Present perfect

We use present perfect to talk about :

1- a recently completed action.

e.g. She has already left.

2- complete past actions connected to the present with stated or

unstated time reference.

e.g. They have sold their house. ( unstated time reference)

e.g. They have just sold their house. ( stated time reference)

3- personal experiences.
e.g. He has learnt Russian.

4- changes which have happened

e.g. He has become good at Russian. (He wasn’t good at…)

5- emphasis on number
e.g. I have read this book three times.

Time Expressions:

Already, just, ever, never, so far, recently, for(over a period of time),

since(from a starting point in the past), yet(negations and questions)

Structure:

Affirmative: have/has verb(past participle)

Negative: haven’t/hasn’t +had

Interrogative: Have/Has +subject+ verb(past participle)

I-Identify the use of the following:

1- He has just mowed the lawn. ……………………………………………..

2- I have been to France three times. ………………………………………
3- She has put on weight recently. …………………………………………..
4- They have accomplished a three-year diploma. ………………………..
5- She has already finished her homework. ………………………………..
6- Tolstoy has written many books. …………………………………………

II- Put the following in the Present Perfect:

1- (I / go / to the cinema today)…………………………………………….....

2- (She / have a pet for years)………………………………………………

3- (They / eat / all the chocolate!)…………………………………………….

4- (they / live/ in Egypt for six months)……………………………………….

5- (we / go/ to South Africa)…………………………………………………

6- (she / watch / ‘Harry Potter’ four times)…………………………………

III-Write the negative form:

1- (you / not / study chemistry)………………………………………………..

2- (They / not / go to bed)……………………………………………………

3- (I / not / hear the latest song of Britney Spears yet)………………...

…………………………………………………………………………………

4- (We / not / forget Shakespeare’s plays)…………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………

5- (we / not / go to Paris yet)…………………………………………………..

6- (He / not / see his family for over ten years)……………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………
IV-Write the interrogative form:

1-(you / come here before?)…………………………………………………

2- (who / we / forget to invite to the wedding?)……………………………

3- (I / explain / everything to the inspector?)……………………………….

4- (Who / you / meet recently?)……………………………………………….

5- (you / do your homework?)……………………………………………….

6- (When / she / make this delicious cake?)…………………………………

V-Correct the mistakes:

1- Has she passe the exam? ...................................................................

2-Has you ate dinner yet? ……………………………………………………
3- Has he readed the newspaper today? …………………………………..
4- You didn’t studied English for many years. ……………………………..
5- Where has you be? ……………………………………………………..
6- They hasn’t saw ‘Harry Potter’. …………………………………………
7- I hasn’t meet her yet. …………………………………………………….
8- They have visit the Pyramids yet. ………………………………………
9-When have you did your homework? ……………………………………
10- How have she meet her husband? ……………………………………..
11- Why have he miss the train? ……………………………………………
12- It has rain a lot this week. ………………………………………………..
13- Have you use lenses before? …………………………………………
14- She haven’t play tennis before. …………………………………………
15-He have puted on a beautiful suit. ………………………………………
 Have/has gone to/ Have/has been to/ Have/has been in

Have/has gone to: (the person/s is/are on the way to somewhere or

is/are there. The person/s hasn’t/haven’t come back yet.)

e.g. He has gone to Italy. (He’s there, he hasn’t come back yet.)

Have/has been to: (the person/s has/have visited or been

somewhere. They aren’t there now. They have come back.)

e.g. I have been to the White House.(I have visited the W.H, but I
have come back, I am not there now)

Have/has been in: (to live or be somewhere now.)

e.g. She has been in Australia for 10 years.(She lives in Australia

now.)

VI- Fill in Have/has gone to, Have/has been to/in:

1-My colleague………………..Spain for a seminar, so I am holding a

temporary appointment.

2-I……………………………..…..to the Louvre twice. It’s wonderful.

3-Where is Maria? She………………the supermarket, she’s late, isn’t

she.

4- A: Where are Mark and Maya?

B: They……………………… South Africa for a week. They are going
to interview Nelson Mandela.

A: ………………..anyone……………….Washington to meet Obama?

B: Actually not, Jeremy…………………………..….his grandparents’.

.
VII- Fill in: yet or already.

1- A: You haven’t done your homework………..….?!

B: Stop shouting at me! You have………………....asked me that
four times, so far.

2-The editor hasn’t called me back………..…. .

3- They have ……………finished the test. They have completed it in

less than an hour.

4- She accepted to do business with him although she hasn’t known him
very well………

VIII- Fill in: for or since.

Farah has known her husband Mike……….five years before they got
married. They have moved to live in London……………their marriage.
Farah hasn’t worked………….they moved there. But she used to spend
her time in writing ………hours. Later she collected all her stories she
wrote…………..over three years and published them in a book entitled
“My New Life”.

VIV- Fill in: for, since, yet, how long, tonight.

1-I haven’t seen him………….ages.

2-She hasn’t seen him……………..2003.

3-They are flying to Paris…………….. .

4-He hasn’t travelled………………. .

 DIFFERENCE IN USE BETWEEN PRESENT PERFECT
AND PAST SIMPLE

Present perfect:

-Complete past actions connected to the present with stated or unstated

time reference.

1-She has bought a new car.(unstated time-we don’t know when she bought it –
but she is still having it)

2-I have taken painkillers for the sore throat this morning.(stated time-it’s still
morning-action connected to the present)

3-My mum has cleaned and tidied the house.(she’s still alive- action
connected to the present)

Past simple:

-Complete past actions not connected to the present with a stated or

implied time reference.

1-They had an accident two years ago.(stated time-when? two years ago)

2-I warned her not to be so outgoing with James.(implied time-when? when I

met her)

3- Susan dreamed/dreamt of the Zombies.(action not connected to the

present-
Zombies don’t exist)

X Fill in present perfect or past simple:

1- ……………… (You/meet) her at the party last night. No, I…………………

…………………... (not/see) her yet it.

2- I ……… (spend) 19 years of my life in the seas. But I…………… (leave)

everything and (move)…………………….here in 2009.

3- How long……………………………..…. (you/teach)Russian?