Tenses:

Present Perfect Tense

Tenses
• A verb-based method used to indicate the time, and sometimes the continuation or completeness,
of an action or state in relation to the time of speaking.

Past 过去 Present 当下 Future 未来

Present Perfect Tense

• Used to show an action that started in the past and has just finished
• We use present perfect tense to show an action that happened sometime until now
• Past actions that are related to or continue into the present (Unfinished States)

• Structure: Subject + has/have + Verb(P.P.) + Object

• Examples:
1. They have fixed the fence.
2. John has never been to a theme park.
3. Have you ever seen anything like it?

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Past Participle
Verb Simple Past Past Perfect
Be(is/are/am) Was/were Been

Become Became Become

Break Broke Broken

Bring Brought Brought

Buy Bought Bought

Catch Caught Caught

Come Came Come

Do Did Done

Drink Drunk Drunk

Eat Ate Eaten

Drive Drove Driven

Feel Felt Felt

Forget Forgot Forgotten

Get Got Gotten

Give Gave Given

Go Went Gone

Hang Hung Hung

Keep Kept Kept

Know Knew Known

Learn Learnt Learnt

Make Made Made

Pay Paid Paid

Ride Rode Ridden

Ring Rang Rung

Say Said Said

See Saw Seen

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Exercise 1: Complete the table.
Positive
I / You / We / They
(has / have) seen that
movie twenty times.
Negative
I / You / We / They
(hasn’t / haven’t) called
for six months.
Question
(Has / Have) I / You / We
/ They read the book yet?
Short Answer
Yes, I / You / We / They
(has / have).
No, I / You / We / They
did not(has / have).

He / She / It (has / have) He / She / James (has / (Has / Have) he / she / it Yes, He / She / It(has /
worked. have) not finished his been to Mexico in the last have).
homework yet. year? No, He / She / It did
not(has / have).

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with Past Present Tense.

eat work play know

buy speak

1. Michael has often ______________________________ badminton in school.

2. My mother has ____________________________ in a lot of different jobs.

3. I have never______________________________ Korean before.

4. Liz has _______________________________a birthday present for her sister.

5. We’ve ______________________________ Indian food once or twice.

6. I have ______________________________ Sally for almost 10 years.

Exercise 3: Complete the below sentences by using Present Perfect Tense.

1. We __________ __________ __________(never/live)in a foreign country.

2. __________ she _______ _________ (ever/ go) to school?

3. I ______ ______ ___________ (never/ see) an orang utan.

4. __________ you ______ ________ (ever/ drive) a car?

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5. Jack ______ _______ (stay) in Japan, but he _____ _______ ________ (never/eat) sushi.

Exercise 4: Correct the mistakes.

1. I’m read this book three times.

2. This actress has be in about 30 movies.

3. Martin hasn’t spoke to my parents.

4. We never been in a helicopter.

5. Alan have painted some excellent pictures.

6. You ever have stayed in Paris?

7. Sally not has had a meal at this restaurant.

8. Tom hasn’t never played volleyball.