General Sentences Review

Complete the sentence with the simple past or present perfect of the verb in the parentheses.

Example: I ­­­­­­­­___ Tim when he was a child, but I haven’t seen him for many years.  ___ Larry, my best friend, for more than 20 years.  (know) - Answer: knew, have know

The company and the union finally  ___ on salary raises two days ago.  Since then, they ___ on everything, and the rest of the negotiations have gone smoothly.  (agree)

Complete the sentence with the simple past or present perfect of the verb in the parentheses.

Mark ___ a trip to Asia last October. He ___ many trips to Asia since he started his own import – export business. (take).

Complete the sentence with the simple past or present perfect of the verb in the parentheses.

Ivan ___ the violin with the London Symphony since 1985.  Last year he ___ a Beethoven violin concerto at one of the concerts.  (play).

Complete the sentence with the simple past or present perfect of the verb in the parentheses.

When she was in college, Julia ___ home at least once each week.  Now she has a job and is living in Chicago.  In the last six months, she ___ only three letters to her parent.  (write)

Complete the sentence with the simple past or present perfect of the verb in the parentheses.

Our University ___ 121 students to study in other countries last year.  In total, we ___ 864 students over the last ten years.  (send)

Use either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous of the given verbs.

Jim (play) ___ soccer only a couple of times, so he’s not very good at it.  He’s much better at tennis.

Use either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous of the given verbs.

A:  Janice (sleep) ___ for almost eleven hours.  Don’t you think we should wake her up?

B:   I guess we probably should.

Use either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous of the given verbs.

Tim (sleep) ___ in the downstairs bedroom only once.  He usually sleeps upstairs in the bedroom he shares with his brother.

Use either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous of the given verbs.

I (fly, not)___ on a plane since last year when I was on a plane that had a fire in one of its engines.  Now I am afraid to even think about getting on an airplane.

Use either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous of the given verbs.

A:  How much longer until we arrive at the Singapore airport?

B:  Let me see.  It’s about 9.15.  We  (fly)  ___ for almost six hours.  We should be there in another couple of hours.