GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 1

1 Complete the sentences with the words below.

yesterday | yet | already | until | by the time | after | never

1 I’ve ................................................ been to the US, but I’m starting to plan my first visit.

2 ................................................ I finished my walk, it had got dark.

3 Has everyone ................................................ given their presentations?

4 She removed the photo from the site ................................................ her friend had complained.

5 Justin hasn’t got a Snapchat account ................................................ .

6 ................................................ last month’s exhibition, few people had ever seen those paintings.
7 Sue ran faster ................................................ than she’d ever run before.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the Present Perfect
Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
not know | eat | play | wait | work | not find

1 ................................................ you ever ................................................ Mexican food?

2 Martin’s getting worried. He still .................................................................... a job.

3 How long ................................................ you ................................................ that game? I think it’s time to stop.

4 My brother .................................................................... Cynthia for long.

5 What took you so long? We .................................................................... here since noon.

6 I’m worried about her. She .................................................................... too hard lately.

3 Complete the pairs of sentences with the correct form of the verb provided. Use the Present
Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
1 paint
They .................................................................... the school for the past two weeks.

Mike .................................................................... his house several times.

2 not study
I .................................................................... all day. I only started an hour ago.
I .................................................................... calculus yet. I will study it next year.

3 share

................................................ they ................................................ any of their holiday photos yet?

So far, they .................................................................... only three of them.

4 manage
I ................................................ never ................................................ to learn how to skateboard.
He got three hours’ sleep last night. I don’t know how he .................................................................... to stay
awake today.
5 not do
There’s no food in the house. She .................................................................... the shopping for days.
I’m so bored. I .................................................................... anything since I got up this morning.
4 Write a sentence to follow each first sentence. Use the words provided and the Present Perfect
Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
1 Her flight is delayed. (not take off / yet)
She ........................................................................................................................................................................................... .
2 I’ve just checked my phone. (call / three times / so far)
My mum ................................................................................................................................................................................. .
3 This is the best party ever! (dance / since / I / get here)
I ................................................................................................................................................................................................. .
4 I am a bit nervous. (never meet / face-to-face)
Meredith and I ...................................................................................................................................................................... .
5 Many roads are closed now. (not stop / snow / for / four days)
It ............................................................................................................................................................................................... .

5 Complete the sentences with one of the verbs in the Present Perfect Simple and
the other in the Present Perfect Continuous. Use the affirmative or negative.
1 find / shop
I ......................................... any presents for my family yet although I ......................................... all day.
2 send / write
I ............................ e-mails all morning but I ................... any yet because I want to send them all together.
3 wait / arrive
We ......................................... for Mary for an hour but she still ......................................... .
4 cook / make
Jenny ......................................... all morning. She ......................................... dinner and a cake.
5 watch / see
I ......................................... eight episodes of this series. I ......................................... it since it started.
6 do / finish
I ........................ my homework since 8 o’clock and I ................................ the first exercise yet.

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple
or Present Perfect Continuous.
1 I ......................................... (sit) next to Mandy in class all year and we .........................................
(never / have) an argument.
2 That boy ......................................... (stare) at me for ages but I ......................................... (never / see)

him before.
3 I ......................................... (try) calling you many times. What ......................................... you

......................................... (do) all day?

4 I ......................................... (do) my maths homework all afternoon and so far, I .........................................

(finish) half of the exercises.

5 They ......................................... (not decide) to get married yet, although they ......................................... (date) each
other for many years.
7 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect
Simple.
1.Charles III …………………… (be) the King of the United Kingdom since his mother …………………… (die) in
2022.

2.I …………………… just …………………… (remember) that I …………………… (not do) my homework last night.

3.…………………… Amy …………………… (write) her book about white-water rafting yet? She ……………………
(tell) me about her plans to write it last year.

4.Ever since Mike’s expedition …………………… (go) wrong a few years ago, he …………………… (plan) all his
other expeditions very carefully.

8 Complete the sentences with the correct verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or
Past Perfect Simple.
1. The police ………………………………… the thief because he ……………………….. the law. (arrest-break)
2. By the time the police………………………….……….., the man…….………………………….. (arrive/surrender)
3. The police …………………………………the woman who …………………………… the bank. (investigate/ rob)
4. The witnesses ………………….. the suspect after they ……………………….………the murder. (Identify-witness)

9 Correct the mistakes in bold.

1I haven’t been anywhere since I have visited Paris.
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2Becky is nervous because she never flew before.
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3I just have hopped on a plane to New York.
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4Did you know about this development before you heard the lecture?
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5We hadn’t set out until we had planned our route.
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6I’ve been on the train since four hours.
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