present perfect
_________________to England?
( a ) Did you ever been ( b ) Have you be
( c) Have you ever been
c
SINCE OR FOR:
I have been waiting for you____________________around two hours.
FOR
Jack _____ (live) in Boston for the past 15 years.
HAS LIVED
PAST PARTICIPLE OF GO
GONE
Rihanna has had a music career ________________ 2003
a) because. b) for. c) in. d) since.
d
Jackie Torrence has been working as a story teller__________a long time and her histories have________been published in magazines and newspapers.
a) since; already
b) already, for
c) ever, since
d) never, already
e) for, already
e
Janet ____ (work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.
WORKED
PAST PARTICIPLE OF:
SEND
SENT
Lakes have run dry, lawns have turned brown, and farmers have left land unplanted.
The sentence refers to
a) a finished event.
b) an habitual event.
c) a repetitive action.
d) an action in progress.
e) an indefinite event.
e
We have been here______________________two o’clock.
SINCE
Dad, ____ (you/finish) reading the paper yet?
HAVE YOU FINISHED
PAST PARTICIPLE OF:
KEEP
KEPT
Some examples of the use of the present perfect were extracted from the text(…communications technologies have connected people all over the globe,… the environment has suffered, Some nations have begun to try…, … people have used the oceans as a dumping place). This verb tense was used because:
a) the development process is in the past
b) the development process is widespread
c) the development process is happening within a limited time span
d) the development process is on-going
d
I have lived in this neighborhood_________________I was a child.
SINCE
Peter _____ (play) Tennis for five years when he _____ (be) at school.
PLAYED - WAS
PAST PARTICIPLE OF:
THINK
THOUGHT
Check the sentence that it is NOT in the present perfect:
a) “It’s not create much his massive wealth or media influence …”
b) “…that has kept him in power for the better part of 17 years.”
c) “…it has taken a catastrophic near collapse…”
d) “…he’s created it through his media influence.”
e) “And he has succeeded both personally and politically…”
A
They have been in love_______________________15 years.
FOR
When Jack was at school, he _____ (learn) to play the saxophone. He _____ (play) it ever since.
LEARNED - HAS PLAYED
PAST PARTICIPLE OF:
LEAVE
LEFT