Question

2. Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Put the verb in the present prefect tense. take / work / find / see / speak / know / begin do / learn / eat / have / write / give / live / buy / be 1 I met Barbara when we were in elementary school. We _______________ each other for over twenty years. 2 We __________________ many new words since we started this course. 3 That’s a wonderful movie. I ____________________ it three times. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Tonner _____________________ married for 10 years. 5 You are late! The class ________________ already __________________. 6 Robert is my neighbor. He ___________________ next door to me for five years. 7 Mary ____________________ several letters to her parents since she left home. 8 We _____________________ in that restaurant several times. 9 Our teacher _____________________ us a lot of help with the homework assignment. 10 She ______________________ to her landlord many times about the broken window. 11.We have a new camera. We _____________________ some beautiful pictures of the grandchildren. 12 They ____________________ all their homework already. 13 Mrs. Baxter _________________________ all her groceries for the week. 14.Tommy ______________________ a bad cold for two weeks. 15 Frank _____________________ for that company for many years. 16 After three months of looking, she __________________ a beautiful apartment to rent.

Answer 1

1)have known

2)have learnt

3)have seen

4)have been

5)has begun

6)has lived

7)has written

8)have eaten

9)has given

10)has spoken

11)have taken

12)have done

13)has bought

14)has had

15)has worked

16)has found

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the correct verbs in the present perfect tense:

1. I met Barbara when we were in elementary school. We have known each other for over twenty years.
2. We have learned many new words since we started this course.
3. That’s a wonderful movie. I have seen it three times.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Tonner have been married for 10 years.
5. You are late! The class has already begun.
6. Robert is my neighbor. He has lived next door to me for five years.
7. Mary has written several letters to her parents since she left home.
8. We have eaten in that restaurant several times.
9. Our teacher has given us a lot of help with the homework assignment.
10. She has spoken to her landlord many times about the broken window.
11. We have a new camera. We have taken some beautiful pictures of the grandchildren.
12. They have done all their homework already.
13. Mrs. Baxter has bought all her groceries for the week.
14. Tommy has had a bad cold for two weeks.
15. Frank has worked for that company for many years.
16. After three months of looking, she has found a beautiful apartment to rent.