Directions: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in the present perfect.

Exercise A - Affirmative Statements: S + has or have + past participle

1. I ______ __________ in this country all my life. (live)
2. She _______ _________ her homework. (do)
3. All of my friends ______ __________ away on vacation this week. (be)
4. It _____ ___________ the entire week. (rain)
5. We _________ _____________ a lot of grammar in this class. (study)
6. John ________ ____________ in the hospital for five days. (be)
7. I _______ _____________ as a teacher since 1989. (work)
8. Jennifer knows everyone in her town because she _______ _________ there since she was
baby. (live)
9. Mark and Louise _______ _________ about getting married. (talk)
10. A friend of mine _______ ___________ $20,000 in the bank to buy a house. (save)

Exercise B - Negative Statements: S + has or have + not + past participle

1. Martha ___________ _____________ her homework yet. (do)
2. We ___________ ______________ a movie in a very long time. (see)
3. The children ___________ _____________ breakfast and they're very hungry. (have)
4. You _________ ______________ any breakfast yet either. (have)
5. It __________ _____________ in almost four weeks and the ground is too dry. (rain)

The Present Perfect

the Past Continuous Tense
Part A.
Directions: Complete each sentence in the past continuous tense. (10 points)
1. She _______ ____________ on the phone five minutes ago. (talk)
2. I _________ _______________ to the radio this morning when I heard the
news. (listen)
3. They _________ ____________ in Mexico last year. (live - negative)
4. You _________ ________________ last weekend. (work)
5. We _________ ______________ when the telephone rang. (sleep)
6. Bob bumped his head as he ________ ___________ into the car. (get)
7. It ___________ _____________ when we left home, but now it is. (rain negative)
8. I ________ ____________ dinner while talking on the phone.(make)
9. The students ____________ ______________ very much last week, so they
forgot what they had learned. (study - negative)
10. Maria _________ ____________ what she had to do to get the job done. (do
- negative)
Part B.
Directions: Make questions in the past continuous tense. (10 points)
1. What _________ she ____________ last weekend? (do)
2. __________ you _______________ yesterday? (work)
3. Why _________ they ______________ so angry? (get)

4. __________ the sun ______________ earlier? (shine)

5. When __________ Ted _____________ on the phone? (talk)
6. __________ I _________________ last night? (snore)
7. How _________ he ___________ his bills when he lost his job? (pay)
8. _____________ the baby ______________ just now? (cry)
9. How much money __________ you ____________ at that company? (make)
10. ___________ we _________________ too loudly? (laugh)
the Past Continuous Tense vs. the Past Tense
Part A.
Directions: Complete each question and answer in the past continuous tense or
the past tense. Use the verbs in parentheses to fill in the blanks. (10 points)
1a. What __________ you ___________ when the phone ___________? (do /
ring)
1b. I ___________ ______________. (sleep)
2a. What __________ she ___________ before she ___________ the phone.
(do / answer)
2b. She ___________ ___________ the dishes. (do)
3a. Where ___________ John ___________ before he ___________ to Houston?
(live / move)
3b. He __________ ___________ in Miami. (live)
4a. What kind of a car ___________ the thieves ____________ after they
___________ the house? (drive / leave)
4b. There __________ ____________ a 2008 Chevy Malibu. (drive)

5a. What ___________ everyone ___________ about after the election

_________ over. (talk / be)
5b. They ___________ ___________ about what the President will probably do
in the next few months. (talk)

Part B.
Directions: Use either the past continuous tense or the past tense in each
question or sentence. Some verbs are negative. (10 points)
1. Why __________ you ___________ me last night? (call -- negative)
2. She ___________ _____________ when the teacher called on her for an
answer to a question. (listen -- negative)
3. What kind of food were you eating when you ____________ in Sri Lanka?
(live)
4. How many people ____________ they _____________ yesterday? (call)
5. Why __________ the young man ____________ more cooperative with the
police? (be -- negative)
6. I ___________ ____________ it was raining. (know -- negative)
7. You mother ___________ ____________ to get ahold of you on your cell
phone. (try)
8. How long ___________ the house _____________ on the market before it
sold? (stay)
9. We ___________ ____________ so much fun at the party that we didn't want
to leave. (have)
10. Nobody ____________ the old man get up off the ground after he fell. (help)

Part A.
Directions: Complete each question or sentence with a
modal verb and a main verb. The modal verb goes
first. The main verb goes second. (10 points)
Modal verbs: can / may / should / must / will / might /
could (use more than once)
Main verbs: see / live / bring / eat / find / do / help /
play / pay / rain (use only once)

MODAL VERBS
1. My teacher ________ __________ some cookies to class today. We don't
know yet.
2. You really _________ __________ a doctor about your illness.
3. __________ I ___________ you?
4. After Jeff graduates from college, he ________ definitely ____________ in
New York.
5. Tatania ________ __________ the piano really well.
6. We __________ ____________ our taxes before April 15.
7. The weatherman said that it __________ __________ later tonight.
8. You _________ ___________ less meat because it's not good for your health
to eat too much.

