Put
in the first blank an appropriate verb phrase in the present perfect tense and put since or for in the second.
1.
I _____________my car _________________three years.
2.
We _______________in this classroom __________________ten o'clock.
3.
S/he ______________him/her secretly ___________________many years.
4.
He __________________a great deal of money _________________the day he was
born.
5.
My best friend ______________in New York ______________he was born.
6.
They ______________a great deal of trouble with their car _____________the day
they bought it.
7.
The weather _____________beautiful ____________the beginning of the month.
8. The President ___________________in
office ________________some years.
9. Bill and his father
________________together in the same company ___________more than
ten years.
10.Everyone
______________well ___________________the beginning of the course.
11.
Our little boy _______________an infection in his ear ____________he went
swimming in the
lake a couple of weeks ago.
12.
I _______________English only ____________________a couple of years.
13.
My next-door neighbor _________________very inactive _________________she
became ill.
14.
He _____________a great deal of trouble with his boss ____________he started
working for
the company.
15.
Betty Smith, a good friend of mine, _______________a very unhappy woman
________ the death of her husband.
16.
My house plants ______________much better ___________I fed them with a new
kind
of organic fertilizer .
17.
I ___________my best friend _____________more than fifteen years.
18.
My parents _______________their car ____________1951.
19.
We ______________in this room __________________about an hour and a half.
20.
I ______________that mountain several times ____________last January.
PRACTICE
EXERCISE 2 Name
Put
in the blanks have (has) + a past participle. Put appropriate words in
the parentheses.
1. Jane __________________married only once.
2. I _______________in ( )countries.
3. My mother ___________ ( )children.
4. I _____________ ( )movies this month.
5. She _____________ to the dentist ( times) this year .
6. My telephone _____________at least fifty
times since I got to work this morning.
7. His
father _____________at least thirty jobs since he started working.
8. Steve
_____________ ( ) jobs
since he started working.
9. I _______________in love once/twice/( times).
10.He
_______________in Europe (
) years.
11.The President of the United States
__________(never) __________ in Argentina/ France/England .
12.One of the most beautiful women in the
world ____________married (____ _____).
13.One of the most famous men in the world
________________in my native country ( ).
14.There __________________________very
little rainfall recently.
15.I___________________( )letters this
month.
16.Dr.
Smith _____________________around two thousand babies since he started practicing medicine twenty-seven years
ago.
17.My
best friend and I __________________many good times together, and we expect to
have more.
18.We
_________________________( )exercises in this chapter.
19.Since
the beginning of this course, I ________________________( )new friends.
20.Since
I arrived in this country, I ______________and _____________many interesting things.
PRACTICE
EXERCISE 3 Name
Irregular
Past Participles
Put
in the blanks have (has) + a past participle.
1.
(blow) Darn it! One of our tires _ _______________out.
2.
(hide) Where ____________you ____________________your money?
3.
(bite) _____________a dog ever ________________you? (sting) __________a bee ever __________________you?
4.
(freeze) How many pounds of meat _______________you ____________________?
5.
(forbid) Why ___________your father ___________________you to go to the party?
6.
(lend) ________your bank recently _____________money to the government?
7.
(find) It's about time! I ____________________my shoes under my bed.
8.
(bet/won) How many times ______you _______and __________money on a long shot?
9.
(throw) Why _______the baby suddenly ____________up? Is she sick?
10.
(grow) _________you ever ________________roses in your garden?
11.
(hold) ___________your teacher ever ____________the class in the park?
12.
(hang) Where ___________your father ____________up his jacket?
13. (hit) How many homeruns __________your
favorite player __________this season?
14. (fight) _________your favorite boxer
ever _________with the world champion?
15. (feed) __________you always _____________your
dog that kind of food?
16.
(understand) ________your parents always _____________your problems?
17. (beat) At last! My favorite team _________finally
____________its most important rival.
18.
(sing) ________your favorite soprano ever ________for the Metropolitan Opera
Company?
19.
(grind) ____________you up the coffee/meat/ chicken yet?
20.
(hurt) His recent actions ____________________his parents' feelings.
PRACTICE
EXERCISE 4 Name
Put
in the blanks have (has) + been
+ a present participle.
1. Our
daughter ________________lipstick since she was sixteen.
2. It
______________steadily for three days now.
3. I ________________care of
my neighbors' cats while they're away.
4. We ________________a lot of problems with our new car lately.
5. Everyone in the world _________________about the situation in the
Middle East for years.
6. We ____________________cards for the past couple of hours, and
everyone except me money _______________so far.
7. Dick and Janet ________________with each other ever since the day
they were married.
8.
She's angry because her boyfriend
hasn't shown up yet, and she _____________for more than three hours.
9. He ______________about me behind my back, and I don't like it.
10.We ____________________on a lot of
interesting projects lately.
11.We
__________________________beautiful weather this month so far .
12.
Our daughter ________________the
university for three years now.
13.
The children ____________________on my nerves.
Now complete the sentences.
14.
I/you/my father ___________________________________________.
15.
My teacher/doctor _________________________________________.
PRACTICE
EXERCISE 5 Name
The
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Put
in the blanks have (has) + not + been + a present participle.
1.
I'm tired because ____________________________I well lately.
2.
We _________________________________any problems with our car so far.
3.
She ____________________with anyone for a long time.
4.
Unfortunately, I ____________________________much luck in the lottery lately.
5.
The weather hasn't been very nice lately, so we _____________________to the
beach much.
6.
My company _____________________much money for the past couple of years.
7.
He ________________good grades on his tests for the course because he ______________________hard enough.
8.
I __________________any letters lately because I _____________any.
9.
He ______________with anyone since he broke up with Janet.
10.I'm
tired because I ____________________________enough lately.
11.The
patient ______________________penicillin for several days now.
12.Paul’s
condition _________________________worse.
13.I
haven't been able to listen to the weather forecasts because my radio _______________.
14.My grandfather ___________________________well
lately.
15.Our
team ____________________any games for a long time because it __________________hard enough.
16.His
mother and father ____________________together for quite a few years now.
17.You're
making mistakes because you ____________________hard enough.
18.Chris
_____________________for several days now, and she misses her horse.