Complete the sentence, using either the active or passive voice of the present perfect tenses of the verbs in the box

build         examine      steal      know

       finish       transform       live      learn

1.      The old castle ______________ and it is now a luxury hotel.

2.      We are good friends. We ______________ each other for a long time.

3.      I left my bicycle here and now it’s gone. My bicycle ______________.

4.      They ______________ their assignment.

5.      The sick child ______________ by the doctor.

6.      The bridge ______________ since last year.

7.      They ______________ in London for over ten years.

8.      She speaks English fluently. She ___________ English since she was 5.

Complete the sentence, using either the active or passive voice of the present perfect tenses of the verbs in the box

build         examine      steal      know

       finish       transform       live      learn

1.      The old castle ______________ and it is now a luxury hotel.

2.      We are good friends. We ______________ each other for a long time.

3.      I left my bicycle here and now it’s gone. My bicycle ______________.

4.      They ______________ their assignment.

5.      The sick child ______________ by the doctor.

6.      The bridge ______________ since last year.

7.      They ______________ in London for over ten years.

8.      She speaks English fluently. She ___________ English since she was 

Complete the sentence, using either the active or passive voice of the present perfect tenses of the verbs in the box

build           examine       steal       know                                                                   finish        transform      live     learn

1.      The old castle ______________ and it is now a luxury hotel.

2.      We are good friends. We ______________ each other for a long time.

3.      I left my bicycle here and now it’s gone. My bicycle ______________.

4.      They ______________ their assignment.

5.      The sick child ______________ by the doctor.

6.      The bridge ______________ since last year.

7.      They ______________ in London for over ten years.

8.      She speaks English fluently. She ___________ English since she was 5.

Complete the sentences using the correct present perfect form of the verbs and for or since.

1. They ……. (not eat) ice cream ……. last summer.

2. “……. (she/have) problems with her hearing ……. long?” - “Yes, she …….”

3. He ……. (be) colour-blind ……. he was born.

4. I ……. (take) this bus every day ……. six months.

5. We ……. (not see) our cousins ……. ages.

V. Make sentences with the given words, using the present perfect.( S+ have/has + Ved/3 + ...)

1. They / live / building / March.        à _________________________________________________

2. Maria / learn / play / piano / 3 months.à _________________________________________________

3. I / know / Mary / a very long time. à _________________________________________________

4. I / not eat / anything / lunchtime.    à _________________________________________________

5. She / work / as a secretary / 10 years.à _________________________________________________

6. I / buy / that schoolbag / 2 months. à _________________________________________________

7. We / live / that flat / since / we / get married.à ________________________________________

8. They / be / famous / my country / years.    à ______________________________________

9. We / be / friends / more than ten years.      à ______________________________________

10. Nick and Vy / not meet / each other / last Christmas.

à __________________________________________

Complete the sentences using the present perfect simple or continuous form of the verbs.

1. He _______________ a bungee jump. (never / do)

2. We _______________ for long. We started a week ago. (not learn)

3. They _______________ to surf. (always / want)

4. How many times _____________ to England? (you / go)

5. I _____________ all morning, and my homework still isn’t finished. (work)

6. She ____________ for a month now. She'll be home next week. (travel)

Find all the examples of the past simple and the present perfect in the article. Complete the rules in the Learn this! box below with present perfect or past simple. Then underline an example of each rule in the article.

LEARN THIS! Present perfect and past simple

a. We use ¹___________ to talk about a specific occasion in the past.

b. We use ²___________ to talk about a specific period of time that is still continuing.

c. We use ³___________ to say how long a situation has existed, often with for, since, or how long.

d. We use ⁴___________to talk about an event that has a strong connection with the present, often with just, already, or yet.

e. We use ⁵___________to talk about an experience at an unspecified time in the past, often with ever or never.