Present Perfect Exercises
- 1. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses. 1. A: Did you like the movie "Avatar?" B: I don't know. I (see, never) that movie. 2. Mark (arrive) in Chicago a week ago. 3. My best friend and I (know) each other for over twenty years. We still get together once a week. 4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Stephen King. 5. I (have, not) this much fun since I (be) a kid. 6. Things (change) a great deal at Hightech, Inc. When we first (start) working here two years ago, the company (have, only) seven employees. Since then, we (expand) to include more than 2500 full-time workers. 7. I (tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake. 8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) the bus this morning. You (be) late to work too many times. You are fired! 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) of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) the ocean. 11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) since the last time I (see) you. You (grow) at least a foot! 13. This tree (be) planted by the settlers who (found) our city over four hundred years ago. 14. This mountain (be, never) climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) . The climb is extremely difficult and many people
- 2. (die) trying to reach the summit. 15. I (visit, never) Africa, but I (travel) to South America several times. The last time I (go) to South America, I (visit) Brazil and Peru. I (spend) two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) over the Nazca Lines.