Question

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Put the verbs in the Present perfect (have done) or Past Perfect (had done) It isn't raining now It's stopped (stop) at last. We had no car at that time: We'd sold (sell) our old one. The park looked awful. People (leave) litter everywhere. 2 You can have that newspaper I (finish) with it. 3 There's no more cheese. We (eat) it all, I'm afraid. 4 There was no sign of a taxi, although (order) one half an hour before. 5 This b isn't right. They (make) a mistake. 6 I spoke to Melanie at lunch time. Someone (tell her the news earher. 7 I was realy tired last night (have) a hard day. 8 Don't you want to see this programme? It (start). 9 It'll soon get warm in here. i (turn) the heating on. 10 At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They (make) up their minds.

Answer 1

The park looked awful. People had left litter everywhere. 2 You can have that newspaper I've finished with it. 3 There's no more cheese. We've eaten all, I'm afraid. 4 There was no sign of a taxi, although I'd ordered one half an hour before. 5 This bill isn't right. They've made a mistake. 6 I spoke to Melanie at lunch time. Someone had told her the news earlier. 7 I was realy tired last night. I'd had a hard day. 8 Don't you want to see this programme? It's started. 9 It'll soon get warm in here. I've turned the heating on. 10 At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They'd made up their minds.

Answer 2

1 The park looked awful. People had left litter everywhere.
2 You can have that newspaper I have finished with it.
3 There's no more cheese. We have eaten it all, I'm afraid.
4 There was no sign of a taxi, although I had ordered one half an hour before. 5 This bill isn't right. They have made a mistake.
6 I spoke to Melanie at lunch time. Someone had told her the news earlier.
7 I was realy tired last night I had had a hard day.
8 Don't you want to see this programme? It has started.
9 It'll soon get warm in here. I have turned the heating on.
10 At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They had made up their minds.

Answer 3

Certainly! Let's go through each sentence and determine whether to use the Present Perfect (have/has + past participle) or Past Perfect (had + past participle) tense.

1. It isn't raining now. It's stopped (stop) at last. - Answer: It isn't raining now. It has stopped at last.

2. We had no car at that time. We'd sold (sell) our old one. - Answer: We had no car at that time. We had sold our old one.

3. The park looked awful. People (leave) litter everywhere. - Answer: The park looked awful. People had left litter everywhere.

4. You can have that newspaper. I (finish) with it. - Answer: You can have that newspaper. I have finished with it.

5. There's no more cheese. We (eat) it all, I'm afraid. - Answer: There's no more cheese. We have eaten it all, I'm afraid.

6. There was no sign of a taxi, although (order) one half an hour before. - Answer: There was no sign of a taxi, although I had ordered one half an hour before.

7. This isn't right. They (make) a mistake. - Answer: This isn't right. They have made a mistake.

8. I spoke to Melanie at lunchtime. Someone (tell) her the news earlier. - Answer: I spoke to Melanie at lunchtime. Someone had told her the news earlier.

9. I was really tired last night (have) a hard day. - Answer: I was really tired last night having had a hard day.

10. Don't you want to see this program? It (start). - Answer: Don't you want to see this program? It has started.

11. It'll soon get warm in here. I (turn) the heating on. - Answer: It'll soon get warm in here. I have turned the heating on.

12. At last, the committee were ready to announce their decision. They (make) up their minds. - Answer: At last, the committee were ready to announce their decision. They had made up their minds.