The document provides information about using the present perfect tense in English. It discusses how the present perfect tense is used to talk about completed past actions at unspecified times. It provides examples of time expressions that can be used with the present perfect tense, such as "ever", "never", "already", and "since". It then explains how to form the present perfect tense affirmatively, interrogatively, and negatively using auxiliary verbs like "have" and "has" along with the past participle form of verbs. It includes examples of forming sentences in the present perfect tense and provides an exercise for learners to practice.
The document provides information about using the present perfect tense in English. It discusses how the present perfect tense is used to talk about completed past actions at unspecified times. It provides examples of time expressions that can be used with the present perfect tense, such as "ever", "never", "already", and "since". It then explains how to form the present perfect tense affirmatively, interrogatively, and negatively using auxiliary verbs like "have" and "has" along with the past participle form of verbs. It includes examples of forming sentences in the present perfect tense and provides an exercise for learners to practice.
The document provides information about using the present perfect tense in English. It discusses how the present perfect tense is used to talk about completed past actions at unspecified times. It provides examples of time expressions that can be used with the present perfect tense, such as "ever", "never", "already", and "since". It then explains how to form the present perfect tense affirmatively, interrogatively, and negatively using auxiliary verbs like "have" and "has" along with the past participle form of verbs. It includes examples of forming sentences in the present perfect tense and provides an exercise for learners to practice.
The document provides information about using the present perfect tense in English. It discusses how the present perfect tense is used to talk about completed past actions at unspecified times. It provides examples of time expressions that can be used with the present perfect tense, such as "ever", "never", "already", and "since". It then explains how to form the present perfect tense affirmatively, interrogatively, and negatively using auxiliary verbs like "have" and "has" along with the past participle form of verbs. It includes examples of forming sentences in the present perfect tense and provides an exercise for learners to practice.
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We use the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
to talk about a completed past action at an unspecified time in the past. -to talk about things that have happened up to now JUST EVER NEVER ALREADY NOT YET SINCE/when/ FOR /a length of time/ -1995, -five years, -last month, - two months, -Monday, - a week, -ten o’clock - an hour, -three days… AFFIRMATIVE We form the affirmative form with the helping verb have/has+past participle (V3). HAVE/HAS V3 I have helped/gone we have helped/gone You have helped/gone you have helped/gone He has helped/gone they have helped/gone She has helped/gone It has helped/gone INTERROGATIVE We form questions with regular and irregular verbs in the present perfect with have/has+ past participle (V3). HAVE/HAS V3 ? Have I helped/gone? Have we helped/gone? Have you helped/gone? Have you helped/gone? Has he helped/gone? Have they helped/gone? NEGATIVE We form the negative form of regular and irregular verbs in the present perfect with have/has +not+past participle (V3). HAVE/HAS NOT V3 I have not helped/gone we have not helped/gone You have not helped/gone you have not helped/gone He has not helped/gone they have not helped/gone She has not helped/gone It has not helped/gone Exercise Write affirmative and negative sentences using the Present Perfect tense using the words given. a. He / lose / his passport. He’s lost his passport. b. We / not / finish / our work. c. They / buy / a new house. d. I / visit / New York / five times. e. They / go / to the cinema. f. You / eat / four bananas! g. She / not / travel / far. h. I / not / do / any homework / this week. i. We / not / study / French. Write questions and answer them. Make the answers true for YOU
a. She / see / her sister? Has she seen her sister?
b. They / phone / the doctor? c. You / take / any photographs? d. He / make / any mistakes? e. We / watch / any television today? 3. Complete the following sentences with since Complete the text using the Past Simple or the Present Perfect tense London has had (have) an underground train system since the 19th century. The London Underground ________ (start) in 1863, when engineers and workers ________ (build) the Metropolitan railway. This railway line ________ (go) from Paddington Station to Farringdon Street Station. It ________ (be) a very short line. Eight more lines ________ (open) since then. The world’s first electric railway ________ (open) in 1890. This line ________ (go) from the city centre to South London. The most modern line is the Jubilee line. It ________ (open) in 1977. Since the London Underground ________ (begin), many other cities, like New York and Moscow, ________ (build) their own systems.
