EXERCISE - PAST vs.
PRESENT PERFECT
Conjugate the verb in parentheses in the
correct tense (past or present perfect).
Use present perfect whenever possible. Watch your spelling, and be careful to use the correct negative
or interrogative forms where required.
DO NOT USE THE PRESENT OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
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1. |
I for Bombardier from 1995 to 1999. |
(work) |
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2. |
How
long you here
in Laval? |
(live) |
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3. |
When
he his
leg? |
(injure) |
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4. |
He since he was fifteen years old. |
(smoke) |
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5. |
Last
year we to South America. |
(travel) |
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6. |
I that movie yet. |
(not
see) |
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7. |
She
piano for over 10 years. |
(not
play) |
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8. |
She
piano lessons for two years when she was a
teenager. |
(take) |
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9. |
She
English since she moved to Quebec. |
(not
speak) |
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10. |
Recently
there many earthquakes in Southeast Asia. |
(be) |
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11. |
you to a foreign country? |
(ever
go) |
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12. |
They
aren't hungry because they lunch. |
(already
eat) |
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13. |
My
watch after it fell in the sink last Thursday. |
(stop) |
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14. |
He me this morning to say he would be late. |
(call) |
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15. |
Stephen
King his 14th novel. |
(just
release) |
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16. |
How
many times you to
the Molson Center? |
(go) |
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17. |
There
three robberies in our neighborhood
in the last month. |
(be) |
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18. |
The
Bronfman family that company since 1986. |
(own) |
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19. |
you the new version of the Netscape Internet
browser yet? |
(try) |
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20. |
Last
night I for 12 hours. |
(sleep) |
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