Key to Present Perfect

1.-Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect simple.

1 How long have you lived here ?

2 She hasn’t finished the exercise yet.

3 The concert has already started. We can’t go in now.

4 Jamie hasn’t worked here for very long.

5 I have never visited the Guggenheim museum but I’d like to one day.

2.-Write sentences and questions in the present perfect. Use the word in brackets

in the correct place.

1. I haven’t written about the job yet.

2. have you ever worked with children?

3. She has already had an interview

4. has he ever studied a foreign language?

5. they haven’t decided on a profession yet

6. Have they ever worked abroad?

3.-Fill in with the correct tense of the words in brackets

My older brother, Simon, is really energetic and he has done lots of interesting things. He has hitch-hiked across Europe and he has trekked across Europe. Have you ever done anything of the kind? I haven’t! I have only been to France and Spain. How many countries have you visited?

Simon and his friends have just come back from South America. He has just phoned from the airport. I can’t wait until I see him.

4.-Complete the dialogue between Tom and the Careers Adviser. Use the present perfect of the verbs in brackets, or short forms.

(1) have you thought

(2) have

(3) have decided.

(4) has given

(5) have already chosen acting school.

(6) have you ever acted

(7) have been

5.-Look at the situations. Write sentences with the present perfect and just to explain why.

1. My head hurts. I have just banged it against a wall

2. My friends are laughing. Sam has just told us a very good joke

3. I’m really surprised. I have just heard my best friend is getting married next month

4. My teacher is angry. My classmate has just broken a window with her trainer

6.-Write sentences with the present perfect and for or since.

1. They have enjoyed surfing since they were twelve years old.

2. Skiing has been an Olympic sport since 1924

3. Mike hasn’t played volleyball for three months now

4. Baseball and basketball have been popular sports in America for a long time

5. Jane hasn’t won any competitions since she started playing tennis

6. We have been at school for four hours