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Simple Past

Use: actions or facts completed in the past. Finished time.

Forms:

1. VERB-ed or VERB-d
draft ► drafted
argue ► argued

2. Some verbs add or change endings:
map ► mapped
try ► tried

3. Some verbs are irregular:
drive ► drove
make ► made
sleep ► slept



Present Perfect
Use: actions and experiences in the past that are relevant now. Unfinished time.
Form: has/have PAST PARTICIPLE (driven, given, made, written, etc.)
Negative Form: has/have not PAST PARTICIPLE
Progressive Form: has/have been PRESENT PARTICIPLE (driving, giving, making, etc.)


We have lived in this house for twenty years. = Twenty years ago, we moved into this house. We still live in this house now.
He has climbed Mount Everest three times. = He climbed Mount Everest in 1988, 1999, and 2012. He might climb it again.
Sara has not completed the project yet. (negative form) = Sara started the project on Monday. It is now Friday, and the project is still not done.
Greg has been dating Sara since high school. = He is still dating Sara.

Exercise 1: Irregular Verb Forms
Choose the correct verb forms.

1. I always

rode ridden

my bicycle to school.

2. An hour later, Andres

come came

back with a black eye and bloody lip.

3. My grandmother has

fell fallen

five times already this year.

4. Maria Gomez

sang sung

beautifully, as always.

5. All day, smoke has

rose been rising

from the forest.

6. One of the planes

flew flown

into the dark clouds but never came out.

7. Noriko has

chose chosen

to major in computer science.

8. Have they ever

defeat defeated

Georgia in a tournament match?

9. No one

seen saw

him leave before the police arrived.

10. You should have

rang rung

the doorbell.
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Exercise 2: Irregular Verb Forms
Use the past forms of the verbs.

1. Akira has been a carpenter for -CHOOSE- 1998. he finished school. many years. twenty-one years old.

2. I've been a reference librarian since -CHOOSE- three years. 1990. a long time. I've graduated from library school.

3. Sandra and I have been best friends since -CHOOSE- two months. we were in college. almost twenty years. always.

4. Have you been interested in game shows since you -CHOOSE- have become became have been becoming become

a librarian?
5. I've been running for -CHOOSE- all morning an hour I got home from work noon

, and I'm exhausted.
6. My family loves this house. We -CHOOSE- live lived were living have lived

here since I was born.
7. Mrs. Reynolds has been our trainer since -CHOOSE- a few weeks. January. always. two months.

8. Have you been studying the rules of the show -CHOOSE- as soon as when for since

we last talked?
9. Larry's flight hasn't arrived -CHOOSE- already. yet.

It's late because of the bad weather.
10. Look! The flowers have orchids -CHOOSE- already, yet,

and spring hasn't even arrived.
11. He hasn't done the laundry -CHOOSE- already. yet.

He said he's going to do it tonight.
12. Margarete has been on a diet for two weeks, and she's -CHOOSE- yet already

lost ten pounds.
SCORE:

Exercise 3: Irregular Verb Forms
Choose the correct verb forms.

1. The rockets

rose rised

three miles into the sky before losing power.

2. I have already

send sent

three letters to him.

3. How many novels has Chinua Achebe

wrote written

?

4. Grandma Moses

began begun

painting when she was in her seventies.

5. You have

sat sitted

in the wrong seat every single meeting this quarter!

6. I wish I

known knew

if he were coming.

7. The guests have

drunk drank

all the punch.

8. Who

given gave

you the money?

9. Has anyone

spoke spoken

to Jaime lately?

10. We

broke broken

the key in the lock.
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Exercise 4: Present Perfect
Use the present perfect.
We have known(know) each other since high school.

1. Our family

(visit) the Seattle Asian Art Museum several times. I'm tired of it already.
2. By this time tomorrow, I will

(finish) these tests.
3. Our pitcher

(win) the game for our team.
4. The last shipment of new books

(just, arrive).
5. I

(try) several varieties of pho, or Vietnamese noodle soup.
6. For the next meeting, Molly

(agree) to bring extra notepads.
7. The committee

(give) this issue a great deal of thought.
8. Chester told me that he

(live) in the same house all his life.
9. Mrs. Washington

(play) organ and piano at our church for years.
10. We

(research) our facts for the next debate.
SCORE:

Exercise 5: Irregular Verb Forms
Choose the correct verb forms.

1. He would have won the race if he hadn't

fell fallen

near the tape.

2. Kate Blanchet has never

sang sung

better than she did tonight.

3. Who

set setted

these flowers in my seat?

4. After the solution was stirred, the lighter liquid

rose raised

to the surface.

5. The trainer thought Dean had

tore torn

a ligament.

6. Hillary has

went gone

to the bakery to buy some bread.

7. When we

come came

home, we found the doors locked.

8. Navarre Scott Momaday

wrote written

a novel before The Way to Rainy Mountain was published in 1969.

9. You should have

blown blew

your horn if you wanted to pass.

10. The cat

leaved left

the windowsill when it heard the sound of food being poured into its dish.
SCORE:

Exercise 6: Irregular Verb Forms
Use the past or past participle form of the verbs. Do not add any other words.

1. Jerome

(do) more than anyone had expected him to do.
2. We have

(choose) our candidate.
3. If the money is gone, someone must have

(steal) it.
4. They came in and

(sit) down for a minute.
5.

(Do) the doctor do all she could?
6. I could not have

(drive) that car any longer.
7. When I

(come) for help, he refused me.
8. Prices of consumer goods

(rise) this fall.
9. Beatrice and Fabiana

(sit) in the swing.
10. I have

(see) every movie featuring Alfred Woodard.
SCORE:

Exercise 7: Present Perfect
Choose the correct simple past, present perfect, or present perfect continuous form.

1. I've only -CHOOSE- watching been watching watch watches

it for about an hour.
2. Where -CHOOSE- did you go did you use to go do you go have you gone

on your vacation last year?
3. My wife -CHOOSE- was watching watches has been watching is watching

that show for years now.
4. Can you call back a little later? Tadashi and I -CHOOSE- have been having have had have had

an interesting discussion, and I'd like to finish it.
5. Flor and I are good friends. We -CHOOSE- know will know 've known knew

each other since we were five years old.
6. Juan and Tea -CHOOSE- spent have spent have been spending were spending

a lot of time working in their yard last spring.
7. She -CHOOSE- 's been writing 's written wrote writes

that paper for three days, and she's not done yet.
8. I -CHOOSE- 've been reading read was reading reading

these poems for weeks, but I still don't understand them.
9. How -CHOOSE- did has has been have

Tetyana lose that game?
10. Mrs. Sim has been -CHOOSE- make making made makes

a lot of progress with her English.
11. My boss has just -CHOOSE- give given gave been giving

me a promotion and a raise!
12. Where -CHOOSE- will you be? you were? you've been? have you been?

I've been calling you for hours.
13. Where -CHOOSE- have you worked do you work you were working did you work

before you took this job?
14. The company accountant -CHOOSE- has been sharing share has shared shared

my office because they're painting his.
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