Present Perfect: Ever and Never - Pets Vocabulary

“How long have you been living in Canada?” “Why have you been avoiding going outside?”

Si entendiste esas preguntas, ya estás usando el presente perfecto continuo con WH questions sin darte cuenta. Y si no las entendiste del todo, en pocos minutos vas a poder hacerlo y responderlas con confianza.

En esta tercera lección de la serie, vamos a combinar las WH questions — esas que se formulan con what, why, where, who, how y how long — con el presente perfecto continuo. Y lo vamos a practicar con un tema que todo inmigrante en Canadá conoce muy bien: el clima y la adaptación al frío. ¡Empecemos!

English as a second language 
Worksheet on present perfect simple
 

• Main content: Present perfect
• Other contents: present perfect simple, form, positive, negative

Put the verbs in brackets into the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

PAST PERFECT -PAST SIMPLE– TEST

Name:
1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

1.After they ate / had eaten dinner, they watched a film.

2.By the time the teacher arrived / had arrived, the students sat / had sat down.

3.I didn't want dessert because I already ate / had already eaten.

4.Tom was nervous because he never flew / had never flown before.

5.When the police arrived / had arrived, the thief escaped / had escaped.

2. WRITE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT.

1.Before Jack _____________ (move) to London, he _____________ (live) in Manchester for five years.

2.When I _____________ (open) my bag, I realized that I _____________ (leave) my wallet at home.

3. When Mary __________ (arrive) at school, the lesson __________ already __________ (not/start).

4.John __________ (be) angry because his brother __________ (take) his computer.

5 After we __________ (eat) dinner, we __________ (watch) a film.

6 By the time I __________ (get) home, my parents __________ (go) to bed.

7 Sarah __________ (finish) her project before she __________ (go) to the party.

8 When the police __________ (arrive), the thief __________ (leave).

3. WHICH ACTION HAPPENED FIRST? UNDERLINE

1.After they had finished the project, they presented it to the class.

2.When I opened the fridge, I realized that someone had eaten the cake.

3.By the time the police arrived, the thief had escaped.

4.Lucy had bought a new dress before she went to the party.

5.After Jack had taken a shower, he went to bed.

4. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT.

THE LOST PHONE

Yesterday, Emma _________ (go) to the shopping centre with her friends. When she _______ (arrive), she realized that she _______ (leave) her phone at home.

She _____(feel) worried because she ______ (need) her phone to call her mother.

After she ______ (buy) some clothes, she _________ (decide) to go home.

When she ________ (get) home, she _______ (find) her phone on the kitchen table. Her little brother ________ (put) it there because he ______ (find) it in the living room.

Emma __________ (be) very happy because she __________ (think) she had lost her phone.

5.TURN THESE SENTENCES INTO NEGATIVE-AFFIRMATIVE-INTERROG.

1. Sarah __________ (finish) her homework before dinner.

NEGATIVE:

INTERROGATIVE:

2. They __________ (leave) the house before the rain started.

NEGATIVE:

INTERROGATIVE:

3. Peter __________ (clean) his bedroom.

NEGATIVE:

INTERROGATIVE: