Present Perfect Exercises

Teacher Carol
2 ano

1. Supply the Present Perfect of the verbs in parentheses:
a) That man ____________________________ has built
another house.
( to build)
have gone
b) We ____________________________ to the country by car.
( to go)
has cooked
c) She ____________________________ our lunch. ( to cook)
d) I ____________________________ have spent
much money. ( to spend)
Have
e) ____________ you ____________________ your bag? ( to lose)
has
lost
told
f) What ______________ she _________________ you? ( to tell)

g) They ____________________________ have written
me a letter. ( to write)
h) We ____________________________ have sent
you a card. ( to send)
i) They ____________________________ have played
soccer. ( to play)
has been
j) Susan ____________________________ sick. ( to be)
has
arrived
k) Karl __________ just ___________________. ( to arrive)
l) I ____________________________ have waited
for you for two hours. ( to
wait)
has attracted
m) He ____________________ me since I was a girl. ( to attract)
n) __________ Have they already ____________ bought their house? ( to buy)
Have
painted
o) ____________ you _____________ your house yet? ( to paint)
p) We _________________________ have been
to the zoo twice. ( to be)
q) The children ____________________________ have slept
yet. ( to sleep)
r) We ___________ have just ___________________Helen. met
( to meet)
s) The boys ___________ have already ________________ brought their books.
( to bring)

SINCE OR FOR?
Since desde ( ponto específico)
For por , há ( tempo decorrido)
for
a) We have lived there ________________ two years.
b) We have lived there _______________ since last year.
c) The bell has rung _________________ for
half an hour.
d) Nobody has written to me _________________ for many weeks.
e) It has rained _________________ since tree o’clock.
f) We haven’t spoken Spanish _________________ since last Christmas.
g) I haven’t eaten any meat _________________ since I was a boy.
h) It has rained _________________ for two hours.
i) I haven’t seen you _________________last Sunday.
since

Supply yet or already:
YET ( ainda não) fim de frases negativas e interrogativas
ALREADY ( já) frases afirmativas / interrogativas
a) I’ve _____________ already done my exercises.
yet
b)She hasn’t answered the question ________________.
c) They’ve _____________ already talked to me.
d) Have you _____________ already invited her?
e) Has she left _____________?
yet
f) We haven’t finished our homework _____________.
yet
g) He has _____________
already
been to New York.
h) We haven’t been to New York _____________.
yet
i) Have they been to India _____________?
yet

5. (PUC – SP) Which is the right alternative?
a) My wife and I have been married for 1 year.
b) My wife and I has been married for 1 year.
c) My wife and I have be married for 1 year.
d) My wife and I has been marrying for 1 year.
e) “a” and “d” are correct.

6. ( UCS-RS) Que alternativa completa corretamente
a frase “ Ever since she was a child she _____________
fish and chips.”
a) have disliked
b) has disliked
c) has been disliked
d) have been disliking
e) have to dislike

6. ( Unimep-SP) Choose the wrong alternative:
a) We haven’t seen each other lately.
b) We have played water polo once.
c) He hasn’t finished his homework yet.
d) They’ve just gone to sleep.
e) Marisa has ever been to Japan?

7. (USJT-SP) What is the wrong sentence?
a) Mariano’s always loved Juliana.
b) I’ve never been to any German city.
c) Tina’s just told me you were here.
d) Where have she been all my life?
e) I’ve already rented us a nice car.

Supply the Simple Past or the Present Perfect Tense of the verbs
in the parentheses:
a) I ____________________________ have finished
my homework. ( to
finish)
b) When I was a boy, I _________________________ swam
in
the river. ( to swim)
c) She _________________________ met
all her friends last
weekend. ( to meet)
d) He ____________________________ bought
that old car two
years ago. ( to buy)
haven‘t taught
e) We ____________________________ this exercise before.
( to teach)

f) We ____________________________ spent
all our money last
night. ( to spend)
g) John ________________________ came
to the party alone last
night. ( to come)
have brought
h) We ______________________many sandwiches for our
picnic. ( to bring)
have built
i) They _____________________ many new buildings by
the lake. ( to build)
has bought
j) Charles ____________________________ me a nice
present.

Wonder-drug it may be, but aspirin is not suitable for
children under the age of 12. Doctors have warned for
years that if children take aspirin they risk developing a
serious, sometimes fatal condition called Reye’s
syndrome. But despite their warnings, a recent research
project showed that when children under 12 are given
painkillers, one in six has an aspirin.
Parents beware!
Suitable – adequado
To warn – advertir
Developing – desenvolver
despite - apesar
Research – pesquisa
Painkillers - analgésicos

8. A aspirina não é recomendada para crianças com
menos de 12 anos de idade porque:
a) Já está provado que a aspirina detém o desenvolvimento
intelectual das crianças.
b) Elas podem correr o risco de ter seu desenvolvimento
mental interrompido.
c) Já se provou que a aspirina contém substâncias que
prejudicam o desenvolvimento das crianças.
d) Elas se arriscam a contrair uma doença séria, às vezes
fatal.
e) Elas correm o risco de se tornarem dependentes dos
compostos químicos da aspirina.

9. A pesquisa mencionada no texto demonstrou
que:
a) Uma em cada seis crianças toma aspirina, mas muito
raramente.
b) Uma em cada doze crianças toma aspirina, mas
muito raramente.
c) A aspirina é o analgésico mais consumido por
crianças.
d) 60% das crianças com menos de 12 anos tomam
aspirina regularmente.
e) Uma em cada seis crianças toma aspirina.

10. A alternativa que completa corretamente a frase
“ This child __________________ aspirins since he
was 7, has developed Reye’s syndrome and
_____________________ it yet” é:
a) had taken / had overcome
b) has taken / hadn’t overcome
c) has taken / hasn’t overcome
d) hasn’t taking / hasn’t been overcoming
e) have taken / haven’t overcome
overcome superar