Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.
1. I have just …………………. the work.
Begun is the past participle of begin. We use the past participle form of the verb after has/have.
2. I …………………. David Copperfield.
The present perfect is commonly used to talk about a finished event when its time is not mentioned.
3. I ……………………….. my lunch.
The present perfect is used to talk about finished events whose effect is still felt in the present.
4. I ………………………….. him for a long time.
The present perfect is common with the time expressions since and for.
5. He ………………………….. to his native place yesterday.
The simple past is the most normal tense for talking about finished events.
6. He ………………………… a lot for me when he was alive.
The present perfect is more common when there is no time reference.
8. I ………………………… the Taj Mahal.
9. He …………………………. ill since last week.
The present perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
10. They …………………………… the marks yet.
11. I ………………………….. two movies since morning.
12. I …………………….. for an hour and then I went home.
Answers
1. I have just begun the work.
2. I have read David Copperfield.
3. I have had my lunch.
4. I have known him for a long time.
5. He went to his native place yesterday.
6. He did a lot for me when he was alive.
7. He has done a lot for me.
8. I have never seen the Taj Mahal.
9. He has been ill since last week.
10. They have not calculated the marks yet.
11. I have watched two movies since morning.
12. I waited for an hour and then I went home.
