Fill in the gaps with the right forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the following English sentences in

Present Perfect Tense.

They   London this month. (leave)

2. He   a lot of English papers. (bring)
3. She   me about it. (tell)
4. I   a long letter from father this week. (get)
5. She (just)  ; she will speak to you in a minute. (come)
6. I   to Radio City. (be)
7. I think the director   the town. (leave)
8. I   my office. (paint)
9. We   her since she arrived to our city. (know)
10. I   your name. (forget)
11. He   the door. (close)
12. He   it since we left him. (do)
13. I   him my last penny. (give)
14. This order   to many misunderstandings. (lead)
15. He   his name on my book. (write) 
16. She   a new umbrella. (buy)
17. He   my exercise over and over. (look)
18. I   those books very cheaply. (buy) 
19. He   for two months. (work)
20. She   a new job. (find)
21. He   very well. (speak)
22. The children   the whole pudding. (eat)
23. You   many detective stories. (read)
24. Our team   the first prize. (win)
25. My little daughter   her finger with a knife. (cut)
Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Present Perfect. Mind the signal words (if given).

The students   a flight to Vienna. (to book)

The cat   a mouse. (just/to catch)

Jack and Brian   this picture. (just/to draw)

He   his friends. (already/to invite)

Julia   a table with three columns. (just/to make)

My friends   the geography test. (to pass)

I   the rabbits. (just/to feed)

The baby hedgehogs   the water. You need to get more. (already/to drink)

The teacher   the keys, so he can't open the door. (to lose)

We   the worksheets. (already/to download)

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
had built
The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build)  .

He (not / be)   to Cape Town before 1997.

When she went out to play, she (do / already)   her homework.

My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make)  .

The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on)   six weeks before.

The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order)  .

I could not remember the poem we (learn)   the week before.

The children collected the chestnuts that (fall)   from the tree.

(he / phone)   Angie before he went to see her in London?

She (not / ride)   a horse before that day.

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect).

had built
The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build)  .

He (not / be)   to Cape Town before 1997.

When she went out to play, she (do / already)   her homework.

My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make)  .

The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on)   six weeks before.

The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order)  .

I could not remember the poem we (learn)   the week before.

The children collected the chestnuts that (fall)   from the tree.

(he / phone)   Angie before he went to see her in London?

She (not / ride)   a horse before that day.

Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous

I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the show started at 8:00. I
(try)   to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the time I finally left
the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I (have)   five cups of coffee and I
(wait)   over an hour. I had to leave because I (arrange)   to meet Kathy in front of
the theater.

When I arrived at the theater, Kathy (pick, already)   up the tickets and she was waiting for us
near the entrance. She was really angry because she (wait)   for more than half an hour. She said
she (give, almost)   up and (go)   into the theater without us. 

Kathy told me you (be)   late several times in the past and that she would not make plans with you
again in the future. She mentioned that she (miss)   several movies because of your late arrivals. I
think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I suggest you be on time!

Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Perfect Continuous

1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait)   here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next
five minutes, I am going to leave. 

2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I (wait)   for over an hour. I
almost left without him. 

3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work)   for that import company for more than
ten years and he (work)   in almost every department. Nobody knew the company like he did. 

4. I (see)   many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are
very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. 

5. Sarah (climb)   the Matterhorn, (sail)   around the world, and (go)   
on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person. 

6. Sarah (climb)   the Matterhorn, (sail)   around the world and (go)   on
safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She (experience)   more by that age than most
people do in their entire lives. 

7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she (cry)  .