Present Perfect

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Use of Present Perfect

  • puts emphasis on the result
    Example: She has written five letters.
  • action that is still going on
    Example: School has not started yet.
  • action that stopped recently
    Example: She has cooked dinner.
  • finished action that has an influence on the present
    Example: I have lost my key.
  • action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
    Example: I have never been to Australia.

Signal Words of Present Perfect

  • already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now






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Exercises on Present Perfect

Activity 1: Listen to the explanation about the present perfect and write down the three different uses with an example.



Activity 2: Listen to this interactive explanation about the form of the present perfect and complete the tasks on-line.



Activity 3: Complete this activity about the difference between the simple past and the present perfect tenses.



Activity 4: Now match these sentences.

 



Activity 5: Now complete with the correct participle BEEN (you have already come back) or GONE (you have gone but have not come back yet).




Activity 6: Complete with HAS or HAVE.



Activity 7: Put the words in order.




Activiy 8: Now complete with the adverbs SINCE (a point in time) or FOR (a period of time).




Activity 9: Now complete with the correct adverbial: FOR, SINCE, ALREADY, YET, EVER, STILL, AGO.


Activity 10: Finally practise the past simple and past participles of irregular verbs with this interesting on-line application.