Present Perfect Usage 2: In a conversation QuizBy Watch Lessons / April 3, 2022 Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. 1. Select the passage that sounds best1 Test on Present Perfect: “Conversational Past Tense” Rockefeller became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating his business on oil refining. His wealth soared as kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, and he became the richest person in the country, controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak. Rockefeller became the country's first billionaire, with a fortune worth nearly 2% of the national economy. Rockefeller became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating his business on oil refining. His wealth soared as kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, and he has become the richest person in the country, controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak. Rockefeller became the country's first billionaire, with a fortune worth nearly 2% of the national economy. 2. True of false1 Test on Present Perfect test: “Conversational Past Tense” vs “Narrative Past Tense” This is not a narrative past tense: Jerry: Fay, have you seen The Lion King 2019? Fay: Well, I haven’t had a chance to. Is it that spectacular as they describe it? Jerry: Oh, it certainly is! True False Present Perfect Usage 1: Actions started in the past and continuing in the present Present Perfect Usage 3: Moment of action is not specified Back to: Present Perfect Usage 2: In a conversation
