Present_perfect_tense_evaluation

Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) 

Midterm exam

Present perfect tense evaluation

Teachers: Anthony Villamizar & Rafael Escalante.

I.D: 26.675.517.

Name: _________________ 

Last name: _________________

I.D: _________________

Score: ____/_20_

9th grade

General instructions

The present perfect tense is used to talk about things or events that happened in the past at an indefinite time, or continued to happen, or had consequences in the present. We use it primarily when we cannot specify the time when something happened

Items

1.    Recognition item:

Write the past participle of each verb next to it, respectively.

a)    Eat: ____________.

b)    Drink: ____________.

c)    Take: ____________.

d)    Be: ____________.

e)    Go: ____________.

Total points: 2.

Points per correct conjugation: 0.4.

2.    Recognition item:

The verbs of each sentence were not conjugated.

First step: read the sentences.

Second step: follow the present perfect formula to complete the sentences. Write the verbs that are inside parentheses in the present perfect tense on the blank space of each sentence (remember to use the auxiliaries).

a)    Maria (be) ________ hungry.

b)    You (talk) ________ to Paul.

c)    I (take) ________ a cat home.

d)    They (walk) ________ in the park.

e)    He (drive) ________ a truck.

Total points: 3.

Points per correct answer: 0.6.

3.    Production item:

First step: read “Paul’s example”.

Second step: read “Maria’s text”.

Third step: fill the blanks with past simple sentences from “Maria’s text”.

Paul’s example:

Paul sees a teacher who speaks English. He writes on the board while the teacher explains.

Paul has seen a teacher who has spoken English. He has written on the board when the teacher has explained.

Maria’s text:

Maria falls in the pool. She begins swimming when the water freezes her. A lifeguard throws her a lifesaver.

Maria __________in the pool. She ____________ swimming when the water ___________ her. A lifeguard ____________ her a lifesaver.

Total points: 2.

Points per verb correctly conjugated: 0.5.

4.    Production item:

Use the verbs you conjugated in question 1 to write sentences in the present perfect tense (at least one has to be negative). Do not use a subject more than twice.

a)    Eat:

 ___________________________________________.

b)    Drink:

___________________________________________.

c)    Take:

___________________________________________.

d)    Be:

 ___________________________________________.

e)    Go:

___________________________________________.

Total points: 3.

Points per correct sentence: 0.6.

5.    Recognition item:

Choose the four (4) sentences written correctly in the present perfect tense (Using a circle or underlining the right sentence). There are only four correct options.

a)    I had been studying.

b)    I played soccer yesterday.

c)    I have played soccer with my brother today.

d)    She does not know how to swim.

e)    He has a basketball.

f)     You have spoken before.

g)    We had gone to the movies.

h)   Peter has taken an English course.

i)     My parents are having dinner.

Total points: 5.

Points per correct sentence: 1.25.

6.    Production item:

Listen to the short audio sample the teacher will play. Then write five (5) questions in the present perfect tense with the different verbs you heard. Consider the following structure:

           Have/has + noun + past participle of the verb + complement

Example: Have you visited your grandmother?

a)    Speak:

 ___________________________________________.

b)    See:

___________________________________________.

c)    Understand:

___________________________________________.

d)    Hear:

 ___________________________________________.

e)    Make:

___________________________________________.

Total points: 5.

Points per correct sentence: 1.