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All B1 questions for “Master Present Perfect Tense: Life Experiences & B1 Grammar Practice”, each with the correct answer and a short explanation. Try the interactive exercises above, then check your answers here.
1. I _____ to Japan twice.
Answer: have been
Use 'have' + past participle for life experiences.
2. She _____ snow in her life.
Answer: has never seen
Use 'has' for third-person singular (she).
3. We _____ our project.
Answer: have already finished
'Already' goes between 'have' and the past participle.
4. They _____ here for ten years.
Answer: have lived
Use 'have lived' for a state starting in the past and continuing now.
5. Have you _____ skydiving?
Answer: ever tried
Use 'ever' in questions about life experience.
6. He _____ at the airport.
Answer: has just arrived
'Just' describes a very recent action.
7. I _____ her since we were children.
Answer: have known
Use 'since' for a specific starting point (children).
8. My parents _____ outside Europe.
Answer: have never traveled
Use 'never' for things you haven't done in your life.
1. _____ several multi-billion dollar companies. He _____ the way we think about electric cars. Many people _____ how he manages so many projects at once. So far, SpaceX _____ dozens of rockets into space. However, his journey _____ easy. He _____ many financial difficulties over the years. In addition to space travel, he _____ a massive network of satellite internet called Starlink. He _____ on his dream of reaching Mars, even when things got difficult. In recent interviews, he _____ for safer Artificial Intelligence. Today, he _____ that focusing on the future of humanity is his primary goal.
Answer: has started, has changed, have wondered, has launched, has not been, has faced, has built, has never given up, has pushed, has shown
1. Which option does not belong?
Answer: I have never went to Brazil.
We must use the past participle 'been' (or 'gone'), not the past simple 'went'.
2. Which option does not belong?
Answer: She has lived here since three years.
Use 'for' with a duration of time (three years), not 'since'.
3. Which option does not belong?
Answer:
1. _____
Answer: I have never been to London before.
Use present perfect with 'never' to describe a first-time experience.
2. _____
Answer: I have known her since 2015.
'Since' indicates the starting point of a state that continues now.
3. _____
Answer: He hasn't finished his homework yet.
Use 'yet' in negative sentences for something expected to happen.
4. _____
Answer: How long have you had that car?
Use 'how long' with present perfect to ask about duration.
5. _____
Answer: They have just gone to the cinema.
'Just' describes a very recent action.
6. _____
Answer: I haven't seen a movie for a long time.
1. Write a question using 'ever'.
2. Write a sentence using 'never'.
3. Write a sentence using 'just'.
4. Write a sentence using 'already'.
5. Write a sentence using 'yet'.
6. Write a sentence using 'since'.
7. Write a sentence using 'for'.
8. Write a sentence using 'so far'.
9. Write a sentence using 'before'.
10. Write a sentence using 'been'.
1. Write your response here (60-80 words):
'You' takes 'have', not 'has'.
4. Which option does not belong?
Answer: They have finish the project.
The present perfect requires the past participle 'finished'.
5. Which option does not belong?
Answer: I've knew her for ages.
The past participle of 'know' is 'known', not 'knew'.
6. Which option does not belong?
Answer: We have arrived just.
'Just' usually goes between 'have' and the past participle.
Use 'for' to describe a period of duration.