GUIDE 1
ACTIVITY
1. Read this newspaper article and complete the tasks below.
There are five examples of the present perfect in the article. The first
one is underlined. Underline four more.
2. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.
simple form simple past past
participle
1. work worked
worked
2. do Did Done
3. eat Ate Eaten
4. call Called Called
5. begin Began Begun
6. give Gave Give
7. Answered Anwererd
answer Sae Seen
8. see Had Had
9. have Went Gone
10. go Studied Studied
11. study Taught Taught
12. teach Made Made
13. make Talked Talked
14. talk
3. Complete the chart below with the correct form of the verb.
simple simple past past
form participle
Know knew Known
Meet Met met
Be was/were Been
fly flew Flowen
Write wrote Written
Read Read read
live Lived Lived
Fall fell Falled
feel felt felt
Take Took taken
Drive drove Driven
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form:
The weather was (be) awful in the past few days.
We washed (wash) the dishes. They’re clean now.
The airplane landed (land). The pilot is just getting out.
We didn’t have (not have) a party for ages.
It rainding (not rain) yet today.
5. Fill in the blanks.
1. I am finished the job.
have
has
am
2. Have you eaten your lunch?
eat
ate
eaten
3. She has not return yet.
has not return
is not returned
has not returned
4. I never saw such a mess.
never saw
have never seen
have never saw
5. has he brought his violin?
Is
Has
Have
6. Have you ever been to Australia?
be
being
been
7. I have read all the plays of Shakespeare.
read
am read
have read
8. My parents have never hurt me.
has never hurt
have never hurt
have never hurted
9. He have always wanted to be a soldier.
is
has
have
10. She has never apologized to anybody.
never apologized
has never apologized
have never apologized