Present Perfect

I. Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. It’s the first time _________________ (I / ever / serve) on a jury.

2. Sandy _______________ (not / see) his sister since she went to prison.

3. They _______________ (go) on a business trip to the USA and won’t be back till the end of the month.

4. ___________________ (you / ever / receive) any summons for traffic offences?

5. The jury _________________ (not / reach) their verdict yet, so I can’t tell you what will happen to the criminal.

6. ______________________________ (the judge / already / discharge) the jury from the case?

7. _______________________ (you / hear) about Tom? _________________________ (he / be caught) in possession of soft drugs! - ____________________ (I / never / hear) such nonsense!

II. Andrew is a very hard-working student. It’s midnight and he is still working at his computer. Write sentences with the present perfect and use the prepositions for or since.

1. be / at his computer / six hours. ______________________________________________

2. not / call / his girlfriend / last Friday. _________________________________________

3. not / have / any fun / a long time. ____________________________________________

4. have / a cold / a week. _____________________________________________________

5. not / see / his friends / ages. _________________________________________________

6. not / do / any sport / last year. _______________________________________________

7. be / busy with his studies / months. ___________________________________________

8. not / watch / any films / his summer holidays.___________________________________

III. Complete using the words in the box.

already before ever for just since so still yet

1. Have you ________ dreamt of winning the lottery?

2. I haven’t worked out how to set the timer on the video _______.

3. My dad has lived in the same house ________ he was born.

4. The film has only been on _______ a couple of minutes.

5. Bruce has knocked three men out of the competition ______ far.

6. He has only ________ got home.

7. It’s eleven o’clock and Todd ________ hasn’t come home. Where could he be?

8. I have never met Mandy ________. What’s she like?

9. Have you finished ____________? That was quick!

IV. Look at the list of things that a lawyer was planning to do today. He has checked ( √ ) the things he has done so far. In pairs, talk about the things he has already done and the things he hasn’t done yet.

• call the prosecutor’s office √

• arrange to meet the representatives of Brown & Co √

• get affidavits (sworn statements) from the potential witnesses

• draft an answer to the complaint √

• submit some case briefs to the court

• finish research in employment law

• discuss the domain-name dispute with his colleague

• give a lecture at the Law Academy √

• find out the date and agenda of the next meeting at the National Bar Association √

• attend a presentation on effective contract negotiations

• read today’s newspaper √

• watch the TV news about the intellectual property case “ProCD Inc. v Silken Mountain Web Services”