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Exercises

1. Open the brackets using Present Perfect:

1. I (be) to Paris.

2. I think the director (leave) the town.

3. We (know) her since she arrived to our city.

4. I (forget) your name.

5. He (close) the door?

6. He (do) it since we left him,

7. They (leave) Moscow this month?

8. He (not bring) a lot of French papers.

9. I (get) a long letter from father this week.

10. She just (come); she will speak to you in a minute.

11. This order (lead) to many misunderstandings.

12. He (write) his name on my book.

2. Open the brackets using either Present Perfect or Past Indefinite:

1. I never (to hear) this story from my father. 2. He (to be) a reader of this magazine for years. 3. She (to be) ill last week. 4. I cannot tell you whether I like this book, as I not (to read) it. 5. My mother not (to come) home yet. 6. I (to be) there last year. 7. When you last (to see) him? 8.I cannot give you this book as I (to give) it to Ann. When you (to give) it to her? 9. The child (to be) quite all right for the last two weeks. 10. It is cold today. The weather (to change) since yesterday. 11. You ever (to visit) this picture gallery? 12. I (to lose) my textbook and cannot remember when I last (to see) it.

3. Insert the prepositions since/for:

1. I haven't bought a new book ... April.

2. We haven't seen our cousin ... ages.

3. His wife has changed a lot... the last time we met.

4. My daughter hasn't written to me ... my birthday.

5. We have lived here ... many years.

6. It hasn't snowed here ... six months.

7. Our guests have been sailing ... tea-time.

8. We haven't met ... Christmas.

9. We haven't been in the opera ... over a year.

10. I haven't spoken German ... the end of the war.

11. You have kept me waiting ... half an hour!

12. It is about two years ... we had last news of him.

13. It has been several hours.., I had dinner.

14. There hasn't been any war in this country ... over a century.

15. Nothing has been changed here ... the Middle Ages.

4. Use Present Perfect and insert the prepositions since\for - Поставьте глаголы в Present Perfect и вставьте предлоги since или for.

1. They (own) this house ... 1992. 2. She (borrow) three books a week from the library ... March. 3. We (not play) tennis ... many years. 4. I (save) some money every payday ... three months. 5. You (visit) your uncle every week-end ... last March. 6. I (not clean) my shoes ... three days. 7. He (not study) English ... many years.8. It (rain) every Monday ... the beginning of May. 9. She (play) tennis twice a week ... six months. 10. He (borrow) three of my books ... last Saturday.

5. Choose Present Perfect or Past Indefinite with 'since':

1. I (to know) him since he (to come) to our town. 2. We (to know) each other ever since we (to live) in this place. 3. He (not to read) a single book since he (to drop) his studies at University. 4. I doubt whether he (to read) a single book since he (to be) a student here, at our faculty. 5. What you (to be engaged) in since we (to part)? 6. What you (to occupy) yourself with since we (not to see) each other? 7. He (to be) sad ever since his friend (to leave) the town. 8. He (to be) sad ever since his friend (to be) away. 9. Ever since I (to know) him, he always (to be) a true friend to me. 10. I (to learn) a great deal since I (to study) at this university. 11. I low long (to be) it since you (to graduate)? 12. You (not to change) much since we (to meet) last. 13. He seldom (to have) any visitors ever since he (to be) confined (прикован) to bed.