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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

For each of the following sentences, identify the correct present perfect or past perfect tense form of the verb in parentheses that should fill in the blank.

For help with this exercise, see sections 14g and 14h of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    In my life, I _______ ________ many kinds of food. (eat)

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  2. Question

    I have not ____ chicken pox. (have)

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  3. Question

    Have you ever _____ anyone in publishing? (know)

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  4. Question

    Have you _______ to New York City? (be)

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  5. Question

    What have you _________ about your surroundings? (notice)

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For each of the following sentences, identify the correct present perfect or past perfect tense form of the verb in parentheses that should fill in the blank.

For help with this exercise, see sections 14g and 14h of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    Since ancient times, adventure stories __________ people in every culture. (fascinate)

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  2. Question

    For centuries before books were invented, storytellers ________ audiences with tales of danger. (entertain)

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  3. Question

    By then, the oldest stories ___________ familiar to audiences over the years. (become)

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  4. Question

    From the time the first books were written, until the present, daring journeys ______ popular topics for writers. (be)

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  5. Question

    Recently, adventure books __________ in large numbers once again. (appear)

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