Present Perfect Tense - Past Participles

A. Write the simple past and past participle of the following verbs.

simple form simple past past participle

1. work worked worked

2. do
3. eat
4. call
5. begin
6. give
7. answer
8. see
9. have
10. go
11. study
12. teach
13. make
14. talk
 Present Perfect Tense

Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Put the
verb in the present prefect tense.

take / work / find / see / speak / know / begin

do / learn / eat / have / write / give / live / buy / be

1. I met Barbara when we were in elementary school. We each other for

over twenty years.
2. We many new words since we started this course.
3. That’s a wonderful movie. I it three times.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Tonner married for 10 years.
5. You are late! The class already .
6. Robert is my neighbor. He next door to me for five years.
7. Mary several letters to her parents since she left
8. We home. in that restaurant several times.
9. Our teacher us a lot of help with the homework assignment.
10. She to her landlord many times about the broken
window.
 Past simple vs present perfect

Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the

verbs in brackets.

1.- They __________________ (write) their exams yesterday.

2.- They _________________ (start) building their new house 18
months ago.
3.- I _______________ (meet) the company manager two weeks ago.
4.- I ________________ (be born) in 1964.
5.- That was the best concert I _______ ever ____________ (see).
6.- I __________________ (not eat) anything since breakfast.
7.- I _______________ (study) English for 10 years.
8.- You __________________ (change) your address recently.
9.- When I was 15 I _________________ (go) to Dublin.
10.- My students __________________ (raise) a lot of money for
charity.
11.- We ________________________ (not go) to the cinema last night.
12.- My uncle ___________________ (arrive) in Lisbon last night but
he ___________________(not call)
13.- We ____________________ (not see) Pedro Almodovar’s new film
yet.
14.- ______________________ (you go) abroad this year?
15.- The shop is probably closed because they _________________
(go) for lunch.