1. The Present Perfect Tense
Designed
by Nataly Katsaran and Svitlana Chuiko
October 2009

2. The Present Perfect Tense
They have played tennis

3. The Present Perfect Tense
How long have they been married? They have been married for 45 years

4. The Present Perfect Tense
She has just swum in the pool.

5. She has just painted a picture.
The Present Perfect Tense
her picture
She has just painted a picture.

6. The Present Perfect Tense
They have just married.

7. The Present Perfect Tense
Ann
Ann's car has just broken down

8. The Present Perfect Tense Affirmative
I have swum
You have swum
He has swum
She has swum
It has swum
We have swum
They have swum

9. The Present Perfect Tense Negative
I haven't swum
You haven't swum
He hasn't swum
She hasn't swum
It hasn't swum
We haven't swum
They haven't swum

10. The Present Perfect Tense Interrogative
Have I swum?
Have you swum?
Has he swum?
Has she swum?
Has it swum?
Have we swum?
Have they swum?

11. The Present Perfect Tense Say the past participles of the verbs:
eat……………….…………bring……………………….
go……… give…………………………
do…………………………..feed…………………………
drink…………… make……………………….
ring………………………....leave………………………...
play………………………...arrive………………………..
buy…………………………work………………………...
teach…………….………….read…………………………
swim………………………..cut………………………….
sing…………………………catch………………………..
see………………………….write………………………..

12. The Present Perfect Tense Say the past participles of the verbs:
eat eaten bring brought
go gone give given
do done feed fed
drink drunk make made
ring rung leave left
play played arrive arrived
buy bought work worked
teach taught read read
swim swum cut cut
sing sung catch caught
see seen write written

13. The Present Perfect Tense Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Tense
I….. …………(see) that film before.
I have seen that film before
We ………….(read) three English books in class
We have read three English books in class
My mother ……….(be) to London twice this year.
My mother has been to London twice this year.
John …………………(borrow) four CDs from me.
John has borrowed four CDs from me.

14. The Present Perfect Tense Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Tense
The children … ………(eat) breakfast.
The children have eaten breakfast.
You …………………(drink) all the coffee.
You have drunk all the coffee
Be quiet! The film ………………(start)
Be quiet! The film has started
My parents…………(have) this house since 1950
My parents have had this house since 1950

15. The Present Perfect Tense We use the present perfect tense:
for actions which happened at an unstated indefinite time in the past
My parents have bought a new horse.
(When did they buy it? We don’t know when; the time is not mentioned)
Jack has been to London twice.
(When? We don’t know)

16. The Present Perfect Tense
She has hurt her arm
(The exact time is not
mentioned. What is
important is the fact that
her arm is hurt and she's
got a plaster on it)

17. The Present Perfect Tense
Jill has bought a new horse.
(The exact time is unknown
or unimportant. What is
important is the fact that she
now owns a new horse.)

18. The Present Perfect Tense We use the present perfect tense:
for actions which started in the past and are still continuing in the present.
I have known Sue for five years.
(We met five years ago and we still know each other)
My father has worked here for seven years.
(He started working here seven years ago and he still works here)

19. The Present Perfect Tense
They have been friends for twenty years
(They met each other twenty years ago and they are still friends)
now
twenty years ago

20. The Present Perfect Tense
Susan and Harry have had their dog for two years

21. The Present Perfect Tense We use the present perfect tense:
for actions which have recently finished and their results are visible in the present.
They have just painted the walls.
(They have just finished painting. The paint on the walls is still wet) .
He has passed the exams.
(Look at him. He is happy)

22. The Present Perfect Tense
She has picked a lot of flowers.
(she has got some flowers
in her hand, so the action
is finished)

23. The Present Perfect Tense
She has eaten all the sweets.
(the box is empty, there is
wrapping paper on the floor)

24. The Present Perfect Tense How long/ For/ Since
How long is used in questions to ask about duration
How long have you worked here?
How long have you been in Istanbul?
For is used to express duration.
I've worked here for two years.
Since is used to state a starting point.
I've been in Istanbul since 2000.

25. The Present Perfect Tense Make sentences using since and for
Tom/be/teacher/ten years
Tom has been a teacher for ten years
Alice/have/her dog/last month
Alice has had her dog since last month
Jennifer/not swim/last summer
Jennifer hasn’t swum since last summer

26. The Present Perfect Tense Make sentences using since and for
I/not see/Maria/two days
I haven't seen Maria for two days.
My brother/be/here/10:30
My brother has been here since 10:30.
Anna/not play/tennis/three weeks
Anna hasn’t played tennis for three weeks.

27. The Present Perfect Tense Ever/ never
Ever is used in questions and goes between the verb have and the past participle.
Have you ever played ice-hockey?
Have you ever travelled to the USA?
Never is used to make a negative statement and goes between the verb have and the past participle
I have never played ice-hockey.
I have never travelled to the USA.

28. The Present Perfect Tense Write questions and answers
Sera
David
cake
David and Sera /eat / pizza?
Have David and Sera eaten any pizza?
No, they haven't. They have eaten some cakes.

29. The Present Perfect Tense Write questions and answers
Moscow
Victoria/be/ to Moscow?
Has Victoria been to Moscow?
Yes, she has.
Victoria

30. The Present Perfect Tense Write questions and answers
Andy/write/a letter?
Has Andy written a letter?
Yes, he has.

31. The Present Perfect Tense Write questions and answers
The boys/lose/ a match?
Have the boys lost the
match?
No, they haven't.
They have won it!

32. The Present Perfect Tense Write questions and answers
How long/ my grand
parents/be/ married?
How long have my
grandparents been
married?
They have been
married for twenty
years. 20

33. The Present Perfect Tense
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