The present perfect

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The Present Perfect

present perfect

Present perfect

It started somewhere in the past and is still going on.

Has/have + past participle

           

             regular verbs    

1

bare infinitive + -ed

play - played

walk - walked

work - worked

want - wanted

           

             irregular verbs

2

To do - did - done

to fly - flew - flown

to fight - fought - fought

1. Emma ( never to see)......... this film on TV.
2. How often (she to phone) ...... the office?
3. .......the Millers  .......... (to arrive) yet?
4. John ..........(not to go ) on a trip to Alaska.
5.  (they ever to be) ...........to New York?
6. Andy ...........(not to repair) his sister's bike.
7. (you to drop)........a knife in the kitchen.
8. I  ...........(to buy) a new laptop.
9. ............(he - to find) his pen yet?
10. The students ...........(not to forget) their homework.

Helen .............. ........................ here for 7 years.

1. have live
2. has lived
3. lived
4. has living

You.......................(walk) to Germany

1. has walked
2. have walked
3. has walk
4. have to walk

Which sentence is the present perfect?

1. I bought a dog
2. I have bought a dog
3. I buy a dog
4. I am buying a dog

Which sentence is the present perfect?

1. He lives here for ten years
2. He lived here for ten years
3. He has lived here for ten years
4. He is living here for ten years

Which sentence is the Present Perfect?

1. She goes home at 8 o'clock.
2. He fell off his bike.
3. She has caught ten balls so far.
4. They worked all day yesterday.

Which sentence is the Present Perfect?

1. I love to cycle to school.
2. We often go to church.
3. They have not talked to him yet.
4. I didn't hear him come in.

Which sentence is the Present Perfect?

1. My cat finally caught the mouse.
2. His cat hasn't caught a mouse since last year.
3. My dog never catches anything.
4. Did you get caught?

Which tense is used?
My cat died last week.

1. past perfect
2. past simple
3. present simple
4. present perfect

Present Perfect:
I __________ a teacher since 2002.

1. was
2. have be
3. have been
4. had be

Present Perfect:
I _____________ my homework yet.

1. have finish
2. has finished
3. did finished
4. haven't finished

Put the verb in the present perfect:
I ask.

Put the verb in the present perfect:
He listens

Put the verb in the Present perfect:
I walk to school

Use the present perfect:
Martha..... her homework. (finish)

Which words are signal words for the Present Perfect?

1. never / ever / for / since
2. was / were / been
3. however / although / always
4. when / how / always