The Perfect Tense

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with a correct form of the perfect tense.

1. John (write, not) ___________________ the report yet. He will write it tomorrow.

2. Rachel (clean) ________________ her living room for two hours. She is very very tired.

3. Peter was late for school because he (miss) _________________ the school bus.

4. Nicole is studying Spanish. She (study) ___________________ the language for two years.

5. The president (leave) _________________ the White House. He is going to Chicago for a vacation.

6. When the chef arrived at the restaurant yesterday, all the customers (leave) ___________________.

7. Rachel was very sad because her mother (die) __________________.

8. Rachel is very sad because her mother (die) _________________.

9. David is in the office now. He (be) _________________ in the office since 9AM this morning.

10. By the time the firefighters got to the apartment building last night, it (burn) _________________down.

Asking Questions

Instructions: Complete the questions for the following dialogues.

1. Jack: Who ________________________?

  Tom: The mad man. (The mad man shot the policeman.)

2. Susan: Who(m) _____________________?

  Tom: The police man. (The mad man shot the policeman.)

3.  Jack: ______________________?

   Tom: Yes, he is. (The policeman is dead.)

4. Anna: Where ______________________?

  Mariola: In the ESL office. (The teacher is in the ESL office.)

5. Anna: Why___________________________?

  Mariola: Because he has to talk to the director. (The teacher went to the ESL office because he has to talk to the director.)

6.  Mirna: __________________________?

       Maurice: Yes, I will. (I will play video games this weekend.)

7. Jorge: ________________________________?

       Iris: No, I haven’t. (I haven’t studied for the grammar test.)

8. Jorge: When _________________________________?

       Iris: Later this evening. (I am going to study for the test later this evening.)

9. David: You are tired, _____________?

       Susan: Yes, I am. (I am tired.)

10. David: You exercised (earlier) today, ___________?

       Susan: Yes, I did. ( I exercised today.)