The Present Perfect Tense

The Present Perfect Tense
August, 2013
They have played tennis
How long have they been married? They have been married for 45 years
She has just swum in the pool.
her picture
She has just painted a picture.
They have just married.
Ann
Ann's car has just broken down

Affirmative
I have swum You have swum He has swum She has swum It has swum We have swum You have swum They have swum

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 You haven't swum They haven't swum

Interrogative
Have I swum? Have you swum? Has he swum? Has she swum? Has it swum? Have we swum? Have you swum? Have they swum?

Say the past participles of the verbs:
eat.bring. go..............................give do..feed drink..................make. ring....leave... play...arrive.. buywork... teach..read swim..cut. singcatch.. see.write..

Say the past participles of the verbs:

eat go do drink ring play buy teach swim sing see
eaten gone done drunk rung played bought taught swum sung seen
bring give feed make leave arrive work read cut catch write
brought given fed made left arrived worked read cut caught written

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

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

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 dont know when; the time is not mentioned)
Jack has been to London twice.

(When? We dont know)
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)
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.)

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)

They have been friends for twenty years (They met each other twenty years ago and they are still friends) now
twenty years ago
Susan and Harry have had their dog for two years

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)

She has picked a lot of flowers. (she has got some flowers in her hand, so the action is finished)
The Present Perfect Tense She has eaten all the sweets. (the box is empty, there is wrapping paper on the floor)

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.

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 hasnt swum since last summer

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 hasnt played tennis for three weeks.

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.

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

Moscow
Victoria/be/ to Moscow?
Has Victoria been to Moscow? Yes, she has.
Victoria

Andy/write/a letter?
Has Andy written a letter? Yes, he has.

The boys/lose/ a match?
Have the boys lost the match? No, they haven't. They have won it!

How long/ my grand parents/be/ married?

How long have my grandparents been married? They have been married for twenty years.
20

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They have played tennis

She has just swum in the pool.

She has just painted a picture.

They have just married.

Ann's car has just broken down