PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

We use Present Perfect Tense for: 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form

- actions or activities that started in the past and

a) Peter __________________ (study) German since he
continue in the present
was a little boy.
e.g. My sister Jane has been married for 5 years.
b) We ____________________ (not/finish) all of our tasks
- talking about our experience up to the present
yet.
e.g. Hank has never visited Barcelona.
c) Oh no! I ___________________ (take) the wrong purse
- something that happened in the past and has a result or
leaving the bus.
a consequence in the present
d) Brian and Janine ___________________ (live) in the
e.g. She has lost her wallet. (She can`t pay the bills.)
same street since 2001.
We form Present Perfect Tense with: e) My friend Padme ___________________ (not/be) to
England before.
HAVE / HAS + PAST PASTICIPLE f) My husband __________________ (not/forget) a
single anniversary so far.
- to make a past participle, we add -ed or -d to regular
g) I __________________ (fall) down the stairs and hurt
verbs
myself badly.
- IRREGULAR VERBS > LIST > 3RD COLUMN

2. Complete the questions with the correct form of the

When forming Present Perfect Tense, one should remember
verb in brackets
several spelling rules for regular verbs:

a) Where ____________________ (you/be) all night? I

- the letter „y“ changes to „i“ if there`s a consonant in
was worried sick!
front of it. If there`s a vowel (-ay, -oy, -ey, uy) the letter
b) ____________________ (Shane/buy) a new apartment
„y“ doesn`t change.
yet?
e.g. carry + ed > carried, fry + ed > fried
c) _____________________ (you/ever/visit) the British
pray + ed > prayed, sway + ed > swayed
Museum while living in London?
- with one syllable verb, there is doubling of final
d) What ____________________ (you/do)? The floor is
consonant before adding -ED
all sticky.
e.g. plan + ed > planned, stop + ed > stopped
e) _____________________ (Jane/write) her shopping
- if there is more than one syllable and the stress is on the
list yet? We leave for the supermarket in 10 minutes.
last one
f) How many times _____________________ (you/try) to
e.g. prefer + ed > preferred, occur + ed > occurred
download this song today?
Negative form g) _____________________ (you/see) Tom recently?

HAVE / HAS + NOT + past participle
e.g. I haven`t eaten anything today.
Debra hasn`t cleaned her room yet.
Interrogative form
To form an interrogative sentence, we use:
HAVE / HAS + subject + past participle
e.g. Have you watched this movie before?
What has Andrea done so far?
Signal words:
never, ever, just, recently, yet, so far, until now, up to now,
since, for, today, this (week, month, year)
NOTE
We do not use Present Perfect Tense with adverbs which
refer to a finished past time (yesterday, in 2017, last week...)
3. Use cues below to make sentences in Present Perfect
Tense. Put the verb into the correct form!
a) the / leave / office / she / briefcase / her / in
____________________________________________.
b) Moon / have / the / people / travel / to
____________________________________________.
c) Linda / weeks / be / for / here / two / now
____________________________________________.
d) far / Steven / tests / so / have / five
____________________________________________.
e) not / accident/ the / Anna / piano / since / play / the
____________________________________________.
f) move / a / this / we / lot / year
____________________________________________.
g) I / before / not / jacket / wear / that
____________________________________________.