Auxiliary verb Have + Past Participle of main verbs

We use the Present Perfect:

To Express a past action when we don´t to express a past action with an

give details of when, how, etc. (we can adverbial of unfinished time.
use an adverbial of past time.
E.g.: I have seen Mark today. (Today has
E.g. I´ve passed the exam. not finish)

Have you ever been to England?

With for + period of time

with since + (specific point in time)

E.g.: How long have you lived here?

A) Find the past participle of the following I´ve lived here for ten years since
verbs. 1999. the sentences with for or since:
B) Complete

 We have been here _______ two hours.

 She has waited for him _______ lunch time.
 They´ve been talking _______ a long time.
 Mary has not visited her grandparents
_______ she arrived from abroad.
 You haven´t told me about your holidays
_______ your last visit.
 We´ve lived in this town 1998.
 She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!
 They´ve had their car _______ five years.
 I´ve studied an hour or so.
 I haven´t done anything _______ this
morning.

C) Choose tree verbs from exercise A and ask

your partner your questions. Write down the
answers:

 ________________________________?
 ________________________________.

 ________________________________?
 ________________________________.

 ________________________________?
 ________________________________.
D) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the Present Perfect.

 to see / an / I / accident. ________________________________________________________________

 an / she / to have / examination. __________________________________________________________
 ever / to / you / to be / France? ___________________________________________________________
 a / there to be / a storm _________________________________________________________________
 to try / several / they / times / not _________________________________________________________
 to be / lately / she / where? ______________________________________________________________
 sine / this / to live / house / 1998 / we / in __________________________________________________

E) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:

a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was a child

e) ______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months h) ______ they got married

 I haven´t seen Mary for ages.

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F) Provide questions for these answers:

 _______________________________________________________________________________?
 Yes, I have. I went to Paris last year.
 _______________________________________________________________________________?
 No, I haven´t. I´ve never been to the USA.
 _______________________________________________________________________________?
 She lived in Lisbon for five years.
 _______________________________________________________________________________?
 They´ve worked in this office since 1986.
 _______________________________________________________________________________?
 Yes, several times, but I don´t like flying very much.