PRESENT PERFECT GRAMMAR

Present perfect simple:

• We use the present perfect simple to talk about actions that happened in the past but no time is mentioned or if we are still inside the time period (today, this week, this month, this year, recently).
• We also use the present perfect to talk about experiences when the time is not important (in my life)

 

 

 

Form: how to create your own sentences

Subject + have + past participle

+ I have eaten lunch today

– I have not seen that movie yet

? Have you finished your homework?

 

HAVE GOT is an example of the present perfect simple.

 

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE
I	HAVE GOT	HAVEN’T GOT
YOU	HAVE GOT	HAVEN’T GOT
HE/SHE/IT	HAS GOT	HASN’T GOT
THEY	HAVE GOT	HAVEN’T GOT
WE	HAVE GOT	HAVEN’T GOT

 

QUESTIONS

 

	HAVE GOT
I	HAVE I GOT + NOUN?
YOU	HAVE YOU GOT + NOUN?
HE/SHE/IT	HAS HE GOT + NOUN?
THEY	HAVE THEY GOT + NOUN?
WE	HAVE WE GOT + NOUN?

 

Focus on the word order of the following adverbs:

ALREADY (ya) – I have already finished my homework.

YET (ya) – Have you seen that movie yet?

YET (aún) – I haven’t had breakfast yet this morning.

STILL (aún) – I still haven’t set off for work.

JUST (acabar de) – I have just arrived home from work.

EVER (alguna vez) – Have you ever been to Japan?

NEVER (nunca) – I have never slept with a man.

FOR (durante) – I have studied English for 4 years.

SINCE (desde) – I have lived in Spain since 9 years ago/2010.

 

Practice questions:

1. Have you ever lived abroad?
2. Have you met the love of your life yet?
3. Have you ever tried an extreme sport?
4. Have you ever met a famous person?
5. Have you ever spent the summer doing a language exchange program?

 

DOWNLOAD THIS PDF WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS HERE

 

 

Practice exercises in PDF

PRESENT PERFECT

FOR VS SINCE

(NEW) GRAMMAR: PRESENT PERFECT (A2-C1)

(NEW) GRAMMAR: PRESENT PERFECT ADVERBS (A2-C1)

(NEW) PRESENT PERFECT ADVERBS

(NEW) ADVERBS GAPS FILL

(NEW) ADVERBS GAPS FILL 2

You might also want to look at the present perfect continuous