Present Perfect
Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect
Vocabulary
Mystery Bag
100
What is the formula for making the Present Perfect Tense?

Have/Has + Past Participle

100

What is the formula for making the Present Perfect Progressive tense?

Have/Has + Been + ing

100

What is the formula for making the Past Perfect tense?

Had + Past Participle

100

To go up into space is...

a) to descend

b) to launch

c) to submerge

b) to launch

100

What is the simple past and past participle for the verb ' dream' ?

dreamed/dreamt, dreamed/dreamt

200

Fill in the blank with the Present Perfect.

Those construction workers ______  _____ the new office building downtown already.

have built, have constructed, have made

200

Create a sentence using the following words:

Julie, wait, 3 hours

Julie has been waiting for 3 hours.

200

Merge these two sentences into one using the Past Perfect tense:

Yolanda graduated from college (1st action)

She got a job (2nd action)

Yolanda had graduated from college before she got a job or Yolanda had got a job after she graduated from college.

200

What is the past participle for the verb 'swell'?

swollen

200

In the article entitled Swim Around Britain, what is the name of the foot condition Ross Edgley had?

a) trout feet

b) trot foot

c) trench foot

c) trench foot

300

Change the following sentence into the Present Perfect tense:

Yesterday, my students surprised me with a birthday party.

My students have surprised me with a birthday party (before).

300

True or False:

'Paulus has been sitting in class right now' is a correct sentence in the Present Perfect Progressive tense.

False

300

Create a sentence using the following words:

Antonio, arrived, remembered

...

300

Use the word 'condition' in a sentence

Eg. His condition was very serious, etc

300

Fill in the blank with the correct symptom:

My daughter appears to be sick. She has been __________ all day and since she can hardly talk I think she has a ____  _____.

coughing/sneezing, sore throat

400

Explain the difference between the two sentences:

a) Luke and Tasha were in Ghana for three weeks.

b) Luke and Tasha have been in Ghana for three weeks.

Two explanations:

The first is in the simple past and the second is in the present perfect.

The first describes a completed action and the second describes an action that began in the past and continues to the present.

400

Name 4 non-action verbs that are generally not used in the progressive tenses.

know, like, own, belong

400

Explain why the following sentence is incorrect:

She had seen the movie.

The Past Perfect tense is used to talk about two different events that show sequence. This sentence only shows one event.

400

In the following sentence what does 'brake' mean?

 It will have to use a lot of energy to brake against the sun’s gravity.

to slow down, to move against

400

Name 3 weather terms that begin with 's'

sleet, stormy, snowy, sunny

500

Who is alive and who is dead?

a) In his lifetime, Uncle Ray had several cars.

b) In his lifetime, Uncle Alex has had several cars.

Uncle Ray is dead and Uncle Alex is alive.

500

Create a sentence in the Present Perfect Progressive tense using 'frost'

I've been seeing frost on the trees for the past two hours.

500

Change the following sentence into the Past Perfect:

Jonathan exits the biology classroom before the teacher arrives to pass out the exam.

Jonathan had exited the biology classroom before the teacher arrived to pass out the exam.

500

Use the adjective form of nausea in a sentence

Yesterday I was feeling very nauseous.

500

1) What are large balls of snow that come from the sky called?

2) Use that word in any perfect sentence

1) Hail

2) varies