THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
1.Complete the sentences using the past participle of the
verbs in brackets.
The train has ___________. We can go out now. (stop)
She isn’t ready. She hasn’t __________ her cases yet. (pack)
She has ___________ some photos. (take)
Sally hasn’t ___________ yet. Where can she be? (arrive)
I’ve never ____________ to your mother. (speak)
I haven’t ____________ which shoes to buy yet. (decide)
My father has ___________ to Rome. (drive)
2.Choose the correct verb from the box and complete the
sentences using the present perfect form.
answer break buy clean empty
leave lose finish walk
Tom _________________ the rubbish.
Claire ________________ all the questions.
I ___________________ ten kilometres.
They ________________ their car keys.
John ________________ a new jacket.
Diana ________________ her arm.
Bill and Tim _________________ the kitchen.
The train __________________ the station.
Karen _____________________ her violin practice.
3.Put the words in the right order.
a) I/homework/yet/finished/ haven’t/my
______________________________
b) I/homework/my/done/have/already
______________________________
c) I/homework/my/finished/have/just
______________________________
d) He/home/gone/has/already
______________________________
e) Mark/come back/France/just/has/from
______________________________
f) They/bought/new/a/just/have/house
______________________________
g) We/had/lunch/haven’t/yet
______________________________
h) The train/the station/already/left/has
______________________________
i) left/the train/yet/has/?
______________________________
4.Complete the sentences. Use the present
perfect – positive or negative.
My mum isn’t at home now. She ___________
(go) to the supermarket.
So far this month I ______________ (see)
three films.
I’m hungry. I _____________ (have) my lunch
yet.
I _________________ (see) Helen yet today.
Is she at school?
Our football team ________________ (win) all
its matches so far this year.
I don’t know your boy-friend. I ____________
(meet) him yet.
5.Complete what Susan says. Use the PPT and for or
since.
a) I’m from France, but I live in London now.
I ____________ (live) here _________1992.
b) I’m a journalist. I work for a sports magazine in
London. I ___________(work) there _________
two years.
c) I’m married. My husband’s name is Jonathan.
We _____________(be) married _________1993.
d) Jonathan works in a bank.
He ___________(work) there _________ three
years.
e) We have a flat in south London.
We ________ (have) the flat ________ last May.
6.Complete. Use just, already or yet.
Have you bought a new bike _______________?
Great! Sean has _____________ broken the world record!
Don’t shout! He hasn’t finished his homework __________.
Can I go to Jane’s party? I’ve ______________ asked you three
times.
Mark can’t win the race now. He’s __________ fallen off his bike.
Have you cleaned your room ____________? I’ve __________
asked you twice.
Adam is very clever. He’s ____________ passed all his university
exams.
I haven’t sent the email to Amy _______________.
Joe has _________ gone. If you hurry you can catch him.
The Present Perfect Tense

1.

stopped

packed

taken

arrived

spoken

decided

driven

2.

has emptied

has answered

have walked

have lost

has bought

has broken

have cleaned

has left

has finished

3.

I haven't finished my homework yet.

I have done my homework already.

c.I have just finished my homework.

d.He has already gone home.

e.Mark has just come back from France.

f.They have just just bought a new house.

g.We haven't had lunch yet.

h.The train has already left the station.

i.Has the train left yet?

4.

has gone

have seen

haven't had

haven't seen

has won

haven't met

5.

a.have lived...since

b.have worked...for

c.have been...since

d.has worked...for

e.have had...since

6.

already

just

yet

already

just

yet....already

already