Miguel Alexander Suta Sanchez ID 642285

NRC 5834

You will learn how to:

 Talk about past events
GUIDE NUMBER
1 MY LIFE
PRESENT PERFECT

How to form the Present Perfect:

PRESENT PERFECT AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

PAST
SUBJECT HAVE / HAS
PARTICIPLE
I / You / We / They HAVE
written
He / She / It HAS

Note: In spoken English, it’s common to use the contraction:

 I’ve written three books. In this case, he’s, she’s,

 We’ve already seen that movie Barbara’s, etc. mean he has,
 Barbara’s forgotten her cell phone. she has, and Barbara has.
 He’s just woken up.
NOT he is, she is, or
Barbara is
PRESENT PERFECT NEGATIVE SENTENCES
HAVEN’T / HASN’T
SUBJECT PAST PARTICIPLE
Have not / has not
I / You / We / They HAVEN’T
Seen.
He / She / It HAS NOT

Examples:

 I haven’t seen John this week.

 Mary hasn’t come to class for the past two days.

PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS

HAVE / HAS SUBJECT PAST PARTICIPLE
HAVE I / you / we / they
finished?
HAS he / she / it

Examples:

 Have you finished the project yet?

 Has George ever been to New York?

HOW TO ANSWER PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS:

 Have you been to London?
 Option 1(+): Yes, I have.
Option 2(-): No, I haven’t.

 Has Alex met Miriam yet?

Option 1(+): Yes, he has.
Option 2(-): No, he hasn’t.

 Have the results of the election been announced?

Option 1(+): Yes, they have.
Option 2(-): No, they haven’t.

WHAT IS THE PAST PARTICIPLE

The past participle is a form of the verb that describes a completed action or state. For regular verbs, the
past participle is the same as the simple past:

• I worked all day yesterday. (simple past)

• I’ve worked here since August. (past participle)

This is also the case for many irregular verbs:

• He sold his car last week. (simple past)
• He’s sold 200 books so far. (past participle)

However, some past participles irregular verbs are different from their simple past form:

• We wrote an article for the newspaper. (simple past)

• We’ve written for many famous publications. (past participle)

Many of these irregular past participles end in –n:

INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
be was / were been
break broke broken
Other irregular past participles have a change in the
choose chose chosen
do did done vowel:
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten SIMPLE PAST
INFINITIVE
fall fell fallen PAST PARTICIPLE
fly flew flown become became become
forget forgot forgotten begin began begun
give gave given come came come
go went gone drink drank drunk
know knew known ring rang rung
see saw seen run ran run
show showed shown sing sang sung
speak spoke spoken swim swam swum
steal stole stolen
take took taken
wear wore worn
write wrote written
A. Fill in the blanks to form the present perfect.
1. You have bought a new computer.
2. I ____HAVE________learned a lot about computers.
3. We _HAVE___________ read the story about Google.
4. Larry ____HAS________ known Sergey since they were at Stanford University.
5. They__HAVEN’T__________ (not) known each other since they were children.
6. It __HAS__________been easy for me to learn about computers.
7. You___HAVE_________used the Internet many times.
8. Larry and Sergey ____HAVEN’T________ (not) finished their degrees.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct past participle.

1. I have___done_________ (do) many things in my life.
2. I’ve____traveled_______ (travel) to many countries and I’ve __seen_____(see) many
beautiful places.
3. I’ve_____met_______ (meet) lots of interesting people all over the world.
4. I have___visited_________ (visit) cities in all 5 continents.
5. I’ve__sailed______ (sail) round the world and I’ve___climbed_____(climb) some of the
highest mountains.
6. I have even 4 __participated__________ (participate) in a north pole expedition.
7. I have___eaten_________ (eat) fried ants in Africa.
8. I have __had______ (have) some difficult moments but I have_forgotten___________ (forget)
all of them.

C. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.

not buy not do not eat meet not phone
forget not see go invite take
1. No, I _haven’t phoned_______________my sister. I’ll text her later.
2. She _has invited_______________a lot of people to her wedding.
3. We __have taken______________a lot of photographs during our holidays.
4. A: Where’s Mike?
B: I don’t know; I haven’t seen________________him today.
5. Mum, Alex __hasn’t done______________his bed!!
6. It’s Megan’s birthday tomorrow but I _haven’t bougth_______________her present.
7. A: Where’s Ann?
B: She __has gone______________to bed.
8. I think we ___have meet_____________before but I have forgotten your name.
9. I’m starving! I __haven’t eaten______________anything since yesterday.

Complete the question and answer “yes” and “no”

Example: you / phone / the doctor? Have you phoned the doctor? Yes, I have.

1. she / finish / her meal? (+) Has she finished her meal? Yes, she has
2. they / buy / a new car? (+) Have they bought a new car? Yes, they have
3. Harry / tell / you / the news? (-) Has Harry told you the new? No, Hasn’t
4. John / go / on holiday? (+) Has John gone on holiday? Yes, he has
5. Megan / open / her presents? (-) Has Megan opened her presents? No, she hasn’t