Present Perfect

PRACTISE
a) Read and choose the correct alternative:
 1. He waited [pic] for the elevator for over 10 minutes.
2.He has  [pic]any gold yet? - Yes, he has.
3. Richard has bought [pic]thetickets for "Avatar" yesterday.
4. He still has taken [pic]a shower.
5. My football team have won [pic]the cup twice so far.
6. The alarm clock has sounded [pic]at 7 a.m.
7. Kevin have lost [pic]theschool bus last Monday.
8. I have finished  [pic] my paperwork.
9. Have taken [pic]a lot of pictures when you visited Paris?
10. He has been [pic] United's best football player in 2008.
 b) Read and complete the sentences with either the Present Perfect or the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets:
1. I don’t go (not go)[pic]to school last week because I be (be) sick.
2. Paul have juststarted (just/start)[pic]reading a new book.
3. He hasn’t eated  (never/eat) [pic] such delicious cookies.
4. Michael drank (drink) [pic]too much last night.
5. Have you ever be(you/ever/be)[pic] late for school?
6. I ____________ (already/do)[pic]the laundry. Now I need to do some ironing.
7. Have they washed (they/wash)  [pic]their father's car on Sunday?
8. I arrived(arrive) [pic] from Italy yesterday morning.
9. Linda's husband only___________  (leave)[pic] 5 minutes ago and she already misses him.
10. Sarah worked (work)[pic]in this company since she was very young.
 PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE (effect on present, or at any time until now)    or
PAST SIMPLE (action is over)
 
[pic] Do you know Bert? - No, we don’t.
He can´t go to bed yet, he is doing  hishomework. [pic]
[pic] I couldn´t find the house because I don’t know the address.
When I was young, I hated spinach at all. I hated it. [pic]
[pic] Do you know London? - No, I don’t know there yet. I´d loveto go one day!
I read the book last year, but I don’t remember it at all. It was so boring to read! [pic]
[pic] He was badly hurt in his accident because he didn’t use a seat belt.
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