Grammar (The Present Perfect Tense)

 

Exercise #1 Write the third form of the verbs and explain the rule:

 

I form	III form	I form	III form	I form	III form
to be		to eat		to pick
to find		to freeze		to hide
to cut		to choose		to take
to heat		to sell		to throw
to grow		to trade		to fry
to stop		to travel		to carry
to put		to cool		to stir
to fall		to say		to enjoy

 

Exercise #2 Make the following sentences negative and put all possible questions. Remember that we change “already” and “just” in negative sentences for “yet”:

 

1. Jane has already eaten her lunch.

2. We have been in this restaurant many times.

3. These products have just undergone washing.

4. My friends have gone in for sports for ten years.

 

Exercise #3 Ask questions beginning with "Have you ever...?" and give answers.

 

· 1. grow tomatoes;

· 2. drink Carrot Juice;

· 3. wear A Costume To A Party;

· 4. steal Anything;

· 5. write A Poem;

· 6. bite Into An Apple That Had A Worm Inside;

· 7. eat Raw Fish;

· 8. drink Curdled Milk;

· 9. try Frogs’ Legs;

· 10. see The Skeleton Of A Dinosaur;

· 11. catch A Fish;

· 12. win A Prize;

· 13. learn 1,000-words Poem;

· 14. pass All Exams With Excellent Marks.

 

Exercise #4 Choose correct adverbs or prepositions: ever, never, often, already, just, yet, for, since. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

 

1. Have you … thought about visiting another country? 2. I have been in this business … 7 years. 3. Where are you? I’ve been here … 2 hours. – I have been at home … 2 o’clock. 4. We have … grown so much corn as this year. 5. Have you … tasted mango? – No, I have … tasted it. 6. Carol has … seen him have his breakfast alone. 7. They haven’t asked me to the tea …. 8. Have you … had your name in the newspapers? – Yes, I have … had my name in the newspapers.