Practice Makes Perfect

Change each past tense sentence to a question.

1. They made some mistakes.


2. Will played a few games of cards.


3. The girls saw the comet.


4. Her aunt carried the basket into the kitchen.


5. They were in the city all day.


6. Garth learned a good lesson.


7. She was home all day.


8. Robert had the radio.


9. The woman ran for the bus.


10. The dogs fought over a bone.

The Present Perfect Tense

To express something that began in the past and continues until the present use the present per-

fect tense. This tense has two formations: (1) the habitual or frequent action and (2) the action

in progress or incomplete. The habitual present perfect tense is formed by conjugating to have

(have/has) in the present tense and combining it with a past participle:

to work has worked

to carry has carried

to speak has spoken

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