THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE QUESTIONS

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Column A (root
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Arise
Bear
Become
Cling
Do
Eat
Fall
Draw
Feel
Fit

Column B (past)

Column C (past
participle)

Shake
Forget

Exercise 1
Fill the blanks in column B with the past tense and column C with the past
participle of the root words.

Exercise 2
Fill in tehe blanks with the present perfect tense of the verb in the brackets.
1. Teacher has good news for us. We ____________________ (pass) our test
with flying colours.
2. Mother says we can eat now. She ________________________ (cook) dinner
already.
3. The rich man has no money. He _________________________ (gamble)
away all his fortune.
4. You can borrow my book now. I ________________________ (read) it.
5. ____________ they ________________ (tell) him results yet?
6. We cant go home yet. The bell ___________ not
_____________________(ring).
7. ________________ you ever ____________________ (see) a hippopotamus?
8. My grandmother ___________________ (be) ill for a long time.
9. May I borrow your bicycle? I __________________ (leave) mine at home.
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Many people are waiting. The train _____________ not
_______________ (arrive) yet.

Exercises 3
Make a sentence using the present perfect perfect tense.
1. The dog catch a snake
______________________________________________________.
2. Encik Ariff buy a new car
_________________________________________________________.
3. Father water the plants
__________________________________________________________.
4. Aunty Beth roast a chicken
___________________________________________________________.
5. Tom wash his hands
______________________________________________________________.
6. Wani never see a panda

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7. Mother sew dress for my doll
_____________________________________________________________.
8. I cant go out it just start to rain
_______________________________________________________________.
9. I never see a volcano im my life
________________________________________________________________.
10.
The painter just paint the door
_________________________________________________________________.
Exercise 4
Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the box. Change them into
the present perfect tense first.
Escape
break
take return steal

catch

search

prepare

do steal

bring

1. The machine ___________________ down. Have you called the

mechanic?
2. The hawker ____________________ many different vegetables today.
3. The prisoner ___________________ from prisons. The police have not
caught him yet.
4. The students ________________ their homework already.
5. The fisherman _________________ a huge shark today.
6. We ___________________ everywhere for the diamond necklace.
7. They __________________ from London after a long holiday.
8. The maid ________________ dinner for us. Lets have it now.
9. The thief ________________ the neighbours bicycle.
10. I ______________ my dog for a run in the park for the last five
years.
Exercise 5
Fill in the blanks with the present perfect tense of the words given.
Rewrite the sentences.

Go
Hear

launch
Complete

Visit
Collect

Talk
Attend

1. They never .fishing.

_______________________________________________________________________.
2. Umi and Rebecca .. never ..live concert.
______________________________________________________________________.

3. The singer just .. her new album.

_____________________________________________________________________.
4. We .. Bangkok several times.
______________________________________________________________________.
5. .Indy.. her computer course?
______________________________________________________________________.
6. your parents .. talked to your teacher yet?
_____________________________________________________________________.
7. you . the latest news about Mrs Wani ?
______________________________________________________________________.
8. My brother .. all the CDs of his favourite singer.
_______________________________________________________________________.

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Column A (root
word)
Arise
Bear
Become
Cling
Do
Eat
Fall
Draw
Feel
Fit

Column B (past)
Arose
bore
became
Clung
Did
ate
Fell
drew
felt
Fit

Column C (past
participle)
arisen
Born
Became
clung
Done
Eaten
Fallen
Drawn
Felt
Fit

Shake

shooke

Shaken

Forget

forgot

forgotten

Answers

Exercise 1

Exercise 2
1. Have passed
2. Has cooked
3. Has gambled
4. Have read
5. Have told
6. Has rung
7. Have seen
8. Has been
9. Have left
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Has arrived

Exercise 3
1. The dog has caught a snake.
2. Encik Ariff has bought a new car.
3. Father watered the plant.
4. Aunty Beth has roasted a chicken.
5. Tom has just washed his hand.
6. Wani has never seen a panda.
7. Mother has sewn a dress for my doll.
8. I cant go out it has just started to rain.
9. I have never seen a volcano in my life.
10.
Th painter has just painted the door.

Exercise 4
1. Has broken
2. Has brought
3. Has escaped
4. Have done
5. Have caught
6. Have searched
7. Have written
8. Has prepared
9. Ha stolen
10.
Have taken

Exercise 5
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Have,gone
Have, attended
Has, launched
Have, visited
Has, completed
Have, talked
Have,heard
Has collected