Present Perfect Simple Exercises

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1 PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE. Affirmative sentences with “have” or “ has” Exercise Fill the gaps with 'have' or 'has'. 1. I .................... answered the question. 2. She ..................... opened the window. 3. They ................................. called us. 4. You ................................ carried a box. 5. It ............................... rained a lot. 6. We ................................... washed the car. 7. He .......................... closed the window. 8. Jenny ............................... locked the door. 9. The girls .......................... visited the museum. 10. John and Sophie .........................been married for 50 years. Negative Sentences in Present Perfect Simple Exercise. Write negative sentences in present perfect simple. The weather was wonderful today. So the children were in the park all afternoon and have not done their household chores: 1. Sarah ………………………………………………... the dishes. ( negative wash) 2. Anita ………………………………………………..the kitchen. ( negative clean) 3. Maureen and Gavin ………………………………………………………... ( negative water) 4. Joey ………………………………………………..his bed. ( negative make) 5. David ………………………………………………..milk. ( negative buy 6. Lisa ………………………………………………..to the baker's. ( negative be) 7. Aaron and Jack ………………………………………………..their homework ( negative do). 8. Jane and Ben ………………………………………………..their rooms. ( negative tidy up) 9. Alex …………………………………………..……..the hamster. ( negative feed) 10. Hazel ………………………………………………....the bin. ( negative empty Sentences with 'never' in Present Perfect Simple When you want to express an action or experience that has not occurred before, you can use the word never”.

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  • 1PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE.Affirmative sentences with have or hasExerciseFill the gaps with 'have' or 'has'.

    1. I .................... answered the question.2. She ..................... opened the window.3. They ................................. called us.4. You ................................ carried a box.5. It ............................... rained a lot.6. We ................................... washed the car.7. He .......................... closed the window.8. Jenny ............................... locked the door.9. The girls .......................... visited the museum.10. John and Sophie .........................been married for 50 years.

    Negative Sentences in Present Perfect SimpleExercise.Write negative sentences in present perfect simple.The weather was wonderful today. So the children were in the park all afternoon and have not done theirhousehold chores:

    1. Sarah ... the dishes. ( negative wash)2. Anita ..the kitchen. ( negative clean)3. Maureen and Gavin ... ( negative water)4. Joey ..his bed. ( negative make)5. David ..milk. ( negative buy6. Lisa ..to the baker's. ( negative be)7. Aaron and Jack ..their homework ( negative do).8. Jane and Ben ..their rooms. ( negative tidy up)9. Alex ....the hamster. ( negative feed)10. Hazel ....the bin. ( negative empty

    Sentences with 'never' in Present Perfect SimpleWhen you want to express an action or experience that has not occurred before, you can use the wordnever.

  • 2Write sentences in present perfect simple. Place 'never' before the main verb.In a contest, people get the chance to do something they've never done before. This is what the participants toldthe jury:1. George/ never / sail / on the Pacific.

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    2. stay /never / at a five-star hotel /Rebecca /

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    3. a world-cup final/ Jason / never / watch /

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    4. climb /Rachel and Gareth / never / / Mount Kilimanjaro

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    5. practice /My father /Parkour / never /

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    6. her holiday in Mexico /Ruth / spend / never

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    7. be /Connor / never / to Canada

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    8. Lisa and Holly / never / cycle / around England

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    9. a Ferrari /Barry / never / drive /

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    10. Mickey Mouse /Clair/never/ meet/

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  • 3Questions in Present Perfect SimpleWrite 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 ______________________________________________6. it / rain / a lot ______________________________________________7. we / sing / the song _____________________________________________8. Maureen / watch / the film ______________________________________________9. many books / Bob / read ______________________________________________10. ever / you / be / to London ______________________________________________

    Information Questions with Interrogative Particles in Present Perfect SimpleOBJECT QUESTIONS

    If we ask for object we begin the question with the interrogative particle, then we place have/has, after thatwe place the subject and finally we place the main verb in the past participle form.

    What have you done?interrogative particle - have/has - subject - main verb

    SUBJECT QUESTIONS

    If we ask for the subject, we only replace the subject with 'who' (for people) or 'what' (for things).

    Who has cooked dinner?Interrogative particle have/has main verb object

    Wh- Question wordsWhat for things or actions. When . For time

    Where for places Why . For reasons

  • 4How much .. for quantity ( uncountable) How long .. for periods of time

    How many for quantity ( countable) Who . For people

    How often .. for frequency

    PracticeAsk for the information in the bold part of the sentence.

    1. I have been in the garden. -

    2.My sister has cooked dinner.

    3. Sue has read the book twice. -

    4. My computer has crashed. -

    5. Jeane has been on holiday for eight days.

    6. Fred has done his homework.

    7. Gavin has stopped at the corner.

    8. Sarah has bought five books. -

    9. Jason has talked to his teacher.

    10. Catherine has cleaned the house because she is having a party tonight.