Grammar in Context Task 1 Present Perfect

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UNIVERSITY OF PAMPLONA

ENGLISH LEVEL II
FIRST TERM
STUDENT: Omaris Valentina Querales Navarro
DATE: 27/03 2020
PRESENT PERFECT

A) Fill in SINCE o FOR


1. He has been back for two hours / since 3 o’clock.

2. I haven’t seen him for over two months / since Christmas.

3. You’ve been watching TV since you came home from school / for most of the evening.

4. Carol has been looking after the baby since this morning / for over four hours.

5. The Healers have had Dusty since their old dog died / for nearly two years.

6. We’ve been standing here for twenty-five minutes / since half past six.

7. Kate has been learning French since she was eleven / for four years.

B) Complete these sentences using the Present Perfect


Tense of the following verbs

to be – to clean – to eat – to have – to rain – to see


1. Chris has eaten all the biscuits. (They are gone now.)

2. The boys have cleaned the car. (It looks beautiful now.)

3. Mrs Wood has had a busy day. (She is tired now.)

4. It has not rained for weeks. (The garden is very dry.)

5. I have seen the film. (I know it.)

6. My sister has been to Paris several times. (She knows it.)


C) Complete these sentences using the Present Perfect
Tense or the Past Tense
1. We (not meet) haven't met his mother so far. We were met his mother then.

2. Greg (be) has been a good student last year. Greg was a good student up to now.

3. They (live) have lived in our street since 1982. They were lived in our street some years ago.

4. Bob and Chris (not quarrel) haven't quarrelled all week. Bob and Chris weren't quarrelled
yesterday.

5. You (ask) have asked me this question before. You were asked me this question last lesson.

D) Read the situations and write sentences. Choose one of


the following verbs.

arrive break go up grow improve lose


Mike is looking for his key. He can’t find it. …….He has lost his key. EXAMPLE

1. Margaret can’t walk and her leg is in plaster (=Gips). She hasn't lost trust to improve

2. Maria’s English wasn’t very good. Now it is much better. She has improved a lot his English

3. Tim didn’t have a beard last month. Now he has a beard. He has grown and he's starting his
puberty

4. This morning I was expecting a letter. Now I have it and the has broken my heart

5. Last week the bus fare was 80 pence. Now it is 90 and has not gone up

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