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Exercitii Gramatica Engleza
Exercitii Gramatica Engleza
Objectives: * Practice using the present perfect. * Use the present perfect with regular and irregular verbs. Directions: Complete the following sentences using the present perfect form of the verb. Example: She has written (write) several letters to him. 1. My wife and I 2. She says she 3. The weather 4. They 5. The teacher 6. He 7. Mr. Rodriguez 8. The show 9. The fire 10. The newspaper 11. They 12. The students 13. She says that she 14. The mechanic 15. She 16. The students 17. We 18. The flowers 19. The orchestra 20. The phone (eat) at that restaurant before. (be) in Alaska twice. (turn) cold in the last few days. (watch, always) the news at 6:00 p.m. (give) us homework every day. (teach) English for many years. (go) to Europe on business. (start) on time tonight. (burn) the house and the barn. (arrive, not) this morning. (buy) a new car for their trip to Maine. (use) that book all semester. (see, already) that film. (fix ) the car. (open) the door with her keys. (finish) their test. (have) a severe storm in this area. (bloom) early this spring (begin) playing Latin music. (ring) three times this morning.
2. Sam (arrive)
5. I (have, not)
a kid.
6. Things (change)
working here three years ago, the company (have, only) employees. Since then, we (expand) workers.
7. I (tell)
bitten by a snake.
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
10. How sad! George (dream) didn't make it. He (see, never)
11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) America by covered wagon. The trip (be) Things (change)
much easier and very two or three months to cross North very rough and often dangerous.
a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you
12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) you. You (grow) at least a foot!
our city
to South America
several times. The last time I (go) Brazil and Peru. I (spend) a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly)
to South America, I (visit) two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) over the Nazca Lines. for
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not) for over half an hour staring at him.
yet! We (sit)
here
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) table to table taking orders and serving food.
us. He (run)
from
Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Present Perfect. Example: I _____________ my father's car. (to wash) Answer: I have washed my father's car.
me an e-mail. (to send) the museum. (to visit) at the pet shop. (to be) already their rucksacks. (to pack)
an accident. (to have) the shopping for our grandmother. (to do) just my bike. (to clean)
her room. (to paint) to a concert. (to go) smoking. (to give up)
Use the verbs in brackts in the Present Perfect Progressive in the sentences. Example: She _______________ tennis for half an hour now. (to play) Answer: She has been playing tennis for half an hour now. or She's been playing tennis for half an hour now.
this website since 1999. (to run) for years. (to smoke) for his girlfriend since 6 o'clock. (to wait) in Greece since last August. (to live) their bikes all day. (to ride) in the sun for hours. (to lie) on the computer for too long. (to work) since I came home. (to rain) to music since 12:30. (to listen) for the last 20 minutes. (to dream)