ESL exercise on: 1. Present perfect simple (questions) 2. Present perfect simple vs. Simple past 3. Adjective clauses 3.1 Answer to the adjective clause exercise.
1. Present Perfect * Write questions in present perfect simple: 1. you / answer / the question 2. Jenny / lock / the door 3. Walter / call / us 4. you / see / the picture 5. your parents / get / the letter 6. it / rain / a lot 7. how often / we / sing / the song 8. Maureen / watch / the film 9. how many books / Bob / read 10. ever / you / be / to London 2. Present Perfect and Simple Past * Choose the correct answer: Joji in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993. a. lived b. have lived The Titanic in 1912. a. sank b. has sunk Somebody my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home. a. stole b. has stolen Gerry off his bike three times this month. a. fell b. has fallen Chika from university last July. a. graduated b. has graduated I the movie Titanic three times. I'm going to see it again tonight. a. saw b. have seen I to work every day for the last six weeks! a. walked b. have walked
When Young Hee was a child, she in Seoul. a. lived b. has lived Ouch! my finger! a. I cut b. I've cut I my key yesterday, so I couldn't get into the house. Eventually, I found it in my jacket pocket. a. lost b. have lost * Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate verb tense (Present Perfect or Simple Past) Have you ever had malaria? If you have, the chances are that you (get) the disease in a hot country. Malaria is most common in tropical countries, especially those with wet and humid climates, where the mosquitoes which carry the disease can flourish. However, recently, malaria (become) more common in Canada. According to a recent report, over 1000 people (contract) the disease in Canada in 1997 and the number (rise) every year since 1994. This is an alarming trend. Why is the incidence of malaria rising there? The answer is travel. More and more Canadians travel abroad every year, and some of them catch malaria. However, when a Toronto woman (become) sick last year, her doctor (discover) that she (never travel) abroad in her life. She must have been bitten by a mosquito which (get) the disease from another sick Canadian. 3. Adjective Clauses * Combine the two sentences to make one, using an adjective clause. Example: "I met Mary in the hall. She is a tour guide." becomes "I met Mary, who is a tour guide, in the hall." The man was wearing a blue shirt. He witnessed the accident. The boy was studying in the library. I talked to him very quietly. The book is about the history of Mexico. I bought it yesterday. The house is still standing. Abraham Lincoln was born there. The man reported the accident. His car was damaged. The research paper must be finished by Friday. David is working on it. The church is very old. My grandparents were married there. 1910 is the year. The revolution began then. The people are very kind. I am staying in their house. The students passed the exam. They studied hard.
Answers to the Adjective Clause exercise: 1: The man was wearing a blue shirt. He witnessed the accident. The man who witnessed the accident was wearing a blue shirt. // The man that witnessed the accident was wearing a blue shirt 2: The boy was studying in the library. I talked to him very quietly. The boy I talked to very quietly was studying in the library.// The boy who I talked to very quietly was studying in the library.// The boy whom I talked to very quietly was studying in the library.// The boy that I talked to very quietly was studying in the library.// The boy to whom I talked very quietly was studying in the library 3: The book is about the history of Mexico. I bought it yesterday. The book I bought yesterday is about the history of Mexico.// The book that I bought yesterday is about the history of Mexico.// The book which I bought yesterday is about the history of Mexico 4: The house is still standing. Abraham Lincoln was born there. The house Abraham Lincoln was born in is still standing.//the house that Abraham Lincoln was born in is still standing.//the house in which Abraham Lincoln was born is still standing.//the house which Abraham Lincoln was born in is still standing.//the house where Abraham Lincoln was born is still standing 5: The man reported the accident. His car was damaged. The man whose car was damaged reported the accident 6: The research paper must be finished by Friday. David is working on it. The research paper David is working on must be finished by Friday.//The research paper that David is working on must be finished by Friday.//The research paper which David is working on must be finished by Friday.//The research paper on which David is working must be finished by Friday 7: The church is very old. My grandparents were married there. The church where my grandparents were married is very old.//the church my grandparents were married in is very old.//the church that my grandparents were married in is very old.//the church which my grandparents were married in is very old.//the church in which my grandparents were married is very old. 8: 1910 is the year. The revolution began then. 1910 is the year the revolution began.//1910 is the year that the revolution began.//1910 is the year in which the revolution began.//1910 is the year when the revolution began 9: The people are very kind. I am staying in their house. The people in whose house I am staying are very kind.//the people whose house I am staying in are very kind.
10: The students passed the exam. They studied hard. The correct answer was The students who studied hard passed the exam.//the students that studied hard passed the exam.//the students who had studied hard passed the exam.//the students that had studied hard passed the exam.)