------- to the South of England.
14. I have lived in the countryside --------------ten months only , but I have --------------decided to go back
to town , even though I have --------------- really felt scared or lonely.
15.”Billy Elliot “, the musical has been on in a London theatre ----------------a long time now .
16.” Has she -----------sung in a choir? “ “ No, ------------, but she has -------------acted in a theatre play.
17. Our school has --------------------moved in brand new buildings.
18. I have not decided anything about my next summer holidays -------------.

2. Build sentences in the present perfect with these words, either positive , negative or interrogative.
1. How long/ you/ be/ in France?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. I/ live / this town / 2001.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. How long /you/ work/ in this shop?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. They /not be/ to the cinema / weeks
----------------------------------------------------------------------------5. My husband/ just go/ to the
supermarket ----------------------------------------------------------------------6. You / ever/ meet/ a famous
actor? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. I/ just receive/ good news/
from /my son.-----------------------------------------------------------------------8. Why/ you/ decide/ to move/
to Paris?----------------------------------------------------------------------------9. They / travel/ all around the
world/ visit/ many countries /ten months
now----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------10. How long / you/ learn / a second foreign
language?-------------------------------------------------------------11. She/ ever/ be / arrested for
theft?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------12. They/revise/ for their
exam/all day-----------------------------------------------------------------------------13. I/ teach/ in this
school/ since September----------------------------------------------------------------------14. “Star wars” /be/
on/ the cinema/ for months now--------------------------------------------------------------15. We/ not see/ our
neighbours/ for weeks/----------------------------------------------------------------------16. Sam / decide/ to
start/ studying law / at university/
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--------------------------------------------------------17. I / not/ correct/ all the tests /
yet/----------------------------------------------------------------------------18. You / ever/ be/ to New
York?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19. She/ just/ buy/ a new
car/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20. My sister/ already /
break/ an arm/----------------------------------------------------------------------------21. Why/ she/ send/ so
many letters of
application ?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------22. Alex/ never/ take part/ in a sports
competition-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------