Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Present Perfect

Exercise 1
The following people have just completed an action.
  1. Sue and Walter / wash / their car
  2. Andrew / repair / his bike
  3. Brad and Louise / watch / a film
  4. Tamara / talk to / her best friend
  5. Bridgette / draw / a picture
  6. Tom and Alice / be / to a restaurant  
Exercise 2

The weather was wonderful today. So the children were in the park all afternoon and have not done their household chores:

  1. Maureen and Gavin / not / water the plants
  2. Joey / not / make his bed
  3. David / not / buy milk
  4. Lisa / not / be to the baker's
  5. Jane and Ben / not / tidy up their rooms
  6. Alex / not / feed the hamster
  7. Hazel / not / empty the bin  
Exercise 3


Write questions in present perfect simple.
  1. you / answer / the question
  2. Jenny / lock / the door
  3. Walter / call / us
  4. you / see / the picture
  5. your parents / get / the letter  
Exercise 4


Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
  1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash) the dishes yet?
  2. Daughter: I (wash) the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not) the time yet to do it today.
  3. Mother: (you / do / already) your homework?
  4. Daughter: No, I (come / just) home from school.
  5. Mother: You (come) home from school two hours ago!
  6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) when I (arrive) and I (finish / just) the phone call.
  7. Mother: (you / see / not) Lucy at school in the morning?
  8. Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) time to talk then.