PRESENT PERFECT ESO 2

EXERCISES
1. Write the participle form of the following verbs
Go ___________________
Be ___________________
Speak ________________
Have _________________
Do ___________________
Eat __________________
Write _________________
Tell __________________
See __________________
Meet _________________

2. Complete the table with forms of the present perfect

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

He has written a letter

They have not stopped
Have you danced?
She has worked
Andy has not slept
Have we finished?

3. Write sentences with the present perfect

They / ask / a question _________________________________________________
He / speak / English ___________________________________________________

I / be / in my room _____________________________________________________
We / not wash / the car _________________________________________________
Annie / do / her homework ? _____________________________________________
4. Write questions in the present perfec
She / kiss / a boy ____________________________________________________?
They / write / a poem _________________________________________________?
You / travel/ by plane _________________________________________________?
He / eat / snake _____________________________________________________ ?
They / know / a famous singer __________________________________________?

5, Write negative sentences in the present perfect.

We / be / to London ___________________________________________________
My father / drive / a lorry _______________________________________________
Peter and Mary / drink / tea _____________________________________________
She / cook / dinner ____________________________________________________
You / meet / him ______________________________________________________
6. Write sentences in present perfect simple
1. Fergal / sail / on the Pacific.
______________________________________________________________________
2. Rebecca / stay / at a five-star hotel
______________________________________________________________________
3. Jason / watch / a world-cup final
______________________________________________________________________
4. Rachel and Gareth / climb / Mount Kilimanjaro
______________________________________________________________________
5. Elaine / see / a whale
______________________________________________________________________

6. Ruth / spend / her holiday in Mexic

______________________________________________________________________
7. Connor / be / to Canada
______________________________________________________________________
8. Lisa and Holly / cycle / around England
______________________________________________________________________
9. Barry / drive / a Ferrari
______________________________________________________________________
10. Clare / meet / Mickey Mouse
______________________________________________________________________

3. Decide if you need for or since with these time expressions

last weekend ___________
ten seconds ___________
Christmas Eve ___________
a decade ___________
I finished school ___________
a couple of days ___________
my birthday ___________
a long time ___________
ten centuries ___________
the 70s ___________
I was a boy ___________
August ___________
the last month ___________
fifteen years ___________
the accident ___________

then ___________
we bought this house ___________
last month ___________ a millennium ___________
I met you ___________

4. Complete the sentences using for or since

1. Its been raining _______________________ lunchtime
2. Sarah has lived in Paris _____________________ 1995
3. Paul has worked in London _____________________ ten years now
4. Im bored. Ive been waiting here _________________ an hour
5. Kevin has been looking for a job ____________________ he left school
6. I havent been to a party _____________________ ages
7. I wonder where Joe is. I havent seen him __________________ last week
8. Jane has been away ______________________ Friday
9. Its so dry. I hasnt rained ____________________ some weeks
10. They have been going out ________________________ a very long time

5. Read the situations and complete the sentences with for or since and the words in
brackets
1. Its raining. It ________________________________________ more than five hours (rain)
2. Sean and Megan met years ago. They ___________________________________________
years (know/each other)
3. Joe got ill on Sunday. He _______________________________________________ Sunday
(be/ill)
4. Pete got ill a few days ago. Pete _______________________________________ a few days
(be/ill)
5. You have a headache. It started when you woke up. I _______________________________

____________________ I woke up (have/ a headache)

7. Write sentences taking into account the information given and using for/since + the
words in brackets
1. Do you often go on holiday? No, I _______________________________________________
(have/a holiday/five years)
2. Do you often see Sarah? No, I _________________________________________________
(see/her/December)
3. Do you often go to the cinema? No, I ____________________________________________
(go/ we/met/the last time)
4. Do you often eat in restaurants? No, I ____________________________________________
(eat/in a restaurant/ ages)
5. Do you often visit your parents? No, I ____________________________________________
visit/them/last Christmas)

8. Do we use for or since with the following time references?

I haven't phoned home _______________ Christmas.
We've been here _________________ nine o'clock.
I have worked for International House _________________ more than eight years.
I haven't visited my home town _________________ I left school.
I haven't been to the cinema ___________________ ages.
I have studied non-stop _________________ 9.15.
I have had a driving licence __________________ I was eighteen.
She hasn't had a day off ____________________ 1999.
Johan has been in England ____________________ more than two weeks now.
Peter has been my best friend _________________ we were nine.