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1. Write as many of the irregular past participles as you can.
Become Come Forget
Begin Drink Give
Break Eat Hold
Pay
Bring Learn Fall Leave
Know Make
Keep Think
Let Stand
2. Complete the present perfect sentences with the verbs in brackets.
I (speak) with the boss. They (not/eat) anything.
She (forget) my phone number. I (make) a mistake.
You (not/shut) the door.
John (work) very hard.
I ( not/hear) from Mary.
Mary (not/learn) anything.
I (break) a cup.
We (remember) Ann’s birthday. The rain (not/stop)
I (not/ see) Mary today.
3. Form sentences in the present perfect tense using the elements in parentheses. Use contractions where appropriate.
She her clothes. (wash/ already)
He some detergent. ( borrow / just) She her clothes. (finish/ drying)
He change. (get/already)
She her laundry. ( finish)
He Change. (forget/ bring)
He to the grocery store. (go/already) She an apartment. (rent/already)
- Become: became
- Come: came
- Forget: forgot
- Begin: began
- Drink: drank
- Give: gave
- Break: broke
- Eat: ate
- Hold: held
- Pay: paid
- Bring: brought
- Learn: learned
- Fall: fell
- Leave: left
- Know: knew
- Make: made
- Keep: kept
- Think: thought
- Let: let
- Stand: stood
2. Complete the present perfect sentences with the verbs in brackets.
- I have spoken with the boss.
- They haven't eaten anything.
- She has forgotten my phone number.
- I have made a mistake.
- You haven't shut the door.
- John has worked very hard.
- I haven't heard from Mary.
- Mary hasn't learned anything.
- I have broken a cup.
- We have remembered Ann's birthday.
- The rain hasn't stopped.
- I haven't seen Mary today.
3. Form sentences in the present perfect tense using the elements in parentheses. Use contractions where appropriate.
- She's already washed her clothes.
- He's just borrowed some detergent.
- She's finished drying her clothes.
- He's already gotten changed.
- She has finished her laundry.
- He forgot to bring his change.
- He's already gone to the grocery store.
- She has already rented an apartment.
Please note that in the present perfect tense, we use the auxiliary verb "have" or "has" followed by the past participle of the main verb. Contractions can also be used to combine the subject and the auxiliary verb ("She's" instead of "She has", "He's" instead of "He has", etc.).