A little practice for your English grammar skill. I have uploaded a file with man exercises around the present perfect and a little past simple. Just to help you gain more skills and get a high score on your schools English test
The Present Perfect Exercise 1: Put the verb into correct tenses There is no more cheese I (eat)…………… it all, I’m afraid The bill isn’t right They (make)………… a mistake Don’t you want to see this programme? It ………….(start) It’ll soon get warm in here I (turn)……… the heating on ………They (pay)…… money for your mother? Someone (take)……………… my bicycle Wait for few minutes, please! I (finish)…………… my dinner ………You ever (eat)………… Sushi? She (not/come)…………… here for a long time 10 I (work………… ) here for three years 11 ………… You ever ………… (be) to New York? 12 You (not/do) ………….your project yet, I suppose 13 I just (see)……… Andrew and he says he …… already (do)……… about half of the plan 14 I ……… just (decide)……… to start working next week 15 He (be)………… at his computer for seven hours 16 She (not/have) ……………any fun a long time 17 My father (not/ play)……… any sport since last year 18 I’d better have a shower I (not/have)……… one since Thursday 19 I don’t live with my family now and we (not/see)………… each other for five years 20 I…… just (realize)………… that there are only four weeks to the end of term 21 The train drivers (go)……… on strike and they stopped working at twelve o’clock 22 How long…… (you/know)……… each other? 23 ……….(You/ take)………… many photographs? 24 (She/ eat)……………… at the Royal Hotel yet? 25 He (live) ………….here all his life 26 Is this the second time he (lose)…………… his job? 27 How many bottles………… the milkman (leave) ………….? He (leave) ……… six 28 I (buy)………… a new carpet Come and look at it 29 She (write)………… three poems about her fatherland 30 We (finish) ……………………three English courses Exercise 2: Change the sentence from past simple -> present perfect and vice versa 1) This is the first time he went abroad This is the first time + S + Ved/2 Have/has + Ved/3 S + have/has + not + V3/ED before => He hasn't 2) She started driving month ago S + started + Ving + + ago Began + Ving + when + S + Ved/2 S + has/have + Ved/V3 + for + Since + S + Ved/V2 => She has 3) We began eating when it started to rain => We have 4) I last had my hair cut when I left her S + last + V2/ed + when S + Ved/2 The last time + S + Ved/2 was + ago S + have/has + not Ved/V3+ since + S + Ved/2 • for + • => I haven't 5) The last time she kissed me was months ago => She hasn't 6) It is a long time since we last met It is + + since + S + last + Ved/2 S + has/have + not + V3/Ved + since/for => We haven't 7) When did you have it? => How long ? 8) This is the first time I had such a delicious meal => I haven't 9) I haven't seen him for days => The last 10) I haven't taken a bath since Monday => It is Exercise 3: 1) We (study) .a very hard lesson the day before yesterday 2) We (study) almost every lesson in this book so far 3) We (never, watch) that television program 4) We (watch) an interesting program on television last night 5) My wife and I (travel) by air many times in the past 6) My wife and I (travel) to Mexico by air last summer 7) I ( read) that novel by Hemingway sevaral times before 8) I (read) .that novel again during my last vacation 9) I (have) .a little trouble with my car last week 10) However, I (have) no trouble with my car since then 11) I (have ) ……………… this toy since my birthday 12) We (live )………………….in HN for ten years now and like it a lot 13) The last time I (go) ……………………to HN was in May 14) When my parents were on holiday I ( stay)……………… with my aunt for a week 15) I (not see ) my son for ages He (not visit ) …………………… me since May 16) Tom ( be) …………….to HN twice He loves it very much 17) My sister (work ) ……………………for an enterprise for two years That was after college 18) I (move)……………… to HN in 2001 I (be ) ………….there a long time now 19) It was so cold today that I (wear)…………… a sweater at school 20) So far this month there (be )…………………… three robberies in this street 21) When I was young I (meet )………… him three times 