Grammar NOTE Never use the present perfect tense with a finished time word. Ex. /ve been to another country yesterday. x (5 Look at the table. Present Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Simple The present perfect is used to talk about an action which happened between the past and now. form: have / has + past participle T have traveled to Madagascar three times in the last year. My uncle has traveled to New York 20 times. Have you ever been to another country? The past perfect is used to talk about an action which happened before another action in the past. form: had + past participle T had already been to the store before my brother woke up. Before I graduated, I had filled out several university applications. Fill in the blanks with the given verbs and tenses. 1. They to Australia twice. (travel, present perfect) 2. Stephen for the airline for 25 years. (Work, present perfect) 3. You said that before you ate lunch, you .your mother. (call, past perfect) 4. Kerry the entire bottle of water before she got to the halfway point in the race. (drink, past perfect) 5. I met them after they to the Countryside. (be, past perfect) 6. | my ticket, so couldn't get on the plane. (forget, past perfect)