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ENGLISH GUIDE 8

PRESENT PERFECT
El presente perfecto es un tiempo verbal en el idioma inglés que narra hechos que ya
han ocurrido en un momento en el pasado pero que siguen teniendo una relevancia en
el presente
ACTIVITY 1
Choose the correct option. 8 Have / Has you taken the dog
for a walk?
1 I have / has already finished my
homework. 9 The weather have / has been
terrible since yesterday.
2 My son have / has just started
the university. 10 My little sister have / has just
stopped crying.
3 The Black family have / has
gone to the seaside. 11. Sarah has/have never tasted
Japanese food.
4 Dad haven’t / hasn’t watered
the plants. 12. I haven’t live/lived in the city
before now.
5 Have / Has Sam ever been to
the USA? 13. Have your parents ever visited
Spain? Yes, they do/have.
6 Our English teachers have /
has never ridden a horse. 14. Have/Has Mary ever stayed in
any hotels? Yes, several times.
7 Ann, Frank and Jim have / has
bought a new house. 15. Has Sam ever played golf?
No, he hasn’t/doesn’t.
ACTIVTY 2

Complete the table with the missing forms of the verbs.

Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle

ride
grew
written
was / were
drive
spoken
done
had
see
took
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ACTIVITY 3

Complete the sentences with the suitable verb from the box in present perfect. Then match them to the
pictures.
have / iron / break / do(2x) / not read / clean / not correct / speak / not finish

1 I __________ the house.

2 Dad _________ the shopping.
3 Mrs Brown ________ the clothes.
4 Susan __________ to her colleague.
5 Pam and Joe ________ their breakfast.
6 My neighbour __________ the gardening.
7 Our Maths teacher ________ our tests
yet.
8 The basketball match ___________ yet.
9 My brother ____________ a window.
10 Mr White _________ the newspaper yet.

Make present perfect sentences.
1 Ernie / break / his leg / four times
____________________________
2 I / never / fly a kite
____________________________
3 your brother / ever / eat / snails?
____________________________
4 our friends / not play / volleyball / this
month
__________________________________
5 he / borrow / your pen?
__________________________________
6 my father / never / read / romantic books
__________________________________
7 I / not see / Julia / this morning
__________________________________
8 Mrs Salwick / ever / write a book?
__________________________________
9 my family / lived / in this town / for 6 years
__________________________________
10 your grandma / ever / ride a bike ?
__________________________________
Complete the sentences with since or for. Are these sentences correct
() or not ()? Correct the
1 My grandparents have lived here ___
incorrect ones.
1962.
1 Clara hasn’t just done her
2 My grandparents have lived here ___ 50
homework.
years.
2 They have lived here since
3 We have stayed at our friends’ house
2006.
___ a long time.
3 I have just saw a great film on
4 Kate has been away ___ two weeks.
TV.
5 We have been friends ___ we were
4 My English teacher has just
children.
missed the bus.
6 Joe and Tina have lived in England ___
5 Have you ever gone to Italy?
10 years.
6 Mum have already drunk her
7 My brother has worked hard ___ the
coffee.
beginning of February.
7 They haven’t phoned me since
8 I haven’t seen Eric ___ yesterday.
yesterday.
9 Our friends haven’t visited us ___
8 I have known him since 5 years.
Christmas.
9 My friend, Nicola has been to
10 My father has had this car ___ two
New York.
years.
10 The plane hasn’t arrived
already.
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1. John _______________________ this car from Peter last week. (buy)

2. He was greedy, so he _________________ the largest apple in the basket. (choose)

3. When Paul was younger he _____________________ two glasses of milk in the morning. (drink)

4. Peter _________________school when he was eighteen. (leave)

5. Joe ______________ long hair when he was young. (have)

6. We _________________ a good film on television last night. (see)

7. I __________________ a letter to my grandmother last week. (write)

8. I ______________ some housework on Saturday. (do)

9. The students ___________________ up when the teacher came in. (stand)

10. We ___________________ in a restaurant last weekend. (eat)

11. I ________________ angry with him yesterday. (feel)

12. Mr Henderson _____________ us History at school. (teach)

13. Somebody ________________ my bag last week. (steal)

14. The cold weather ___________________ us indoors. (keep)

15. Mary ________________ her keys. (lose)

16. Tom ______________ his friend’s name was Sam. (say)

17. I ___________ to buy some bread on the way home. (forget)

18. He _________________ against his enemies. (fight)

19. David ________________ a good job last month. (find)

20. Jane ___________________ very well yesterday. (sing)

2 In the square below the past tense forms of the verbs from exercise 1 are hidden. Can you find
them?
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K T N A T B D G A O D H

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T G O D E A E G H H A I

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K L E N H X Q W L O S T

V K A T D F E L T T S E

3 Make these sentences negative.

1. Andy took some photos yesterday.

______________________________________

2. Ben went to London last week.

______________________________________

3. Kate spent 50 pounds.

______________________________________

4. Sarah did her homework.

______________________________________

5. Martin read a book last night.

______________________________________

6. They won a gold medal last month.

______________________________________
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1. Say where the star is, using prepositions of place in 2. Choose the correct
the table: a) Under preposition:

b) In 1. The book __ the table.

1. 2. 3. 4. c) On a) on b) under c) at

d) In front 2. Sam is __ of Ann.

of
a) at b) in front c)
e) Behind behind
f) Among
3. The cat is __ the chair.
5. 6. 7. 8.
g) Between
a) in b) over c) under
h) In the
middle of
4. Tim is __ his friends.

i) Above a) in b) on c)
3.Fill in the correct preposition of place: 4. You are in the classroom, answer the
among
j) Over
9. 10. questions:
1. My mother’s portrait is ___ the 5. Liz is __ the window.
k) Below
fireplace. 1. Where is the teacher?
a) at b) above c) over
l) Next to
2. The bookstore is ___ the hospital. 2. Where is the teacher’s table?
6. The blackboard is __
m) At
3. Tim has put his CDs ___ the table. 3. Where is the
theteacher’s
wall. chair?
n) On the
4. The cat was sleeping ___ the sofa. 4. Where is the
left/right( a) blackboard?
at b) on c)
of) under
5.
11.A big lamp is hanging
12. ___ the
13.table. 5. Where is the map?
o) Near 7. Tom is __ Ann and Liz.
6. Bob is writing ___ the copy book.. 6. Where are the English posters?
a) at b) between c)
7. Nick is ___ the best students of our 7. Where is your bag?
over
school.
5. Read the story and fill in the correct 8. Correct
6. Where istheyour book?
mistakes:
8. The lamp is __ of the
8. ___ the left
prepositions you can see a monument.
of place:
9.
1. Where
Sam is is table
in your
the copy book?
table.
9. Sam’s phone is ___My
of Room
the table.
10. a) in pencil
Where is your b) under
box? c) in the
________________________________
10. RexCome
is ___
in! the
Thistable.
is my Don’t
room.touch
It is him.
very _______ middle
11. Where is your pen?
comfortable.___ the left you can see my
11. Ben is ___ me. 2. The flag is under the teacher’s table.
sofa. It is green and soft. I like to sleep 12. Where is your eraser?
12. The
___ vase is
it. ____ to right ___ isofmy
the sofa thetable.
table.I ________________________________
13. Where is your sharpener?
prepare my lessons here. There are a lot _______
13. Who is that boy sitting ___ Ann and
of useful things ___ it. All my books are 14. Where are the students?
Liz? 3. In the left there is a window.
___ the table.
14. A lot of stars are ____ us. ________________________________
My copy books are ___ the left. The lamp
_______
is ___ the right. Opposite the table is my