present perfect
TRANSCRIPT
HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE
The Present Perfect
He HAS just FOUND A four-leaf clover.
THE PRESENT PERFECT
Form of the Present PerfectIYouWeThey
Positive
have + past participle
Negative
have not + past participle
Question
Have + Subject + past participle
HeSheIt
has + past participle
has not + past participle
Has+ Subject + past participle
EXAMPLESAFFIRMATIVE: He HAS BOUGHT a skateboard. INTERROGATIVE: HAS Bart BOUGHT a bike? NEGATIVE: He HASN´T bOUGHT a bike, he
has bought a skateboard,
PAST PARTICIPLES
□ For regular verbs, just add “ed”.
He has finishED.
□ For irregular verbs, use the participle form (see LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS , 3rd column).
They have EATEN
Use of Present Perfect
□Action still going on :
School has not started yet.
□Action that stopped recently :
She has cooked dinner.
Use of Present Perfect
□ Finished action that has an influence on the present:
I have lost my key.
□ Action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking :
I have never been to Australia
Signal Words of Present Perfect
□ Already□ Ever□ Just□ Never□ Yet / Not yet□ For□ Since □ So far□ Till now□ Up to now
Exercises on Present Perfect
□HAVE OR HAS? □POSITIVE SENTENCES□NEGATIVE SENTENCES□QUESTIONS□TEST 1 on PRESENT PERFECT□TEST 2 on PRESENT PERFECT□TEST 3 on PRESENT PERFECT