– Present Perfect
– Ever and never
– Yet and just
– Present Perfect and Past Simple
Question 1
I _____ been _____ Ireland.
With I we use have. We say been to a place: I have been to Ireland. Too means 'also', so it is wrong here.
Question 2
_____ Sandra _____ ridden a horse?
Sandra is one person (she), so we use Has. In questions we use ever: Has Sandra ever ridden a horse? Not Is, because ridden needs has or have.
Question 3
_____’ve _____ played golf.
I've just played golf means I played golf a very short time ago. She've is wrong (it is she's), and ever and yet don't go in this kind of positive sentence.
Question 4
When _____ the watchman _____ work?
A question with When asks about a time in the past, so we use the past simple: When did he start? Not has started: we don't use the present perfect with When.
Question 5
_____ she _____ a new carpet yet?
Yet goes with the present perfect: Has she bought …yet?
Question 6
A- Have your parents come _____?
B- Yes, they _____ just come.
In questions we use yet at the end: Have your parents come yet? With they we use have, so they've just come.
Question 7
Mason _____ his homework 10 minutes ago, but I’ve not finished mine _____.
10 minutes ago is a finished time, so we use the past simple: finished. In negative sentences we use yet at the end: I've not finished mine yet.
Question 8
A- Have you ever _____ a holiday in India?
B- Yes, we have. We _____ there in 2000.
We say have a holiday, so: Have you ever had a holiday? In 2000 is a past time, so we use the past simple: We went there in 2000.
Question 9
A- Welcome back. _____ have you been?
B- I’ve _____ to Afghanistan.
Where asks about a place. The person is back now, so we use been: I've been to Afghanistan (I went and came back).
Question 10
There’s nobody in the class. All the students have _____ home.
The students are not here now; they are at home. So we use have gone. Have been means they went and came back.
Question 11
_____ the TV and _____ the lights. Let's watch the news.
To watch TV we turn on the TV, and we turn off the lights to make the room dark.
Question 12
First he _____ his jumper, then _____ his best shirt.
Take off means remove clothes, and put on means wear clothes. First he took off his jumper, then he put on his shirt.
Question 13
The newly married couple watched a play _____ Shakespeare _____ their honeymoon.
A play is written by someone: a play by Shakespeare. We say on our honeymoon.
Question 14
When I _____, I’m going to work _____ my dad’s company.
Grow up means become an adult: When I grow up…. We work for a company.
Question 15
Nurses _____ ill people, and gardeners _____ flowers and plants.
Look after means take care of: nurses look after ill people. Gardeners grow flowers. Grow up means become an adult, so it is wrong here.
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