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PRESENT PERFECT EXERCISES ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. 1.- How many records or cassettes have you bought since the beginning of the year? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2.- How many letters have you gotten so far this month/week? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3.- How many letters have you written since the beginning of the month/week? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 4.- How many questions have I asked so far? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 5.- How many times have you flown in an airplane? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 6.- How many people have you met since you came here to work? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 7.- How many classes have you missed since the beginning of the course? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 8.- How many cups of coffee have you had since you got up this morning? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 9.- How many classes have you had so far this week? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 10.- How many times have you eaten in a restaurant this month? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Page 2 Use the SIMPLE PRESENT or the PRESENT PERFECT tense.

1.- What (learn, you) ____________________ since you (come) ___________ here? How many new friends (make, you) ____________________? I hope you (meet, already) ____________________ a lot of interesting people. 2.- Since classes began, I (have, not) _______________ much free time. I (have) _______________ several big tests to study for. 3.- Last night my roommate and I (have) __________ some free time, so we (go) __________ to a show. 4.- I admit that I (get) _________________ older since I last (see) __________ you, but with any luck at all, I (get, also) _______________ wiser. 5.- The science of medicine (advance) _______________ a great deal in the nineteenth century. 6.- Since the beginning of the twentieth _______________ many important discoveries.

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7.- Libraries today are different from those in the 1800s. For example, the contents of libraries (change) _______________ greatly through the years. In the 1800s, libraries (be) _______________ simply collections of books. However, today most libraries (become) _______________ multimedia centers that contain tapes, computers, disks, films, magazines, music, and paintings. The role of the library in society (change, also) _______________. In the 1800s, libraries (be) _______________ open only to certain people, such as scholars or the wealthy. Today libraries serve everyone. 8.- A: Are you taking Chemistry this semester? B: No, I (take, already) _______________ it. I (take) _______________ it last semester. This semester I’m in 102. 9.- A: Hi, Judy. Welcome to the party. (Meet, you, ever) _______________ my cousin? B: No, I _____________________. 10.- A: Do you like lobster? B: I don’t know. I (eat, never) _________________________ it.