Have you ever … ?

Present Perfect

Have you ever been to India ? 11

Have you ever been afraid of a storm?

Have you ever broken a bone in your body?

Have you ever broken a valuable object?

Have you ever met anyone famous?

Have you ever travelled by plane?

Have you ever lied to your parents?

Have you ever slept in the class?

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33

44

55

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USE:1. Unspecified Time Before Now

I think I have seen her before.

(The exact time is not mentioned. It is not important. What is important is that she has seen her before.)

2. Action that has just happened and the result is still visible

My car has just broken!

(The car was working and now it is broken.)

3. A repeated action between the past and now

He has visited London

several times.

(He visited London many times in the past and may still visit in the future.)

4. An action or situation started in the past and continues in the present

They have been married

for 50 years.

(They married along time ago and they are still married.)

5. Changes over time

Present Perfect

HaveHas +

Past Participle

I have seen that film many times.

Infinitiveform

SimplePast

Past Participle

Regular verbs

finishplay stop

finishedplayedstopped

finishedplayedstopped

Irregular verbs

seebedo

sawwasdid

seenbeendone

Complete the sentences

1. I …………………………. (see) that film before. have seen

2. We ……………………. (read) three English books . have read

3. She ………………………….(break) the glass. has broken

4. Children …………………………. (eat) breakfast. have eaten

5. Peter …………………………. (drink) orange juice. has drunk

6. Be quiet! The film …………………………. (start) has sarted

7. My parents ………………….(live) in London since 1997. have lived

Say the Past Paticiples of the verbs!

Infinitive Past Simple Past participle

play

see

do

go

have

eat

make

swim

buy

played played saw seen did done

went gone had had ate eaten

made made swam swum

bought bought

FORFOR / / SINCESINCE

For – a period of time (há)

Since – the start of a period of time (desde)

I have lived in England for 2 years.

I have lived in England since 2009.

1. He has lived in USA …………………………. 5 years.

for since

for

2. I haven’t seen him …………………….. last summer.

for

since

since

3. My aunt has danced …………….. the age of five.

4. Jennifer has known her ………………… many years.

for

for

since

since

since

for

ALREADYALREADY / / YETYET

already – in affirmative sentences (já)

yet – in negative sentences (ainda)

I have already seen that film.

I haven’t seen that film yet.