Testing work for English learners "The Use of Present Perfect"

Use yet or already to complete the sentences:

1. Have you finished eating the salad _____?

2. Simon has not been to Canada ______?

3. Sally has _____ spoken to her friends.

4. Len has ______ written the dictation.

5. Have you _____learned the new words?

6. Mark has not developed his speaking skills____.

7. Has Bob washed your car _____?

8. Greg has ____given his talk.

9. Have you taken the dog for a walk ____?

10. Dad has ____ come back.

Use the words in brackets in the appropriate place.

1. Have you talked to the teacher(yet)?

2. Mary has finished her homework(already).

3. Ben has been to Peru(never).

4. I have borrowed the book from the library(just).

5. Sarah has spoken this tongue(never).

6. They haven’t come home(yet)

7. Have you swum in the Volga(ever)

8. Mike has fallen off his bike(just)

9. Don has become a professor of English(already)

10. Have Dora and Colin cooked dinner(ever)

Write questions to the underlined words.

1. Molly has been to New York.

2. I have seen a fantastic film today.

3. Sam has eaten potato soup for lunch.

4. Sandra has learned the poem very well.

5. The boss has written ten e-mails today.

6. Doris has come to see you.

7. You have borrowed your mum’s dress.

8. She has given her sister a lot of money.

9. He has visited this sportsman.

10. Peter has run to the stadium.

Use the verbs in brackets in the appropriate forms to complete the sentences.

1. It (happen) many centuries ago.

2. The computer (break) suddenly last week.

3. His laughter (sound) loud in the corridor the other day.

4. When I came home,the noise (be) awful.

5. Bob (have) a strange feeling the whole day yesterday.

6. When Lulu was a child , she (dislike) eating porridge.

7. Yesterday the meeting (seem) endless to me.

8. Last week they (do) a lot of things

9. When Tom was seven, he (prefer) bananas to oranges.