FUNCTION exercises!!

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HERE YOU HAVE THE FUNCTION OF THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.

    The present perfect is used when the time period has not finished:

   I have been in class every day this week

 The present perfect is often used when the time is not mentioned:

 George has lost the competition again

 The present perfect is often used when the time is recent:

Alfred has just arrived in Sidney

The present perfect is often used with for and since.

 David has lived here for 3 years

David has lived here since 2003.
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• The present perfect is formed like this:

    have + past participle

TIP: Once you use a past time marker, you
must use past tense. (Ex. I have been to
Mexico last week = NO! I can’t say this. I
have to say, “I went to Mexico last week.” OR
“I have been to Mexico”
“For” is used with duration of time: six weeks,
five years, ten months, two minutes, etc.
“Since” is used with specific points of time:
last night, 2:00, Friday, this morning, etc.
Fill in the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect.

Example: I ___________ my father's car. (to wash)

Answer: I have washed my father's car.

1. Karen an e-mail. (to send)

2. Dave and Pat the museum. (to visit)
3. They already their rucksacks. (to pack)
4. I at the pet shop. (to be)
5. Markus an accident. (to have)
6. We the shopping for our grandma. (to do)
7. I just my bike. (to clean)
8. Emily her room. (to paint)
9. Lisa and Colin to a concert. (to go)
10. My friends smoking. (to give up)

Check your
answers
correct answer Nº1: Karen has sent me an e-mail.

correct answer Nº2: Dave and Pat have visited the museum.

correct answer Nº3: They have already packed their rucksacks.

correct answer Nº4 : I have been at the pet shop.

correct answer Nº5: Markus has had an accident.

correct answer Nº6: We have done the shopping for our grandma.

correct answer Nº7: I have just cleaned my bike.

correct answer Nº8: Emily has painted her room.

correct answer Nº9: Lisa and Colin have gone to a concert.

correct answer Nº10: My friends have given up smoking.

 Fill in the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect.

1. I a new computer. (to get)

2. you ever to New York? (to be)

3. John the film in the cinema. (not/to see)

4. Who Nathalie ? (to phone)

5. Joe on a trip through Alaska. (to go)

6 the Millers yet? (to arrive)

7. The pupils their homework. (not/to forget)

8. Tom his pen yet? (to find)

9. What you in the kitchen? (to drop)

10. Andy his sister's bike. (to repair)

Check your
answers
correct answer Nº1: I have got a new computer.

correct answer Nº2: Have you ever been to New York?

correct answer Nº3: John has not seen the film in the cinema.

correct answer Nº4: Who has Nathalie phoned?

correct answer Nº5: Joe has gone on a trip through Alaska.

correct answer Nº6: Have the Millers arrived yet?

correct answer Nº7: The pupils have not forgotten their homework.

correct answer Nº8: Has Tom found his pen yet?

correct answer Nº9: What have you dropped in the kitchen?

correct answer Nº10: Andy has repaired his sister's bike.