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Using The Present Perfect

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I. Practicing the PAST PARTICIPLES

 

Instructions:
Change each of the following verbs, which are in the Base Form , to the PAST PARTICIPLE FORM . After typing each verb in the white box, press the *Correct Answer* button, and you will see the correct answer.

Hint: If you need help, refer to Understanding & Using English Grammar (Azar & Azar), Chart 1-11.

1. listen

2. win

3.know

4. swim

5. eat

6. write

7. forget

8. grow

9. cost

10. drive

11. make

12. save

13. be

14. take

15. go

16. leave

17. fly

18.oversleep

19. rise

20. start

21. begin

22. ride

23. wear

24. send

25. see

II. Practicing the Prepositions - for & since

Instructions:
Type the correct word -- for or since -- in the white box. Then, press the *Correct Answer* button, and you will see the correct answer.

Hint: If you need help, refer to Understanding & Using English Grammar (Azar & Azar), Chart 1-15.

1. l994

2. April

3. the last 3 years

4. a few weeks

5. nearly a decade

6. that day

7. I was a baby

8. a long time

9. the end of summer

10. my nephew's birthday

11. the eighteenth century

12. Dec. 27, l951

13. 9 hours

14. seven days and seven nights

15. the day I met you

16. more than six nights

17. we were in high school together

18. I began studying English

19. an eternity

20. this class started

III. Practicing the Present Perfect in Sentences

Instructions:
Change each of the following verbs, which are in the Base Form , to the PRESENT PERFECT or SIMPLE PAST TENSE . After typing each verb in the white box, press the *Correct Answer* button, and you will see the correct answer.

Hint: If you need help, refer to Understanding & Using English Grammar (Azar & Azar), Charts 1-12 and 1-15.

1. (take) We several exams since the start of the session.

2. (take) We an exam last week.

3. (call) You me only once last week.

4. (call) You me many times this month.

5. (eat) My boyfriend and I at that restaurant twice since Thursday.

6. (eat) Sharon told me that she there yesterday.

7. (win) The basketball team only two games so far this season.

8. (win) They their last game by only two points.

9. (send) My mother me a get-well card when I was ill.

10. (send) Then she me a box of my favourite homemade cookies.

11. (live) I here for only three months.

12. (live) I there for only four months.

13. (be) That man on that bench since yesterday afternoon.

14. (be) The same man in my neighbourhood all day Wednesday.

15. (sleep) We for ten hours after we got home.

16. (oversleep) Jerry twice since last weekend.

17. (do) Maria and Tommy the dishes every day this week.

18. (do) I'm sure they them all last week too.

19. (have) We a wonderful time on our recent trip to India.

20. (have) I sure hope you fun since you arrived here.

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