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

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.