Using the Present Perfect Tense (1)

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 19.

example

Over the course of my life, I (changed, have changed) direction more than once.

a. changed

b. have changed

  1. Question

    When I graduated from high school back in 1994, I (was, have been) not interested in going to college.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: When I graduated from high school back in 1994, I (was, have been) not interested in going to college.

  2. Question

    Instead, I got married and (became, have become) a mother right away.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: Instead, I got married and (became, have become) a mother right away.

  3. Question

    For the past eighteen years, I (stayed, have stayed) home to raise my three children.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: For the past eighteen years, I (stayed, have stayed) home to raise my three children.

  4. Question

    When my youngest child entered high school last September, I (began, have begun) thinking about what it would be like to have my own career.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: When my youngest child entered high school last September, I (began, have begun) thinking about what it would be like to have my own career.

  5. Question

    Until recently, my family (got, has gotten) by on my husband’s paycheck.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: Until recently, my family (got, has gotten) by on my husband’s paycheck.

  6. Question

    Then my husband, Tom, (lost, has lost) his job after sixteen years with the same company.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: Then my husband, Tom, (lost, has lost) his job after sixteen years with the same company.

  7. Question

    Since the layoff, Tom (applied, has applied) for more than one hundred jobs but can find only part-time work that doesn’t pay very well.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: Since the layoff, Tom (applied, has applied) for more than one hundred jobs but can find only part-time work that doesn’t pay very well.

  8. Question

    After much discussion, we finally (decided, have decided) that I should go back to school to become a paralegal.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: After much discussion, we finally (decided, have decided) that I should go back to school to become a paralegal.

  9. Question

    For the past semester, I (attended, have attended) Mt. Ida College.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: For the past semester, I (attended, have attended) Mt. Ida College.

  10. Question

    Though I enjoy my classes, at first it (felt, have felt) strange to be a student again.

    		A.
    		B.
    Using the Present Perfect Tense (1) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.: Though I enjoy my classes, at first it (felt, have felt) strange to be a student again.