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Exercise 11. Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence.

1. I have been in the garden. -

2. My sister has cooked dinner.

3. Sue has read the book twice. -

4. My computer has crashed. -

5. Jeane has been on holiday for eight days.

6. Fred has done his homework.

7. Gavin has stopped at the corner.

8. Sarah has bought five books. -

9. Jason has talked to his teacher.

10. Catherine has cleaned the house because she is having a party tonight.

 

Exercise 12. Put the verbs into the correct form (Present Perfect Simple).

1. I (not / work) ___ today.

2. We (buy) ___ a new lamp.

3. We (not / plan) ___ our holiday yet.

4. Where (be / you) ___?

5. He (write) ___ five letters.

6. She (not / see) ___ him for a long time.

7. (be / you) at school?

8. School (not / start) ___ yet.

9. (speak / he) to his boss?

10. No, he (have / not) ___ the time yet.

 

Exercise 13. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple).

A: (you / play / already) ___ the new computer game?

B: No, not yet. I only (buy) __ it yesterday and I (have / not) __ the time yet.

A: (you / go) ___ to the cinema last night?

B: Yes. I (be) ___ there with Sue and Louis. (you / be) ___ to the cinema recently?

A: I last (go) ___ to the cinema two weeks ago.

B: So you (see / not) ___ the new action film yet.

A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) ___ it?

B: Oh, I really (love) ___ it. But Sue (like / not) ___ it - too much action!

A: But why (you / take) ___ her with you? She (tell) me last week that she (hate) ___ action films.

B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She (try) ___ to flirt with him all the time. So he (can / concentrate / not) ___ on the film.

 

Exercise 14. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple).

1. William (tidy / already) ___ up his room.

2. Caroline (miss) ___ the schoolbus yesterday.

3. I (finish / just) ___ my homework.

4. I cannot go out tonight. My grandparents (come) ___ to see us.

5. In 2004, the Olympic Summer Games (take) ___ place in Athens.

6. We (watch / not) ___ TV last night.

7. Joanna (read / not) ___ the book yet.

8. Collin (not / go) ___ on holiday last year.

9. I (have / not) ___ any problems so far.

10. They (learn / not) ___ the new words yet.

11. (they / be / ever) to New York?

12. (you / see) Catherine a minute ago?

13. What time (you / get) ___ up today?

 

Exercise 15. Write replies using the Present Perfect and just.

Use these Past Participle: check, eat, make, remember, ring, tidy

We must find out the address. – It’s all right, I’ve just remembered it.

1. The children’s room looks neat. –Yes, they’ve ___.

2. Is Daniel making some coffee? – It’s ready. ___.

3. What happened to that chocolate? – Sorry, ___.

4. Has Rachel got all the answers right? – Yes, ___.

5. Have you told your sister? – Yes, I’ve ___.

 

Exercise 16. Andrew is a very hard-working student. It’s midnight and he is still working at his computer. Write sentences with the Present Perfect and for and since.

be/at his computer/six hours – He has been at his computer for six hours.

1. not/have/any fun/a long time - ____.

2. have/a cold/a week - ___.

3. not/see/his friends/ages - ___.

4. not/do/any sport/last year - ___.

5. be/busy with his studies/months - ___.

 

Exercise 17. Complete the sentences.

e.g. You ought to wash the car. You haven’t washed it for ages. I’d better have a shower. I haven’t had one since Thursday.

1. I think I’ll ring my girlfriend. I haven’t ___ the weekend.

2. We’re going to see some old friends. We haven’t ___ five years.

3. Let’s watch a video, shall we? We haven’t ___ quite a while.

4. We could have a barbecue. We haven’t ___ last summer.

5. Shall we play tennis? We haven’t ___ our holiday.

 

PAST PERFECT TENSE

I/You/ He/She/It/We/You/They had Past Participle

HadI/you/he/she/it/we/you/they Past Participle?

I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They had not Past Participle

Use

1. We use the Past Perfect to make it clear that an action was completed before another action in the past.

The door bell rang at last. I had been in the room since breakfast.

(The bell rang at noon. I came in the morning - before that.)

When I arrived there Sarah had already left. (I arrived after lunch. Sara went before lunch.)

I was so hungry! I had not eaten anything since the morning. (It was late at night.)

2. It is used to refer to an activity that was completed before a point of time in the past.

In 2005 I had lived in the same place for ten years. Had you ever travelled by plane before your holiday in Spain?

Past Perfect vs Present Perfect Simple

1. The past perfect is often used with expressions indicating that the activity took some time, such as: for 10 years, since 1995, all week, all the time, always, ...

When the plane landed Tim had travelled all day. My parents moved away from Leeds. They had lived there since they got married. In 2005 Derek started to work in Berlin. He had always planned it.

These expressions are also used with the Perfect. The difference is, however, that the Present Perfect refers to events that started in the past and still continue, the Past Perfect expresses events that began before a point of time (or another action) in the past and continued to that point of time in the past.

I have been in Paris for a week. (the Present Perfect - I came a week ago and I am still in Paris.)

When I met Annie I had been in Paris for a week. (the Past Perfect - I came to Paris a week before I met Annie and I am not there anymore.)

2. If we use the Past Perfect Simple it does not always mean that an activity continued up to a point of time in the past. The event can end a long time before the point of time in the past that we refer to.

In 2001 Angie worked in Glasgow. In 1980's she had worked in Wales.

(Angie left her job in Glasgow in 1989. In 2001 she worked in Glasgow. But we do not know what she did in the meantime.)

 

Past Perfect vs Past Simple

1. The Past Simple is used for actions that happened some time ago. The Past Perfect is used for actions that happened before a point of time in the past.

Jim returned at 4 o'clock. He had called Jane on the way back home and now she appeared at the door.

In this story the sentences are in a reversed order, because in reality, first Jim called Jane and then he returned. If we want to keep this sentence order, we must use the past perfect to make it clear that Jim called Jane first.

2. If the sentence order is the same as the order of the events, we can use the Past tense.

Jim called Jane on the way back home. He returned at 4 o'clock and now she appeared at the door.

This difference is important. In some situations these two tenses have a completely different meaning.

I arrived at the garage. They told me to pay in cash. But I only had my credit card. I couldn't pay.

I arrived at the garage. They had told me to pay in cash. I paid and left immediately.

 

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