The Present Perfect Tense

Exercise35. Say that you (your friend) haven’t (hasn’t) done it and are (is) still doing it.

Model: – Kate is free now. She has watered the flowers.

– I haven’t watered the flowers. I’m still watering them.

1. John is free now. He has passed his exam.

2. Mother isn’t busy. She has done the washing.

3. I’m at your service. I have finished my work.

4. Jane may have a rest now. She has done the flat.

5. Tom can go to the cinema now. He has whitewashed the fence.

6. Jane and her mother are washing up. They have had their dinner.

7. Nick is happy. He has chosen a present from granny.

8. Kate is proud. She has painted a beautiful picture.

9. David is very proud. He has translated the article without a dictionary.

10. Mary has written down all the unknown words. Now she can read text.

Exercise 36. Ask your friend if he (she, somebody else) has also done it.

Model: - I have just returned from the park.

1. Peter has learned the poem by heart.

2. Jane has kept her promise.

3. Peter has come home late.

4. I have known David since children.

5. Tom has read this book in the original.

6. Mother has come home from her office.

7. Our family has moved to a new flat.

8. I have lived in the village these two years.

9. Jane has made a lot of mistakes in her dictation.

10. We have lived in this street since we got a new flat.