The Use of Present Perfect Tense

Sam has never traveled, write where he has not been and what he has not seen:

1. London/ Big Ben – Sam hasn’t been to London and hasn’t seen Big Ben.

2. Washington, D.C/ the white House

3. Rome/ Colosseum

4. Paris/ the Eiffel Tower

5. Moscow/ the Kremlin

6. New York/ the Statue of Liberty

7. Oxford/ Oxford University

8. Madrid/ the Royal Botanical Garden

Make up sentences from these words:

1. Susan/carried/the books/has/ upstairs

2. never/been/the children/to/the circus/have

3. we/room/done/already/our/have

4. have /just /their /they /begun/ homework /doing

5. never /I /swum/ have /the /ocean/ in

6. hasen’t /Nick/ back /given /dictionary/ my

7. cousin /become /my /has /an /engineer/

8. Mr. Watterson / written/ new /book/ a / has

Make up questions from these words:

1. carried /have/ you/ into /your /room /the suitcases?

2. Sally/ has /a professional/ dancer /become?

3. Eaten /ever /has/ Nelly /pizza?

4. Visited/ their /have /granny /Mary and Jimmy?

5. Yet /has/ Alice/ the office /rung?

6. Begun /the report/ has/ Mark /writing?

7. Met /any /students /have/ you/ foreign?

8. Val /seen /the /new /film /has?

Use Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets to complete the task:

1. Captain Drake (be) to many countries of the world.

2. Doris and Helen (follow) the group.

3. His parents (not speak) to the teacher yet.

4. I (never swim) in the ocean.

5. Mike (hear) a strange sound.

6. Bob (write) an interesting essay.

7. The boys (play) volleyball.

8. The students (pronounce) the new words after the teacher correctly.

9. The sportsmen (run) 10 km today.

10. The meeting (just begin) really late.

11. I (write) already my letter to Father Frost.

12. His brother (ride) his bike lately in the park.

13. Her relatives (buy) all necessary things today.

14. Our uncle (teach) us French and German this summer.

15. Your pupils (understand) the new lesson very well today.