The document provides exercises to practice using the present perfect, past perfect, and negative forms of these tenses. It includes filling in verbs in sentences, writing questions, and noting exceptions to spelling rules when adding "-ed" to verbs. The exercises cover a range of grammar topics including using auxiliary verbs like "have" and "has", forming questions, and transforming sentences to the negative form.

1. Exercise on Present Perfect
Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple).
have not w ork
1.
I (not / work)
2.
We (buy)
3.
We (not / plan)
4.
Where (be / you)
5.
He (write)
6.
She (not / see)
7.
(be / you)
8.
School (not / start)
9.
(speak / he)
10.
No, he (have / not)
today.
a new lamp.
our holiday yet.
?
five letters.
him for a long time.
at school?
yet.
to his boss?
the time yet.
Exceptions in Spelling when adding ‚ed‘
Write the participle form (3rd form) of the regular verbs. Note the exceptions in spelling when
adding ‚ed‘.
1.
use -
2.
try -
3.
carry -
4.
dance -
5.
cycle -
6.
travel -
have or has
Fill the gaps with 'have' or 'has'.
1.
I
2.
She
answered the question.
opened the window.

2. 3.
They
called us.
4.
You
5.
It
6.
We
washed the car.
7.
He
closed the window.
8.
Jenny
9.
The girls
10.
John and Sophie
carried a box.
rained a lot.
locked the door.
visited the museum.
helped in the garden.
Questions in Present Perfect Simple
Write questions in present perfect simple.
1.
you / answer / the question
2.
Jenny / lock / the door
3.
Walter / call / us
4.
you / see / the picture
5.
your parents / get / the letter
6.
it / rain / a lot
7.
how often / we / sing / the song
8.
Maureen / watch / the film
9.
how many books / Bob / read
10.
ever / you / be / to London
Exercise on Past Perfect Simple
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
1.
The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build)
2.
He (not / be)
3.
When she went out to play, she (do / already)
4.
My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make)
5.
The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on)
had built
.
to Cape Town before 1997.
her homework.
.
six weeks before.

3. 6.
The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order)
7.
I could not remember the poem we (learn)
8.
The children collected the chestnuts that (fall)
9.
(he / phone)
10.
She (not / ride)
.
the week before.
from the tree.
Angie before he went to see her in London?
a horse before that day.
Exceptions in Spelling when adding ed
Write the participle form (3rd form) of the regular verbs. Note the exceptions in spelling when
adding ed.
1.
push -
2.
carry -
3.
cycle -
4.
drop -
5.
follow -
6.
play -
7.
empty -
8.
close -
9.
dial -
10.
sail -
Questions in Past Perfect Simple
Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.
1.
(what / Bob / do)
2.
(you / eat)
3.
(he / live)
4.
(she / find)
5.
(they / book)
6.
(how often / you / ring)
that he was kept in after school?
anything before you went to the theatre?
in London before he moved to Glasgow?
a new job by that time?
a room before they went to Dublin?
the bell before he answered the door?

4. 7.
(why / they / have)
8.
(Carly / wash)
9.
(you / read)
the contract before you signed it?
10.
(who / live)
in the house before we moved in?
dinner before they came to the party?
the dishes when her mum came home?
Negative Sentences in Past Perfect Simple
Write the verbs in Past Perfect Simple. Use the negative form.
1.
In the shopping centre, I met a friend who I (see / not)
2.
The thief could walk right into the house because you (lock / not)
3.
We lost the match because we (practise / not)
4.
At school, Jim quickly copied the homework that he (do / not)
5.
We ate at a restaurant last night because I (buy / not)
for ages.
the door.
the days before.
.
anything for dinner.