22) In the past few years ,it (become )………… more and more difficult to get into university 23) I (feel )………………better since I ( live) ……………….here 24) Since I (be ) ……………………in this city I ( not see)…………… him Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer When the school? A) have you join B) did you joined C) did you join D) have you ever joined _ in England? A) Did you ever worked B) Have you ever worked C) Worked you D) Didn't you have worked That's the best speech _ B) I never heard B) I didn't hear C) I used to hear D) I've ever heard He's the most difficult housemate _ A) I never dealt with B) I never had to deal with C) I've ever had to deal with D) I've never had to deal with to him last week A) I spoke B) I've already spoken C) I didn't spoke D) I speaked _a contract last year and it is still valid A) We have signed B) We signed C) We haven't signed D) We have sign from a business trip to France A) I come back B) I have came back C) I never came back D) I've just come back Prices in 1995 but then _ in 1996 A) rised _ falled B) rose _ fell C) have risen _ have fallen D) rose _ have fallen You to a word A) listened _ I haven't said B) didn't listen _ I say C) listened _ saying D) haven't listened _ I've said back 10 I can't believe that the news yet A) you haven't read B) you didn't read C) you don't read D) you read not Exercise 5: Put the verb into present perfect I (work) today We (buy) a new lamp We (not/ plan) our holiday yet Where (be/ you)? He (write) five letters She (not/ see) him for a long time (be/ you) at school? School (not/ start) yet (speak/ he) to his boss? 10 No, he (have/ not) the time yet Exercises 6: 1) I .my Maths homework yesterday (to do) 2) .Susan .to England by plane? (to go) 3) They .a farm two weeks ago (to visit) 4) Jenny and Peggy .their brother (not/to help) 5) The children .at home last weekend (not/to be) 6) When .you .this wonderful skirt? (to design) 7) My mother .into the van (not/to crash) 8) The boys .the mudguards of their bicycles (to take off) 9) .you .your aunt last week? (to phone) 10) He .milk at school (not/to drink) 11) The police .two people early this morning (to arrest) 12) She .to Japan but now she .back (to go - to come) 13) Dan .two tablets this year (already/to buy) 14) How many games .so far this season? (your team/to win) 15) .the CN Tower when you .in Toronto? (you/to visit - to stay) 16) .your homework yet? – Yes, I .it an hour ago (you/to - to finish) 17) There .an accident in High Street, so we have to use King Street to get to your school (to be) 18) I .Peter since I .last Tuesday (not/to see - to arrive) 19) Frank .his bike last May So he .it for months (to get - to have) 20) I'm sorry, I .earlier, but I .a lot lately (not/to write - to work) 21) Peter football yesterday ( to play) 22) They the car It looks new again ( to wash) 23) Last year we to Italy (to travel) 24) John and Peggy the book Now they can watch the film ( to read) 25) I my friend two days ago (to meet) 26) We of another country before ( to think) 27) She a new car in 2011 ( to own) 28) I'm sorry, but I my homework ( not , to finish) 29) it the game of chess? (to be) 30) The girls their lunch yet ( to eat, not ) 31) I .my keys, so I can't open that door (to lose) 32) Columbus .in the New World in 1492 (to arrive) 33) Nina .her leg She is still in hospital (to break) 34) He .here all his life (to live) 35) Colin .for Brazil this morning (to leave) 36) Last winter Robin .with his father in the Alps for three days (to stay) 37) Ellen .with her left hand (always/to write) 38) She .a language course in Paris last summer (to do) 39) .anyone .yet? (to phone) 40) I .Paul today, but I .him last Sunday ( meet, see) ... (finish) ……………………three English courses Exercise 2: Change the sentence from past simple -> present perfect and vice versa 1) This is the first time he went abroad This is the first time + S +... haven't read B) you didn't read C) you don't read D) you read not Exercise 5: Put the verb into present perfect I (work) today We (buy) a new lamp We (not/ plan) our holiday yet Where (be/ you)?