9. They _________ probably ___________ good jobs in Minnesota if they decide

to move there.
10. __________ you __________ me a favor, please?

Part B.
Directions: Choose the correct modal verb and main verb to complete each
sentence. (5 points)
1. The doctor told me that I ______________ smoking.
A. will like

B. should stop

C. must try

2. My girlfriend ______________ to the party this weekend because she is

scheduled to work.
A. can't go

B. shouldn't drive

C. will go

3. This computer ______________ better if it has more memory.

A. can't move

B. should go

C. will work

4. If I don't stop at a gas station soon, I ____________ out of gas.

A. might run

B. can be

C. will do

5. The young woman called her boss to tell him that she _____________ late to
work this morning.
A. can be

B. must be

C. will be

PERFECT MODAL VERBS

Part A.
Directions: Complete each question or sentence with should
have or could have, and a main verb. (10 points)
For example: You ________ ________ __________ (be) more helpful to that
elderly woman. (advice)

* should have = past advice, capability, or responsibility / * could have =

past possibility
1. I _________ _________ _________ (help) you last weekend if you had asked.
(possibility)
2. He _________ ________ ___________ (talk) to the doctor about his stomach
pains. (advice)
3. _____________ they _________ ____________(do) all that work already?
(possibility)
4. Maria __________ ___________ ____________ (eat) that whole pizza by
herself--she was so hungry! (possibility)
5. My students ___________ __________ __________ (finish) their assignment
by now. (capability)
6. ____________n't that company __________ ____________ (pay) their
employees on time? (responsibility)
7. Why ___________n't you __________ ___________ (meet) my earlier? Now
we don't have any time. (possibility)
8. The disaster ____________ never ___________ ________________(happen) .
It was preventable. (possibility)
9. President Bush __________ __________ ___________(tell) the American
people they needed to make more personal sacrifices once the Iraq War began.
(responsibility)
10. You __________ __________ __________(be) able to complete the test
within 60 minutes. (capability -- in this sentence, "complete" is the main verb.
That means there are seven words in the verb phrase!)

Part B.
Directions: Complete each sentence or question with would have or should
have and a main verb. (10 points)

* would have = past tense of will

or responsibility

* should have = past advice, capability,

1. If I had known you were coming, I _________ ___________ ____________

(make) extra cookies.
2. We __________ _________ __________ (fix) the leak in the roof before the
storm made it worse.
3. You _________n't _________ __________ (go) into that strange house if it
was empty.
4. It __________ _________ __________ (take) longer to get dinner made
without your help.
5. Before going to the beach, they _________ __________ __________(check)
the weather because it rained.
6. The doctor told her she __________ __________ ___________ (be) on a diet
the last few years.
7. The party _________ __________ ____________ (be) more fun if you were
there.
8. My friend __________ _________ _________ (make) a lot of money if he had
sold his stock in the company earlier.
9. I __________ __________ ____________ (do) anything just to spend a few
more hours with you.
10. They really ___________n't ___________ gotten _____________ (marry) so
fast.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS TENSE

Part A.
Directions: Complete each sentence or question with the present perfect
continuous tense. (10 points)

1. She ________ _________ ___________ at that company for three years.

(work)
2. The students _________ __________ ___________ a new textbook this year.
(use)
3. Barry _________ __________ ____________ very well lately. (feel -negative)
4. We __________ __________ ___________ a lot about perfect tenses. (learn)
5. _________ it __________ ___________ all day? (rain)
6. My sister _________ __________ ____________ on her cell phone for the last
hour. (talk)
7. My car __________ __________ ____________ very well lately. (run-negative)
8. How __________ you __________ ___________ in school? (do)
9. How long _________ he ___________ ___________ her? (see*)
10. I __________ ___________ _____________ very hard on my English.
(work)
* see = go out with; have a relationship with someone
Part B.
Directions: Complete each sentence or question with the present perfect
continuous tense or the present perfect tense. (Some sentence can use either
tense, but please consider the best choice for each situation.) 10 points.

1. He ____________________________ himself while working with that

machine many times. (hurt)

2. We ____________________________ a lot of fresh fruit lately. (eat)

3. They ___________________________ on their vacation yet. (leave--negative)
4. I _______________________________ this girl I met at work, but I don't
think she likes me anymore. (see)
5. Why _____________ you _________________________ so much these last
few weeks? (smoke)
6. ___________ you _____________________________? I smell alcohol on
your breath. (drink)
7. Ali ______________________________ a lot of money in the stock market
since he began investing. (lose)
8. The teacher ______________________________ a solution to the problem.
(find)
9. It ____________________________________ here in several weeks. (rain -negative)
10. ___________ you _______________________ your homework yet? (do)