Fundamentals Of English Grammar

T ,",-!Perfect and the

Past Perfect

I CONTENTS I

4-1 Past participle 4-6 Present perfect progressive

4-2 Forms of the present perfect 4-7 Present perfect progressive vs. present

4-3 Meanings of the present perfect perfect

4-4 Simple past vs. present perfect 4-8 Using already, yet, still, and anymore

4-5 Using &me andfor 4-9 Past perfect

U EXERCISE 1. Review and preview: present and past verbs. (Chapters 1,2, and 4)
Directions: Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Some of the
completions review verb tenses studied in Chapters 1 and 2. Some of them preview verb
tenses that will be studied in this chapter: the present perfect and the past perfect.
Discuss the form and meaning of the new tenses.
There may be more than one possible correct completion.
My name (be) IS Surasuk Jutukanyaprateep. I (be) from
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Thailand. Right now I (~tudy) English at this school. I (be)
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at this school since the beginning of January. I (arriw)
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here January 2, and my classes (begin)
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January 6.
Since I (come) here, I (do)
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many things, and I (meet) many people. Last week, I (go)
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to a party at my friend's house. I (meet)
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some of the other students fromThailand at the party. Of course, we (speak)
Thai, so I (practice, mt) my English
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that night. There (be) only people from Thailand at the party.
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